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Post by dartford36 on Mar 10, 2025 14:35:19 GMT
Some off field churn which should not have any effect on team performance. Not going to speculate on the why’s and wherefore’s, others can do that! However, a number of positions to fill - not to forget Club Secretary is being covered temporarily by Chris Parkes after the departure of Ron Dangerfield.
All I would say is, for me, the club does not need any more instability in its ownership structure - I would hate the next transfer window to be dominated, and distracted, by potential sale etc. Unless of course they have deeper pockets🤣
Just my view of course, not based on anything other than a desire for the club to move forward on an even keel.
Borne Again Sceptics society. 🙏
MtAGA!
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Post by reamsofverse on Mar 10, 2025 15:11:31 GMT
Does seem like the owners are finally starting to get a grip of things ,let’s watch this space . Wonder who was offering to buy us reams 🤔 What us key for me is when I released the names of the current owners on here just before they bought the club, I used the phrase given to me by the person who told me. The words were;'They want to have a bit of fun and see how far that can take us'. I think the fact that they have turned down a bid just under two years from when they took over speaks volumes. A bit of fun to turning down a bid from some real money people has to be good news for us. It means we are being taken seriously by both parties. |
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Post by Joinerama on Mar 10, 2025 17:46:09 GMT
Not long ago we were slagging Methven off for our ‘mid table mediocrity’ and wanted him and the whole SMT given their P45s. Warm wishes for him now are only because of our current good form. Januarys poor recruitment could still impact our playoff hopes and we’ll be back to calling them all c_ _ts.
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Post by petetongthereturn on Mar 10, 2025 18:36:23 GMT
Not long ago we were slagging Methven off for our ‘mid table mediocrity’ and wanted him and the whole SMT given their P45s. Warm wishes for him now are only because of our current good form. Januarys poor recruitment could still impact our playoff hopes and we’ll be back to calling them all c_ _ts. Exactly let’s not go overboard with our current owners. Promotion = success league 1 next season = failure. |
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Post by norfolkrobin on Mar 10, 2025 18:50:49 GMT
Can only thank the guy for his efforts,certainly spoke well.
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Post by reamsofverse on Mar 10, 2025 19:06:43 GMT
Apparantly I heard about these mystery American owners by reading CL!!
If only I could make their day by saying that were true!
Elswhere again, silly bollocks thinks that Charlie was sacked!!
Biggest tool in the box!
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Post by aaronaldo on Mar 10, 2025 21:48:25 GMT
So Charlie is no longer an owner either. I wonder who picked up his 5% share?
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Post by kings hill addick on Mar 11, 2025 9:16:36 GMT
So Charlie is no longer an owner either. I wonder who picked up his 5% share? Where did you pick that up aaronaldo? |
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Post by aaronaldo on Mar 11, 2025 9:19:25 GMT
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Post by reamsofverse on Mar 11, 2025 9:37:10 GMT
There's a reason why Charlie is staying until the end of the season.
They want someone in by the summer to oversee among other things our transfer activity which to me reads that they want someone currently in a role.
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Post by clarky on Mar 11, 2025 11:32:47 GMT
So Charlie is no longer an owner either. I wonder who picked up his 5% share? ACA are no longer on the list of shareholders and I think they had circa 10%. Somebody has picked those up as well. |
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Post by clarky on Mar 11, 2025 11:46:24 GMT
I don't particularly care if Charlie was pushed or it was totally his idea. Good luck to the bloke never thought he was the right fit together with his SMT chums but we are now in a better place and we move on.
What is clear is that things are moving since Gavin Carter became Chairman. Scott gone now Methven and I suspect the others are on borowed time.
The Owners seem committed due to the fact that an offer to sell was refused but it seems, and hopefully this is the case, that they have realised that being successful in English football is a lot harder than was possibly sold to them and investment above the operational costs/losses is required.
The new appointments will be telling but I rather suspect the new CEO will be just that and not a public relations consultant/journalist.
One thing for sure is that being a Charlton supporter is never dull or boring.
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Post by kings hill addick on Mar 11, 2025 12:42:10 GMT
So Charlie is no longer an owner either. I wonder who picked up his 5% share? I would imagine that shares in a loss making business are not very valuable so, maybe, they were transferred for a nominal sum. If not Methven could be on hook for covering 5% of the losses after he has moved on. I suspect that he was paid a decent salary while he was working for the club though so I doubt that anyone would feel shafted. |
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Post by seriouslyred on Mar 11, 2025 12:51:05 GMT
I don't particularly care if Charlie was pushed or it was totally his idea. Good luck to the bloke never thought he was the right fit together with his SMT chums but we are now in a better place and we move on. What is clear is that things are moving since Gavin Carter became Chairman. Scott gone now Methven and I suspect the others are on borowed time. The Owners seem committed due to the fact that an offer to sell was refused but it seems, and hopefully this is the case, that they have realised that being successful in English football is a lot harder than was possibly sold to them and investment above the operational costs/losses is required. The new appointments will be telling but I rather suspect the new CEO will be just that and not a public relations consultant/journalist. One thing for sure is that being a Charlton supporter is never dull or boring. We've travelled from being a mid-table club under Sandgaard to near certain to make the play-offs. Our fate is in our own hands and the team knows how to win every other game, which is the requirement. Throughout that journey we've experienced executive decisions being made at The Valley and Sparrows Lane, as opposed to Belgium or Colarado, and many of those decisions made sense. Dean Holden helped get us through the transition period when the takeover was on/off back in 2023. Obiously the appointment of Appleton wasn't good. However, we all know what Nathan Jones has delivered. Off the pitch we are yet to see audited accounts for last season, let alone this, but it's clear that the revenues are up, whether that's ST sales, commercial revenues or the central TV deal. And finishing higher in the table should mean more live appearances on Sky. There will also be play-off revenues so there's no doubt that CAFC turnover will be the highest for some time. Our direction of travel is firmly established, and that makes the two vacancies AND the "spare" shares very attractive. Who knows in what order things will happen, but hopefully we will be in a very good place by the start of next season. For those unaware, there's incredible interest in the EFL over in the USA. Quite simply the opportunity to secure promotion to the Premier League as well as develop revenues. But first we have to arrive in the Championship in one piece! |
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Post by clarky on Mar 11, 2025 12:56:09 GMT
So Charlie is no longer an owner either. I wonder who picked up his 5% share? I would imagine that shares in a loss making business are not very valuable so, maybe, they were transferred for a nominal sum. If not Methven could be on hook for covering 5% of the losses after he has moved on. I suspect that he was paid a decent salary while he was working for the club though so I doubt that anyone would feel shafted. But the shares in a team that gets promoted will be worth more. |
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Post by seriouslyred on Mar 11, 2025 13:31:21 GMT
I would imagine that shares in a loss making business are not very valuable so, maybe, they were transferred for a nominal sum. If not Methven could be on hook for covering 5% of the losses after he has moved on. I suspect that he was paid a decent salary while he was working for the club though so I doubt that anyone would feel shafted. But the shares in a team that gets promoted will be worth more. There might be two values, depending upon promotion or not... or one aggregated value based upon our chances today? As posted before the real value kicks in once we hit the top eight in the Championship. But that's an expensive place to be. Obviously we lose c.£8M a year, but this makes sense if we can climb six places up the ladder every season. |
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Post by ia on Mar 11, 2025 18:39:23 GMT
I don't know Charlie anything likes as well as reams does as I have only met him once. But I'd like to put on the record that he proved to be a splendidly engaging and entertaining host and totally committed to the Charlton cause.
We owe him our gratitude for taking us from existential basketcase to play-off contenders - and above all for making old-timers such as myself care again when we were on the point of giving up all hope in the club in which so much of our lives has been invested.
I don't understand the animus against Charlie comuing from some quarters. He leaves The Valley with his head held high as far as I am concerned and good luck to him in his new venture in the Caribbean.
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Post by manikin on Mar 11, 2025 18:46:11 GMT
I don't know Charlie anything likes as well as reams does as I have only met him once. But I'd like to put on the record that he proved to be a splendidly engaging and entertaining host and totally committed to the Charlton cause. We owe him our gratitude for taking us from existential basketcase to play-off contenders - and above all for making old-timers such as myself care again when we were on the point of giving up all hope in the club in which so much of our lives has been invested. I don't understand the animus against Charlie comuing from some quarters. He leaves The Valley with his head held high as far as I am concerned and good luck to him in his new venture in the Caribbean. Well said! |
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Post by stu2020 on Mar 11, 2025 22:00:42 GMT
I don’t know him at all, but he seems to have steered the ship in the right direction, so thank you and good luck…
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Post by reamsofverse on Mar 14, 2025 10:33:34 GMT
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Post by clarky on Apr 4, 2025 10:59:54 GMT
Don't think Charlie will be seeing out the season. Looks like he stepped down a couple of days ago and will be in Jamaica before the end of the month.
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Post by dickybaby on Apr 4, 2025 11:03:53 GMT
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Post by clarky on Apr 4, 2025 11:17:47 GMT
A lot of that was banded about before the decision for him to go was taken. I think in the article more could have been said but was probably best not to do so. |
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Post by manikin on Apr 4, 2025 11:24:55 GMT
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Post by reamsofverse on Apr 4, 2025 11:39:59 GMT
More gash written by somebody to suit their rhetoric.
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Post by clarky on Apr 4, 2025 11:49:30 GMT
More gash written by somebody to suit their rhetoric. Maybe, but not sure what he will gain from it. As I said he could have said more and perhaps will but a lot of that article was banded about before it was written. |
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Post by seriouslyred on Apr 4, 2025 16:06:00 GMT
More gash written by somebody to suit their rhetoric. Maybe, but not sure what he will gain from it. As I said he could have said more and perhaps will but a lot of that article was banded about before it was written. Yes a lot was bandied about and the author has been against Methven from the start. Even when faced with a binary choice of Methven vs Sandgaard back in 2023 he refused to back one. That's a ludicrous stance given the fact that we now have a local, accountable SMT, as opposed to decisions made from Belgium or Colarado. Some of the report might be true in that there may well have been clashes. But the point is that there have been changes and there has also been massive progress. Put another way, he bangs on about the team doing well these days but fails to make any attempt to assess how the squad was put together. Our players either came through the Academy or were acquired when Andy Scott was Technical Director. And yet he celebrates the departure of Scott. In summary the article reads well, lacks balance but talks rubbish about the commercial side. "Only in the EPL can CAFC excel commercially" is a very handy alibi for piss poor commercial revenues since the 2007 relegation. Most clubs of our size are bringing in £4-7M of revenue via sponsorship, hospitality and merchandise. What the author does do is nail down various exits of people associated with the commercial side - clearly the owners and Non-Exec Chair saw issues here which they felt needed addressing. At the end of the day none of this matters as long as we secure the services of a decent CEO, Head of Recruitment and Head of Commercial - executives fit to lead us into the Championship and keep us there. As posted many times, we need success on and off the pitch in order to return to where we want to be... we need far higher revenues in order to attract more investment since winning promotion back to the Championship is only the beginning of a far more expensive journey. |
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Post by reamsofverse on Apr 4, 2025 17:59:47 GMT
He's done a good job for us, and seems a decent guy. I Wish him nothing but the best in his new role. Well said mate. |
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Post by roburwash on Apr 4, 2025 18:25:20 GMT
I know that some people, for their own personal reasons, can't stand Rick Everitt but I'd like to know what was inaccurate or false in this article.
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Post by aaronaldo on Apr 4, 2025 19:07:55 GMT
I know that some people, for their own personal reasons, can't stand Rick Everitt but I'd like to know what was inaccurate or false in this article. He just seems to love a conspiracy theory to me. Charlie said from the start that he wasn’t meant to be CEO and it was only temporary. So it’s not a shock that he’s stepping away. There will no doubt be more to the story. But it doesn’t always have to be bad from the club though. That’s what Ricks theories always seem to be. Very doomsday imo. Charlie has had some haters from the start. Rick was one of them. I’ve tried to keep Charlie’s past in the past personally. If you look at what he’s done for us as a club then I think you’ll struggle to point out too many negative. There’s definitely more positives than negatives for me. So in that respect I wish him well in his next role as he’s done nothing wrong for us. I just hope his replacement is another step up |
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