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Once more into the breech dear friends

Sillybilly
Sillybilly Posts: 9,255
in General Charlton
Hope it isn't against my better judgement but I am once again a season ticket holder. I've really enjoyed the start to the season and have persuaded myself that this is for me and not for Roland. Have to say the ticket office were first class. Discounted the game I've already paid for and done and dusted in five minutes. We travel hopefully.......
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  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,709
    So have i..

    @Baldybonce_JNR has now got what it is to be Charlton and i want to be there to share it with him.

    we'd still like Roland to bugger off though.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,898
    Yep i weakened as well.
    At the end of the day this is our club not his .
    Total respect to everyone who has renewed and all those boycotting we all want the same thing and he won't be here forever.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,088
    I'm still holding out - nothing to do with a 450 mile round trip!!

    (will be going to the Pompey game though)
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,078
    So the drift back gathers pace.
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,865
    iainment said:

    So the drift back gathers pace.

    Until it all goes tits-up and people stop going to games for which they have paid, making Roland and Katie very happy.
  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,923
    I must admit that I am really weakening and feeling the pull of a season ticket increasing almost every day even though I have only been too two games at home in 18 months
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,187
    Sillybilly said:

    Hope it isn't against my better judgement but I am once again a season ticket holder. I've really enjoyed the start to the season and have persuaded myself that this is for me and not for Roland. Have to say the ticket office were first class. Discounted the game I've already paid for and done and dusted in five minutes. We travel hopefully.......

    You are a sillybilly;)

    I admit it's tempting.

    Great start and by the sounds of it, good performances, had it not been for the Plymouth blip, we could be top.

    But as the transfer window showed, Roly clearly doesn't want to get his purse out to cement the promising signs the team are showing. Had he done that, then I may well have been joining you.

    Early days and let's hope it continues, if it does then.............. but not a season ticket, that's a step too far.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,709
    edited September 2017
    superclive98 said:

    iainment said:

    So the drift back gathers pace.

    Until it all goes tits-up and people stop going to games for which they have paid, making Roland and Katie very happy.
    when it goes tits up I'll go to the games and protest. Like before.
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,255
    edited September 2017
    Baldybonce said:

    superclive98 said:

    iainment said:

    So the drift back gathers pace.

    Until it all goes tits-up and people stop going to games for which they have paid, making Roland and Katie very happy.
    when it goes tits up I'll go to the games and protest. Like before.
    What he said. That's me too.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,463
    Breech n.
    1. A part of a cannon, behind the bore.
    2. A person's buttocks

    Which of these are you "once more into"?

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  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,898
    Sillybilly said:

    Baldybonce said:

    superclive98 said:

    iainment said:

    So the drift back gathers pace.

    Until it all goes tits-up and people stop going to games for which they have paid, making Roland and Katie very happy.
    when it goes tits up I'll go to the games and protest. Like before.
    What he said. That's me too.
    And me.
    The protests have not gone away they are merely being put on hold until needed
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,272
    sillav nitram said:

    Sillybilly said:

    Hope it isn't against my better judgement but I am once again a season ticket holder. I've really enjoyed the start to the season and have persuaded myself that this is for me and not for Roland. Have to say the ticket office were first class. Discounted the game I've already paid for and done and dusted in five minutes. We travel hopefully.......

    You are a sillybilly;)

    But as the transfer window showed, Roly clearly doesn't want to get his purse out to cement the promising signs the team are showing. Had he done that, then I may well have been joining you.

    I think RD has facilitated an excellent squad at a reasonable cost, surely better than having a comparable squad that may have added millions to the debt ?

    I honestly believe we went for Grigg, Taylor and had a deal agreed for Godden, only for Stevenage to welch on the deal and massively hike the price on deadline day. So I'll respectfully disagree, in as much as I think we've done excellent value business and the fact that we didn't get our final striker was down to Stevenage and not us.

    I may be wrong, but that's what I believe, based on everything I've read.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Must admit I'm under increasing pressure from my boys to buy season tickets. I'm just filling out paperwork to send them off to boarding school.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,272
    edited September 2017
    ricky_otto said:

    Must admit I'm under increasing pressure from my boys to buy season tickets. I'm just filling out paperwork to send them off to boarding school.

    Brilliant !
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,633
    I don't get the rush to commit to a season ticket after a few wins and I've had one for years before this season. Not really difficult to get tickets at the moment if you want to.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,977
    iainment said:

    So the drift back gathers pace.

    Hopefully
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,709
    Nug said:

    I don't get the rush to commit to a season ticket after a few wins and I've had one for years before this season. Not really difficult to get tickets at the moment if you want to.

    We did that last season and probably gave them more than if we'd bought season tickets.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,155
    I think people hugely overestimate the number of fans who are 'boycotting', and in turn the depth of the 'never go again until they are gone' crew.

    To get to the latter its the most extreme of reaction, generally one of the responses of those who also love the club the most to then generate such an angry response. It seems magnified because these people are died in the wool fans and more likely to be active on social media.

    But the actual number that fall under this category are relatively small in the grand scheme of themes

  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,129
    Glory hunters!

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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,463
    AFKABartram said:

    I think people hugely overestimate the number of fans who are 'boycotting', and in turn the depth of the 'never go again until they are gone' crew.

    To get to the latter its the most extreme of reaction, generally one of the responses of those who also love the club the most to then generate such an angry response. It seems magnified because these people are died in the wool fans and more likely to be active on social media.

    But the actual number that fall under this category are relatively small in the grand scheme of themes

    How small? What proportion of the thousands that have stopped buying season tickets are in the category "not going again until they're gone"?
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,155
    Chizz said:

    AFKABartram said:

    I think people hugely overestimate the number of fans who are 'boycotting', and in turn the depth of the 'never go again until they are gone' crew.

    To get to the latter its the most extreme of reaction, generally one of the responses of those who also love the club the most to then generate such an angry response. It seems magnified because these people are died in the wool fans and more likely to be active on social media.

    But the actual number that fall under this category are relatively small in the grand scheme of themes

    How small? What proportion of the thousands that have stopped buying season tickets are in the category "not going again until they're gone"?
    Like you and everyone else, I don't know. But just on my own experiences of people I know and observing this forum and Twitter, I think it's quite a small number.

    People have drifted away in their thousands over the last few years mainly because the turn out on the pitch has been consistently poor and been magnified by the off the field problems. But those that fall into the 'that's it, never again till their gone' camp I think is relatively small (i.e. in their tens not hundreds).

    Just my view, maybe wrong
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,836
    Baldybonce said:

    superclive98 said:

    iainment said:

    So the drift back gathers pace.

    Until it all goes tits-up and people stop going to games for which they have paid, making Roland and Katie very happy.
    when it goes tits up I'll go to the games and protest. Like before.
    Sillybilly said:

    Baldybonce said:

    superclive98 said:

    iainment said:

    So the drift back gathers pace.

    Until it all goes tits-up and people stop going to games for which they have paid, making Roland and Katie very happy.
    when it goes tits up I'll go to the games and protest. Like before.
    What he said. That's me too.
    blackpool72 said:

    Sillybilly said:

    Baldybonce said:

    superclive98 said:

    iainment said:

    So the drift back gathers pace.

    Until it all goes tits-up and people stop going to games for which they have paid, making Roland and Katie very happy.
    when it goes tits up I'll go to the games and protest. Like before.
    What he said. That's me too.
    And me.
    The protests have not gone away they are merely being put on hold until needed
    By tits up do you three mean if results start to go against us.
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,255
    Chizz said:

    Breech n.
    1. A part of a cannon, behind the bore.
    2. A person's buttocks

    Which of these are you "once more into"?

    Depends who the person is or whether it's a particularly attractive cannon
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,709
    clb74 said:

    Baldybonce said:

    superclive98 said:

    iainment said:

    So the drift back gathers pace.

    Until it all goes tits-up and people stop going to games for which they have paid, making Roland and Katie very happy.
    when it goes tits up I'll go to the games and protest. Like before.
    Sillybilly said:

    Baldybonce said:

    superclive98 said:

    iainment said:

    So the drift back gathers pace.

    Until it all goes tits-up and people stop going to games for which they have paid, making Roland and Katie very happy.
    when it goes tits up I'll go to the games and protest. Like before.
    What he said. That's me too.
    blackpool72 said:

    Sillybilly said:

    Baldybonce said:

    superclive98 said:

    iainment said:

    So the drift back gathers pace.

    Until it all goes tits-up and people stop going to games for which they have paid, making Roland and Katie very happy.
    when it goes tits up I'll go to the games and protest. Like before.
    What he said. That's me too.
    And me.
    The protests have not gone away they are merely being put on hold until needed
    By tits up do you three mean if results start to go against us.
    We're Charlton fans we're used to that.
    When Katrien starts poking her nose in again will do for me.
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,836
    But they are poking noses in.
    I shouldn't think it was Robinson's idea to go it alone with one striker who for the next few months will be missing games for international s
    Ok we have a couple of other strikers but how many games they played between them
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,709
    The football starts in a minute..
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,463
    AFKABartram said:

    Chizz said:

    AFKABartram said:

    I think people hugely overestimate the number of fans who are 'boycotting', and in turn the depth of the 'never go again until they are gone' crew.

    To get to the latter its the most extreme of reaction, generally one of the responses of those who also love the club the most to then generate such an angry response. It seems magnified because these people are died in the wool fans and more likely to be active on social media.

    But the actual number that fall under this category are relatively small in the grand scheme of themes

    How small? What proportion of the thousands that have stopped buying season tickets are in the category "not going again until they're gone"?
    Like you and everyone else, I don't know. But just on my own experiences of people I know and observing this forum and Twitter, I think it's quite a small number.

    People have drifted away in their thousands over the last few years mainly because the turn out on the pitch has been consistently poor and been magnified by the off the field problems. But those that fall into the 'that's it, never again till their gone' camp I think is relatively small (i.e. in their tens not hundreds).

    Just my view, maybe wrong
    Sorry, I thought you might have had some kind of survey data and that CACT or @Airman Brown might have had some insight.

    Can't argue with your perception. But mine is that it's very much more than tens or hundreds.
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,261
    I'm going to the next Tuesday home game at my daughter's request. I'm looking forward to it because I hope we play well and win, but just as much for old time's sake.
    No season ticket though.
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,442
    I was thinking that the title was about another protest in Belgium but no all about season tickets and people slowly drifting back into The Valley once again. 6 months today we marched on Roland in his home town,it will happen once again Roland. Make the most of the good start we have had its only time until you cock it up again.
    Only seen 3 home games in the last two an ahalf years but been to many away games during that time.
    Do what you think is correct for you and your family.

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