WHAT'S GOING ON?

Well ... any ideas? No, me neither! 'We' have a new liberal (and let's not forget African American) President Elect in the US [which means he's basically the big boss for us too ;-)] but not a lot else is changing :-(

We still have 'sooper' (definately not my word - ever) alan pardew at the helm of our beloved football team, we've not been sold to zillionaires, the playing staff is still the same (despite being told otherwise) and ... hang on, I can notice a change - which has to stop!

Some quarters are going soft on our (present) guv'nor - now is not the time for this and even if he does turn things around (and I have to admit I'd love to see us win the next 3,000 games let alone 3 - but can't see either happening even with whatever new hope Mr Obama brings the world) temporarily that's really the best he can hope for - He must go and ASAP - weeks ago in my opinion because every day, every week he carries on we are moving backwards as a team and as a club.

Come on comrades - are we tottingham ficklespurs fans? No we're bloody Charlton Athletic fans and we stand by our convictions. We wanted the Valley back and we got it, we wanted fans voices to be heard on the board and we got it, we wanted division one football and we got it (occassionally), we wanted 'big name' player and packed houses and we got them - now what do we want?

WE WANT PARDEW OUT!!! and don't you dare forget it young man!!!

On a lighter (?) note we travel SW at the weekend for another expected defeat. I'm fed up of my own pessimism to be honest but can only predict a 2-0 home win (although I pray I'm wrong).

Those making the long journey we salute you - The team we emplore you, come on u reds. I'm praying that at last we'll start to see Semedo taking the central pin role of the team on which we can build with certainty that he will do his job allowing others to do theirs. Martin Luther King had a dream - let's please not lose ours.

You can't join the Junior Reds but you can JOIN THE REDVOLUTION !!!

SIT UP !!!

Say it quietly but things are changing. With no disrespect to our US bloggers I’m not talking about the new POTUS / LOTFW (still TBC as I write sitting up [drinking and] watching auntie’s coverage) but about the REDVOLUTION agenda. Now I know Pedro45 will again say that we need to get our mission statement right first but I take some solace (quantum of ? ;-) in the fact that the world is listening to the published manifesto already!

I couldn’t help but notice that within this Reuters link from Addicks Ch********ip Diary (Hope you don’t mind me stealing the link Wyn) this great news institution correctly refers to us as ... get this ... a SECOND DIVISION CLUB !!! (AND PROUD)

Even this Arabian site list the c word in brackets and refer to us as a SECOND DIVISON (AND PROUD) CLUB !!!

With this success I’m afraid I can’t stand still (thanks for the support for the Junior Reds Kings Hill Addick) but that's because I've been drinking Guinness for the last x hours - come on, you must have ideas to add ??

JOIN THE REDVOLUTION !!!

Welcome TJSE7 (as I know him) to the world of the might boosh ... sorry blog!

I BELIEVE THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE

An update already? Yes, we’re not sitting on our hands here at REDVOLUTION HQ you know, we’ve got strippers to meet the brains out of and berets to sew and sell – and more importantly start again looking after the people who’ll be warming our squares of plastic after we vacate them at the Valley – hence item 6 on the revised manifesto below relating to the saucepans' own Charlton supporters club.

Pedro 45 is, as ever, right - the mission statement is key - and until we live up to our mission statement then nothing else will come to fruition, so here goes ...

REDVOLUTION MISSION STATEMENT

1 pardew out

However, I still believe we should be prepared to follow up item 1 when it happens (soon surely)
MANIFESTO OF THE REDVOLUTION 2008
1 Action mission statement

2 Replace aforementioned manager with the legendary Paulo DiCanio
3 National recognition of the Real Second Division table
4 Gillian Anderson to be put in charge of forming cheerleader team
5 Get Jose Semedo in the team – every week!
6 Reinstate the Junior Reds

I’ll add that, following Frankie & Miss Kish recent writings on what the new fans forum can do, this latest point is for you guys to get your teeth into. Disbanding and reforming the womens team may have been a publicised PR nightmare but when the club decided to stop Junior Reds a couple of years ago it went by largely unnoticed. But now is the time to act – get the Junior Reds back up and running (hell I’m even in the job market if the club want an experienced piss head – sorry, administrative manager to do it for them). Like Whitney I think we should use our long standing position as a leader in the youth stakes to our advantage. That means more to follow Grant Basey, Josh Wright and Jonjo Shelvey into the first team and for my kids and yours to be able to belong to the club we all love from an early age as many before them have – even I was in the junior supporters club (or whatever they called it then) many moons ago.

JOIN THE REDVOLUTION – for the sake of the kids!!!

Who do you believe?

Just read this interesting snippet in the club bulletin ...

No Charlton move for Campo
Alan Pardew was quick to dismiss media reports linking the Addicks with a move for Ipswich Town midfielder Ivan Campo on Saturday.The Charlton boss said: "Campo was never coming here. That was never a goer."

However, widely quoted is Mr Magilton of Suffolk ...
"Charlton manager Alan Pardew did ask me about Ivan after Tuesday's game having been impressed with his performance in our match at Charlton earlier this month,"

He’s bloody delusional that bloke ... but which one?

JOIN THE REDVOLUTION !!! Where the truth counts.

THIS IS THE END!

Not so beautiful friend ... the end!
Surely that’s it isn’t it? After what I can describe (having taken 24 hours to get pissed, calm down, sober up, and analize with a semi sensible head on) as one of the worst performances I have ever seen from Charlton surely we will not be seeing pardew on the Valley touchline any time again. Rumours of a board meeting on Monday are abound and surely that will seal his fate – at bloody last! I’m not going to go into the match (or even the other second division matches) in too much detail but would say that maybe Josh Wright would be one of very few who can hold their head up after that shocker. Maybe he isn’t ready yet but he made some of his more experienced colleagues look like mugs (or do they do that themselves?). No things have moved on since my last post and surely they will move on between my writing this and my next random rambling – with pardew leaving his position? The REDVOLUTION is underway and that is what I’m here to talk about today. Pedro45 is certainly on board and Russell Brand’s got a bit of time on his hand so he’s offered to man the phones – although I’m not sure that’s such a good idea he has got the image and talks about revolution more frequently that I. So to get the ball rolling I’m starting to put together a manifest for the REDVOLUTION. Please feel free to let me know what else should be included as it is after all a cause for all of us Addickted.

MANIFESTO OF THE REDVOLUTION 2008

1 Removal of pardew as manager of CAFC
2 Replace aforementioned manager with the legendary Paulo DiCanio
3 National recognition of the Real Second Division table
4 Gillian Anderson to be put in charge of forming cheerleader team (I know CND will be with me on this one)
5 Get Jose Semedo in the team – every week!

Come on guys do we want this or not?
JOIN THE REDVOLUTION NOW – it’s a starting!
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