2nd piece in the column.
Little new news or revelations although I haven't seen a Club statement regarding Rick Everitt's departture yet.
Interesting that it has made the national press now but we know that the Mail has connections to the Club via the Collins family. That doesn't mean either was the source however
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-2220754/1-3m-Olympic-freebies-blame-seats-Nick-Harris.html
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Have you got your tickets for The Stones at the O2 yet :-)
I was hoping that my "friends" on here might buy me some but no chance of that. : - (
Apologies.
Cheers, Tel
Strikes me as a similar as when the media portrayed that Charlton fans wanted rid of Curbishley and we were all tarred with that brush because some vocal supporters subscribed to that view.
If I was Slater and TJ I would say feck this don't need the hassle and say here you go Murray you can have your mess back good luck as Im not spending my time and money to be slated on message boards and called a crook and compared to genocidal war criminals just because we keep business activity behind closed doors.
Most Charlton fans I know don't use forums and most are happy with how the club has been run from what they have seen since they took over when we were languishing in the 3rd division and only heading one way.
Say that there are 3,000 signed up members and regular users (and thats a generous assumption) across all charlton internet forums that is probably only around 10% of our fan base and not even 15% of our average attendance. And when you look on here as an example there are probably less than 50 posters that vocally (in postings) regulary display the negative view towards the board which doesnt necessarily give a reflective sample of what the average charlton supporter thinks.
But then suddenly the media pick up that and "Charlton fans are increasingly exasperated about how the club is being run under Michael Slater...." according to an national paper.
Exasperation for me was losing to Northwich Victoria and not having a pot to piss in in the 3rd division and the complete joke and demise of the club and managerial appointments post curbishley which took us there... not what we have been delivered since MS and TJ took over.
I said it before but nothing I have seen the board do since they took over warrants my criticism and I hope they dont lose patience with the negativity and criticism and decide to pack up and go down the road because without their intervention we would have probably lost to Bromley not Barnsley yesterday if we even had a club to turn up to in the first place as didnt see a queue of people lining up to help us out of the shit before Varney and Murray told us that they (TJ & MS) were the right people for the job.
Sort of thing that would make Slater squirm a bit I think. Needs to get some replacements in for the departed. And quick.