Welcome to the Chumpionship...

Well, it happened, surprise, surprise...

We got relegated....

Despite the services of three, yes three, top managers, Charlton Athletic plopped into the fizzy pop league rather unceremoniously and now can look forward to awe inspiring trips to Scunthorpe, Colchester, Plymouth etc....

Good news is that most of the players that got us there are gone, like rats leaving the sinking ship they've done a runner to pastures new, some with ungenerous parting shots, some finally realising they wanted to play for a better club the whole time, some were so shite they just packed their bags and buggered off. I was disappointed to find that none seemed to accept their role in getting us relegated, 'Oh no, Not me guv...'

Mind you, it wasn't all the players, management or directors fault, no, there was those cheating buggers from the East End, using illegal immigrants to save their sorry arses. Then there was the fact that every referee in the had it in for us and ganged up on us by giving dodgy decisions left, right and centre....

Nevermind, the management must be rubbing their grimy little hands at the prospect off loading such a hefty pile of unmotivated money grabbing greedy bastards, mention no names. It's hokey cokey wages now lads, Murray's wallet is tighter than a ducks arse, no more showing off to the big boys by paying ridiculous high wages for ridiculously mediocre players......

Still, whilst I admire Murray for the amount of money he's put into Charlton, I still haven't forgiven him for sticking his nose into the management side of the game which I sincerely believe had the ultimate effect of getting us un-promoted, let's hope the interferring twat has learned his lesson this season....

Thank goodness we got Pards though, he's no mug, he knew the writing was on the corrugated wall some time ago and he had the wisdom and insight to farm out a number of players last season to the fizzy pop teams in order that they gain some valuable experience at that level (just in case we really did get relegated that is, wink, wink...)

Seems strange though that before the season actually starts he should then flog the very same experienced players off to the lowest bidder and then go out and buy some more, funny old game these football transfers. Still, Pards is no fool when it comes to the transfer market and I trust him implicitly in all his decisions, and if he says a player is going nowhere then you can take that as the final word and if he wants to go abroad and buy crap foreign players wearing gloves that have always dreamed of playing for the mighty Addicks then that's his business...

But, like every Charlton supporter that's gone before me, I've got experience in this sort of thing and there isn't anything that can surprise me now, in fact, it's all a bit of a giggle really and it I look forward to the last day of the season so I can say.....

'I knew that was going to happen....'

Chin, chin..