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I hope tonights game isn't a sign of things to come. We've got a big man up front now in Smith but just smashing a ball at his head for 120 mins just doesn't do it for me. In footballing terms we don't look as good as we did last season in my opinion. Carlisle bossed the game for long periods and thats a bit of a worry as i wouldn't expect them to be up there at the end of the season. They got the ball out wide and got round the back of us to easily and put some good balls into the box, lucky for us no one got on the end of them. We created some good chances of our own in the first half but didn't make their keeper make a save. I know it's still early but it looks like being a long season to me. Just my opinion however what did everyone else think?

Could he just be Simons mate?

Just registered Liquidation FC. Cheers.

I reckon we will sign another player by next Julember.

Alan Hardys Comments 27.06.2011 CHARLTON Athletic are set to test Athletic's resolve with a bid for star midfielder Dale Stephens. The Addicks head a list of suitors for the 22-year-old, who appears to be on his way out of Boundary Park. A number of other clubs are also monitoring the situation as Athletic seek to gain maximum recompense for a player who penned a new three-year contract in August of last year. And chief executive (Alan Hardy reaffirmed that funds received for Stephens — minus 20-per-cent which goes back to his former club Bury — would be ploughed back into boss Paul Dickov's playing budget). And After Stephens is sold for a Stupidly low fee of 375,000 on 29.06.2011 ATHLETIC got stuck back in to pre-season training today without star midfielder Dale Stephens , who was expected to complete a £375,000 move to npower League One rivals Charlton. The 21-year-old will sign a three-year deal at the Valley, (with some of the transfer fee — which is officially an undisclosed amount — going into Athletic boss Paul Dickov’s budget for the forthcoming campaign). You should work for the Goverment with all your Bull and U-Turns.

That is what Hardy said two days ago, Now it is a percentage of the undisclosed fee that will be ploughed back into the squad. The bull that comes out of this club is getting riduculous. All we here season after season is we need to raise funds, Join Player Share and give us more of your money, We need bigger gates etc. etc. Heres an idea, Stop selling our assets for next to nothing and the club might not be stuggling the way that it is. Stop making statements like any money raised by selling stephens will be ploughed back into the squad and two days later when you have sold him for a pittance say a percentage of that pittance will be invested into the squad. People might show more interest if they didn't feel like the club were shafting them at every oppurtunity. Oldham Athletic had a golden oppertunity to raise a decent amount of capital by selling a very talented youngster for what he was really worth but again made a right royal mess of it. Get your own ship in order before you start asking everyone else to cough up more money!

He's gone to Charlton. The fee is 375,000 with 75,000 going to Bury. Seeing as we took the risk on him as a youngster and paid 120,000 for him, Then invested in him in wages and trainig 180K seems like a poor return to me as the 180K doesnt take into account wages paid while he was with us. No wonder the club has no money with business skills like that. For once why cant we get paid what a player is worth?

We did get a fee but it wasn't paid until the end of the season. That came from Simon Corney at the last fans forum. I heard it with my own ears straight from Simons mouth.