Some Charlton Athletic fans have been reacting with frustration in response to a recent tweet from Matt Southall which shared a statement in which he claimed that “there shall be no discussions about (him) stepping away” from the club.
Charlton’s board have recently been engaged in what talkSPORT described as a “civil war”, as the club’s majority shareholder Tahnoon Nimer became involved in a public dispute with executive chairman Southall, who the BBC have recently reported has been “removed from the board” of the club’s owners East Street Investments.
On the 10th of March, Southall released a statement via Charlton’s official club website, announcing that the club “accepts Tahnoon Nimer’s resignation as a director”. Nimer subsequently responded to this statement via his Instagram account, where he declared that he would not be leaving the club, as reported by Talksport.
In a more recent twist to Charlton’s boardroom saga, Southall made another statement via his official Twitter account on Thursday the 19th of March, in which he declared that “there shall be no discussions about (him) stepping away from the club”.
This post has attracted the attention of some Addicks fans, who have been responding with frustration to Southall’s recent statement. Read the reactions of some Charlton fans to Southall’s recent post in the tweets below.
https://twitter.com/MattSouthall84/status/1240687722773098498
You’ve lost all respect from every single #CAFC fan. Just resign, you a despised by every one connected with the club. You’re reputation is in tatters.
— Gary J Mc ?? (@TherealGaryI) March 19, 2020
You are going to kill #cafc. Just walk away. Your position is untenable as you know. You’ve lied and cheated the fans just like the previous regime – except you won’t pay the bills like they did.
How can you be so wreckless without care of the community you rip the heart out of?
— David Jarvis (@DavidJarvis25) March 19, 2020
We can deal with Nimer in due course if he turns out to also be a fraud. A fraud YOU brought into club. Until then, go!! We don’t want you anywhere near our club again. You also have no money to run the club but think it’s acceptable to take money out of it. We will never trust u
— Ryan (@uptheaddicks9) March 19, 2020
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Although we may not trust Nimer who brought him to #cafc you are responsible for this mess. You are not wanted here RESIGN ! ??
— Robcafc (@crimp_it) March 19, 2020
Get. In. Your. Range. Rover. And. Leave.
— Jordan Clark (@jaydotclark) March 19, 2020
How do you have the nerve to not resign? How can you happily kill a football club and rip the heart out of a community? You’ve lied and cheated us all. #cafc
— Charlton Athletic FC (@ParodyCharlton) March 19, 2020
What do we think?
Charlton manager Lee Bowyer recently told Talksport that he’d have rathered if this boardroom row had “not have gone public“. Whilst the club’s board have been engaged in a “civil war”, Charlton haven’t been in the best of form on the pitch of late, with the club sitting in 22nd place on the Championship table. Considering that the club have been struggling on the pitch this season, it may be understandable why some Addicks fans have been particularly frustrated by this public boardroom row.