I'm not going to take any shots at Matt Southall, but if it is true that the Charlton fans' representatives who are being invited to meet with him are exactly the same ones who have been doing the same thing for many years now, that is disappointing.
Is it that nobody else from Charlton's decent sized fan base really wants to come forward and ask questions?
Or are there people who want to, but they are just being ignored / sidelined by an established network of fans groups who keep this kind of thing within their own ranks.
If the latter is the case it is not a direct failing on the part of Matt Southall or ESI, who are complete newcomers.
But it would be to their credit if they would genuinely try to engage with Charlton supporters in a wider way, rather than just connecting with the 'easiest option' established groups.
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If anybody thinks that ESI are actually speaking to the usual suspects deliberately, and not really wanting to engage with a wider range of supporters, I'd like to see evidence of that, rather than just accept it on the basis of hearsay.
I don't want to start assuming that the new owners are behaving in a disreputable way and require evidence that they are not, rather than keep trusting their good intentions and asking for evidence to the contrary when negative stories or rumours appear.
, and the meeting was cut short at 8 as there was a meeting with an agent that could not be put on hold due to risking the sale going through
