Interesting article at the link below
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-athletic-player-recruitment-process-explained-as-nigel-adkins-makes-transfer-admission/ Nigel admits we cannot even compete with Wigan on wages. And it saddens me we cannot get decent players to give the team a fighting chance of a top half showing this season.
Obviously we all hope that we can get some players in before the deadline, but it all looks a little knee-jerk and unplanned, which is not very good given the structure in place and pledges made by TS.
Looks to me like the club is now lowering expectations through comments by TS and NA in recent days. Surely we need to raise our sights as a club and at least be competitive in the 3rd tier of league football?
What do others think? Can we finish in the top 6 with the current squad and a few last minute loans?
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For all Roland's flaws I actually think the process worked best when he gave Gallen and Bowyer the budget, and allowed the pair of them to pretty much run the process between them with Gallen heading up a team of scouts I believe and also doing the negotiating with other clubs.
I'd like us to return to something similar to this model, let Gallen do what he does best leading the scouting.
Who would do the negotiating as Gallen does now I'm not sure, maybe leave that with him but if it means Roddy and TS taking a back seat from the process then so be it, the 19/20 promotion season I think virtually every single signing was a positive one and worked about as well as it could do.
Burst quite a few bubbles with it I should think.
Something's definitely changed. To stand on the pitch when Hull were celebrating and saying 'That will be us' looks well off the mark.
it may be that it all improves and we get new, better, players in before the 31st but so far it hasn’t.
I’m not intent on beating anyone down but given recent owners of the club I’m not ready to embrace anyone just because they’re not the last guy.
I don't buy into the 'Wigan and Ipswich are paying more feel bad for us'. The past 5-6 years we've never been the top club in terms of wages but can usually build a decent side with the funds we have.
This year has been a mess.
Still a lot of dross at this level that we should... SHOULD be able to deal with
But even worse, my heart, ingrained with our badge, is telling me the same....
OK. This IS a period of readjustment following years of angst & uncertainty, and it's clear to me that the club is indeed lowering its expectations. Perhaps we all should have kept our feet firmly on the ground & taken TS's pre season declarations with a pinch of salt.
But we also have our dreams & hopes - we're dedicated supporters of this famous football club after all.
However, as the OP states, at least we should be competitive in the 3rd tier otherwise the less ardent fans may well disappear and it will be more difficult to encourage others to taste the matchday experience.
And with a further season or more at this level, I wonder how many season tickets would be sold in the forthcoming years.
This in turn will surely increase the level of financial loss which will become ever higher season on season.
As an astute business man & regardless of his inexperience in the footballing world, TS will be all too aware of this "black hole" but maybe the question that the faithful should be asking is, what NOW is the plan going forward in 2022 & beyond.
IMO, this points to finding a further investor/s to make more money available and with another business head on board, to start afresh with plans for our club to prosper again.
Bearing in mind that, like many other Lifers I guess, I have zero experience of running a business of any kind, so this may be just another burst of hot air but I'm merely sharing my thoughts at this moment in time to get them off my C cup chest before the concerns I have drive me around the U bend.
Worried of Wadhurst.
Thought we had an option to buy?
All personal perceptions of course. But 'as you were' for me.
Growing up as a close family friend of Mark Goldberg, I know unequivocally that there a queues of people waiting to take advantage of new money in the game. It’s never been disclosed publicly how much Venables allegedly made from the two Chinese players Palace signed as an example but the rumours were it was seven figures. Mark Goldberg is a vilified by Palace fans but he was a fan first and foremost who let his heart rule his head and pissed £35m up a wall leaving himself and the club bankrupt.
This season is an anomaly because we have at least 4 new owners of league one clubs. Two have splashed the cash and two haven’t. I’d much rather enjoy a sustainably built club like we did under Murray/Varney/Curbs with a clear plan than gamble the clubs future based on one potential season of enjoyment (although expectations should have been managed better from the beginning).