AceAvenger Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Bringing the Addicks Back Charlton Athletic are a club that have been on a downward trajectory ever since their current owner, Roland Duchâtelet, has taken over. What followed the take was years of mediocrity, with the club languishing in League One and haemorrhaging money to boot. To stem their financial losses, the club sold their best products from their prodigious academy, such as Joe Gomez, Ademola Lookman and most recently Ezri Konsa. However this turned out to be not enough as the club has taken even more measures to become 'cost concious', such as removing the free breakfast for academy players and restricting bottled water, as well as rationing electricity and wifi. The fans have responded to the deteriorating state of their club by forming the Coalition Against Roland Duchâtelet (CARD). CARD organised a variety of protests, including a large billboard near to The Valley, a free alternative to the club's programme, a boycott of club catering and merchandise and even a funeral march mourning the loss of the club's heart and soul. The purpose of this save is turn Charlton back into a club which their fans, at least their virtual ones, can be proud of. The long term goal is to be back in the land of milk and honey, the Premier League, and hopefully push on to bigger and better things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceAvenger Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 2018/2019 Season Preview As you can see from the picture above, we are predicted second, behind the sure fire favourites Sunderland, hopefully I can achieve this and get promotion on the first time of asking. Key Players My best player, very well rounded central midfielder who would excel as the sides playmaker. Only one problem, he's out for the whole season so he's no use to me in my promotion push. Hopefully by the time he's fit next season he'll be helping our cause in the Championship. He's got all the ingredients to become a vital cog in our midfield as a box to box midfielder. Bielik is on loan from my beloved Arsenal, his versatility will be key when the games are coming thick and fast. Hot Prospects A midfield dynamo, he's a certain starter this year and hopefully he can develop into a very tidy player. Must get him on a new contract to ward the vultures away. Grant has the potential to be a Premier League quality striker, although I'm planning to retrain him as a left inside forward to make use of his PPMs. Like Aribo, a new contract is a must. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefinitelyTaylor Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Charlton are a team that have interested me the last few years on FM. Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Remember when they was in Premier League few years ago! Such a shame they are in this current state Good luck with Charlton! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Good luck Avenger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceAvenger Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 Preseason 2018 Very good preseason, all wins apart from the Tranmere game, including a great win over Red Bull Salzburg! Transfers The first of 4 loans I made, will be looking to Beni to fill the void of Foster-Caskey in the DLP role. Got Sam Gallagher even though I have enough good strikers as he is an amazing player for League One football and will fit in perfectly with the Gegen style that we will be playing. Jan's a good ball playing defender to go along side Bielek, they'll allow us to play a high line with their pace. Callum's an improvement on the one left back I do have and will allow me to rotate fullbacks when the games come thick and fast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceAvenger Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 First game of the season and now I see a glaring hole in my plan to sign a bucket load of loan players, I'm only allowed 5 in my first team squad. FML. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceAvenger Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 New owners! Admittedly that was a lot quicker than expected but it's amazing none the less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceAvenger Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 Preseason 2018 Perfect month, in terms of league form. The game against Ipswich was a tale of missed penalties as we missed a penalty during the game to make it 2-0 and we missed 4 in the shootout, yikes. Sam Gallagher was running riot this month, with 10 goals in 5 games, including 2 hat-tricks! What a signing he is turning out to be, I got the manager of the month too which is also nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Joe O'toole Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Ive just started a charlton save as i do every year, did you sign anyone on a permanent deal avenger? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ-Cookie Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 I'm doing a Charlton save, and picked up Sigurd Gronli for 65k. 17 years old but formed a great partnership with Josh Cullen in the centre of the park. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Beckham Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 I was having a long term save with Athletic Bilbao but screw it I am going to do a Charlton save now as I have never managed them on FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 There are lots of teams I haven't managed but it doesn't mean I'm going to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dothestrand Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Charlton were my local team growing up and I used to go to the Valley quite a bit (I remember seeing Andy Cole play against them for Bristol City back in the early 90s!) It was great when they were in the Premiership but the wheels fell off quickly post-Curbishley. This would be a great save to get them back to the top flight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willz121 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 As a Coventry fan, I have an affinity with Charlton as we've both had such an appalling time at the hands of our current owners. Loved the joint protest last season at the Valley, and wish you all the best in League One on FM! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Beckham Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 @AceAvenger Lyle Taylor has been a beast for me getting 10 goals in 14 games so far, also Joe Aribo has been great as well with an average rating of 7.69 and has 5 assists already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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