On this forum there have been various opinions about what is going on. The transfer window will tell us all we need to know. We're in a desperate situation and this is the opportunity to rectify it.
RD must act decisively in January - if he doesn't then it will be a clear signal that he has no ambition for Charlton and should go.
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Fringe players out on loan
Free agents and old men to come in on loan.
- We are bottom 3
- atmosphere is bad and fans are leaving in droves.
- bad payers
- limited manager
- inexperienced coaching staff
- demoralised players and not convinced a lot of team spirit
Hope I am proved wrong but if I was a player with choices then CAFC in Jan would not be the one I made unless the manager was changed to someone inspirational, the coaching staff was improved AND the club paid above the going rate to entice me.
We already know Watt is going for 1m so any players comin in will be out of this plus his wages
The club do not like old men or women. (KM has stated that).
The "Waffles" are going to be spinning us all sorts of teasers (like the Chelsea doctor woman) as we go through the month of Jan, but I don't expect anything other than a couple of third rate foreign players who fail to make a difference (like Bergdich).
If they are going to do anything useful, they need to have done all the preparation by now - and given that Chris Parkes had to cancel an engagement due to ill health last week - I wouldn't bet that we have lined any players up at all.
Come 1st of Feb - Fraye will be announced as permanent (ha ha) manager to the end of the season, and we will have to like it or lump it.
When we get to June - we will need a "Chris Powell" type manager and a 20 player clear-out if we are to avoid falling off the football coupon altogether.
Just my view of course, but I have been suspicious of the owner from the start, and everyday that passes just makes me distrust his intentions more and more.
If only.
I'm sorry I'm not available now or in the future!!
Or would they join the ranks of the disillusioned players we have already ?
Sure, they will sign some much needed players. But nothing will have changed.
They may even appoint another coach but nothing will have changed.
It might even be enough to keep us up but nothing will have changed.
Because they will be more short term signings. And come next summer the squad will again be overhauled. Nothing will have changed.
The squad will again be too small, too inexperienced, too reliant on the academy. Nothing will have changed.
The coach will not have control over which players sign. Nothing will have changed.
The budget will still be set too low to make us competitive outside of the bottom 6 of this division, if we are still in this division. Nothing will have changed.
The CEO and her stooge will still mismanage the club. Nothing will have changed.
The owner will still believe he can make his mad experiment work despite all the available evidence. Nothing will have changed.
The Black & White campaign was an admirable start towards showing the current regime that a decent percentage of fans are extremely unhappy with the status quo.
But we need to engage with more than that percentage of supporters & raise the stakes somehow.
Not sure whether I could agree to boycott a game, unless 99% of Addicks currently attending, would do likewise and I believe you feel the same.
Now he is looking at a Club in chaos, supporters leaving in droves, players dropping like flies, heading fo the lower leagues and oblivion, whilst a good number of well qualified Championship Managers are kicking their heels at home.
Something stinks here, has Roland got a secret agenda ? We already have Katrien being called Pinocchio, is Roland's new name about to be Rasputin ? I don't trust either of them, and probably never will. The sooner we see the back of them, the better.
So, the few men of quality will be in big demand and will go to the QPRs, the Middlesbroughs, the Brightons of this world where the owners are happy to shell out big bucks for short term contracts to either boost promotion prospects or in the hopes of avoiding relegation.
Many of the foreigners playing over here will return home to their national leagues having made enough money in England to set them up for life. A parsimonious, not very prosperous, increasingly unfashionable club such as ours will struggle to sign quality playing staff in such an environment