Have many others been getting late evening calls about not renewing? 8:30 is a strange time for them to be working.
I'm now officially on record as 'waiting to see what happens' before deciding if I buy. I should have asked about Belgium in preseason though, damn it.
Yep. me too - told them i didnt like the football of last season, and didnt like the way the club has gone post RD.
Have many others been getting late evening calls about not renewing? 8:30 is a strange time for them to be working.
I'm now officially on record as 'waiting to see what happens' before deciding if I buy. I should have asked about Belgium in preseason though, damn it.
Yep. me too - told them i didnt like the football of last season, and didnt like the way the club has gone post RD.
Me too I'm afraid. The bloke who called me was good humoured and asked if my decision "was due to the change in owners" before I could tell him that it was his model I didn't get. The line about you risking losing your seat is so weak they should drop it. I'll warrant not a single person has been persuaded to change their mind on that basis.
Have many others been getting late evening calls about not renewing? 8:30 is a strange time for them to be working.
I'm now officially on record as 'waiting to see what happens' before deciding if I buy. I should have asked about Belgium in preseason though, damn it.
Maybe the club considers that due to our current out the door policy with players is/might affect the uptake of season tickets and needs to actively push the sale of them hence the late evening calls?
Apparently they are ringing round all those who haven't renewed I got a call the other day.
The rise in kid ticket prices in the East stand central blocks meaning there is no longer a flat rate doesn't sit well with me and has made the whole thing that much more expensive.
I don't mind paying more for my seat but this is a step too far for me in principal and financially, and would mean I have to move away from where I've sat with people I know for the last 19 years or so. Without that hike of around 50%? for their seats on top I would have renewed without hesitation.
I'm also in a 'wait and see' position. I travel from Hampshire and have been a ST holder for a few seasons now. The last couple of years have been poor and I don't like the direction the club is going in now.
Got the call was not impressed by the you will lose your seat tactic. He got his answer. Was further told he would call back in 2 weeks, I honestly don't see what is likely to change in 2 weeks, perhaps Katrien's task of avoiding relegation will be completed.
This is the first time I have not renewed and that is over decades.
It's a shame some people need reassurance of what's going to happen next season I.e signings ect , I'd be supporting Charlton if they was in the conference and still get a season ticket !
Wasn't it Cantona that said if you can't support us through the bad times don't support us through the good times.
My mate and I didn't renew last season and went pay as you go. We attended over half of the home games in the end. Our previous STs were in East block D. Those seats (and the seats that we sat in last year in west upper block K) would have been around 500quid last year for a ST. There is no way on earth I would have paid 500 quid for a ST for next year given where we are now or what we could have imagined facing us back in early April. Our West Upper Seats were then offered for 250 quid so we bought STs for next year there and then! For £11 quid a game I almost don't care what happens, that's my footy fix paid for. Just shows what can be done if the price point is right (or ridiculously low!
However, there are down sides. If it all turns out to be a basket case (I'm open minded at the moment if a little worried) it will be easier to just drift away. It will also be a bit odd looking at swathes of empty seats in odd places (assuming the east stand can actually be policed and A/B blockers don't just sit where they like). I am also very sorry for people like Razil who have been disadvantaged by the changing price structure. Whatever the case, next year is very much suck it and see for us. We've paid up as the price was cheap and we are curious to see how the RD experiment works. If it doesn't, we haven't lost much at least in cash terms. Whether we end up losing the soul of our club will be another matter.
silly billy.I assume you are joking about "policing" of where people sit.I seldom sit in the seat I have bought at the valley since relegation and smaller crowds.Buy cheap seats ,sit in expensive ones.This works in theatres as well.Best place I ever found was the Athens[2004] Olympics[where most stadia were almost empty] we bought £10 tickets and sat in £50 seats .The valley will be no different .
A lady called last night at quarter to 9 on the home phone, a bit odd.
Reminds me of a curb your enthusiasm episode about home phone etiquette.... What's the cut off for a home phone calling?
If you haven't got one, invest in an answer phone, works wonders for me :-)
I'm always in a bit of shock when the home phone rings that I feel compelled to answer - Like it's probably an emergency. I usually sort out my Dad's too and put down the same details as me. The lady called back as soon as I hung up to speak to him. I got my girlfriend to answer... just in case.
The line about "your seat will be released next week" isn't gonna work in a half empty stadium.
It's a shame some people need reassurance of what's going to happen next season I.e signings ect , I'd be supporting Charlton if they was in the conference and still get a season ticket !
Wasn't it Cantona that said if you can't support us through the bad times don't support us through the good times.
Or something like that.
If it was simply about good versus bad times then we'd all have renewed after beating Watford. The point is that for some of us it doesn't feel like the club we grew up supporting, while there are many questions hanging over the owner's motives, actions and priorities. That has all been done to death on here but should worst come to worst I'd rather give my money to Forest, Rotherham, etc than him.
It's a shame some people need reassurance of what's going to happen next season I.e signings ect , I'd be supporting Charlton if they was in the conference and still get a season ticket !
Wasn't it Cantona that said if you can't support us through the bad times don't support us through the good times.
Or something like that.
If it was simply about good versus bad times then we'd all have renewed after beating Watford. The point is that for some of us it doesn't feel like the club we grew up supporting, while there are many questions hanging over the owner's motives, actions and priorities. That has all been done to death on here but should worst come to worst I'd rather give my money to Forest, Rotherham, etc than him.
Exactly this. I kept my Season Ticket during some awful performances in L1 - it isn't about "bad times", as such. I just don't feel that anyone at the club really has Charlton's best interests at heart any more, and so have decided not to renew. In case you think I'm a glory hunter, I've gone for a season ticket at Dulwich Hamlet instead. The atmosphere is ten times better, even if they are playing five divisions below Charlton.
Luckily the club don't have my latest number, so can't hassle me to renew!
It's a shame some people need reassurance of what's going to happen next season I.e signings ect , I'd be supporting Charlton if they was in the conference and still get a season ticket !
Wasn't it Cantona that said if you can't support us through the bad times don't support us through the good times.
Or something like that.
If it was simply about good versus bad times then we'd all have renewed after beating Watford. The point is that for some of us it doesn't feel like the club we grew up supporting, while there are many questions hanging over the owner's motives, actions and priorities. That has all been done to death on here but should worst come to worst I'd rather give my money to Forest, Rotherham, etc than him.
Exactly this. I kept my Season Ticket during some awful performances in L1 - it isn't about "bad times", as such. I just don't feel that anyone at the club really has Charlton's best interests at heart any more, and so have decided not to renew. In case you think I'm a glory hunter, I've gone for a season ticket at Dulwich Hamlet instead. The atmosphere is ten times better, even if they are playing five divisions below Charlton.
Luckily the club don't have my latest number, so can't hassle me to renew!
Do me a favour and stop writing on here then you ain't no Charlton fan so do 1 !
It's a shame some people need reassurance of what's going to happen next season I.e signings ect , I'd be supporting Charlton if they was in the conference and still get a season ticket !
Wasn't it Cantona that said if you can't support us through the bad times don't support us through the good times.
Or something like that.
If it was simply about good versus bad times then we'd all have renewed after beating Watford. The point is that for some of us it doesn't feel like the club we grew up supporting, while there are many questions hanging over the owner's motives, actions and priorities. That has all been done to death on here but should worst come to worst I'd rather give my money to Forest, Rotherham, etc than him.
Yeah but I'm saying so if people see us spending a bit and getting good players or doing well then they will come then that is a joke because I'd go no matter what .
I would never support another team---------45 plus years of following this club through mainly shit times---so we dont understand what Rd is all about and he may well be just here to make some sort profit with his Pan Europe Footie Experiment ---but your either CAFC or your not.
Will see the majority of the Valley home games and we have away days at Bournemouth,Brighton,Blackpool,Norwich, Brentford all good days out.
It's a shame some people need reassurance of what's going to happen next season I.e signings ect , I'd be supporting Charlton if they was in the conference and still get a season ticket !
Wasn't it Cantona that said if you can't support us through the bad times don't support us through the good times.
Or something like that.
If it was simply about good versus bad times then we'd all have renewed after beating Watford. The point is that for some of us it doesn't feel like the club we grew up supporting, while there are many questions hanging over the owner's motives, actions and priorities. That has all been done to death on here but should worst come to worst I'd rather give my money to Forest, Rotherham, etc than him.
Exactly this. I kept my Season Ticket during some awful performances in L1 - it isn't about "bad times", as such. I just don't feel that anyone at the club really has Charlton's best interests at heart any more, and so have decided not to renew. In case you think I'm a glory hunter, I've gone for a season ticket at Dulwich Hamlet instead. The atmosphere is ten times better, even if they are playing five divisions below Charlton.
Luckily the club don't have my latest number, so can't hassle me to renew!
Do me a favour and stop writing on here then you ain't no Charlton fan so do 1 !
If only life were actually as black and white as you seem to see everything, it would all be a lot simpler.
It's a shame some people need reassurance of what's going to happen next season I.e signings ect , I'd be supporting Charlton if they was in the conference and still get a season ticket !
Wasn't it Cantona that said if you can't support us through the bad times don't support us through the good times.
Or something like that.
If it was simply about good versus bad times then we'd all have renewed after beating Watford. The point is that for some of us it doesn't feel like the club we grew up supporting, while there are many questions hanging over the owner's motives, actions and priorities. That has all been done to death on here but should worst come to worst I'd rather give my money to Forest, Rotherham, etc than him.
You're right. I'm not watching a former European player of the year on a crumbling east terrace (until it shut down).
If it was simply about good versus bad times then we'd all have renewed after beating Watford. The point is that for some of us it doesn't feel like the club we grew up supporting, while there are many questions hanging over the owner's motives, actions and priorities. That has all been done to death on here but should worst come to worst I'd rather give my money to Forest, Rotherham, etc than him.
That's fine as long as you confirm to yourself that the owners of Forest, Rotherham etc have the correct motives, actions and priorities. You wouldn't want to be giving your money to a wrong'un.
If it was simply about good versus bad times then we'd all have renewed after beating Watford. The point is that for some of us it doesn't feel like the club we grew up supporting, while there are many questions hanging over the owner's motives, actions and priorities. That has all been done to death on here but should worst come to worst I'd rather give my money to Forest, Rotherham, etc than him.
That's fine as long as you confirm to yourself that the owners of Forest, Rotherham etc have the correct motives, actions and priorities. You wouldn't want to be giving your money to a wrong'un.
If you didn't want to do that then you'd have very few games to choose from.
Paul, I don't really see what your point is. We all have our own expectations of an owner and our own personal boundaries; there's no right or wrong.
Never considered not renewing until this season. I've been going for years, the football has been a lot worse, the league has been worse, the players have been worse (fingers crossed) but I've never had such little interest as I do with the current set up. Alex Dyers words confirmed everything I didn't want to believe was going on.
It's not a protest, I don't really mind Roland in the main, I don't mind the idea of head coaches either if the proper set up is there. It's just all a bit odd.
silly billy.I assume you are joking about "policing" of where people sit.I seldom sit in the seat I have bought at the valley since relegation and smaller crowds.Buy cheap seats ,sit in expensive ones.This works in theatres as well.Best place I ever found was the Athens[2004] Olympics[where most stadia were almost empty] we bought £10 tickets and sat in £50 seats .The valley will be no different .
I find this also works in restaurants. I like to sit down, order a starter and then help myself to whatever I fancy from the kitchen.
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Wonder how many have actually moved?
The rise in kid ticket prices in the East stand central blocks meaning there is no longer a flat rate doesn't sit well with me and has made the whole thing that much more expensive.
I don't mind paying more for my seat but this is a step too far for me in principal and financially, and would mean I have to move away from where I've sat with people I know for the last 19 years or so. Without that hike of around 50%? for their seats on top I would have renewed without hesitation.
Wasnt at an anti social time though.
This is the first time I have not renewed and that is over decades.
Reminds me of a curb your enthusiasm episode about home phone etiquette.... What's the cut off for a home phone calling?
Wasn't it Cantona that said if you can't support us through the bad times don't support us through the good times.
Or something like that.
However, there are down sides. If it all turns out to be a basket case (I'm open minded at the moment if a little worried) it will be easier to just drift away. It will also be a bit odd looking at swathes of empty seats in odd places (assuming the east stand can actually be policed and A/B blockers don't just sit where they like). I am also very sorry for people like Razil who have been disadvantaged by the changing price structure. Whatever the case, next year is very much suck it and see for us. We've paid up as the price was cheap and we are curious to see how the RD experiment works. If it doesn't, we haven't lost much at least in cash terms. Whether we end up losing the soul of our club will be another matter.
The line about "your seat will be released next week" isn't gonna work in a half empty stadium.
Luckily the club don't have my latest number, so can't hassle me to renew!
Will see the majority of the Valley home games and we have away days at Bournemouth,Brighton,Blackpool,Norwich, Brentford all good days out.
no season ticket required.
I'm not watching a former European player of the year on a crumbling east terrace (until it shut down).
Paul, I don't really see what your point is. We all have our own expectations of an owner and our own personal boundaries; there's no right or wrong.
It's not a protest, I don't really mind Roland in the main, I don't mind the idea of head coaches either if the proper set up is there. It's just all a bit odd.