Times are hard dahn ah grahnd right now, with no management structure in place throughout June, & a squad that is so small you could fit it comfortably inside a red London telephone box....and still step inside yourself for a wee Ideas are therefore welcome on how we can further contribute to Standard Liege's coffers for their Champions League campaign next season. The best ideas will be sent by yours truly to the fragrant and glorious Katrien Miere. Idea No.1: Save Roly spending £600k on a new Valley pitch. Every time each of us goes to the supermarket this summer, we buy a punnet of cress, & deliver it to the Valley soon after.
There is a pretty penny to be saved in stewarding costs given the amount of people you read on here reluctant on renewing/going next season. They could also employ an army of kids to cycle around Europe looking for players and return their findings via carrier pidgeon, saving a fortune on the broadband the souting team currently use.
They could just do all their scounting using Football Manager, and if they use FM2012 they could buy it for £10 from ebay.
I liked your comment about the cress, but there's no call for inflicting M. Thuram on us again. Please try and be sensible.
Idea No.3: Save Roly the electricity costs of using the floodlights next season. Every Charlton fan to wear a miner's helmet to home games.
I think he's already doing the Director of Football job himself. It will save on players' wages if we don't sign any players until the season starts. They could also be put on zero hours contracts, only getting paid for the hours they actually play. He could bring Paddy out of retirement to solve the RM problem. It would also save on wages since he's already on the staff, and could easily double up jobs. He could sell part of the ground to property developers to build high-rise flats on.
Idea No.4 Save Roly the cost of paying for a luxury coach to transport the team to away fixtures next season. Each travelling fan to take a Charlton player with them in their car to the game. I offer to take Simon Church And drive very fast, the wrong way, up a one-way road.
Idea no.5 During the off season, rent out the stadium to be an outdoor concert arena. All revenue made can be placed back into the club.
Idea no.6 Create a designated "Smoking" area in the stadium and charge £50 for a season pass or £5 on the day to access. This will then free up the toilet queue during half-time, and not gets fans ejected from the stadium.
Sounds like your guy could learn a few lessons from Massimo Cellino. All you need to do is shut your training ground, manage the team yourself and not pay the players.
Idea no.7 Install super fast fiber optic internet across the stadium, making it free for all fans, providing that they watch a short 1 minute maximum unskippable video from a sponsor (and can charge as a premium service direct to device).
Build a large greenhouse to the rear of the East Stand Charge East Stand regulars £100 a year to grow their own tomatoes in there, which they may then bring into the ground on match days for their half time snack. Start merchandising CAFC tupperware for them to carry said tomatoes in.
Allow Simon Church to moonlight, and appear as a stunt double in the new Disney film Spongefoot Strikes Again. Pocket royalties to pay off Bob Peeters when he is sacked in October.
