vff said:

sam3110 said:

If you still think this is a property play then you're off your nut. There are literally more than a dozen sites within a mile of The Valley that are easier, cheaper and quicker to build on

The other plots of land are not owned by Duchatelet. Duchatelet likely still wants all his money back to justify his decision. For all his talk of community, him being right overrides everything. He is potentially vindictive because of Charlton supporters vocalness in not recognising his genius & vision. 

IMO, its mostly about the money & Duchalet being right. If he did got his money back, he would settle for that.  If Charlton survived or not is immaterial. All that talk of community was & is absolute bollocks. 

The only way Duchatelet is getting his money back if Charlton gets a minted (prepared to make significant investment) takeover - maybe the owners after Methven- not this mob on current evidence, Charlton getting to the Premiership (not looking possible without significant investment - not this mob on current evidence or obliteration of the club & somehow unlikely releasing value of the land. Releasing value off the land appears difficult to achieve but Duchatelet continually refused to accept reality in his strategy. 

Duchatelet owning the Valley & Sparrows Lane is the ongoing obstacle to Charlton becoming successful again. The current situation leads to useless owner after useless owner, who somehow think they can make a quick buck, have a plan that no one has thought about (that doesn’t require significant investment), vultures picking the corpse or somehow that supporters are so blinded by loyalty that they will turn up to watch any half baked, fatally flawed product / team on the pitch. 

There is money to be made but that takes sustained investment & astute management to get a team to the Premiership. 

So if they're not owned by Duchatelet, they're even easier to buy and build on? 

Again, Methven and co. aren't here to shut down Charlton and build flats on The Valley, as some absolute madmen have alluded to on here, it's literally not worth the effort, time and money, especially as flats in that particular corner of Charlton aren't exactly going to be surrounded by splendor are they. 

RD deciding to kick us out and build on The Valley is a different proposition, but that can happen under any owner until everything is brought back under one roof, which won't happen any time soon as however minted people are, the asking price is laughable, so no-one will pay it

It took 12 months to the Watford 5-0 for the Dushitelet protests, Charlie boy has broken all records in 5 games.

We're owned by investors for whom we represent a small punt. They're not fans and aren't claiming to be. Their interest and objective is money making having handed the responsibility for that to their management team and accepting the risks.

Fan engagement is low on my list of priorities in terms of what I want Charlie and his lot to be good at, providing the support needed to help build a successful wining team being right at the top.

fenaddick said:

Seen on Twitter there’s an interview with “not involved” Methven in The Telegraph but can’t seem to find it online anywhere. Anyone able to upload a photo of it?

Behind a paywall.  Anyway best to ignore it if its in the Telegraph, that is what I learnt from the experts on the ULEZ Thread.

So 'reluctant' but he can't seem to get away from the press and put his face front and centre. 

Some dodgy looking fans holding that banner

Airman Brown said:

Operating loss of £1m-£2m which will be covered by player trading. Nobody with experience believes that is possible (outside the PL)  - that’s their pitch to the majority shareholders and that’s where it will inevitably fall apart.

Is this based on the doc that went round or information from somewhere else?

SELR_addicks said:

So the new management team thinks we can progress further up the league with a net positive transfer outlay. 

They're living in cloud cuckoo land. 

Depends who you sell though.

If you sold Dobson, Fraser and CBT for say a combined 1m and replaced them with 3 cheap signings then no. 
If you sold Leaburn for 5m and bought 5 players for 500k each then you'd have a good chance of progressing and you've made a good profit.

But obviously the Leaburn scenario isn't going to happen every year.

ct_addick said:

That's Leaburn gone then.....prob January

Has to get fit and score goals first.

charltonbob said:

Billionaire owners ? Exciting times ahead ? Ever think you've been had ? ( Not me I never believed all the billionaire nonsense from certain parties) 

As always I think a large chunk of supporters, me included btw, get distracted by owners wealth. Ultimately it’s irrelevant and it’s about how much they are willing to spend. Wolves owners are minted and have been taking out loans,