Over lunch on Sunday I made some footballing reference using the word 'we'. My 'youngest' pointed out that it always amused her when football fans used the 'we' word in relation to the club they supported. She pointed out that we don't own the club and we don't control its decisions.
Actually I was referring to my non-league club and the 'we' was justified as I had to ball it out during Covid so I am now one of the owners, not that I ever interfere in decisions by the board or the management. They know what they're doing and I don't.
Many Charlton fans, however, seem to think they know what should be done and that is sack the manager. Fortunately, they are not the decision makers.
Managerial tenures are become shorter and shorter in football. Ever since electronic football games started, fans seem to think that managers actually control the movements of players on the pitch.
Fortunately, the board know that sacking the manager would cost a lot of compensation. They would then face the task of attracting a decent manager to a club with an ill assorted group of players and little money to spend (unless we offload Tyreece Campbell in January).
To be fair to the owners, they have tried to attract new investment, but any investor looking for capital appreciation is going to think twice when they realise that the club doesn't own its stadium or training ground.
For a long-time supporter like me, it is enough for Charlton to survive as a club in the EFL, ideally in the Championship, but League One is more our financial level.
Rather than change managers, I would like to get some more patient fans, but that is also unlikely.
Meanwhile, Rick Everitt has chosen to give a warning shot to a member of the club hierarchy: 'Understandable that senior Charlton officials were unhappy with that performance [at Watford]. It might be wise though, Jim, not to sound off about a particular individual in the street, especially when you don’t know who is walking right behind you.'
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