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What do you want and don't you want from this ownership?

RodneyCharltonTrotta
RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,838
edited January 2020 in General Charlton
Of course it is arrogant to assume that we would or could get what we want and I'm sure owners have their own ways of doing things.

But in an ideal world, or if you owned us and were in EIS's position now  what would be your top dos and don'ts of owning our great club? 

I'm sure we all have different ideas but would be interesting to know of any common dos and don'ts among us.
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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,088
    Stability, communication, ambition. 

    Do not alienate us ... it never ends well. 
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,213
    I hope we continue to offer reasonably priced tickets. They might have to increase revenue but I hope we don't get to £40+ territory.
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,605
    Open, honest and communicative, but realistic and not over promising!
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,253
    Finish above the scum 
    and being greedy maybe one day finish above the croydon mob who are light years above us and have been for a while now
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,146
    Want: All competitions to be taken seriously; competitive team put out for every match.

    Don't want: Law graduates, burger flippers and spotty twerps doing the jobs of professionals
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,771
    Lots of TLC ....

    Trustworthiness 

    Longevity

    Communication

    But no BS 

    Betrayal

    Subterfuge

    Plus tender, loving care for us & our club, with no bullsh*t.

    I believe this is what ESI will deliver, but I'm sure someone will remind me of those words should they fail....:-)
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,471
    Under promise.
    Overachieve.
    Communicate often.

    Don't meddle with footballing matters without first supporting the managers needs. 
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,830
    Free away train travel.
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,213
    Forgot to mention the artisan cheese bar. 
  • LMHR
    LMHR Posts: 172
    When they have finished sorting everything else out can they sort out some decent caterers. 

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  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,859
    To get better as a club each season.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,164
    Vegan cheese
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Honestly - transparency.

    Southall has already done more than the last bloke.

    ownership that gives the manager half a chance.

    basically not Roland and his halfwit employees.
  • BR7_addick
    BR7_addick Posts: 10,219
    One that puts in the calibre of a Watford/Cardiff/West Brom/Fulham.  

    Would be over the moon to be a yo-yo club between the top two divisions.  The excitement of promotion, the disappointment of relegation but knowing we could bounce back, with a mixture of known talent and academy graduates (that we don’t have to sell).

  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,900
    Want: stability

    Don’t want: instability 

    Simple as that for right now.

     
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,594
    Callumcafc said:
    Want: stability

    Don’t want: instability 

    Simple as that for right now.

     
    So, arm rests on the seats?
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Short term:  More players to win some games
    Medium term:  Better players to win most games
    Long term:  Entertaining football in which we win most games.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited January 2020
    I don’t want @ElfsborgAddick allowed in the ground. He has turned his back on the club one too many times. 
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,687
    To invest in the academy and to make sure our young talent is properly contracted. 
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited January 2020
    Hats

    No bad hats.

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  • Curbey
    Curbey Posts: 368
    Honesty, A will to win and attendance from the owner would be great! 
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,076
    moutuakilla said:
    Callumcafc said:
    Want: stability

    Don’t want: instability 

    Simple as that for right now.

     
    So, arm rests on the seats?
    Yes but they have to be properly attached so as to be stable.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,076
    edited January 2020
    North lower safe standing.
  • charente addick
    charente addick Posts: 3,820
    Hope
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,239
    edited January 2020
    Want - for clubs to stop seeing us as a soft touch. Used to really wind me up how clubs would take advantage of us being handicapped by RD, Driesen etc and pick off our best players for peanuts or frees, not even to Premier League teams but the likes of Bauer, Morrison, Aribo I want this ownership to immediately put an end to our days of being a soft touch. Granted the likes of Lookman and Gomez will always be difficult to keep no matter who the owner is but a competent owner instead of RD would not have allowed certainly Bauer, Morrison, Aribo to leave so cheaply/freely.

    I also want the club to be prudent with contracts, do not allow any of our best players to go within the last 12 months of there contracts eg Lockyer only signed in the summer but has proven himself at this level IMO reflected by his Wales call ups. Reward this with a new long term deal and look to get him tied down ASAP, don't let him enter his last 12 months and potentially leave us on a free. 

    Don't Want - For us to lose our best players to teams in The Championship. Pretty much as above.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,258
    ricky_otto said:
    I don’t want @ElfsborgAddick allowed in the ground. He has turned his back on the club one too many times. 
    Shame, as I was gonna buy you a beer next Saturday.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,164
    I wanted the bloody end of bloody roland
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,253
    Fumbluff said:
    I wanted the bloody end of bloody roland
    Just 6 months more , 6 more months , we’re just having a look behind the sofa or if we sell Lyle it might be all done 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,532
    Their view on the training ground situation to minimise months of speculation and rumours.
  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    Fair contracts encouraging continuity of squads to be improved incrementally. 

    No flirting with FFP and having to do dodgy deals to circumvent.

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