From apathy to anger. Think I'll steer well clear of Charlton until this shambles is sorted.

Callumcafc

Our club is on life support. I commend those who are getting behind campaigns but at the current time, all of this effort and emotion is not worth the aggravation. I have better things I could be spending my time on.

I've just turned 23 so to those at the club who are apparently only interested in the new generation: I am (with few others) a big part of the future you want to build but right now, I don't want anything to do with it. The situation you've put our club in disgusts me. I can't be the only one?

ken_shabby

I certainly don't see much use in the Black and White thing. RD faced down rioting Liege fans. He probably won't even hear about the fancy dress party at the Valley, if he can even find it without a satnav.

kentaddick

Callumcafc said:

Our club is on life support. I commend those who are getting behind campaigns but at the current time, all of this effort and emotion is not worth the aggravation. I have better things I could be spending my time on.

I've just turned 23 so to those at the club who are apparently only interested in the new generation: I am (with few others) a big part of the future you want to build but right now, I don't want anything to do with it. The situation you've put our club in disgusts me. I can't be the only one?

24 here and feel the exact same. Don't really want anything to do with us at the moment. Think it's patronising and insulting to ignore the opinions of older supporters - as if we aren't "wise" enough to share the same opinions as them!

Bedsaddick

I was going to go to the MK Dons away game the week after next because it's only half an hour from me but if they were playing in my back garden I wouldn't open the curtains at the moment.

T_C_E

Callumcafc said:

Our club is on life support. I commend those who are getting behind campaigns but at the current time, all of this effort and emotion is not worth the aggravation. I have better things I could be spending my time on.

I've just turned 23 so to those at the club who are apparently only interested in the new generation: I am (with few others) a big part of the future you want to build but right now, I don't want anything to do with it. The situation you've put our club in disgusts me. I can't be the only one?

Callum, I'm apparently the generation they don't want. But what they forget is the generations after me (my Grandchildren) spent the afternoon with me instead of at the Valley. So its not so much as to whats going on now as will there be a future.

Callumcafc

T.C.E said:

Callumcafc said:

Our club is on life support. I commend those who are getting behind campaigns but at the current time, all of this effort and emotion is not worth the aggravation. I have better things I could be spending my time on.

I've just turned 23 so to those at the club who are apparently only interested in the new generation: I am (with few others) a big part of the future you want to build but right now, I don't want anything to do with it. The situation you've put our club in disgusts me. I can't be the only one?

Callum, I'm apparently the generation they don't want. But what they forget is the generations after me (my Grandchildren) spent the afternoon with me instead of at the Valley. So its not so much as to whats going on now as will there be a future.

Absolutely TCE. To disregard such an important demographic in the first instance is foolish.

But to then completely misfire when focusing on the younger generation just goes to show what a complete balls up this whole operation is.

alan dugdale

Been going since '74. This is by far the worst set up in that time and that includes Hulyer and Fryer.
First season in those years that I've kept away and I'm almost past caring. Very sad.

IdleHans

I had planned to go today with Idle Jr (18) but after Tuesday's shambles we decided to save our time and money. Right decision.

Roland's approach seems to be if you dont like it, dont come. Ok, Roland, we won't.

Huskaris

24 here, and I have absolutely no interest anymore. I will be honest, towards the end of the game today, I was hoping to see a fourth goal from Brentford, just so I could see some quality football. We had absolutely no hope in that last 30 minutes, the only redeeming factor today was the quality of some of the efforts, at least I saw some good football.... Unfortunately all the good football we see at the valley is from the opposition.

harveys_gardener

I doubt there were more than 12,000 bums on seats today regardless of official crowd figures.

northstandsteve

What a load of bollocks, jumping ship when things get smelly, great supporters.

kentaddick

northstandsteve said:

What a load of bollocks, jumping ship when things get smelly, great supporters.

There's being supporters and there's having the piss taken out of you simply because of your loyalty. This lot don't care as long as they have our money. Time to take it away from them

northstandsteve

See you later then, I'll still go.

WestCountryAddick

kentaddick said:

northstandsteve said:

What a load of bollocks, jumping ship when things get smelly, great supporters.

There's being supporters and there's having the piss taken out of you simply because of your loyalty. This lot don't care as long as they have our money. Time to take it away from them

It's true enough. It's the very reason I gave up my season ticket after nearly 20 years. I just go to a selection of away games now. I'm not lining the pockets of this regime.

ShootersHillGuru

Things at the club are inexplicable and we are in a right old mess but we've been here before and worse.

Yes something needs to change although I'm still not 100% sure exactly what.

As for staying away, well I think that's very counter productive.

Get behind the shirt if nothing else.

cafc4life

I'll always go, just gets harder and harder when it's the same shit different week. Until the Belgian lot fuck off we won't ever get anywhere , I can see us getting relegated this season cos we literally have got nothing

Valiantphil

Me too.

kentred2

The only way things will improve is with new owners.
The only legal way that will happen is like Selhurst with a boycott.
Everyone should think hard about what benefit them going brings to the future of Charlton in my view.

carly burn

northstandsteve said:

See you later then, I'll still go.

Pervert!

;-)

Brendan_O_Connell

I'm there when we win, I'm there when we lose. No corrupt lying Belgians are going to stop me supporting the football club I love. We will get through this, don't know when, but we will.

C_Jensens_Love_Child

I'm there!!!!! Don't get me wrong, this is hurting massively but this is my club whoever runs it. Obviously something is not right behind the scenes but we've faced far worse when we had Pawel Abbot leading the line with Akpo Sodji, this is my club and always will be!!!

J BLOCK

24 years old, was on the pitch at Carlisle but now have very little interest and no season ticket for the first time in 10 years.

Huge lack of connection with the club solely down to the owners.

seth plum

There is nobody who will buy us any more. The half whispers I have heard in the past have died completely, everybody has moved on. The reality is that Mr Duchatelet is in charge, his tragedy, and Katriens, and I also believe it of Guy Luzon too, his tragedy is that he will not engage with the reality of all this football lark, or this English football lark, or even this Charlton Athletic lark.
We are on a one way street, and even if we point out that the street leads to the quayside and the sea it will not influence this regime.
I really do think it is very sad, because when this new lot arrived so many positive things were within their grasp, but they simply did not want to see, and do not want to see what is right in front of them.
Maybe the advice on it all comes from Dudu Dahan I don't know, but even if Duchatelet had read a Janet and John Ladybird Level One Book about English football he would be able to do things better.

He is the owner and can do what he likes.

I hope you're back with us sufferers soon Callum, because you're a top bloke.

pshrimpt

Absolutely gutted at the moment, but its our club and we must stick with it through the good and the bad. Charlton always!

hoof_it_up_to_benty

V depressing at present.

Athletico Charlton

It is depressing but it will make the sweet times that more sweet. Keep the faith, keep going. Enjoy the time with your friends and family and try not to take the footy too seriously.

Mendonca In Asdas

I'm supposedly a grown bloke, I shouldn't get upset about a load of underperforming footballers, but right now we are staring down the barrel into league one, can see a 5 goal whooping coming at Boro, the only consolation I can find is the fact I didn't go on Tuesday night.

Was today's performance better, worse or about the same as Tuesday night?

I was shocked with how poor we were today, surely guys job is untenable , with back to back 3 nil defeats, the players look like they've given up.

North Lower Neil

northstandsteve said:

What a load of bollocks, jumping ship when things get smelly, great supporters.

I appreciate the poorly worded sentiment of supporting the club through thick and thin, but the reason we all got into football is because we enjoyed it. Frankly I can understand anyone who when it's as shit as this thinks why am I spending my hard earned cash to waste one of the two days I get off a week in a cold half-empty stadium feeling bored, pissed off and depressed.

It's the equivalent of a relationship that's no longer any fun, and the girl isn't bothering making any effort with you but you keep following her around on nights out to hold her coat while she ignores you.

carly burn

Love NSS but he's not the kind of person Roland and ultimately us need to be worried about. Talk of youngsters walking away is more worrying than the 30+ years ST holders jumping ship IMO.

The_President

ShootersHillGuru said:

Things at the club are inexplicable and we are in a right old mess but we've been here before and worse.

Yes something needs to change although I'm still not 100% sure exactly what.

As for staying away, well I think that's very counter productive.

Get behind the shirt if nothing else.

The main issue i have is that the 'mess' seems to happen every season now - it is getting very tiring.

BansteadAddick

It is just so horrible at the moment. I was arguing with Banstead Jr who wanted to leave 30mins early, same as on Tues. It is just not fun at all right now and there is no future. Go down and we will drop and keep dropping. And less and less will care, just like with Pompey going to League 2. Like most Charlton fans tonight I am really down. In football as they say it is the hope that kills you....what hope do we have?