Well, I was right.

In my first blog of the season, I predicted that Charlton would finish mid-table this season.

And finish mid-table they did. Slap bang in the middle in fact, 12th out of 24 teams.

Of course, if we had finished anywhere between second and 23rd I would still have been arguing I was technically correct anyway, but I’m claiming this one as a win.

So whereas I predicted roughly where we would finish, I never could have foreseen the rollercoaster ride we went through to gain that mid-table mediocrity.

The long unbeaten run at the start, the failure to build on that momentum by strengthening the squad before the end of the loan window, the inevitable collapse once injuries took hold.

One of the longest winless runs in the club’s history saw the short reign of Big Bad Bobby Peeters ending before the hastily executed appointment of Guy Luzon to widespread dismay amongst some supporters.

The 5-0 defeat at Watford, some stuttering home performances in Luzon’s first two games at The Valley and then a U-turn that any politician standing in today’s General Election this week would be proud of.  

Our excellent form in the final third of this season has helped smooth things over for some people.

However, there is a summer coming up which will help sway the feelings towards the ownership again, potentially once and for all.

The appearance of Yann Kermorgant collecting his Championship medal with AFC Bournemouth in SE7 on the final day of the season was a pertinent reminder the current board haven’t got everything as right as my mid-table finish prediction.

The signings made in and around January suggested an improvement in the transfer policy at the club.

But the exit door at Sparrows Lane still requires a big burly bouncer double checking who is going through it.

The sale of Kermorgant, along with this season’s basically giving away of Michael Morrison to Birmingham City, are two examples of the Addicks dispensing with players at the wrong time.  

A repeat of that this summer could be a nail in the coffin of the goodwill resurrected by the spell of form in the final third of the season, which has given Guy Luzon a good base to work with.

The monetary offers that come in for Johann Berg Gudmundsson may well decide whether or not this is the right time for his turn to pass the big burly bouncer’s judgmental gaze.

I had the pleasure of interviewing the man himself on Sunday at the player of the year dinner and he said that ambition shown by the club would dictate whether he would put pen to paper on a longer contract.

One measure of exactly how ambitious this club is will be the determination to keep hold of 17-year-old starlet Joe Gomez.

With rumoured high-value Premier League transfer bids on the way, Charlton’s ownership will have to make a tough decision.

Chasing the coinage this early on in Gomez’s career may well be tempting.

However, if the defender puts in the full season we know he is capable of next year, surely his value will increase again.

Couple that with the addition of the odd striker here, the odd winger there and a few extra center halves and bingo, we’ve got a team capable of challenging for the play-offs and ambitious enough to keep hold of our greatest assets.

Whether that is the way that things pan out if still to be seen.

The fear is the dollar signs will light up in the owner’s eyes and that he will look to cash in on our assets and look to start building again.

But the foundations are there.

If you were building a million pound house and someone offered you a hundred grand for the bricks, you’d wait until you’d finished building and flog the gaff for a cool million.

You wouldn’t sell the bricks, especially when you aren’t sure you’d find another decent builders merchant to get the raw materials start again with.

Make the right decision Roland.

Come on you reds!

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