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Charlton Athletic fended off Wrexham and Derby County bids before transfer window closes

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  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,814
    Sadly for us, Brighton would be an unreal move for Miles !
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    alburyaddick said:
    Honestly, what a load PR cobblers. Hot news, the club did nothing - but I bet you like us for it. 
    But it’s what any of us would do if we were head of comms at the club. Why would you not? They turned down cash. Obviously they’d have been mad to sell any of them, but to the less knowledgeable fan at least, it’s good news nonetheless. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,854
    If Brighton had wanted Leaburn, they could easily have outbid any Championship side.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,566
    killerandflash said:
    If Brighton had wanted Leaburn, they could easily have outbid any Championship side.
    of course but that's why they were keeping a close eye on things. IF a bid had been accepted by us from a Championship side then they may have stepped in. As it is they are happy to wait a while and monitor Miles this season, I assume because they are unsure as yet to his ability but if we had accepted an offer from elsewhere they may have decided it was worth a punt, small dent in their coffers to take a chance.
  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 2,973
    se9addick said:
    If we had lost Dobson to Wrexham I would have divorced football.

    Slightly suspicious of this story though, smacks a bit of “look - things aren’t as bad as they could have been”.
    You think it is not bad. When a team like Wrexham can offer Dobson a high wage and probably a signing on fee than we can or will.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,638
    seth plum said:
    Dobson goes in January in order to cash in before it’s too late.

    Fend off my arse.
    They would get more now, than in January.
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,196
    seth plum said:
    Dobson goes in January in order to cash in before it’s too late.

    Fend off my arse.

  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Why put this story out if they can’t back it up with proof?
    Is it because the regime are to be believed come what may?
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,380
    seth plum said:
    Why put this story out if they can’t back it up with proof?
    Is it because the regime are to be believed come what may?
    What would you consider is good enough proof? I’ve never known any club to post documentation of transfer offers on their website.
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  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,172
    seth plum said:
    Why put this story out if they can’t back it up with proof?
    Is it because the regime are to be believed come what may?
    Posting receipts of confidential offers from other clubs is a really, really, really good way to make clubs unwilling to deal with you on transfers in the future. You'd have to be an absolute idiot to start screenshotting every bid you get and posting it online just so some fan somewhere is willing to believe the bid happened
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    So I ask again, why put this story out?
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,172
    You know why. To build goodwill that they rejected offers for our three best players. It's a bit of PR
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,323
    seth plum said:
    So I ask again, why put this story out?
    Because they want to claim / whatever you want to believe, that they're not going to sell assets the moment any old bid comes in for them.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,070
    seth plum said:
    So I ask again, why put this story out?
    why are you convinced this was put out by Scott etc.? Think lots of people are forgetting Cawley will know agents, might have contacts at other clubs and will have plenty of contacts at Charlton who aren’t from the new owners. Not saying they didn’t provide some info but Cawley is a proper journalist not some hack happy to put out PR spin unquestioned 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,638
    seth plum said:
    So I ask again, why put this story out?
    To prepare us for them going in January.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    OK I accept the answers, especially the ones that say no proof is required.
    I will have to file the story under a canny bit of successful PR.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,070

  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,566
    so not info put out there by Charlie and his pals to curry favour with the fans. As someone else said previously Cawley does have other sources. 
  • Redvaliant
    Redvaliant Posts: 515
    So they have 4 months to find replacements in January when we let them go.
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  • balham red
    balham red Posts: 1,278
    StrikerFirmani said:
    The club I imagine have leaked this.  Look what we did for you fans.

    The calm before and your new manager is .............   'Fans'  Oh shit.    :#
    Came on to post this. We're turning into PR Athletic
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,770
    Thread went a bit quiet as soon as Cawley said his sources weren’t from inside the club…
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,860
    Callumcafc said:
    Thread went a bit quiet as soon as Cawley said his sources weren’t from inside the club…
    ...but we demand evidence!

    Frankly even if it did come from within the club, in my view it was good PR. 90% of the fan base that doesn't frequent CL will see this and think its positive, which it is.

  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Must've been from Derby and Wrexham then.
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    LargeAddick said:
    so not info put out there by Charlie and his pals to curry favour with the fans. As someone else said previously Cawley does have other sources. 
    With great respect to Rich Cawley, I suspect that Charlie's PR network extends way outside the club itself. He is a proven, skilled manipulator - just recall how so many fans initially strongly against his bid were rooting for him to clinch the deal. He might be a very personable chap, I don't know, but I wouldn't trust him as far as i could throw him  one of our corner kicks goes. 
  • StrikerFirmani
    StrikerFirmani Posts: 2,742
    Davo55 said:
    LargeAddick said:
    so not info put out there by Charlie and his pals to curry favour with the fans. As someone else said previously Cawley does have other sources. 
    With great respect to Rich Cawley, I suspect that Charlie's PR network extends way outside the club itself. He is a proven, skilled manipulator - just recall how so many fans initially strongly against his bid were rooting for him to clinch the deal. He might be a very personable chap, I don't know, but I wouldn't trust him as far as i could throw him  one of our corner kicks goes. 
    Exactly this.
  • StrikerFirmani
    StrikerFirmani Posts: 2,742
    LargeAddick said:
    so not info put out there by Charlie and his pals to curry favour with the fans. As someone else said previously Cawley does have other sources. 
    Three different clubs.

    Are all the players of one agent, I don't know but doubt it.

    RC obviously has different contacts in the football world and I believe him when he says he found out from other source than the club. 

    The other source or sources though I would suspect got the info passed on from one source in the club.  It is to much of a coincidence that 3 different clubs/players info on possible bids turned down come to light on the day a new manager (not a popular choice with fans) is announced.   

    My real concern would be, as has been suggested by others, that they are prepping fans for a January sale.  

    Either way regardless of the last point it smacks of timely PR and who specialises in that. 
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,448
    edited September 2023
    With all PR like this, you just have to think. Who benefits the most from information like this becoming public?

    It speaks for itself. 
  • fenlandaddick
    fenlandaddick Posts: 1,770
    With a rapier or a cannon from the Woolwich Arsenal?
  • billysboots
    billysboots Posts: 1,596
    agent talk 

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