Don't trust this article or the Mail. Headline not reflected the article proper. Just because KM is a liar doesn't make the Mail suddenly the bastion of truth or accuracy... and Wilder will want to come across as a straight/fair guy
As much as I'd like to think this is legit, it is the Mail...
I can imagine the proper story goes along the lines of Wilder wanting assurances and the club not getting them together quick enough before Sheff Utd nabbed him up - lets face it, we know KM wasn't at her desk all day on Wednesday & Thursday as she was at the BoS conference.
I would love to know whether "full control" had the same meaning as a football manager would understand, or if it was the weird full control that (we are assured by the Liar) SCP had.
I agree with those who have said that anything published by the Mail (among others) needs to be taken with at least a pinch of salt.
My read on it: Charlton had agreed the terms of Wilder's employment and this will have included more autonomy than any of our previous coaches. But on Tuesday, Wilder got wind of the possibility of going to his hometown club, in the city where he lives; probably his dream job. KM tries to get hold of him to sign our deal but he turned his phone off. When he does get back in contact with her, his "demands" have changed so he can claim that CAFC have torn up his contract.
I'm not trying to exonerate KM here. Any decent CEO would have got this nailed down a week before the fannying around started. Look how quickly Sheff Utd announced it.
Katrien vs The Mail. Pot meets kettle in Black King Contest. Having said which, wasn't she playing victim in the city when she was supposedly unable to contact him? Either way, another embarrassing episode for the regime that never learns.
Hard to know just what to believe. What is fairly obvious though is that the approach by Charlton alerted Sheffield United to his availability. When he knew they were after him he would never come to us. I mean he was born and raised in Sheffield, supported the team as a nipper, was a ball boy and then made his professional debut for them. Given the opportunity to manage them it was a "no brainer". Got to respect his allegiance to his boyhood club and not just to the money.
So basically the negotiations were progressing well until Katrien got directly involved. Having mishandled them badly and screwed up an apparently done deal she then attempted to muddy the waters by blaming SUFC whilst apparently misrepresenting the contents of the contract.
Then she went on an expensive jolly, had a hissy fit, insulted the clubs fan base and now reckons she will recruit an English manager! Although you have to wonder who now would approach working at this club (in any capacity) with anything less than extreme trepidation and caution?
So we now have weeks of speculation and leaks to look forward to before the parachute in some network numpty.
Scratch below the surface. No quotes, no sources, seemingly no attempt to speak to the club or those concerned. I can almost hear the desk editor. "Meire, Wilder and Charlton are trending at the moment, someone spice up the early bit on her comments." It's the Daily Mail excuse for journalism.
Scratch below the surface. No quotes, no sources, seemingly no attempt to speak to the club or those concerned. I can almost hear the desk editor. "Meire, Wilder and Charlton are trending at the moment, someone spice up the early bit on her comments." It's the Daily Mail excuse for journalism.
Or Wilder won't go on the record, which is more likely, and Charlton never say anything anyway except when Meire can find a platform at a conference. They don't respond to enquiries. But there have been a number of people with knowledge of events talking behind the scenes.
Scratch below the surface. No quotes, no sources, seemingly no attempt to speak to the club or those concerned. I can almost hear the desk editor. "Meire, Wilder and Charlton are trending at the moment, someone spice up the early bit on her comments." It's the Daily Mail excuse for journalism.
So what! All bad for Miere. And when she throws in the towel so will Roland.
Personally I couldn't see a manager and his assistant coming to a league one club in London from a town like Northampton once they realised that for the price of their mansion out in the sticks they'd most likely only get a two bed maisonette. Katrien and Roland should try and find a manager who already lives in London or nearby, preferably south of the river.
Anyway a foreign head coach is perfect because they will soon be able to fly into city airport for match days, 15 minutes to the ground via DLR and train, if they can be bothered to direct training when we have a first team coach, they can stay in the managers pitch sized bedsit built under the Jimmy Seed (or South if you are TK) stand.
I suspect that he would always have preferred the Sheff Utd job. Maybe he'd have joined us had that not come up but it would have helped his salary at Sheff Utd with both us and Northampton making it clear that we were close to signing him up.
It may well be that KM and RD have done nothing wrong at all, they might just have been played. One thing British managers (and players) are known for is being very demanding, financially, and a little bit sneaky how they go about it!
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I can imagine the proper story goes along the lines of Wilder wanting assurances and the club not getting them together quick enough before Sheff Utd nabbed him up - lets face it, we know KM wasn't at her desk all day on Wednesday & Thursday as she was at the BoS conference.
Either way - I wish her and RD would f*ck off.
Expect plenty more speculative articles with no substance or actual quotes from the main protagonists to appear in the coming weeks.
My read on it: Charlton had agreed the terms of Wilder's employment and this will have included more autonomy than any of our previous coaches. But on Tuesday, Wilder got wind of the possibility of going to his hometown club, in the city where he lives; probably his dream job. KM tries to get hold of him to sign our deal but he turned his phone off. When he does get back in contact with her, his "demands" have changed so he can claim that CAFC have torn up his contract.
I'm not trying to exonerate KM here. Any decent CEO would have got this nailed down a week before the fannying around started. Look how quickly Sheff Utd announced it.
Having said which, wasn't she playing victim in the city when she was supposedly unable to contact him?
Either way, another embarrassing episode for the regime that never learns.
Then she went on an expensive jolly, had a hissy fit, insulted the clubs fan base and now reckons she will recruit an English manager! Although you have to wonder who now would approach working at this club (in any capacity) with anything less than extreme trepidation and caution?
So we now have weeks of speculation and leaks to look forward to before the parachute in some network numpty.
Nice work Katrien!
Zippy, assisted by George the pink hippo, with Bungle as CEO and Rod, Jane and Freddy playing loud in crossbars!
They are cheap and puppets and almost certainly better than you!
Anyway a foreign head coach is perfect because they will soon be able to fly into city airport for match days, 15 minutes to the ground via DLR and train, if they can be bothered to direct training when we have a first team coach, they can stay in the managers pitch sized bedsit built under the Jimmy Seed (or South if you are TK) stand.
It may well be that KM and RD have done nothing wrong at all, they might just have been played. One thing British managers (and players) are known for is being very demanding, financially, and a little bit sneaky how they go about it!