As i said in an earlier post, the Americans were never really interested in buying, they expressed an interest which was leaked to the SLP to draw another bid in.
As i said in an earlier post, the Americans were never really interested in buying, they expressed an interest which was leaked to the SLP to draw another bid in.
I heard from 2 sources that the real reason Mr Harris walked away was because of a basic understanding of football in this country - or rather a lack of it. If you are used to the concept of US sport where you can't be relegated - and you then come and pump in a shed load of cash to a club over here to find you could actually lose the lot.....you'd get a squeaky bum. It's possible.
are these the same sources that said it was going to be done on the Monday,Tuesday after Ipswich, sounds like they are covering their arses after the duff info.
As i said in an earlier post, the Americans were never really interested in buying, they expressed an interest which was leaked to the SLP to draw another bid in.
As i said in an earlier post, the Americans were never really interested in buying, they expressed an interest which was leaked to the SLP to draw another bid in.
As i said in an earlier post, the Americans were never really interested in buying, they expressed an interest which was leaked to the SLP to draw another bid in.
That doesn't add up.
The story leaked to the SLP didn't mention Americans. It said British Group.
More likely, IMO, that the SLP story about a GB group was leaked by Slater to try and gee up the Americans. Doesn't look like it worked though.
As i said in an earlier post, the Americans were never really interested in buying, they expressed an interest which was leaked to the SLP to draw another bid in.
Why would they express an interest if they were never really interested in buying us.
This gets better, so throughout DD no-one thought to look at one of the numerous football sites and see where Charlton were in the PL table?
We're all speculating obviously and it's very entertaining, but I don't think anybody is seriously suggesting this level of ignorance.
It is plausible, however, that the Movie played out something like this;
"Shahid Khan, a fellow US Sports franchise owner, pays £200m for Fulham. Somebody suggests to Harris that a much better deal is available. "You can buy Charlton Athletic, who have recently been in the Premier League and are a bigger Club than Fulham with a much better Stadium, for less than 10% of what Khan paid for that lousy franchise Fulham."
"Blimey", says Harris, "that sounds good", ever alert for some easy money and fancying the chance to make Khan look like a numpty.
"What's the catch?" says Harris. "Well, you need to get Charlton promoted and in the meantime you'll need to invest between £5-10m p.a., but they have a brilliant young Manager and a highly successful academy so it should be no problem."
"Let's take a look" says Harris.
And the upshot? Harris concludes that Khan is off his head. He figures that Fulham will spend every cent of TV money et al in a desperate attempt to stay on the EPL gravy train. He smiles as he studies the current Premier League table. Always thought Khan was a dumb ass he thinks to himself as he heads home."
Let's be honest the current set up with English Football is insane. Any relegation can almost destroy a club. The current TV deal makes relegation from the Championship to League One a potential disaster. Look at Sheffield United, they were in the Premier League with us in 2007. Relegation from the Premier League (which is virtually inevitable for many of the clubs in it) will leave one year to get back or potential oblivion.
I know nothing I make nothing up My Dad doesn't know about The Trust or the ACV (unless MOG has told him) I probably will only get to 2 more games this season I would happily leave The Valley if it meant we had a future My wife has gone bananas over the number of photos & shirts etc I have bought over the last 2 years (on here) I am actually based in Lagos
I know everything I make everything up My Dad is The Trust and owns the ACV of planet earth I will probably go to 3 more games at The Valley this calendar year I would happily leave The Valley for a packet of Jaffa Cakes My wife has gone 'photos & shirts' over the number of bananas I have bought over the last 2 years I am actually based in Toys R Us
Why do people keep aimimg at Jiminez and Slater ? I am sure that Kevin Cash is pulling all the strings,and those two chancers are just hanging on the ends.
So thats what Josh Harris found out after completing DD teams can be relegated, so he pulled out lol. A multi Billionaire who prob has a shit load of employees and not one of them done any research about English football.
Errr Venkeys/Blackburn Rovers
Correct - I have heard on good authority that Venkys did not realise Blackburn could actually be relegated until after they purchased the club! Madness.
I know nothing I make nothing up My Dad doesn't know about The Trust or the ACV (unless MOG has told him) I probably will only get to 2 more games this season I would happily leave The Valley if it meant we had a future My wife has gone bananas over the number of photos & shirts etc I have bought over the last 2 years (on here) I am actually based in Lagos
Politician unhappy with Charlton owners over lack of information on club's future
12:18pm Thursday 12th December 2013 in Sport By Paul Green
A GREENWICH councillor has questioned why the current owners of Charlton Athletic are so reluctant to communicate with the club’s fans.
The Addicks have been strongly rumoured to be on the brink of a takeover, although it was reported yesterday one potential saviour of the financially stricken SE7 outfit, American Josh Harris, had ended his interest in buying the club.
But it is the lack of information coming out of The Valley, including over whether Charlton plan to remain at the stadium in the long-term, which has prompted Woolwich Riverside Councillor John Fahy to enter the debate.
Earlier this week he tweeted: “When is Charlton Athletic going to come clean on it future plans for the club.
“Important for the board to clarify the future of The Valley.”
Explaining his remarks to News Shopper, Cllr Fahy said: “I’ve had some representation from constituents at surgeries about what is happening with regards to the ownership of Charlton.
“I gather from what I’ve heard there is more than one interested party, one supposedly a property developer.
“There seems to be a lot of discussions taking place in secret but very little of it is being revealed in public.
“Clearly the fans are not being kept informed by the owners about what is going on and that is completely unacceptable.”
He added: “There is a strong fan-base at The Valley so why not keep them informed?
“The wider issue for me is that football clubs, including Charlton, are treating fans with contempt.
“They rely heavily on the fans for income but offer little in return in terms of information about what is going on. It isn’t helpful.”
And the Labour councillor, who is also an Addicks fan, is now backing the recently established Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust to play a more prominent future role behind the scenes at The Valley.
“I would certainly support what the Supporters Trust are doing,” he said.
“The only long-term solution is for the club to be taken over by people who have the best interests of Charlton Athletic at heart.”
back on the 20th of November WIWLB said yanks have walked away after a bigger offer came in,
be good if the 2nd bit of his post is as accurate as the first bit,
since this thread started my stand point has been since zabeel I refuse to accept any interest of money until it happens
and that's why I am not pissed of or surprised by the paper talk today
I'm trying to adopt, with various degrees of success, the Curbs approach of not getting too high with every takeover bid and rainbows end that comes along and not getting too pee'd off when it inevitably fails :-)
I am not in the least bit upset. The Zabeel thing washed all that kind of hope away. I am resolved to the club struggling along, selling to survive, suffering on the pitch, but with the hope that once we're on a bit of an even keel we can build and grow realistically. I am weary of sitting on the sidelines waiting for salvation, which is certainly why I hope to see the back of rich businessmen. The supporters trust will become the only game in town anyway and we will need to all stick together. Or I win euromillions.
Let's be honest the current set up with English Football is insane. Any relegation can almost destroy a club. The current TV deal makes relegation from the Championship to League One a potential disaster. Look at Sheffield United, they were in the Premier League with us in 2007. Relegation from the Premier League (which is virtually inevitable for many of the clubs in it) will leave one year to get back or potential oblivion.
As i said in an earlier post, the Americans were never really interested in buying, they expressed an interest which was leaked to the SLP to draw another bid in.
Why would they express an interest if they were never really interested in buying us.
Politician unhappy with Charlton owners over lack of information on club's future
12:18pm Thursday 12th December 2013 in Sport By Paul Green
A GREENWICH councillor has questioned why the current owners of Charlton Athletic are so reluctant to communicate with the club’s fans.
The Addicks have been strongly rumoured to be on the brink of a takeover, although it was reported yesterday one potential saviour of the financially stricken SE7 outfit, American Josh Harris, had ended his interest in buying the club.
But it is the lack of information coming out of The Valley, including over whether Charlton plan to remain at the stadium in the long-term, which has prompted Woolwich Riverside Councillor John Fahy to enter the debate.
Earlier this week he tweeted: “When is Charlton Athletic going to come clean on it future plans for the club.
“Important for the board to clarify the future of The Valley.”
Explaining his remarks to News Shopper, Cllr Fahy said: “I’ve had some representation from constituents at surgeries about what is happening with regards to the ownership of Charlton.
“I gather from what I’ve heard there is more than one interested party, one supposedly a property developer.
“There seems to be a lot of discussions taking place in secret but very little of it is being revealed in public.
“Clearly the fans are not being kept informed by the owners about what is going on and that is completely unacceptable.”
He added: “There is a strong fan-base at The Valley so why not keep them informed?
“The wider issue for me is that football clubs, including Charlton, are treating fans with contempt.
“They rely heavily on the fans for income but offer little in return in terms of information about what is going on. It isn’t helpful.”
And the Labour councillor, who is also an Addicks fan, is now backing the recently established Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust to play a more prominent future role behind the scenes at The Valley.
“I would certainly support what the Supporters Trust are doing,” he said.
“The only long-term solution is for the club to be taken over by people who have the best interests of Charlton Athletic at heart.”
As i said in an earlier post, the Americans were never really interested in buying, they expressed an interest which was leaked to the SLP to draw another bid in.
That doesn't add up.
The story leaked to the SLP didn't mention Americans. It said British Group.
More likely, IMO, that the SLP story about a GB group was leaked by Slater to try and gee up the Americans. Doesn't look like it worked though.
The British group was pure fabrication on someones part.
Politician unhappy with Charlton owners over lack of information on club's future
12:18pm Thursday 12th December 2013 in Sport By Paul Green
A GREENWICH councillor has questioned why the current owners of Charlton Athletic are so reluctant to communicate with the club’s fans.
The Addicks have been strongly rumoured to be on the brink of a takeover, although it was reported yesterday one potential saviour of the financially stricken SE7 outfit, American Josh Harris, had ended his interest in buying the club.
But it is the lack of information coming out of The Valley, including over whether Charlton plan to remain at the stadium in the long-term, which has prompted Woolwich Riverside Councillor John Fahy to enter the debate.
Earlier this week he tweeted: “When is Charlton Athletic going to come clean on it future plans for the club.
“Important for the board to clarify the future of The Valley.”
Explaining his remarks to News Shopper, Cllr Fahy said: “I’ve had some representation from constituents at surgeries about what is happening with regards to the ownership of Charlton.
“I gather from what I’ve heard there is more than one interested party, one supposedly a property developer.
“There seems to be a lot of discussions taking place in secret but very little of it is being revealed in public.
“Clearly the fans are not being kept informed by the owners about what is going on and that is completely unacceptable.”
He added: “There is a strong fan-base at The Valley so why not keep them informed?
“The wider issue for me is that football clubs, including Charlton, are treating fans with contempt.
“They rely heavily on the fans for income but offer little in return in terms of information about what is going on. It isn’t helpful.”
And the Labour councillor, who is also an Addicks fan, is now backing the recently established Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust to play a more prominent future role behind the scenes at The Valley.
“I would certainly support what the Supporters Trust are doing,” he said.
“The only long-term solution is for the club to be taken over by people who have the best interests of Charlton Athletic at heart.”
As i said in an earlier post, the Americans were never really interested in buying, they expressed an interest which was leaked to the SLP to draw another bid in.
That doesn't add up.
The story leaked to the SLP didn't mention Americans. It said British Group.
More likely, IMO, that the SLP story about a GB group was leaked by Slater to try and gee up the Americans. Doesn't look like it worked though.
The British group was pure fabrication on someones part.
Still not sure what you are saying.
You said the Yanks were never interested and the GB group was made up (I would agree) so who IS interested and who is "on-going"?
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Let's hope so
And out of contract players wot a shambles.
The story leaked to the SLP didn't mention Americans. It said British Group.
More likely, IMO, that the SLP story about a GB group was leaked by Slater to try and gee up the Americans. Doesn't look like it worked though.
It is plausible, however, that the Movie played out something like this;
"Shahid Khan, a fellow US Sports franchise owner, pays £200m for Fulham. Somebody suggests to Harris that a much better deal is available. "You can buy Charlton Athletic, who have recently been in the Premier League and are a bigger Club than Fulham with a much better Stadium, for less than 10% of what Khan paid for that lousy franchise Fulham."
"Blimey", says Harris, "that sounds good", ever alert for some easy money and fancying the chance to make Khan look like a numpty.
"What's the catch?" says Harris. "Well, you need to get Charlton promoted and in the meantime you'll need to invest between £5-10m p.a., but they have a brilliant young Manager and a highly successful academy so it should be no problem."
"Let's take a look" says Harris.
And the upshot? Harris concludes that Khan is off his head. He figures that Fulham will spend every cent of TV money et al in a desperate attempt to stay on the EPL gravy train. He smiles as he studies the current Premier League table. Always thought Khan was a dumb ass he thinks to himself as he heads home."
What a circus this is turning into.
I know nothing
I make nothing up
My Dad doesn't know about The Trust or the ACV (unless MOG has told him)
I probably will only get to 2 more games this season
I would happily leave The Valley if it meant we had a future
My wife has gone bananas over the number of photos & shirts etc I have bought over the last 2 years (on here)
I am actually based in Lagos
I know everything
I make everything up
My Dad is The Trust and owns the ACV of planet earth
I will probably go to 3 more games at The Valley this calendar year
I would happily leave The Valley for a packet of Jaffa Cakes
My wife has gone 'photos & shirts' over the number of bananas I have bought over the last 2 years
I am actually based in Toys R Us
be good if the 2nd bit of his post is as accurate as the first bit,
since this thread started my stand point has been since zabeel I refuse to accept any interest of money until it happens
and that's why I am not pissed of or surprised by the paper talk today
Women and children first..
I am resolved to the club struggling along, selling to survive, suffering on the pitch, but with the hope that once we're on a bit of an even keel we can build and grow realistically.
I am weary of sitting on the sidelines waiting for salvation, which is certainly why I hope to see the back of rich businessmen. The supporters trust will become the only game in town anyway and we will need to all stick together.
Or I win euromillions.
Isn't this called a Mexican stand off ?
( Apologies if this has been mentioned previously but am frantically trying to catch up after 2 days without Broadband )
Still not sure what you are saying.
You said the Yanks were never interested and the GB group was made up (I would agree) so who IS interested and who is "on-going"?
And try and garner a few extra votes from Charlton fans.
too true...either way...i dont mind. nice to see someone from RBG advocating more transparency.
totally unrealistic in the corporate world of modern football...but nice to hear all the same.