We are of course disappointed that the Club have been relegated to the 1st Division (of the Football League).
However, we see this as an opportunity to revitalise more areas of the club than was originally envisaged and to extend our 'network' of clubs. This process has commenced already and CEO Katrien Meire has been on a fact-finding mission to Dubai where the club has initiated some networking contacts with clubs and players of the Dubai Amateur Football League and we are pleased to announce that we are in advance negotiations to bring in for the new season both a forward and a midfield player from the one of the leading Dubai teams: Slug and Goats.
In a further initiative, and following the success of our fans' sofa, we are introducing for next season a personalised, embroidered cushion for the Season Ticket Holder.
Rest assured, we will learn from our mistakes and have been working very hard to right the wrongs. We can establish Charlton as a mid table league 1 club. That is our aim.
they won't even try, it'll be a copy & paste job on the OS after the Burnley game. the statement will be:
1. "Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be” – John Wooden
2. “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” - Jack Canfield
3. “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” - Coco Chanel
4. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” - Robert F. Kennedy
5. “The phoenix must burn to emerge.” - Janet Fitch
6. “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” - Ken Robinson
7. “Giving up is the only sure way to fail.” - Gena Showalter
8. “If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want” - Richard Yates
9. “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” - Denis Waitley
10. “When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.” - Ellen DeGeneres
11. “It’s failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.” - Ellen DeGeneres
12. “There is no failure except in no longer trying.” - Chris Bradford
13. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” - Thomas A. Edison
14. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill
15. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” - Paulo Coelho
16. “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” - Lance Armstrong
17. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” - Winston Churchill
18. “I’d rather be partly great than entirely useless.” - Neal Shusterman
19. “We are all failures – at least the best of us are.” - J.M. Barrie
20. “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” - Henry Ford
21. “Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.” - C.S. Lewis
22. “Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.” - Robert T. Kiyosaki
23. "Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” - Napoleon Hill
24. “You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” - Johnny Cash
25. “It’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.” - Zig Ziglar
26. “Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I’ve met people who don’t want to try for fear of failing.” - J.K. Rowling
27. “No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who’s always had everything work out for them with zero struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle. Or they don’t exist.” - Chris Hardwick
28. “When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.” - Eloise Ristad
29. “With a hint of good judgment, to fear nothing, not failure or suffering or even death, indicates that you value life the most. You live to the extreme; you push limits; you spend your time building legacies. Those do not die.” - Criss Jami
30. “What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?” – John Green
Better to be a big fiiiish in a small pond, Than a small Fish in the Ocean that is the Premiership. Charlton Will be the Jaws of the National League in 3 years. I said i would take you places, and as Katrien told you, Roland does not do failure.
I suspect they won’t fully blame the fans and will accept some poor decisions without being specific. They are likely to blame the fans to some extent.
Dear customers, as we look forward to our 4th season of ownership, we are pleased to see our plans beginning to take place.
The improvements at The Valley are now complete, in the short term and the Academy improvements are in full swing.
We still do not agree with how the English Football League is run and shall of course be appealing against our relegation, due to the unfair FFP rules.
We shall be lobbying the other Championship clubs for their support in this matter and are hopeful, that the rules will be amended, to ensure our continuation in The Championship.
Thanks to all of you that wanted us to fail. You succeeded in ruining a once great football club and resigned us to our fate with your petty protests. I hope you are all happy especially after it kicked off with Palace in the cup. I will continue to run the club in my vision and you will all thank me one day for getting Chorlton to the promised land. Now go away and don't be late for next season.
They (the regime) obviously read charlton life, in some capacity. Its a source of information and one that cannot be ignored. Its probably dissected by someone that will not be directly involved and easily offended.
The regimes new objective here, which is now a pipe dream - They want to find the direct balance between not being exposed or made fun of in the media ... and still yet showing contempt and pissing off the Charlton fanbase...and or giving fans the old harsh shut up be-little/stop moaning. You are wrong, we are right! They are already exposed as idiots and incompetent...perhaps why Katrien just thinks oh f*ck it, lets go dubai! The opinion of me cant possibly get any lower. Diffusion of responsibility.
The woman definitely has 2 faces after watching that dutch video of a year ago.
When has a fan-base ever anticipated a relegation official board statement before? The ball is in their court and this anticipation or curiosity we feel, because everything they do is now a weird highly unprofessional talking subject, can only make their heads further up their own a-holes. Its simply, because they are stupid.
The ball is in the regimes court (they feel)...and the statement will be a slow slow boring sad burner. Cock face Dutchatelet and the charlton peasants.
"It has all been a Google translate problem, we of course made our plans in Flemish and French but one of Katriens lackies in the office put both copies through translate without checking. In fact we were after League One status by 2016 anyway"
Poor little Belgium got you into two vorld vors und now ve haf fucked up your football club for you .. that'll teach you to dig trenches all over our garlic fields .. but you Eeeeenglish are tough and can take it .. good luck
"As an example of our willingness to listen to fans, we asked them what was the most enjoyable season in recent years. The response was the 2011-12 season in league one. As a result, we worked long and hard to return Cholton to league one so The Valley will again be a fun place to go."
Every managerial appointment has been correct and has improved the club.
This relegation is correct and has improved the club.
Whatever league you are in is irrelevant it is still 11 men kicking a ball around.
League one will be a unique experience for the players who will get to experience the buzz of playing in front of two open stands rather than the one they usually do at VCD Athletic.
A long and thorough internal investigation has concluded that relegation is the fault of the supporters who demanded the return of team line-ups on the big screen.
PS Roland once got 12 holes in one on a round of golf.
Despite the best efforts of our first team coach Jose Riga, and the improved performances of the team he helped construct looking to avoid relegation, we have been unsuccessful and our relegation to League 1 of the football league has been confirmed today.
It is disappointing that the fans did not fully support our fight against relegation and entered into disruptive protests which ultimately influenced our ability to stay in the Championship.
We would like to reiterate that Roland Duchatelet has no plans to sell the club. There is a lot of stability that his ownership can bring and we are pleased to announce this extends to his continued support of the club senior management Katrien Meire, Tony Keohane and Richard Murray.
We will, of course be active in the transfer market over the next few months as we try to create a team suitable for League 1 in terms of playing ability and also importantly to remain within the Financial Fair Play ('FFP') rules of that league.
We remain committed to rebuilding the trust with the fans through increased communication and we hope the fans will support us in our endeavours in League 1 and beyond. It is important in the context of the FFP rules that our turnover from ticket sales increases. This will allow us to retain the most competitive League 1 team under the constraints we have to operate under.
We would therefore like to announce an extension to the Early Bird offer to the end of July and would ask all season ticket holders to renew as soon as possible at the prices already announced in order to give us a sound basis for negotiating in the transfer window.
We share your disappointment with the relegation and look forward to seeing you at the Valley next year as we look to adapt to our new league.'
And my unlikely hope:
'CLUB STATEMENT - RELEGATION CONFIRMED
As you know today Charlton have mathematically been confirmed as being relegated to League 1.
We realise many supporters have seen errors in management and recruitment from the start of the season which, we agree, have contributed to this position. We genuinely believed we had a quality squad at the start of the season and that injuries could be filled from our well performing U21 squad. We were wrong.
Roland Duchatelet has today accepted the resignation of Katrien Meire as Chief Executive Officer, a short list of experienced Championship CEO has been drawn up and interviews are ongoing. M. Duchatelet is keen to give the new CEO autonomy within a set budget as he recognises this as a failure within the existing setup. The new CEO will also be given the remit to construct a new senior level staff externally and from within key supporter groups.
The club ownership is committed to promotion to the Championship next year and will be working with Jose Riga to ensure that as many of the top players as possible will stay with us to ensure that we are not only promoted to the championship but form a core from which we can develop into premiership contenders. We cannot commit to every player staying, but building a team for the future that can progress on the pitch is now our key goal. Jose Riga has accepted an extension to his contract for an extra year with an option of a year after.
We recognise that the prices were cheap for season tickets in the championship. In the north lower they remain competitive for league 1 football. However in the rest of the ground, they do not deliver the value we are looking to give to our fans. All adult season ticket prices will reduce by £150 for tickets priced above £350 and to £175 for all other tickets.
We hope that this encourages our disaffected support back to the Valley but we recognise that we need to do better before many will come back. We will therefore offer season tickets, adjusted for games played, up until the end of October.
We hope to see you soon at the Valley cheering the Reds on.'
And even more hopeful
'CLUB STATEMENT - RELEGATION CONFIRMED AND SALE AGREED
It is with great sadness that we confirm our relegation to League 1. Roland Duchatelet has agreed the sale of the club to bidders a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund today.
The new owners Mumtalaket Holding Company of Bahrain have committed to a £3bn investment plan in the club under experienced premiership management.
We would like to announce Manuel Pellegrini's recruitment as lead coach with a transfer budget of £500m in the first year.
The goal is to reach the premiership in three years and champions league football in five.
Season ticket prices will be set at £200-250 for each non-concession adult across the ground. Work will begin on plans to increase the size of the ground and build the infrastructure around it in order to accommodate the revised growth ambitions of the owners.
We hope to see you soon at the Valley and will be holding a number of events and discussions with fans and members of supporters and protest groups including CARD in order to ensure that we can build on the great work done by these individuals in bringing us to this position.'
@Alwaysneil Your third statement would be brilliant. Its good to dream. It would enable thousands of season tickets to renew and lots more to comeback.
(Club before Clib though)
'CLUB STATEMENT - RELEGATION CONFIRMED AND SALE AGREED
It is with great sadness that we confirm our relegation to League 1. Roland Duchatelet has agreed the sale of the club to bidders a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund today.
The new owners Mumtalaket Holding Company of Bahrain have committed to a £3bn investment plan in the club under experienced premiership management.
We would like to announce Manuel Pellegrini's recruitment as lead coach with a transfer budget of £500m in the first year.
The goal is to reach the premiership in three years and champions league football in five.
Season ticket prices will be set at £200-250 for each non-concession adult across the ground. Work will begin on plans to increase the size of the ground and build the infrastructure around it in order to accommodate the revised growth ambitions of the owners.
We hope to see you soon at the Valley and will be holding a number of events and discussions with fans and members of supporters and protest groups including CARD in order to ensure that we can build on the great work done by these individuals in bringing us to this position.'
Thanks, knew I'd have left at least one typo in. Changed.
Not FFP compliant that one.
Unless Andrews air conditioning receive an unsolicited donation to their business expansion and agree that the shirt rights are now worth up to £400m over a five year period paid up front with claw backs if the overall plan fails....
I was going to go with CP as first team coach and Curbisjley as director of football but decided that an investor with that much cash to spend might go for premiership experience rather than championship.
Considered an option 3 with the above and less money but decided I'd written enough shit already and went all out for the jackpot.
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However, we see this as an opportunity to revitalise more areas of the club than was originally envisaged and to extend our 'network' of clubs. This process has commenced already and CEO Katrien Meire has been on a fact-finding mission to Dubai where the club has initiated some networking contacts with clubs and players of the Dubai Amateur Football League and we are pleased to announce that we are in advance negotiations to bring in for the new season both a forward and a midfield player from the one of the leading Dubai teams: Slug and Goats.
In a further initiative, and following the success of our fans' sofa, we are introducing for next season a personalised, embroidered cushion for the Season Ticket Holder.
In other words........ a load of BULLS%$T !!!
Than a small Fish in the Ocean that is the Premiership.
Charlton Will be the Jaws of the National League in 3 years.
I said i would take you places, and as Katrien told you,
Roland does not do failure.
Dear customers, as we look forward to our 4th season of ownership, we are pleased to see our plans beginning to take place.
The improvements at The Valley are now complete, in the short term and the Academy improvements are in full swing.
We still do not agree with how the English Football League is run and shall of course be appealing against our relegation, due to the unfair FFP rules.
We shall be lobbying the other Championship clubs for their support in this matter and are hopeful, that the rules will be amended, to ensure our continuation in The Championship.
Get on it CARD
The regimes new objective here, which is now a pipe dream - They want to find the direct balance between not being exposed or made fun of in the media ... and still yet showing contempt and pissing off the Charlton fanbase...and or giving fans the old harsh shut up be-little/stop moaning. You are wrong, we are right! They are already exposed as idiots and incompetent...perhaps why Katrien just thinks oh f*ck it, lets go dubai! The opinion of me cant possibly get any lower. Diffusion of responsibility.
The woman definitely has 2 faces after watching that dutch video of a year ago.
When has a fan-base ever anticipated a relegation official board statement before? The ball is in their court and this anticipation or curiosity we feel, because everything they do is now a weird highly unprofessional talking subject, can only make their heads further up their own a-holes. Its simply, because they are stupid.
The ball is in the regimes court (they feel)...and the statement will be a slow slow boring sad burner. Cock face Dutchatelet and the charlton peasants.
This relegation is correct and has improved the club.
Whatever league you are in is irrelevant it is still 11 men kicking a ball around.
League one will be a unique experience for the players who will get to experience the buzz of playing in front of two open stands rather than the one they usually do at VCD Athletic.
A long and thorough internal investigation has concluded that relegation is the fault of the supporters who demanded the return of team line-ups on the big screen.
PS Roland once got 12 holes in one on a round of golf.
'RELEGATION STATEMENT:
Despite the best efforts of our first team coach Jose Riga, and the improved performances of the team he helped construct looking to avoid relegation, we have been unsuccessful and our relegation to League 1 of the football league has been confirmed today.
It is disappointing that the fans did not fully support our fight against relegation and entered into disruptive protests which ultimately influenced our ability to stay in the Championship.
We would like to reiterate that Roland Duchatelet has no plans to sell the club. There is a lot of stability that his ownership can bring and we are pleased to announce this extends to his continued support of the club senior management Katrien Meire, Tony Keohane and Richard Murray.
We will, of course be active in the transfer market over the next few months as we try to create a team suitable for League 1 in terms of playing ability and also importantly to remain within the Financial Fair Play ('FFP') rules of that league.
We remain committed to rebuilding the trust with the fans through increased communication and we hope the fans will support us in our endeavours in League 1 and beyond. It is important in the context of the FFP rules that our turnover from ticket sales increases. This will allow us to retain the most competitive League 1 team under the constraints we have to operate under.
We would therefore like to announce an extension to the Early Bird offer to the end of July and would ask all season ticket holders to renew as soon as possible at the prices already announced in order to give us a sound basis for negotiating in the transfer window.
We share your disappointment with the relegation and look forward to seeing you at the Valley next year as we look to adapt to our new league.'
And my unlikely hope:
'CLUB STATEMENT - RELEGATION CONFIRMED
As you know today Charlton have mathematically been confirmed as being relegated to League 1.
We realise many supporters have seen errors in management and recruitment from the start of the season which, we agree, have contributed to this position. We genuinely believed we had a quality squad at the start of the season and that injuries could be filled from our well performing U21 squad. We were wrong.
Roland Duchatelet has today accepted the resignation of Katrien Meire as Chief Executive Officer, a short list of experienced Championship CEO has been drawn up and interviews are ongoing. M. Duchatelet is keen to give the new CEO autonomy within a set budget as he recognises this as a failure within the existing setup. The new CEO will also be given the remit to construct a new senior level staff externally and from within key supporter groups.
The club ownership is committed to promotion to the Championship next year and will be working with Jose Riga to ensure that as many of the top players as possible will stay with us to ensure that we are not only promoted to the championship but form a core from which we can develop into premiership contenders. We cannot commit to every player staying, but building a team for the future that can progress on the pitch is now our key goal. Jose Riga has accepted an extension to his contract for an extra year with an option of a year after.
We recognise that the prices were cheap for season tickets in the championship. In the north lower they remain competitive for league 1 football. However in the rest of the ground, they do not deliver the value we are looking to give to our fans. All adult season ticket prices will reduce by £150 for tickets priced above £350 and to £175 for all other tickets.
We hope that this encourages our disaffected support back to the Valley but we recognise that we need to do better before many will come back. We will therefore offer season tickets, adjusted for games played, up until the end of October.
We hope to see you soon at the Valley cheering the Reds on.'
And even more hopeful
'CLUB STATEMENT - RELEGATION CONFIRMED AND SALE AGREED
It is with great sadness that we confirm our relegation to League 1. Roland Duchatelet has agreed the sale of the club to bidders a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund today.
The new owners Mumtalaket Holding Company of Bahrain have committed to a £3bn investment plan in the club under experienced premiership management.
We would like to announce Manuel Pellegrini's recruitment as lead coach with a transfer budget of £500m in the first year.
The goal is to reach the premiership in three years and champions league football in five.
Season ticket prices will be set at £200-250 for each non-concession adult across the ground. Work will begin on plans to increase the size of the ground and build the infrastructure around it in order to accommodate the revised growth ambitions of the owners.
We hope to see you soon at the Valley and will be holding a number of events and discussions with fans and members of supporters and protest groups including CARD in order to ensure that we can build on the great work done by these individuals in bringing us to this position.'
(Club before Clib though)
'CLUB STATEMENT - RELEGATION CONFIRMED AND SALE AGREED
It is with great sadness that we confirm our relegation to League 1. Roland Duchatelet has agreed the sale of the club to bidders a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund today.
The new owners Mumtalaket Holding Company of Bahrain have committed to a £3bn investment plan in the club under experienced premiership management.
We would like to announce Manuel Pellegrini's recruitment as lead coach with a transfer budget of £500m in the first year.
The goal is to reach the premiership in three years and champions league football in five.
Season ticket prices will be set at £200-250 for each non-concession adult across the ground. Work will begin on plans to increase the size of the ground and build the infrastructure around it in order to accommodate the revised growth ambitions of the owners.
We hope to see you soon at the Valley and will be holding a number of events and discussions with fans and members of supporters and protest groups including CARD in order to ensure that we can build on the great work done by these individuals in bringing us to this position.'
Not FFP compliant that one.
Unless Andrews air conditioning receive an unsolicited donation to their business expansion and agree that the shirt rights are now worth up to £400m over a five year period paid up front with claw backs if the overall plan fails....
Could work I think Leicester?
Considered an option 3 with the above and less money but decided I'd written enough shit already and went all out for the jackpot.
Richard !!!!!!"