So, Roland, at some point you'll realise your experiment has failed abysmally and you'll want shot of Charlton. Do you really expect someone to stump up in excess of £38,000,000 to take a third tier club, and that's optimistic, off your hands?
His endgame is becoming more evident. Same as what happened at STVV - just re-read Dreke's posts - he'll run the club down and start to build up other business empire such as Hotel, shops,entertainment etc and sell the club, get rent paid for the ground etc. - he might not be owning us at some point in the future , but he will still have his boot around our throats.
His endgame is becoming more evident. Same as what happened at STVV - just re-read Dreke's posts - he'll run the club down and start to build up other business empire such as Hotel, shops,entertainment etc and sell the club, get rent paid for the ground etc. - he might not be owning us at some point in the future , but he will still have his boot around our throats.
Enjoying this classic line form the Directors' Report attached to the accounts:
"It is the board's strategy to continue to reduce these levels of losses over time and move towards a 'break-even' position whilst remaining highly competitive on the pitch in the Championship
His endgame is becoming more evident. Same as what happened at STVV - just re-read Dreke's posts - he'll run the club down and start to build up other business empire such as Hotel, shops,entertainment etc and sell the club, get rent paid for the ground etc. - he might not be owning us at some point in the future , but he will still have his boot around our throats.
His endgame is becoming more evident. Same as what happened at STVV - just re-read Dreke's posts - he'll run the club down and start to build up other business empire such as Hotel, shops,entertainment etc and sell the club, get rent paid for the ground etc. - he might not be owning us at some point in the future , but he will still have his boot around our throats.
Roland is not stupid. If he wanted to start a hotel, residential, entertainment and retail business in London, the very last place he would look to do it would be in a scruffy side street in SE7. With the added complication of a professional football club.
There might be scope for some small residential development but above that I don't see this as his plan.
Enjoying this classic line form the Directors' Report attached to the accounts:
"It is the board's strategy to continue to reduce these levels of losses over time and move towards a 'break-even' position whilst remaining highly competitive on the pitch in the Championship
That's going well then.
Whoever writes that crap doesn't know what "strategy" even means. The board's AIM might be to reduce the losses, blah blah but it needs a strategy to achieve that. My guess; and bear with me on this it's radical; losing consistently on the pitch, getting relegated, alienating customers, decimating turnover, attracting ridicule across all media; they ain't tried and trusted strategies for sporting or financial success, but what do I know? Admittedly I'm not a septuagenarian electronics millionaire, nor a failed politician.
Enjoying this classic line form the Directors' Report attached to the accounts:
"It is the board's strategy to continue to reduce these levels of losses over time and move towards a 'break-even' position whilst remaining highly competitive on the pitch in the Championship
That's going well then.
Whoever writes that crap doesn't know what "strategy" even means. The board's AIM might be to reduce the losses, blah blah but it needs a strategy to achieve that. My guess; and bear with me on this it's radical; losing consistently on the pitch, getting relegated, alienating customers, decimating turnover, attracting ridicule across all media; they ain't tried and trusted strategies for sporting or financial success, but what do I know? Admittedly I'm not a septuagenarian electronics millionaire, nor a failed politician.
Agreed, have written similar myself in the past. It's like a business claiming that its strategy is to make a profit.
His endgame is becoming more evident. Same as what happened at STVV - just re-read Dreke's posts - he'll run the club down and start to build up other business empire such as Hotel, shops,entertainment etc and sell the club, get rent paid for the ground etc. - he might not be owning us at some point in the future , but he will still have his boot around our throats.
Roland is not stupid. If he wanted to start a hotel, residential, entertainment and retail business in London, the very last place he would look to do it would be in a scruffy side street in SE7. With the added complication of a professional football club.
There might be scope for some small residential development but above that I don't see this as his plan.
It also convinces me even more that a season ticket boycott will have no effect, he'll just make up the shortfall with more loans from Staprix.
That's exactly why it will work, it delays him breaking even, Strapix' money is still real money.
Breaking even ? By the sounds of these results he'll never, ever, break even regardless of season ticket money.
Conversely it seems like any gaps in the finances are plugged by additional Staprix "loans" which;
a) make it more likely that he'll struggle to find someone willing to buy the club (assuming he'll want them to clear the amount outstanding to Staprix as part of the purchase price), and;
b) means he's taking more out of the club through his tasty 3% interest charge
This is an absolute mess and I don't really know what the end is. I don't see who would buy us for a minimum of £37m (assuming he isn't going to write off the money he's owed or delay payment of it) and I don't think he'd put us into admin and lose everything so it seems we're just stuck with him.
His endgame is becoming more evident. Same as what happened at STVV - just re-read Dreke's posts - he'll run the club down and start to build up other business empire such as Hotel, shops,entertainment etc and sell the club, get rent paid for the ground etc. - he might not be owning us at some point in the future , but he will still have his boot around our throats.
Roland is not stupid. If he wanted to start a hotel, residential, entertainment and retail business in London, the very last place he would look to do it would be in a scruffy side street in SE7. With the added complication of a professional football club.
There might be scope for some small residential development but above that I don't see this as his plan.
The club is still operating at a loss so presuming that is his plan, the only income he'd have would be from the hotel and entertainment facilities. Is that kind of facility worth £38m+? I'd be inclined to say no. And it'd have to make a hell of a profit to cover the clubs losses.
If he is banking on making a success of the hotel and entertainment idea then he's risking a lot on Greenwich council regenerating the area.
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#cafc no directors' fees paid this year. I assume Roland is paying Meire through other means
Robert Addison @Robontiod 11m11 minutes ago
#cafc income in year to June 15 down in all categories apart from "other" due to a rates rebate
Robert Addison @Robontiod 20m20 minutes ago
#cafc total loans from Staprix NV now stand at £38m
Robert Addison @Robontiod 24m24 minutes ago
#cafc loans from Duchatelet's company increase by £7.5m in the year to June 15
Robert Addison @Robontiod 29m29 minutes ago
#cafc losses for the year to June 15 down to £4.37m from £5.94m the previous year
Robert Addison @Robontiod 32m32 minutes ago
For #cafc fans interested Baton 2010 ltd the main company has filed its accounts at Companies House
It is free cash!
Who else would invest
Roland is GOD!
Hopefully these results put paid to the "but without Roland we'd be financially unstable" argument. We're a state.
We really are fucked aren't we.
"It is the board's strategy to continue to reduce these levels of losses over time and move towards a 'break-even' position whilst remaining highly competitive on the pitch in the Championship
That's going well then.
(apologies in advance if it was someone with a similar name!)
Parasite.
There might be scope for some small residential development but above that I don't see this as his plan.
Conversely it seems like any gaps in the finances are plugged by additional Staprix "loans" which;
a) make it more likely that he'll struggle to find someone willing to buy the club (assuming he'll want them to clear the amount outstanding to Staprix as part of the purchase price), and;
b) means he's taking more out of the club through his tasty 3% interest charge
This is an absolute mess and I don't really know what the end is. I don't see who would buy us for a minimum of £37m (assuming he isn't going to write off the money he's owed or delay payment of it) and I don't think he'd put us into admin and lose everything so it seems we're just stuck with him.
If he is banking on making a success of the hotel and entertainment idea then he's risking a lot on Greenwich council regenerating the area.