I'm not going tonight-not some boycott on my part- but rather a wish not to drive 150 miles and watch the Club I love wither and die still further, its beginning to feel like visiting a terminally ill Relative in a Hospice.
Where did this all begin this malaise visiting our Club. The day that Curbs was brought out by Richrd Murray to say he was off came as a shock to all of us I dare say, but for me it also, with hindsight, started a change within the Club.
By this I mean that the Board has changed, the way that we have been communicated with by them, I know that they still attend Supporter Forums btu the silence from the Board at this time of real crisis is deafening. The appt and structure around Dowie was poorly thought out, the appt of Reed was forlorn in the extreme and then Pardew.........
The Board have effectively wasted the legacy that Mr Curbishley left us, cetainly in Financial terms and I feel the rapport with Fans, we no longer have a supporters rep-due to financialchanges-3 years ago we were the best run Club in the League with no debts etc now we are the brink of Div 1 and financial crisis. £30m in debt........
What is he sitution with PP? Is the Job his or not? More uncertainty-is it a reflection of the inability of Board to make effective decisions at times of crisis?
Curbs left at the right time for Him, the England manager debacle had damaged Him, but He must be astonished at what we, as a Club, have achieved without him.
I hope we win tonight of course, I am away now, out of the Country, until the middle of Jan, I desperately want things to get better, but have little confidence of this happening.
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I still believe that the underlying causes are that the big money in the Premier League has totally distorted football. Footballers play for obscene amounts of money and pride in a shirt went out of the window by and large. I believe it's why fans everywhere have started booing, the big time bling boys want all their celebrity status and flashy cars and they get it because we are willing to pay. MOTD is starting to comment on booing fans, Hansen writes a column about it, there's changes going on everywhere. Charlton is obviously in crisis, but I think it's merely a reflection of modern football. Set against the economic hardships that many of us are going to face, football no longer seems a wise choice when it comes to spending our spare money. Our board is floundering but it is by no means unnusual in this and it is responsible for some, but not all of its problems.
IMHO the analogy is not sound. I have supported charlton for years, they are part of my life, but them losing doesn't come near to terminally ill relatives.
I am as excited about tonights game as I always am - looking forward to seeing a few chums, love the evening game buzz and hoping upon hope that we win. But if we do lose then I will bounce back and be there for Derby - just as excited. I am not a saint - I left at half time against Barnsely but I hope that I put it in perspective more than most on here.
You need these bad times to make the good times oh so much better. Would we have celebrated at Wembley to the point of heart attack if it was our 10th successive visit? .....no. It is painful at the moment but lets take the rough with the smooth . ............dying club ffs.........
C'mon you Addicks!!
But, Milne does raise some uncomfortable points. There seems to be confusion at all levels of the club - we were told Murray was effectively out of it and it was the Derek and Steve show. Then, who's giving Pardew his P45 - Richard Murray. It's also plain that the board are looking to sell out and move on as Stilladdickted says. That is their right and until we've chipped in the amount of money they have we can't argue. But, it heaps more uncertainty on an already fragile set-up. The Parkinson thing is another fudge, we know we're skint so I guess the board are praying he gets some points so they can give him the job permanent. It all smacks to me of the Les Reed disaster, it looks like we never learnt from that, like we never learnt from last deasons debacle with the loan players.
I'll be there tonight, and next Monday, but although I probably look reasonably poositive compared to some of the people down there, I worry about the whole future of the club.
Totally agree with you 1905. You gotta take the rough with the smooth.
Go home spend a few hours in bed then
a) Go to see Charlton collect 3 points
or
b) Stay at home and get better
Go home spend a few hours in bed then
a) Go to see Charlton collect 3 points
or
b) Stay at home and get better[/quote]
Go to the match, we'll win and you'll feel a whole lot better.
more chance of you getting better than us getting 3 points;-)
Go home spend a few hours in bed then
a) Go to see Charlton collect 3 points
or
b) Stay at home and get better[/quote]
Easy get down there early doors, a few whiskeys, gets rid of the cold, see us a win
Exactly the same here, was off yesterday, in today but so bunged up, dont finish until 6pm, would have to leave straight from work, so still in work gear, crappy drive down the A2, no dinner (dont do food at the game, cant stand it), and trudging back down the A2 with the hump if we lose and cursing the world for a late night on a school night (its my age)
Very very true, better go with my flask and thermals
Very very true, better go with my flask and thermals[/quote]
Oh no, wimped out in the end, feeling terrible but the positive is that every away game i go to we loose, so as hubby has gone on his own, i suspect we will win. In bed instead listening on CAFC TV (terrible sound!)
Cov are much further back from a full recovery.