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  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,587
    Any snippets from those attending tonight?
  • All positive 

    Minutes out soon

    ST sales going well
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    All positive 

    Minutes out soon

    ST sales going well
    Oh, you’ve done it now………. Incoming 
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Any news on the Lookman Trench?
  • Oh Eddie Youds...
    Oh Eddie Youds... Posts: 1,320
    edited June 2023
    Season ticket sales are down on last season which in turn was down significantly on the prior 21/22 campaign but the club claim sales are ‘going well’.

    Very similar to ‘it doesn’t matter whether we have new owners or not. The budget for this window is already set and it’s higher than the £0 we spent on transfers last season’ 

    Pure Peter Storrie Bullshit.
  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,392

  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,587
    Still no news, it’s like a secret society especially when some of the groups represented don’t actually exist anymore.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,078
    edited June 2023
    I will never question the efforts of these guys, the honesty they get back I'd question.
    Subsequently what do the meetings achieve for the fans?  IMO nothing.
  • Rock Spectacle
    Rock Spectacle Posts: 1,442
    Needs a train travellers rep Elfs...
  • Addictedoldgit
    Addictedoldgit Posts: 1,827
    All positive 

    Minutes out soon

    ST sales going well
    Waiting with anticipation.

    Then it can  be checked off by Ronnie.
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  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    Still no news, it’s like a secret society especially when some of the groups represented don’t actually exist anymore.
    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/storrie-takeover-process-and-summer-transfer-window
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Can’t say the report from the meeting is encouraging.
    Hey ho.
  • Oh Eddie Youds...
    Oh Eddie Youds... Posts: 1,320
    edited June 2023
    Sounds like a lot of past quotes rechurned.

    Still not clear whether we have budget to pay transfer fees or whether we will just be doing free transfers until the takeover is done.

    Time will tell I guess. Hopefully the former or 23/24 is screwed. Don’t see the takeover happening until after the season has started.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,384
    seth plum said:
    Can’t say the report from the meeting is encouraging.
    Hey ho.
    We were told it would take 6-8 weeks after the SPA was signed so they were always going to be in the early stages by this point.

    If you mean signings it doesn’t tell us anything either way other than confirm the intention isn’t to wait until the takeover is completed.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Scoham said:
    seth plum said:
    Can’t say the report from the meeting is encouraging.
    Hey ho.
    We were told it would take 6-8 weeks after the SPA was signed so they were always going to be in the early stages by this point.

    If you mean signings it doesn’t tell us anything either way other than confirm the intention isn’t to wait until the takeover is completed.
    The theme that came across to me from the report is that Charlton have not supplied all the info the EFL and FA required, all the people are mystery figures, if and when a takeover happens and when that takes place Storrie buggers off, and the new people can do whatever they please so all previous bets are off. Storrie will watch uninvolved from the shore whilst others struggle with the storm.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,234
    edited June 2023
    Positive news

    Thomas Sandgaard won't be involved after the takeover 

    Holden is deciding on players

    There is a budget and we can sign players before any deal is done as arrangements have been put it place to run signings past the new guys

    The paperwork is mostly in

    We're told the lease on the Valley and Sparrows Lane isn't an issue 

    The questions people wanted asked were asked, even if we didn't get full answers

    Uncertain news

    We don't know who the new owners are, still.

    We don't have a definitive timescale 

    We don't know what stage the FA and EFL are at in processing the applications 

    We don't know if some or all of the multiple owners will be vetted

    We don't know if the source and sufficiency of funds paperwork has been submitted or if its been accepted/refused

    We don't know the actual or relative size of the playing budget

    We can buy players, there is no embargo, but having to run it passed the new owners is an extra step in the process so may slow things down

    The article doesn't mention that ST sales to existing  ST holder are, according to PS, 4% down on the same time last year.

    Negative news

    Martin Sandgaard is still around 

    Tony Keohane hasn't been sacked

    There are still more questions than answers

    It's a crying shame we haven't had a proper CEO for a decade.
  • Solid performance from PS.


  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,384
    seth plum said:
    Scoham said:
    seth plum said:
    Can’t say the report from the meeting is encouraging.
    Hey ho.
    We were told it would take 6-8 weeks after the SPA was signed so they were always going to be in the early stages by this point.

    If you mean signings it doesn’t tell us anything either way other than confirm the intention isn’t to wait until the takeover is completed.
    The theme that came across to me from the report is that Charlton have not supplied all the info the EFL and FA required, all the people are mystery figures, if and when a takeover happens and when that takes place Storrie buggers off, and the new people can do whatever they please so all previous bets are off. Storrie will watch uninvolved from the shore whilst others struggle with the storm.
    We were told at the start it would take 6-8 weeks so I don’t find it surprising we haven’t submitted everything yet. The amount they have to submit is partly why it takes that long.

    Were you hoping the club were going to name those involved part way through the process? Since they weren’t named in the initial announcement we were always going to have to wait until it’s completed to hear more.

    Not sure what your point is on new owners doing whatever they please?
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    Good to see that City Addicks is still up and running 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,875
    Slightly surprised we haven't submitted everything yet, seeing that the consortium have been involved for months.

    Storrie has a reassuring air of quiet competence about him.
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,875
    Solid performance from PS.


    Not very Bazball is it,  I want a CEO who reverse scoops for 6  ;)
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Scoham said:
    seth plum said:
    Scoham said:
    seth plum said:
    Can’t say the report from the meeting is encouraging.
    Hey ho.
    We were told it would take 6-8 weeks after the SPA was signed so they were always going to be in the early stages by this point.

    If you mean signings it doesn’t tell us anything either way other than confirm the intention isn’t to wait until the takeover is completed.
    The theme that came across to me from the report is that Charlton have not supplied all the info the EFL and FA required, all the people are mystery figures, if and when a takeover happens and when that takes place Storrie buggers off, and the new people can do whatever they please so all previous bets are off. Storrie will watch uninvolved from the shore whilst others struggle with the storm.
    We were told at the start it would take 6-8 weeks so I don’t find it surprising we haven’t submitted everything yet. The amount they have to submit is partly why it takes that long.

    Were you hoping the club were going to name those involved part way through the process? Since they weren’t named in the initial announcement we were always going to have to wait until it’s completed to hear more.

    Not sure what your point is on new owners doing whatever they please?
    My point is that whatever Storrie says carries weight, if that’s the right way to put it, only up to the point that the mystery people acquire the club.
    As he says they can do whatever the hell they like, which is why I personally would like to know who the hell we’re dealing with. Storrie will be gone.
    It also reads to me that the EFL/FA process hasn’t even started anyway as those institutions wait for information to be submitted by the club.
    My skin in the game? Long term fan and season ticket holder having already bought for next season. If that counts for nothing, then my guess that Methven and Co view fans like me as mere ballast and can be treated with distain.
    (The unfulfilled threat by Methven of legal action reminds me of when Southall was sacking Chris Parkes, Mick Everett and others on the spot during a particularly florid example of his power and money trip).
    Maybe those who attended the meeting will say it was a worthwhile experience, but the report on the club website suggests otherwise to me.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,641
    I thank the fans forum for meeting up with Storrie & the update.

    Surprising that nothing yet of importance has been sent to the EFL so we are weeks, if not months, away from the takeover being concluded. I would have expected paperwork being completed whilst DD was ongoing & once the SPA was signed then it would have all been sent off. I don't know whether it's due to staffing issues, or TS not being that bothered, but it didn't smack of urgency to me.

    My real worry is that any new signings that involve a fee has to be agreed first by Sandgaard.....so if he doesnt want to spend any money then they wont be signed, even though the new owners might actually want them. I may be reading it wrong & it might come down to just the way Storrie answered the questions but it seems like no matter if there is an agreement between all parties regarding expenditure the buck stops with Sandgaard. If he says no then that's it......no signing. 


  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    edited June 2023
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  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    seth plum said:
    Scoham said:
    seth plum said:
    Scoham said:
    seth plum said:
    Can’t say the report from the meeting is encouraging.
    Hey ho.
    We were told it would take 6-8 weeks after the SPA was signed so they were always going to be in the early stages by this point.

    If you mean signings it doesn’t tell us anything either way other than confirm the intention isn’t to wait until the takeover is completed.
    The theme that came across to me from the report is that Charlton have not supplied all the info the EFL and FA required, all the people are mystery figures, if and when a takeover happens and when that takes place Storrie buggers off, and the new people can do whatever they please so all previous bets are off. Storrie will watch uninvolved from the shore whilst others struggle with the storm.
    We were told at the start it would take 6-8 weeks so I don’t find it surprising we haven’t submitted everything yet. The amount they have to submit is partly why it takes that long.

    Were you hoping the club were going to name those involved part way through the process? Since they weren’t named in the initial announcement we were always going to have to wait until it’s completed to hear more.

    Not sure what your point is on new owners doing whatever they please?
    My point is that whatever Storrie says carries weight, if that’s the right way to put it, only up to the point that the mystery people acquire the club.
    As he says they can do whatever the hell they like, which is why I personally would like to know who the hell we’re dealing with. Storrie will be gone.
    It also reads to me that the EFL/FA process hasn’t even started anyway as those institutions wait for information to be submitted by the club.
    My skin in the game? Long term fan and season ticket holder having already bought for next season. If that counts for nothing, then my guess that Methven and Co view fans like me as mere ballast and can be treated with distain.
    (The unfulfilled threat by Methven of legal action reminds me of when Southall was sacking Chris Parkes, Mick Everett and others on the spot during a particularly florid example of his power and money trip).
    Maybe those who attended the meeting will say it was a worthwhile experience, but the report on the club website suggests otherwise to me.
    Skin in the game!? wtf!
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,211
    But what is being discussed about Charlton TV???🧐
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Hal1x said:
    seth plum said:
    Scoham said:
    seth plum said:
    Scoham said:
    seth plum said:
    Can’t say the report from the meeting is encouraging.
    Hey ho.
    We were told it would take 6-8 weeks after the SPA was signed so they were always going to be in the early stages by this point.

    If you mean signings it doesn’t tell us anything either way other than confirm the intention isn’t to wait until the takeover is completed.
    The theme that came across to me from the report is that Charlton have not supplied all the info the EFL and FA required, all the people are mystery figures, if and when a takeover happens and when that takes place Storrie buggers off, and the new people can do whatever they please so all previous bets are off. Storrie will watch uninvolved from the shore whilst others struggle with the storm.
    We were told at the start it would take 6-8 weeks so I don’t find it surprising we haven’t submitted everything yet. The amount they have to submit is partly why it takes that long.

    Were you hoping the club were going to name those involved part way through the process? Since they weren’t named in the initial announcement we were always going to have to wait until it’s completed to hear more.

    Not sure what your point is on new owners doing whatever they please?
    My point is that whatever Storrie says carries weight, if that’s the right way to put it, only up to the point that the mystery people acquire the club.
    As he says they can do whatever the hell they like, which is why I personally would like to know who the hell we’re dealing with. Storrie will be gone.
    It also reads to me that the EFL/FA process hasn’t even started anyway as those institutions wait for information to be submitted by the club.
    My skin in the game? Long term fan and season ticket holder having already bought for next season. If that counts for nothing, then my guess that Methven and Co view fans like me as mere ballast and can be treated with distain.
    (The unfulfilled threat by Methven of legal action reminds me of when Southall was sacking Chris Parkes, Mick Everett and others on the spot during a particularly florid example of his power and money trip).
    Maybe those who attended the meeting will say it was a worthwhile experience, but the report on the club website suggests otherwise to me.
    Skin in the game!? wtf!
    Yes. Skin in the game by being a committed fan.
  • Solidgone said:
    But what is being discussed about Charlton TV???🧐
    Yup, come on. Give us an update now.
  • swordfish
    swordfish Posts: 4,234
    Sounds like a lot of past quotes rechurned.

    Still not clear whether we have budget to pay transfer fees or whether we will just be doing free transfers until the takeover is done.

    Time will tell I guess. Hopefully the former or 23/24 is screwed. Don’t see the takeover happening until after the season has started.
    Have those we've paid transfer fees for in recent years been more of an asset or more dependable than those we haven't? It's not about the price tag, it's about building a competitive team, although having money to spend on buying better players should help with that. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,641
    Sounds like a lot of past quotes rechurned.

    Still not clear whether we have budget to pay transfer fees or whether we will just be doing free transfers until the takeover is done.

    Time will tell I guess. Hopefully the former or 23/24 is screwed. Don’t see the takeover happening until after the season has started.
    I think its quite clear, but whether Sandgaard will want to pay any fees is a different matter.

    I think Storrie has cleared up the issue around transfer embargo's (we knew that already as the EFL publishes a list now of any club under one) and he says any player purchases get agreed with the new owners before pursuing. However, as I posted on here & other threads today, whether TS will part with ANY up front fee is a different matter.