Storrie's whopper.

After weeks of silence from the owner, today we were treated to six minutes of waffle from the supposed Chief Executive, Peter Storrie, who thought he could tell us a whopping porkie and get away with it.

You have to assume Storrie's piece to camera was on Sandgaard's say-so even if he was theoretically Mark Spiegel's man on the ground for the duration of his takeover with a possible role post that. Interesting then that he told us not to believe everything we read in the papers and that Sandgaard and Spiegel continue to work on a deal. If that was strangely reassuring in the circumstances of the least week, he then blew it by trying to tell us, in all seriousness, that the budget for next season has been increased and that all interested parties have somehow committed to it!

What planet is this bloke on? Sandgaard has been hellbent on Project Breakeven for 18 months. He has spent nothing on players during that period and has been cutting costs where he can. He has even sought to insulate himself  against bidder failures (deposits) and has had them contributing to the running of the club whilst doing due diligence. That's why we got the Methven appointments who cut the budget during the January window and now Storrie under Spiegel. The idea that Sandgaard would fund a budget increase with a Top 6 finish in mind if he is still carry the losses is for the birds.

Assuming Sandgaard manages to ditch us soon (perhaps he is closer than it appears), how on earth would the new owners, whoever they are, be obliged to stick with someone else's committed budget? That sounds like a desperate, hurried and poorly thought through attempt at trying to convince 600,000 Charlton fans that everything is suddenly ok and there is no need to worry about anything when the exact opposite is very evidently the case.

Any credibility Storrie may have had with anyone must now be gone. He was only ever a stop-gap and I had assumed he had gone since Spiegel hit a roadblock last Friday. Whatever happens, how can anyone believe anything he says from here on?