Roland Duchatelet - Frightening reminder of who this man is.

charlton1969

If this has already been posted up on here, forgive me, but I've just been re-reading this great piece by Darryl Chamberlain, written in December. It brings home to you the sheer cynicism and downright [for want of a better word] wrongness of the thinking of the owner and his servant, Meire.

Duchatelet is not a hypocrite, I mean I don't think he's ever lied to us. His record, at any rate, in Belgium, before he became our owner, was there for all to see. In a way, the openness and transparency just makes it worse.

What I really find most frustrating in all this is the lack of any defence able to be offered against such a man
by any football-related body in England. The only hope I can see now - apart from RD deciding himself to sell up [and there is a bit of hope there as Darryl Chamberlain says, in that he eventually gave in to the hostility of fans at Standard Liege] is that if we come out of the E.U.

Coming out of the E.U. would surely put an end to his ability to clog us up with useless players from Europe's poorest leagues.

Don't get me wrong, as a Brexit supporter, I'm very far from being a racist - I hate racism with all my heart - but having a Belgian turn Charlton into a feeder club and preventing Peter Varney putting money in, was an absolute disgrace.

charlton1969

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charlton1969 said:

If this has already been posted up on here, forgive me, but I've just been re-reading this great piece by Darryl Chamberlain, written in December. It brings home to you the sheer cynicism and downright [for want of a better word] wrongness of the thinking of the owner and his servant, Meire.

Duchatelet is not a hypocrite, I mean I don't think he's ever lied to us. His record, at any rate, in Belgium, before he became our owner, was there for all to see. In a way, the openness and transparency just makes it worse.

What I really find most frustrating in all this is the lack of any defence able to be offered against such a man
by any football-related body in England. The only hope I can see now - apart from RD deciding himself to sell up [and there is a bit of hope there as Darryl Chamberlain says, in that he eventually gave in to the hostility of fans at Standard Liege] is that if we come out of the E.U.

Coming out of the E.U. would surely put an end to his ability to clog us up with useless players from Europe's poorest leagues.

Don't get me wrong, as a Brexit supporter, I'm very far from being a racist - I hate racism with all my heart - but having a Belgian turn Charlton into a feeder club and preventing Peter Varney putting money in, was an absolute disgrace.

And here's the article - https://medium.com/@darryl1974/how-roland-duchâtelet-and-katrien-meire-are-killing-charlton-athletic-dc8a9ed7e91c#.krn51e5f4

vff

Its a good, long summary of the season by Darryl Chamberlain. Not sure how the EU Referendum affects Duchatelet selling up or not.

Algarveaddick

I have just re-read what you said - probably the first argument that holds water for leaving the EU that I have heard!

blackpool72

No you go on enough as it is

charlton1969

vff said:

Its a good, long summary of the season by Darryl Chamberlain. Not sure how the EU Referendum affects Duchatelet selling up or not.

Algarve - thanks for the dim comment, not really necessary. I thought it would be interesting to raise this as a serious question, since the [to me] obvious link hasn't been made on here. Let's hope he just sells up. But isn't it true that his business model depends on the E.U? If it doesn't totally depend on the E.U., then it certainly benefits from it hugely.
I suppose he would otherwise use exclusively African players......or else British ones from the lower and amateur leagues.

MuttleyCAFC

I disagree with the first point - I feel we have been lied to every step of the way by this owner and his CEO.

Ted\'s Addicksson

Algarveaddick said:

I have just re-read what you said - probably the first argument that holds water for leaving the EU that I have heard!

Stealth tactics by Brexit supporter!

charlton1969

Algarveaddick said:

I have just re-read what you said - probably the first argument that holds water for leaving the EU that I have heard!

It's relevant to this discussion, that's for sure!

charlton1969

Ted\'s Addicksson said:

Algarveaddick said:

I have just re-read what you said - probably the first argument that holds water for leaving the EU that I have heard!

Stealth tactics by Brexit supporter!

I make no bones about it, Ted. I'll repeat - without the E.U. would Duchatelet have even bothered looking at English football in the first place?

Henry Irving

Darryl is pro - remain and I'm sure he be amused that someone is trying to use his old article to yet again start a thread supposedly about football when in reality it's about Brexit.

DFTT

Ted\'s Addicksson

charlton1969 said:

Ted\'s Addicksson said:

Algarveaddick said:

I have just re-read what you said - probably the first argument that holds water for leaving the EU that I have heard!

Stealth tactics by Brexit supporter!

I make no bones about it, Ted. I'll repeat - without the E.U. would Duchatelet have even bothered looking at English football in the first place?

You are probably right. However, tis only a small cog in the bigger issue.

charlton1969

Ted\'s Addicksson said:

charlton1969 said:

Ted\'s Addicksson said:

Algarveaddick said:

I have just re-read what you said - probably the first argument that holds water for leaving the EU that I have heard!

Stealth tactics by Brexit supporter!

I make no bones about it, Ted. I'll repeat - without the E.U. would Duchatelet have even bothered looking at English football in the first place?

You are probably right. However, tis only a small cog in the bigger issue.

You don't surely think CAFC's a small cog.

Bedsaddick

https://twitter.com/PollsFL92/status/739491158028636160

cafcnick1992

I'm a brexiter and leaving will have no impact on Roland or football in general at all.

Ted\'s Addicksson

charlton1969 said:

Ted\'s Addicksson said:

charlton1969 said:

Ted\'s Addicksson said:

Algarveaddick said:

I have just re-read what you said - probably the first argument that holds water for leaving the EU that I have heard!

Stealth tactics by Brexit supporter!

I make no bones about it, Ted. I'll repeat - without the E.U. would Duchatelet have even bothered looking at English football in the first place?

You are probably right. However, tis only a small cog in the bigger issue.

You don't surely think CAFC's a small cog.

Nope. I believe that you probably ain't that daft, you know where I'm coming from, 1969 person. XX

Algarveaddick

charlton1969 said:

vff said:

Its a good, long summary of the season by Darryl Chamberlain. Not sure how the EU Referendum affects Duchatelet selling up or not.

Algarve - thanks for the dim comment, not really necessary. I thought it would be interesting to raise this as a serious question, since the [to me] obvious link hasn't been made on here. Let's hope he just sells up. But isn't it true that his business model depends on the E.U? If it doesn't totally depend on the E.U., then it certainly benefits from it hugely.
I suppose he would otherwise use exclusively African players......or else British ones from the lower and amateur leagues.

No - I really meant it.