Who knows, something may well be just around the corner.
But you can't help feel that this period of nothingness is probably the most depressing since i started following the club. The worst season i have seen finished nearly 3 weeks ago, and in real terms weeks before that. A season that has left the non-committed floating away, and the committed left disillusioned.
The minute the final whistle blew at the Norwich game, we needed to hit close season / pre season with a bang. A statement of intent that there will be no more decline, whether new investment or not.
Instead, we sit hit patiently hoping for some sign, any sign that some form of change is around the corner. Or if there is to be no change, some direction as to how we are to attack the season ahead.
The management haven't a clue what is happening, but in some cases have already cleared their stuff according to some accounts. How have player targets for next season been identified ? Who is identifying them ? Who is making all the calls, chasing clubs and agents ? I doubt its Parkinson or Kinsella, and who can blame them.
Some things really need to be announced in the next few days. The club needs to pull out a massive PR operation this summer, and the longer the silence continues, the shorter the timeframe will become for getting things right.
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Until a takeover is confirmed or denied then I can't see anyone saying Jack Shy*e to be honest......but then I think you already realise that.
We/they (the board that is), are caught well and truly between a rock and a hard place.
And that is exactly the crux of the problem.
There is absolutely zero guarantee that any of the alleged takeover interest will materialise into firm bids, acceptable bids or completion. Or any form of time frame that will deliver an end product. Some of the rumoured interest has allegedly been there for months, not weeks, and for as much as we know, still no nearer to sealing a deal.
At appears that at this present time, we have no workable strategy going forward. We as a club have no idea on realistic budgets, or who may be the manager. How much longer can that realistically go on for ? Another day ? Another week ? Another month ?
We are in a very dangerous limbo, and another week can easily turn into another. Before you know it the players will be back for pre-season, and realistic available players may have been snapped up by other clubs.
Can't disagree, I and a few others have been arguing for a statement of intent at the very least, (for the best or worse reasons) the slide continues - to who knows where. Its a gut feeling but for over a year now this club has been on very shaky ground in terms of leadership from above.
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Kinda makes you think something big must be going on tho..
If things are as uncertain as you say they 'might' be then we are indeed up shy*e creek without a paddle!
I still live with the hope that they know something is about to happen that will make all other plans that they announce redundant....but then I am always the eternal optimist!
then again i think a lot of us have proberly done more planning looking at bournemeouth away than the board may have done ( Joking )
Think people are waiting for parky to go
Pardew was always good for a statement of intent.
It could be good news or bad news - doesn't mean anything without some comparative figures.
Even then comparisons won't be entirely fair as you have to take into account the early renewal incentive schemes of past years.
My gut feeling is that 3,000 is low as a representation of the hardcore support who can be relied upon to renew almost as soon as the forms are sent out. But I may be wrong...perhaps it is actually a v respectable figure?
On the other hand, if it is just poor communication then the club may well be working hard to sort things out regarding players and managers behind the scenes but they've not got to telling us about it yet.
No one knows if there are any Arabs out there looking to take over, or if there are whether they are the same Arabs as before, if there is a take over on the cards from non-arabs or even if there is any realistic take over happening at all.
So any speculation on price is all a bit pointless. Clearly the club is "worth" less than last year or 3 years ago but anything is only ever worth what someone is willing to pay for it.
I would have a bet that CAFC is still worth more that Palace. Not that Jordan is worried as he sold it a long time ago.
Yet some see that as evidence that something is happening.
Personally I think it means neither. If a deal is "close" it will be confidential and they will want to keep it as quiet as possible until it is done. If nothing is happening then there is nothing to say. They may even want to keep quiet as that may help to bring in other buyers.
We know Rothchilds are working for the Club and we know it's up for sale. If someone wants to buy it then they can, if they can agree a price.
I disagree. I think the Club communicates much more than most and goes out of its way to find ways to communicate. They are not perfect and they make mistakes but they don't often mislead and rarely make announcements ahead of time. Even the example of Derek Chappell's now infamous "he'll be judged on results" comment shows this as this was made a public meeting that anyone could attend, where he and Steve Waggott took unscripted questions from the floor and was then openly reported on the internet
Personally I would rather have the current situation of no news on the "takeover" than say that at Southampton where take overs are forever "two days" away or the club goes under, etc, etc and I would rather learn we've signed a player when we actually have rather than constant speculation that we "might/could/are close to/about to sign".
I wish we could move forward and knew exactly who the boss is, in the board room and the manager's office, now but we don't so in the meantime....
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Well there might have been silence regarding any detail. But a quick perusal of Parkinson's pronouncements during the final two weeks of the season reveal at least five references to a putative takeover. That seems like quite a lot of confirmation that talks are taking place to me.
Mind you, I've no idea what Parkinson's status is at the moment. Wasn't he confirmed as manager until the end of the season? That was nearly two weeks ago and no decision has yet been taken on extending his tenure - or if it has, then that decison has certainly not been publicly announced. So whether or not we formally even have a manager at this moment, I am not entirely sure!
The announcement on his appointment didn't mention him as being only appointed until the end of the season. Unless there were subsequent additions to the details below...
the overwhelming feeling was that Phil was the best man to lead us and rescue us from our current plight.
But you can't help feel that this period of nothingness is probably the most depressing since i started following the club. The worst season i have seen finished nearly 3 weeks ago, and in real terms weeks before that. A season that has left the non-committed floating away, and the committed left disillusioned.
The minute the final whistle blew at the Norwich game, we needed to hit close season / pre season with a bang. A statement of intent that there will be no more decline, whether new investment or not--------------
Good post, sums up just how I was thinking. The silence from the club could be an indication 'something is afoot' as regards a takeover of course. My concern is the indication of divisions in the boardroom. Derek Chappel in particular concerns me as we seem to have lost the single direction that Murray seemed to lead previously.
I think there were, Oakster. According to the report from the fans forum meeting in April :
''we were told Parkinson has an assistant manager contract for another 12 months and the position would be reviewed at the end of the season.''
As I understand it, he was contracted until the end of 2009 as manager, whereupon he formally reverts to his original and still unrevoked three and a half year contract as assistant manager until said review decides whether or not his tenure as manager is extended.
Perhaps I've got that wrong. But that appears to be what the fans fourm report was saying.
Parkinson's announcements during the last two weeks of the season, and his very public pitch for the manager job next season after the last game, point to him believing that Charlton will have new owners before the start of next season. If he did not believe that there would be new owners before next season he would not have felt the need to publicly state his credentials for the job. If he felt there was not going to be a change of ownership surely he would have made his case privately to the existing owners.
I'm not sure that would be the case, wasn't Parky's comments equally aimed at the fans , to garner acceptance for him to remain as manager.