What I find odd is the constant blaming of the ex Belgian owner.
He did spend money, but wanted them to be self-sufficient - you’d think the goody two shoes Charlton fans would be all over that.
But, instead he is being blamed for a low budget. However, surely if Charlton Athletic are such a big club, then just like Leeds, Derby, Sheffield Wednesday and Forest, their fan base would be happy to pay top prices and come to the Valley in crowds of 25,000+ on average... to give their beloved team the resources they need!
Ah, but they’re not that type of club. They are more like Brighton & Hove Albion. A club with a decent catchment area for floating football fans. In that situation though, you need success to attract floating fans. It doesn’t work the other way around. In fact, at least the armchair Liverpool etc fans of Sussex are prepared to pay good money. The armchair Arsenal fans of NW Kent want to be able to watch top football for a fiver it seems... and get a subsidised bus ride there!!
Our hardcore support has always been more robust than theirs... I even saw one comment ‘I cannot face League One again’. Indeed, they may be about to be tested and we will find out that it is actually ‘plucky little Charlton’ after all - not a club ‘similar in size to West Ham’ that some of the deluded muppets think they are.
No wonder that many of them, who despise us because a few hundred of our fans like a punch up with like minded individuals, were so keen to let a rich Arab with blood on their hands pay for their fantasy!