I carried out a straw poll on Twitter, asking if people would personally support the protest on Saturday. I have had 133 individual responses so far today and loads of PMs. 70% have said that they will personally attend the protest on Saturday. A number who won't have messaged to say they support it, but are either boycotting, or were peed off by the low numbers last time.
Varney is a side show. The sole concern should be ramping up the protests to get Fry sacked and Meire to resign, before we are relegated. Then we move on to getting Douche to sell.
I've been to every pre-game protest and will continue to protest (as a West Stand season ticket holder!), but if the protest before the game is as pathetic as pre-Wolves we play right into the 2% assertion and all the twats watching and snearing from the upper West will be even less likely to join in. We all need to take the enemy's, enemy approach and SUPPORT EVERYTHING that is anti-board. I know not everyone likes the Black & White campaign but with the giveaway at the last game they started to have some visual impact. If we're going to make this work we all need to be all over Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, the established forums, all the genuine youngsters need to tell their mates on WhatsApp Kik and things I haven't even heard of. BEFORE THE GAME. AFTER THE GAME. IN THE GROUND. WEARING BLACK AND WHITE SCARVES IF YOU WANT TO. SUPPORTING VARNEY OR NOT. #cafc #rolandout #supporttheteamnottheowner #wewantourcharltonback #OURclub My only personal reservation is the constant reference to nationhood, Murray isn't a Belgian, and in my work with the Cadet Forces I've run countless battlefield tours which take in the Ieper (Ypes) Salient and have always found to Belgian people delightful. But I'll live with it.
The owner and CEO are the real xenophobes, and have made nationality an issue at Charlton. At the famous fans meeting when Katreeeeeeeeeen pulled Rich Pemberton's pants down in public, she was asked why she only employed Belgians as manager. She sneered and laughed.
From outside guys.... You need to stop your fan groups to fighting each other and unite in one cause. If the biggest issue is getting rid of RD then thats where he focus needs to be, and you can't get to picky and having factional fights about who or what replaces him. Force him out (best done by boycotting games and not buying any merchandise) worry about who comes next when it happens, can it be worse than what is happening right now? I hear Kent is very nice in the spriong
Hi, Chippy. You're right, but unfortunately CASTrust is badly out of tune with 98% of the fans, and they're still hoping for dialogue with Pinocchio. Still think your owner is worse than ours?
Yes.... His embarrassing " look at me" pretend to be kicking out the sky cameras and then caving in when his own lawyers tell him he was being a dick and we are bound but the fl contract was so typical... Good job his old man was minted cos this bloke would starve if he had to make his own way in life....
Cellino might be a dick but Roland is mad. One constant since he took over is the rubbish player recruitment, so what does Roland do? Make the chief scout into manager and keep him there when he proves he's a garbage manager as well as a garbage scout. As though he's saying "Things will be done MY way, got that? I'm the owner I can do whatever I want"
The trust have come out today and suggested an "official corse of action". Official? To whom? I will never stand with those... I'll stop there.
We have got the only owner out of 92 league clubs who regards league position as incidental. Fry says today that the Board are "concerned" about our league position but they can't be can they...why else is Carol still in charge after amassing 9 points from 11 games? We all know that the operating losses from inevitable relegation are more than covered by the inevitable sales of Lookman, JBG and Cousins. Life in League 1 actually suits the Belgian twats down to the ground - far fewer customers in the stadium to abuse them, and a ready made excuse not to spend money on players but instead pack the side with Academy kids who can then be sold on. It sounds far fetched but it is all true There are of course massive, massive downsides to this Belgian twattery. Young kids will support other clubs. No 11 year olds are going to be flocking to the Valley to see Muldoon and Kennedy vs Rochdale next season. Our fan base with dwindle. And players who are palpably not ready to be thrust in to the first team will see their careers ruined as a result - KAG being an obvious example. This is why these Belgian twats must be forcibly stopped.
I agree with this 100%, but where I don 't agree is that the Varney approach is not a sideshow IMO, it could be an important lever to help prise Roland out.
I'm in two minds about it. I see political motives, but those that will attest to my previous PM's will know he wasn't a name I mentioned. I did note before the second publication he wasn't the main man behind it - and stories followed he wasn't intending to be apart. I'm not suggesting for a second this was more than coincidence in terms of timing, but the Apple hasn't fallen far from the tree in terms of who will be tasked with heading it up should talks be successful.
You seem to have forgotten we had David Hockaday as manager for a time.... You still have better than that.
Nick One of the reasons why we do not have successful protests is that we keep on trying to widen the target area and every time this happens you lose someone who disagrees with the fundamental protest but doesn't agree with the new add on (Keith Peacock, Dave Lockwood, Olly Groome). I disagree with the fundamental way in which the club is being run by Duchatelet and Miere and the appointment of Fraeye. However, I personally think that Peacock, Dave Lockwood and Olly Groome have done nothing other than their jobs and dragging them into the problem would disenfranchise me from the protest. It has gone from being a protest against the core problem to one of personal grievances and mistrust. I may not like or dislike Murray but I reckon he has enough money tied up in the club to warrant his personal attention. However he does not control the club. Keith Peacock will always be a legend to me as I watched him as both a player and a coach. Yes he has made mistakes but cut him and it would say Charlton Dave Lockwood is the stadium announcer for gods sake. He doesn't pick the manager or the players. He does his job and compared to some other grounds he doesn't do a bad job. Propose to scrap the red red robin and you will alienate yet more from the fold and give Katrien the opportunity to bring in an old Flemish folk tune to inspire the players. If you want your protest to succeed make it a single issue that all can get behind and stop adding personal dislikes and grievances to the mix. Most agree about the fundamental a large number will walk away if they think the protest is linked to somebody they may respect. For someone who works in the mother of all parliaments you haven't learned a lot about political pressure groups
@Scratchingvalleycat I am just one fan. I am less powerful than CAST, and without the fivers. Regarding Peacock, I too remember him as a player, but he has diminished himself in my eyes by disappearing up Meire's arse. He knows the damage she is doing, yet chooses to deliberately associate with her. To the best of my knowledge he isn't paid to be a match day corporate hospitality backslapper lapdog - once again, he makes his choices. I would add that I told KP to his face some weeks ago that he has chosen the wrong side in this particular battle. Your comment about Murray is risible. If anybody is fair game, this clown is. As for still having his money tied up- it was his bad decisions that deprived the small shareholders of theirs. Dave Lockwood is an appalling creature, it's not his day job it's a little bit on the side, he chooses to work for two morons who are killing the Club. Out of interest Scratch seeing as you have reappeared - will you be attending the protests on Saturday?
Any 'fan' or 'club legend' or busy body freeloader employee who takes a dollar from Duchatelet and Meire is a fool IMO.
My previous post was addressed to Nick but is also for consideration by others who have decided to add their personal dislikes to the mix. Focus on the issue in hand and we might achieve something. I agree with an earlier post that CAST have no mandate to negotiate, but they are the only organised group. I suggest now that all supporters who want to protest against RD, KM and KF should form a new organisation (no £5 joining fee) called CHarlton Athletic Organised Supporters - CHAOS for short. No leaders but everyone who is against the current controlling ownership and management of the club is free to protest on only that issue under that banner.
