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Charlie Methven tells Palace and West Ham to “grow up” (over new EFL deal)

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  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,816
    well said Charlie boy - fair play for naming names as well 
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    What has happened to damage Charlton?
    Can anybody explain in plain terms?
  • seth plum said:
    What has happened to damage Charlton?
    Can anybody explain in plain terms?
    We, along with all other EFL clubs were supposed to be getting a fairer share of Prem media revenue, but Palace and West Ham amongst a few others have voted against it.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    seth plum said:
    What has happened to damage Charlton?
    Can anybody explain in plain terms?
    We, along with all other EFL clubs were supposed to be getting a fairer share of Prem media revenue, but Palace and West Ham amongst a few others have voted against it.
    Thank you.
    We want grace and favour Premier League money that they have a moral obligation to pay out to sustain the football pyramid something something…the conversation is about something, or nothing, or which point in between.
    I imagine clubs outside the Premier League want money and (some) clubs in the Premier League say ‘why should we give away any of our money?’.
    Can they be forced to pay?
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,725
    edited March 2024
    "Where's my money?!" says Charlie boy 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl0DFBtwmfs
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,185
    Cerdit where credit is due. Hate to say it but Charlie viewpoint is hard to aruge with.
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,405
    Methven is one of us, to be sung next week!?
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,682
    mendonca said:
    Methven is one of us, to be sung next week!?
    Steady on.
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  • About time someone has had the balls to speak up and name names. Football as we know it with four professional leagues is finished unless something is done to prise money away from the greedy bastards in the Premier League. Well done Charlie.
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,349
    Can someone confirm the story here, my memory is a bit hazy... Did the government tell the Premier League clubs to sort a deal themselves or else the regulator would come in and do it, and they may not like the deal the regulator came up with?
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    Credit where it's due. He was spot on and came over well.
  • Chunes said:
    Can someone confirm the story here, my memory is a bit hazy... Did the government tell the Premier League clubs to sort a deal themselves or else the regulator would come in and do it, and they may not like the deal the regulator came up with?
    The regulator will procrastinate and prevaricate for probably years. Regulators can’t or won’t even stop water companies from poisoning our rivers, lakes and seas. Quite how many teeth a sports regulator will have doesn’t fill me with optimism for a quick resolution. 
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,470
    Charlie Methven on TalkSport from about 05.00
    https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1710237600/1710239400/
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,809
    Usual horseshit disco from Jordan afterwards 
  • SE10Addick
    SE10Addick Posts: 2,964
    Have a look at the reaction from Palace fans on Twitter. 

    Absolute melts. 
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  • Chunes said:
    Can someone confirm the story here, my memory is a bit hazy... Did the government tell the Premier League clubs to sort a deal themselves or else the regulator would come in and do it, and they may not like the deal the regulator came up with?
    The regulator will procrastinate and prevaricate for probably years. Regulators can’t or won’t even stop water companies from poisoning our rivers, lakes and seas. Quite how many teeth a sports regulator will have doesn’t fill me with optimism for a quick resolution. 

    You are probably right but this is a far simpler thing to decide than water regulation I would expect.  The PL clubs have a figure of £900M yet can't agree. A regulator just adds 50% to that number as a punishment and it is done very quickly.

    I suspect the reality in all of this is that ultimately the EFL will get a far watered down amount and just like EPPP before there will be a huge load of strings attached which all favour the PL (feeder clubs...?).

    The question when that happens is how many of the new USA owners bought into the EFL expecting a huge wedge coming their way and when it doesn't how many simply walk away leaving EFL clubs screwed.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,490
    Cerdit where credit is due. Hate to say it but Charlie viewpoint is hard to aruge with.
    You hate to say it?
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,349
    edited March 2024
    Remind me what he has had to say about the last four-six months at Charlton, as I must have missed it?
    What have the larger shareholders had to say?
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,490
    Remind me what he has had to say about the last four-six months at Charlton, as I must have missed it?
    What was it you have been expecting him to have be saying?

    Genuine question
  • It strikes me that there are some that won’t accept Charlie Methven regardless of what he says or does. When he speaks he’s wrong and when he doesn’t he’s wrong. 
    Even my ex-wife is right sometimes. Right, that was a once in a lifetime slip.

    Methven was right this time around, but with the laws of CL restored, can we please resume the negative narrative of this person who represents our club. 
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,742
    edited March 2024
    My point is that he is a minor shareholder at a L1 club, at which he has no formal position, so it’s not clear he has much locus. It’s interesting therefore that he is speaking about this on a national radio station when the club has been through a crisis during which neither he nor anyone else in apparent authority has been willing to put their name to anything (IIRC). It’s a bit odd.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,490
    edited March 2024
    My point is that he is a minor shareholder at a L1 club, at which has no formal position, so it’s not clear he has much locus. It’s interesting therefore that he is speaking about this on a national radio station when the club has been through a crisis during which neither he nor anyone else in apparent has been willing to put their name to anything (IIRC). It’s a bit odd.
    Rodwell, Elliott and the other bloke addressed certain things when answering fans questions (re' Scott / Appleton / shit signings etc etc) in the interview with Charlotte. How much credence you give what they've said is another matter, but they did do that. With regards to CM, maybe he was just asked by TalkSport for his opinion on this subject as representative of the shareholders of a League 1 club, and he agreed to give it.

    Or are we saying that there should be complete silence from him until such a time that certain members of the Charlton fanbase give their blessing?
  • My point is that he is a minor shareholder at a L1 club, at which he has no formal position, so it’s not clear he has much locus. It’s interesting therefore that he is speaking about this on a national radio station when the club has been through a crisis during which neither he nor anyone else in apparent authority has been willing to put their name to anything (IIRC). It’s a bit odd.
    Actually I don’t find it odd at all. It’s what people do isn’t it. When things are going wrong they tend to keep their heads down. As you say he has no real authority so I doubt he could have added anything to the debate about our flirtation with relegation. On this particular topic even as a small shareholder he has a dog in the fight and his opinion is as valid as anyone’s. I’d expect him to have an opinion and it’s hardly his fault it’s been sought by media outlets to express it.