can all the boycotters just turn up this saturday to protest before during and after the game. CARD where are you ? After last nights dross it is apparent that the only way we are going is down. Lets not go down without a fight ! Its so sad to see the ground so empty , no atmosphere and no fight or passion on the pitch. We have to stand together and show the regime that they cannot come in and ruin our once great club. We need a full stadium of noise anti regime chants , banners , anything to show that we are not giving up !
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The publicity that will come from an all out protest will far outweigh he money the regime will make from the additional ticket sales. This is one of those occasions where we really need to step things up
ie all attendees and boycotters all just meet and remain outside before, during and after the match.
Makes me sick that they see what's going on around them but refuse to even attempt to do anything in the name of protest. That is the problem we face.
EDIT Just seen the CARD statement so I retract my comments regarding the boycott as they have my 100% support from 6500 miles away.
They care DESPERATELY
They care so much they hired a PR company to counter all the negative publicity
They care so much she stands up at a conference to berate people who say the club is a mess
They care so much they "ordered" the police to ban the funeral march
They care so much they spend a fortune on extra stewards and security
They care so much that they sneak Roland in and out of the training ground for secret meetings as they fear a protest.
They care so much that they look around for ways to fill the empty seats with give aways and cheap offers.
They care so much they try and make replacing a sign major news.
Meire and Cahones in particular are desperate for the protests, in all forms, to go away. They may not be driving them out but we know we don't have one knock out punch to win this fight but we have to keep jabbing away because each little jab hurts them.
Thomas Driesen hurts them
Having to pull out of the EFL election hurts them.
Jim Dutton withdrawing his support hurts them
Losing the sponsors income hurts them
Losing the ticket income hurts them
Losing the catering and retail income hurts them.
She lost it completely over the suggestion the people wear black and white scarves. She was crying and screaming. Even a scarf hurts them.
Season ticket holders refuse to do anything in the name of protest. I bet my bottom dollar that many of those Season Ticket Holders have contributed finacially to Card; have taken part in the protests and have purchased Card branded products. Your post sows division and is an utter insult.
You absolute tosspot Roland, sell up and fuck off, can't you see you and your 'friends' are despised and nothing is going to change!
Rant over, for the night anyway.
COYR
So maybe, no insult is actually there.
So maybe, no insult is actually there.
Well, you know several so that means all those that did buy a season are in the wrong then? I for one, with 3 of my friends all renewed our season tickets in the North Lower. We were going to purchase on a match by match basis but at £20 a pop we thought that as we were likely to attend at least 10 games then purchasing season tickets at £175 was giving RD less money over the course of a season. We all have stopped buying food or drink in the stadium for the last 2 seasons and do not give the club any other money. We have all joined the protests and have all given money to CARD at some point.
Before you ask why we renewed, we have all been going to the Valley together since we moved back but we have all moved to different areas of the country now and attending matches at the Valley gives us a good reason to get together when we probably wouldn't otherwise. Yes, we could find something else to do but I for one have been watching Charlton for 46 years now and will not let this regime drive me away I'm afraid.
So, I hate the regime with a vengeance but will not be driven away by them either and fully support those that are boycotting as is their right, it's not for me though. We need the protests to resume and I think you will be surprised how many of us don't find the protest bothersome and would thoroughly encourage them.
From my perspective and my 3 mates, the insult is there.
Those who are boycotting are doing their bit, often at great personal emotional cost, to hit the regime.
Very many of those who have bought season tickets are strong supporters of the protests and have done their bit to hit the regime by protesting. There will now be other opportunities to do so.
Both groups include many who have contributed directly to the protest fund - I know, because I see and record every donation we receive and from whom it has come.
The real problem is the fans who think Duchatelet/Meire are good for the club, or who think we should give up the fight. They are the ones we need to persuade.
Duchatelet and Meire are the problem here. Let's focus on trying to get them out.
There will always be disagreement on method and whether:
boycott;
protest at Charlton;
protest elsewhere;
not a penny more;
etc;
are something that works, or something else that any particular fan wants to do are the 'best ways' to achieve that.
These disagreements aren't that important for me.
All are valid.
Getting them out, as soon as possible, through as many actions as possible, across as many fronts as possible is exactly what we need to do.
If you are reading this, I have a last message for the owners advisers for you to relay.
Just sell the club.
It's only going to get worse Roland and SMT.
The longer you take to make your decision the worse it will get.
You will leave; leave now.
*edited for poor grammar, punctuation and delivery, still not great but it's late.
First time I've heard that.
& if they choose not to boycott so be it but if i was still attending I wouldn't be spending any money in the ground & I would be verbally protesting during the game. But that isn't happening is it ? As I understand it from friends that still go, at the Valley there is little atmosphere at all & no protests. The comments about people buying food / beer etc were made to me many times over during last season, a few people told me to fuck off & mind my own business but most said well it won't make any difference. So exactly what are the protests that are happening this season ?
Whether that be stopping going, buying food, buying a pint etc "I hate Roland and Katrien and want them out, but me not going / not buying a pint and a pie isn't going to change that" etc
I don't think a couple of years ago any of us appreciated just how difficult, divisive and damaging this was all going to be, and how many different viewpoints it would generate (even between those that seek the same ultimate goal)
Police said you have no say over what happens in the streets and a march is legal.
They also told Cahones that they didn't work for him or take orders from Katrien. Their job was to keep the peace and there was no suggestion that the march would not be peaceful.
Source: a police officer.
I read it back and have made some changes.
Substance remains the same but hopefully a bit more readable.
Have punctuated and ordered a bit of stream of consciousness rant there.
Charltonlifised it.
CARD are doing a brilliant job and the protest shirts are genius. Probably neither will have any effect on Roland. BUT how about concentrating on getting rid of the CEO. Win one battle and then concentrate on winning the war.
Who knows, with a motivated, knowledgeable, talented Charlton-savvy person at the head of the Board table directing operations - make Charlton great again (in spite of the pillock of an owner.