Taking out the obvious issues regarding loss of revenue etc for a moment, would relegation be such a bad thing?
Lets be honest, it doesn't look as though the team we have are either good enough, or have the heart to keep us up, so even if we do manage to avoid relegation this season, with the board having spent a decent chunk of next years budget, who is to say that it wouldn't be exactly the same next season ala West Brom?
Would it not be better to accept the inevitable and just get it over and done with, giving the club the opportunity to do what Birmingham have and get rid of their high earners and have a decent pot to invest in the better CCC and older prem player?
That will give us an opportunity to rebuild the team with "Charlton" type players rather than just waste more money on expensive mercenaries who would probably lead us back in the CCC anyway if this years transfer's attitudes are anything to go by?
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Out Bent x2, Romm, JFH etc and keep the likes of Andy Reid who I think would happily stay, and start again
It could easily become a positive in my eyes, the first team squad needs major, major restructuring and its near impossible to do that in the cut-throatness of the premiership. We would also know later in this season whether Les Reed would be the right man to lead us next year or not, a decision could be made early and a new man could be given the full summer.
A lot will be determined by our level of debts, what the mortgages of the north and west stand are like for the next two years. We really don't have many saleable assets. Bent is the most, but when you strip out the percentage due to Ipswich, plus the cut Darren would get for not asking for a transfer, then financially it does not look good.
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Sankofa Diawarra Fortune Traore
Sam Faye Reid Thomas
Lisbie Walker
Hmmm think we'll need some strikers there but the back 9 is easily good enough to get us back up. Would we need to get Diawarra/Traore off the wage bill?
I think we could let Young go which would give us some cash for wages.
It was different first time we got relegated because the mood was still bouyant, and the ground was smaller, so the majority feared that they would not be able to go on a match by match basis.
like it or not, the majority of our crowd now are families there to watch football in a decent friendly environment, i can't see that changing too much. plus a bit of freed up room with give people greater opportunity to sit in the area and with friends that they want. The Valley crowd will of got used to us hardly ever winning by then, a greater chance of winning, an improved atmosphere, and i think would see crowds remain in the 17-24k bracket.
But who knows it's all very early for all this. I am still smarting from what I had to watch on Saturday. As you know I was still very positive right up to a couple of weeks ago...........
My worries about relegation are mainly financial. Loss of the Sky money obviously but also will the likes of Murray, Whitehand etc retain an investment in a non Premiership club?
Could we get stitched up like we did when Gliksten left?
A rather big obvious issue especially this year.
The championship means more Saturday 3pm kick-offs, better away fans, not having absolutely everything justified by money, more mistakes and laughs, more to aim for and less back-stabbing by the media. Don't be fooled that the premiership is the be all and end all of football - I don't eat at the Ivy, but I have a perfectly good time with my friends at my local curry house. Okay, a rubbish metaphor, but I hope you get what I mean! I like being a Charlton fan.
No, they don't and not anything like it either.
However there is no getting away from the fact that football is big business these days and relegation means we move from having a share of the biggest market in the world to one significantly reduced in terms of sponsorship, gate and TV receipts etc
Relegation doesn't worry me too much on a personal level, I've not enjoyed matchdays for some time in the Premiership so it can't get much worse - I just hope that the club can come out of it without too much financial damage.
And I like your metaphor!
What odds this figure being in a newspaper over the next few days, with the journo claiming it comes from an "inside source"...........
I am resigned in the office to us going down, almost to the point where I will pay out my bets fairly soon.....
As you say Chris we have had some income for the last few years, about £20m+ from Sky plus gate reciepts, A £5m share issue, sponsorships and all that money from our League cup runs. OK forget the last one.
Either way, more like £20m than £55m.
however if i was still in SE London, i wouldn't be that bothered - i would much rather be watching a season unfold with the possibility of play-offs / promotion / championship than a season spent eeking out points in a bid just to avoid survival
the Premiership is by & large boring - i mean this season has a bit of spice to it for us, but whats our ultimate goal? mid table obscurity??
we struggle to fill it now & would probbaly need to start bussing in fans from France if we wanted to push beyond 24k Charlton supporters
i would like to see more resources spent on bringing in talent from across the globe with a proper scouting network , not half baked "schools of excellence" in the middle of nowhere - something we have by & large miserably failed to do