The thing I take away from that is that he will be spending even less than last year, despite being in a higher division. The worry is with all the players we are losing, will we even have enough to build a full squad? If we do, it's likely to be very thin and lacking in the quality we will need to survive. Let's hope Lee can pull off another minor miracle.
I've read and heard of sillier things coming from the Club over the last few years. By the Club's recent standards, it is not so ridiculous, although some things lack clarity. On a scale of 1 to 100, where 1 is bad and 100 is good, I've moved from about 4 to 5 after that statement.
My god, his economic claims run in direct opposition to everything known about football. The value of stadium lands is zero, because they cannot be developed into something without leaving the club homeless, thus destroying the economic value of the whole venture. Often the same is true of the training ground. To value the club by the theoretical value of grounds that cannot be utilized for anything but football is crazy.
Hang on. You've been telling us the club is worth £70M for years !
So he has offered Bowyer an extension on the same terms? Ridiculous.
He may be lying though his yellow teeth but what he said was:
"He has done a fantastic job and therefore talks about improving Lee’s contract are scheduled for next week. Both the club and Lee want him to be the Charlton Athletic manager next season"
It may be too late if other offers come Lee's way but those few words aren't ambiguous ?
So The PR man (whos name escapes me) wrote an article and gave it to RD to read. RD adds a dig at fans and a dig at Varney/Everrit and claims the entire piece as written by him. It is pretty obvious
So he has offered Bowyer an extension on the same terms? Ridiculous.
He may be lying though his yellow teeth but what he said was:
"He has done a fantastic job and therefore talks about improving Lee’s contract are scheduled for next week. Both the club and Lee want him to be the Charlton Athletic manager next season"
It may be too late if other offers come Lee's way but those few words aren't ambiguous ?
Have to say again he may be telling a porky !
But he also said: ‘There is a trigger in his contract for a contract extension, which we exercised in May, and he needs to agree to this for his contract to be extended as per the current agreement.’
Meaning existing terms to be accepted before discussing an increase ... which is nonsense.
Depressing , he expects LB to sign a deal extension for another year on the same terms. He has proved his worth , give him an improved contract now you fool ! Don't be surprised if LB walks
While the statement is slightly more reasonable than the usual RD one, it's still written in that eccentric style of English he uses as if he wrote it and it was then rewritten by somebody else.
The most interesting new information was to do with Bowyer, and that there was a clause in his contract which the club triggered in May, presumably after promotion. By the sound of things Bowyer has to agree to accept this further period of employment and presumably won't done so under those terms.
I read it and think he is basically telling us that there is pretty much no money to spend unless we get taken over. What players from the Academy will be making the step up next season?
Actually apart from the line about @Airman Brown I didn't think it was that bad.
So we triggered an extension in Bowyer's contract but he has to agree to it? That seems a bit strange.
I also don't think the shaming of the ex directors is that bad, as 80% of people who read the statement won't know who the unnamed ones are, or frankly care.
The championship is a financial grave yard, we all know that, I actually think the statement he made about that before was quite correct, until he went bonkers and demanded the EFL bought the club.
For what it's worth, in my opinion, someone fed Roland with fake news, maybe they still are, one of the biggest failures of his ownership is Richard Murray as the "link" to the fans.
Am I missing something ? Apart from the fact I don't think RD wrote this it seems a reasonable statement to me
Agreed to an extent
He's right that Championship spending is slightly stupid
He's right that our smaller budget doesnt mean instant relegation (take Accrington in League One this season)
He's right that we've got some good kids coming through
He's even right that we stand more chance of being sold now we're back in the Championship BUT despite being a club in London (meaning expensive land) he still needs to lower his asking price for any deal to happen quickly
Absolutely. That summary is Roland's ownership of Charlton in microcosm
He's not daft, he's got some common sense on some matters pertaining to the club but that's all irrelevant because the biggest issue is that he is so fucking stubborn and just can't drop his price.
So there’s little or no chance of promotion again as he eludes to clearly.
And he’s making big losses each season, fact.
So he genuinely is holding onto us on the extreme off chance that we go up on a miraculously small budget, or even more miraculously that someone buys us at thee most overpriced fee in history of football.
Confused by this bit and i've read it about 6 times.
"The club first spoke to Lee Bowyer about a contract extension earlier in the season. There is a trigger in his contract for a contract extension, which we exercised in May, and he needs to agree to this for his contract to be extended as per the current agreement. He has done a fantastic job and therefore talks about improving Lee’s contract are scheduled for next week"
So Bowyer needs to agree to it in order to have his contract extended at the current terms............but there's a meeting next week to discuss improved terms?
So if there are talks next week, what is there for Bowyer to agree to now? Just that he wants to stay?
Only skim read this thread and will comment later, but my first thought is that CAST or maybe CARD might write back to him with bullet ( hmmmm) points commenting on the various issues he mentions eg the cost of land/buildings in London.
A copy of this would be sent to the media /national papers together with his statement to bring this whole debacle back into public focus....if anyone other than we Addicks care.
In fact, perhaps this should be an open letter that we could all put our names to ?
Apologies if this knee jerk reaction is not clearly thought through.
Does anyone know what prompted him to put out this statement?
Because even he probably realises that it’s absolutely insane that it’s June and we don’t know if we’ll have a manager, coaching staff or more than half a dozen players in three weeks time.
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"He has done a fantastic job and therefore talks about improving Lee’s contract are scheduled for next week. Both the club and Lee want him to be the Charlton Athletic manager next season"
It may be too late if other offers come Lee's way but those few words aren't ambiguous ?
Have to say again he may be telling a porky !
Meaning existing terms to be accepted before discussing an increase ... which is nonsense.
The most interesting new information was to do with Bowyer, and that there was a clause in his contract which the club triggered in May, presumably after promotion. By the sound of things Bowyer has to agree to accept this further period of employment and presumably won't done so under those terms.
So we triggered an extension in Bowyer's contract but he has to agree to it? That seems a bit strange.
I also don't think the shaming of the ex directors is that bad, as 80% of people who read the statement won't know who the unnamed ones are, or frankly care.
The championship is a financial grave yard, we all know that, I actually think the statement he made about that before was quite correct, until he went bonkers and demanded the EFL bought the club.
For what it's worth, in my opinion, someone fed Roland with fake news, maybe they still are, one of the biggest failures of his ownership is Richard Murray as the "link" to the fans.
He's not daft, he's got some common sense on some matters pertaining to the club but that's all irrelevant because the biggest issue is that he is so fucking stubborn and just can't drop his price.
'Roland; eats, shoots himself and leaves'
And he’s making big losses each season, fact.
So he genuinely is holding onto us on the extreme off chance that we go up on a miraculously small budget, or even more miraculously that someone buys us at thee most overpriced fee in history of football.
"The club first spoke to Lee Bowyer about a contract extension earlier in the season. There is a trigger in his contract for a contract extension, which we exercised in May, and he needs to agree to this for his contract to be extended as per the current agreement. He has done a fantastic job and therefore talks about improving Lee’s contract are scheduled for next week"
So Bowyer needs to agree to it in order to have his contract extended at the current terms............but there's a meeting next week to discuss improved terms?
So if there are talks next week, what is there for Bowyer to agree to now? Just that he wants to stay?
A copy of this would be sent to the media /national papers together with his statement to bring this whole debacle back into public focus....if anyone other than we Addicks care.
In fact, perhaps this should be an open letter that we could all put our names to ?
Apologies if this knee jerk reaction is not clearly thought through.