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Charlton / L1 - January 2019 Transfer Rumours (ed, deadline day starts p98)

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  • Two weeks ago we looked like serious promotion contenders. Other clubs fans shitting themselves about us. Promotion brings increased revenue.

    Ajose has gone, and Taylor misses three crucial games. Roland sells Grant and trousers the money. Our promotion push ends here.

    Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. To one person on the whole planet. Oh hang on, seems like you've doubled that number.
    Agree

    3 games ago, clubs forums were all talking about G&T in panic mode and were on the back foot before we had even kicked a ball.

    We now have neither - promotion rivals have added to their squads - we have lost momentum in the psychological battle imo....
  • I don’t really understand your point. He is damaging the club (his asset) every week he remains and now he has allowed a situation which makes its future still more precarious because the chances of promotion have been reduced. In lieu of any executive management that is entirely down to him.

    I agree that the detail of what happens in the transfer window is not necessarily down to him. It may even be that Bowyer and Gallen misjudged the situation, because after all they are not vastly experienced in transfer dealings and have no one around them who is as support. But I do know that maximising the team’s chances of automatic promotion is in everyone’s interest, including Duchatelet.

    Since Eisa was a loan deal there is no evidence that he was prepared to invest even a couple of hundred thousand of the Grant cash in making that outcome more likely. Instead his priority was evidently to claw back more of this season’s operating loss. That is foolish, in my view, and the fact that he hasn’t done other foolish things such as those you mention doesn’t change that.

    There is a real risk that the club falls off a cliff at the end of the season and if that happens he will lose out financially as well as us losing out as fans. Be very clear, the club cannot cut its way to break even. There is no equilibrium point. It can only bleed itself to death.
    I agree totally with everything you said, but isn't the real, current, football issue that we don't have an owner who is prepared to pump 10s of millions of pounds into the club. Not the fact that the owner is RD?

    Yes lots of things in his gift aren't right, no fit for purpose ceo for 5 years doesn't help, no director of football, the lack of day to day managment etc. As you say we can't break even, outside of the prem, under any circumstances.

    If he sold tomorrow, as fans, we would actually want a new owner that INCREASED the annual losses in the short term, to maybe reduce them in the medium term, to possibly even make a small profit somewhere down the line. Not a lot to ask is it.
  • Two weeks ago we looked like serious promotion contenders. Other clubs fans shitting themselves about us. Promotion brings increased revenue.

    Ajose has gone, and Taylor misses three crucial games. Roland sells Grant and trousers the money. Our promotion push ends here.

    Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. To one person on the whole planet. Oh hang on, seems like you've doubled that number.
    @PragueAddick you make lots of good points about the people who shouldn't own football clubs, who do you think should own us? Andy Holt, the fans, anyone not called Roland? Should football clubs be nationalised?

    Half of that was tongue in cheek, but if a skint, progressive person were to buy us, the playing budget would be slashed, from what already isn't an inflated squad.

    Unfortunately we can't change the rest of football to fit our romantic visions. I agree with your views on 50+1, fan ownership, the rule of agents etc but it's not going to happen until the sky bubble collapses.

  • Anybody else had a shitty nights kip ...
  • Charlton never fail to disappoint ...
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    Glad I didn't wait up. Bad business as usual when all the other teams around us made decent signings. Parker signed from tin pot Gillingham. Let's see how he does I guess.
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  • edited February 2019
    So 3 out

    And 1 in with a worse goal scoring record than ajose

    Circus of a club expect bowyer to walk at end of season if we don’t go up - which let’s face it after the last few days is looking unlikely.

    probably one of the most frustrating windows as we genuinely had a chance at autos if a bit of bunce was spent.

    Not only that we’ve had that jock twat jim white tell us that he was selling.

    :(
  • Rudders22 said:

    So rhat is it. Luton and Sunderland did fantastic in transfer window. Those 2 automatics. Play Offs - Barnsley/Charlton/Portsmouth and then either Peterborough or Doncaster. Autos out and we will need lady luck in play offs. Thanks for anothef place in League 1 next season.

    I know this is not the point but.......irrespective of who we bought and sold in January I am certain that we are nailed on for the play-offs and that the top two is a bridge too far.

    The play-offs are a lottery and there is no reason that we cannot get lucky in them and still go up.

  • Can Parker play Saturday?

    No. He's injured.
  • Uboat said:

    But he said a loan and a perm, which hasn't happened (yet). If we don't get the loan that's not Doucher's fault, because he reported what he was told in good faith, which makes him and Airman the same.
    This is a glorified loan.

    Ffs to advertise a playing coming in as permanent when he's only here till May is absolute bull****.
  • DOUCHER said:

    not worried - i bring it on myself but all i ever start off doing is posting info i am told - from very good sources - and then the shit starts - if i become credible and trump all other info then it would make some others purposeless so best i stay the pantomime villain - not all info works out, its never going to in football - it doesn't work like that
    Can you confirm one of your sources is from either Parkes, Groome or Murray?
  • Just looked at free agents. The only one I’d take is Jay Simpson out of pure desperation.
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    Markg2004 said:

    Genuinely would give Bent a go. He wants to still be playing, said on Sky earlier. Not got much choice now with free agents, but it is another body and another body who was here during good times. What is there to lose?

    If you’re Darren Bent, about 3 stone. He’s had it I’m afraid. Was blowing out his arse in that vets tournament the other day.
  • Two weeks ago we looked like serious promotion contenders. Other clubs fans shitting themselves about us. Promotion brings increased revenue.

    Ajose has gone, and Taylor misses three crucial games. Roland sells Grant and trousers the money. Our promotion push ends here.

    Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. To one person on the whole planet. Oh hang on, seems like you've doubled that number.
    What would you have done then ?


    Where’s the proof he trousered the money ?
  • Only formation we’ve got the players to do is Robbo’s or 4-3-3 now. Roland please just have a cardiac already.
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  • Markg2004 said:

    Genuinely would give Bent a go. He wants to still be playing, said on Sky earlier. Not got much choice now with free agents, but it is another body and another body who was here during good times. What is there to lose?

    Would be another two bodies tbf.
  • So we’ve lost 3 strikers, and. Richard Cawley’s heating doesn’t work,it doesn’t get any better than that folks, cheers Roland, please sell up.
  • Who were Bristol waiting for to release Eisa? :\
  • I actually hope LB walks away

    That would be a real statement of what a shit show this is.

    I'd respect him for it but he's my only hope right now.
  • What an absolute fucking disgrace. Anyone that purchased a season ticket, anyone that’s spent money travelling up and down the country, anyone that’s gave up other commitments to support the boys, should feel completely mugged off. Bowyer and the players have just had their season pulled out from beneath them and made 10 times as difficult by their own fucking owner. Scummy yellow toothed old c**t.

    This.
  • To be fair, the rug was also pulled by Bristol City on this particular occasion. Obviously we shouldn't have relied on this, and Roland could have probably spared 500k for a real signing, but it does seem like we had it in the bag until they decided to be wankers about it
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