Assuming that the club does appoint a British manager with experience and or potential I think that the fans have to get behind him and give him their support.
It won't be his fault that we have a club at war with itself. He will be taking the job with the sole intention of success.
I think the prospect of a peace breaking out with the Belgians is now impossible and I agree that the regimes first best option is to sell.
What I do think is that CARD now have to push very hard is the massive distinction between the manager and players who we must support and the hapless Meire and her remote boss.
The "Support the team, not the regime" ethos is never going to be more important. We need to get back into the Championship. Duchatelet selling might even depend on it.
I was going to boycott next season but reading a post on another thread by Henry has changed my mind. I won't let the Belgians stop me doing what I've done since 1961 in meeting with a friend for a beer and supporting the Addicks in victory and defeat. I want the team to win and score goals. I want to be there to cheer when they do.
I'm not letting this battle with the owner break the bond I have with Charlton Athletic.
SUPPORT THE TEAM NOT THE REGIME
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Want them out but pay money, gotta support team and manager.
Team lose, manager is sh*t, whole place is toxic.
Change manager
Want them out but pay money, gotta support team and new manager.
Team lose, manager is sh*t, whole place is toxic.
Change manager....
Something has to give at some point.
As for that bond, for me it's already broken.
I hope it can be reformed again once there are wider changes than just bringing in an out of work British manager, but we'll see.
Regardless, we should be supporting the team and the manager. Someone has got to do the job otherwise there is no Charlton.
A manager should want to manage his club. Pick the players. Influence and request particular signings. Play certain players when he feels it's right to do so.
A manager who takes on a job, knowing that they will not be permitted to do that is taking the job either for a regular pay cheque or for some other bizarre reason. Either way, Charlton doesn't need a manager like that at the moment!!
A manager who fails to research the current state of matters at the Valley is not fit for purpose.
A manager who accepts a continuance of how the regime have run things for the last 2.5 years is part of the regime. It will be clear at the start of the season when you look at the strength of the squad.
Support for future managers is possible but should not be taken as a given.
Provided the players give 100% they will have my support.
Attending The Valley next season is a matter for each individual to decide for themselves. But those that attend The Valley may be against the regime, may be protesting, but have to accept they are financially supporting the regime.
As things stand renewing a season ticket is a total non-starter for me. It's my present intention to pitch up for maybe one home match every 6 weeks, to do some away games and spend December in Florida. I'm anticipating that I'll be able to regain some degree of sanity.
I'm definitely with Braydex & his reasoning as to why any incoming manager would be tainted with the " puppet " description. Surely there's no failsafe way that he ( or she?) could convince the fans that he was working 100% independently of KM/RD unless he was "one of our own " ?
But on the other hand, there's no way that I'll boycott matches next season unless there is a guarantee that a very high percentage of our usual attendees do the same....and I don't see that happening. A one off to try to force RD's hand maybe but how do you ensure that others won't cave in and go back on their word ?
I fervently hope that NO British manager will accept an offer to join the circus, leaving RD to seriously consider his options ...and I know which one I'd urge him to take.
Any manager worth his salt and mindful of his reputation would be fully aware that the post at Charlton is nothing but a poisoned chalice. To accept would inevitably mean an indelible stain on his CV. To be associated with a club currently known as a joke would make him a comedian of the worst kind. End of.
Only time will tell how this will end but every day that goes by without a manager or chief scout in place is another nail in " their" coffin.
(apologies to Katie for using the word arse)
(Katrien - If you are interest they are in America - follow the sun)
They'll have to do it without me at The Valley.
But if I was there, I'd still go as much as possible. I made that pledge to my Dad before he died and I intend to keep it, even though I can only make a handful of games each season now.
Adkins, Davies and Clark
I will wander down when I feel like it to stand with my the ghosts of my Dad , Mum, Uncles and departed mates
If I see the puppet I might very well
Volley forth a " sexist/ racist " mouthful and if I get the chance I might very well plant Tony Bolloxes if I get the chance.
Never been one for the "moral high ground"
Never ever been easy being CAFC but it's in the DNA.
Here before the Belguim cultists and here after they have gone
"ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, This is the Valley, you know what you've got to do - get behind the boys and make some noise .... and please welcome onto the pitch our new manager ....................... Amdy Faye!"
The list they have put up would pretty much be the same for any club Championship / League 1 club (bar the inclusion of people with connections to Charlton i.e. Simon Clark etc) and means next to nothing. They wont have taken alot of money on this market and as a result will not be too worried about how accurate the odds are when the financial risk to them is low (based on the volume of bets).
The only reason they are even offering this market is because football is their forte (they claim to offer best price on football) & they need to compete with Skybet on the volume of markets they offer (that's where Sky are strong. Sky rarely offer the best odds but have the biggest trading team and more markets than anyone else).
Don't read much into the order. BV will obviously tweak odds to manage their trading book and risk as the days progress and bets are received but their odds will not be based on much more than generic factors like a) time since last job, b) any connection to charlton & c) past success. They have no more insight than any of us and will not be looking to obtain any better insight for a betting market of this size (other than a few Charlton fan bets the reality is that the rest of the sporting world will not give a toss who our next boss is).