Amused at the rather feeble attempts to claim when she said 'weird' she meant 'unique'. Why not just go on to state she actually meant 'fans' when she said 'customers'. Oh, wait ..
Starting to wonder if this tweet following the first statement put out on Sunday was the prompt to hark back again to the 'misunderstanding ' over the weird comment
Well if it was, top work because what it prompted has been priceless, with the best own goal the regime could have ever scored.
From the slight chance of opening up some dialogue with the Trust, with the first statement, to waving two fingers at us all in 24 hours shows the true colours of a regime in turmoil. Keep up the pressure everyone, it's definitely having an effect .
My biggest worry is that it's KM's work rather than RD. If it's KM then she could/should be fired but then we will get another KM and RD will get a stay of execution. Please, please let it be RD's rant.
Sky are still running this story (on SSN at 0850). Start with a mention of "The Statement", then recycled the videos of the funeral and beach ball incidents. Free publicity thanks to the statement!!
It continues! SKY SSN ran a story at 0920 about disruption at football games, interviewing the chairman of the National Supporters Organisation. SSN showed videos once again of the funeral march and beach ball incident. Supporters chairman took a neutral stance on our protests but acknowledged that legal protests are acceptable. More free and constant publicity for our cause !!
If Ms Baroni had no input into this statement, then this is great experience for her as to how not to do things.This should stand her in good stead for the rest of her career. On the down-side, she has to avoid being permanently tainted by her involvement and association with Duchatelet, Meire and Murray. With the wide exposure a result of the current crop of gaffes from Meire and Duchatelet, Ms Baroni might be better off leaving now, and keeping her time with the club off her cv.
Where is Murray these days? Keeping a very low profile, pretty much seems to have disappeared after the Q&A with himself
If this is from RD it's madness. Starts off like the only 2% statement. Can he not admit the vast majority ( I will not put a% on it) know he is ruining the club and want him out. Not a few that wanted to disrupt the players!
In Sky's defence the following looks reasonable: I'm paraphrasing,
We need the fans to back the team, we need six points more than our rivals in the next nine games and we have achieved seven points in the last three games.
The fact that they are untrustworthy and, frankly, full of shit, is probably not quite as well understood by the journalists at Sky, who I suspect are more interested in appearance/glamour than content.
The Sun has, in reality, gone too far the other way - even though I like it.
This creates balance though and Sky need to be careful not to piss off too many significant people in football. It would reflect badly on them if the club were to set out to make life difficult for them.
Besides, I don't think we need Sky's help at this point. The FA investigation, even if it finds no reason to punish the club, is going to be embarrassing to RD and KM and we all know that any kind of suspended sentence is going to guarantee that CARD do the same thing again. With the fixtures it is likely we will be live on Sky at home to Burnley at the end of the season. The FA, FL and Sky don't want that day 'ruined' by protests do they?
seriously he's talking about himself in the 3rd person. Only two people on the planet can do that without looking like a massive **** one is the Rock who is doing it ironically... The other is Elmo
Starting to wonder if this tweet following the first statement put out on Sunday was the prompt to hark back again to the 'misunderstanding ' over the weird comment
Convinced it's Katrien behind this and something has clearly prompted here so wouldn't be surprised at all.
As for the statement, the poor English and rambling tone are bad enough but for the club to release two in a couple of days which contradict one another is a real demonstration of how badly things are being mismanaged.
Last Sunday, some individuals did not come to The Valley to watch the game and support the team, but came to create disorder on the pitch and interfere with the players and the game. Disorder which is, allegedly, needed to drive change in ownership and management.
Whom would they expect the club to be sold to? How long would a sales process take? Is it easier to sell the club when it is in League One rather than Championship?
Some individuals seem to want the club to fail. This is a confused approach, since following this logic leads to exactly the opposite of what we all want: staying in the Championship.
Allegations regarding the CEO are misrepresented* and are continuously used as a method to discredit and fuel personal abuse, hatred and with a risk to personal safety.
Although certain individuals tell you it does not happen, in recent weeks Roland Duchatelet has met the fans, the CEO has met with several different groups of fans and the communications team have attended several fans meetings. We will continue these meetings and constructive dialogue with fans.
We have 9 games left in which we have to get 6 points more than our competitors.
The team just got 7 points out of 3 games.
We still have the chance to make it happen with the support of the fans until the very last game. We must believe it is still possible. Every football fan knows the 12th man is a crucial factor in the success on the pitch.
*I think the difference is also because fans don't see themselves as customers and {…} they go to the restaurants with their families every week and they go to the cinema but if they aren't satisfied with the product will they go and scream to the people in charge of it? No they don't, but they do it with a football club and that's very weird (meaning unique) because they feel a sense of ownership of a football club and that's a really difficult balance of how you try and engage with fans and make them, incorporated into some of the decisions of the club, {…}.
I have read this time and time again and I cannot see it as anything but Katrien Meire responding, hot headily as we have seen her do in the past.
Referring to herself as the CEO instead of Katrien Meire is laughable.
It reads as though it was someone at the Valley that wrote it, the wording isn't professional and reads as though it is someone foreign trying to type in English and trying to sound passionate.
It's just a rant, hopefully the Night Meire will see the error of her ways and move on now or get cracking on ensuring we survive.
Steve Tongue lives in Charlton. Football journalist, founder of 'FOUL' magazine and Leyton Orient fan. He sees the threat to Orient from West Ham and the Olympic Stadium move, and figures if Charlton closed down it would create a few floaters who might gravitate to Orient. He has a daughter, carefully shielded her from the Glenda Slag character created in FOUL, encourages her to grow up a feminist, and helps her set up an organisation called Women in Football. Steve gets his daughter Jo to accidentally bump into Katrien in Notting Hill and spill soup down her chest. This encourages a friendship, but Steve Tongue advises Jo Tongue how to fuel Katrien's victim mentality. Katrien eventually loses it, and so Roland closes down Charlton in a huffy act of revenge. Hey presto Orient gain an extra fifty fans. Steve Tongue is the hidden hand of power nobody suspected. The above makes perfect boring sense compared with what is spewing out of the club at the moment.
I did wonder how Steve Tongue, with such a long history reporting on London football, could have written such an unhelpful PA piece a week or so back.
All so funny really. Just compare the amateurish style compared to the professional versions of CARD and the Trust. Besides being amateurish it is hostile and angry. Great shows they know they are losing.
I shall be writing and emailing the club in response later today when I tone the wording
I can't believe it's still there. Where the hell is Mel?
They can't take it down now. Everyone has seen it and some media outlets have quoted it. If it is removed not they will look just more silly. I know that sounds absurd but I suspect that the hole they are digging is going to get a lot deeper yet!
I've forwarded the link onto a number of sports journalists on Twitter, who have since retweeted it to their followers. Let's all make sure this is spread as far and wide as we can.
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From the slight chance of opening up some dialogue with the Trust, with the first statement, to waving two fingers at us all in 24 hours shows the true colours of a regime in turmoil. Keep up the pressure everyone, it's definitely having an effect
Starts off like the only 2% statement. Can he not admit the vast majority ( I will not put a% on it) know he is ruining the club and want him out. Not a few that wanted to disrupt the players!
We need the fans to back the team, we need six points more than our rivals in the next nine games and we have achieved seven points in the last three games.
The fact that they are untrustworthy and, frankly, full of shit, is probably not quite as well understood by the journalists at Sky, who I suspect are more interested in appearance/glamour than content.
The Sun has, in reality, gone too far the other way - even though I like it.
This creates balance though and Sky need to be careful not to piss off too many significant people in football. It would reflect badly on them if the club were to set out to make life difficult for them.
Besides, I don't think we need Sky's help at this point. The FA investigation, even if it finds no reason to punish the club, is going to be embarrassing to RD and KM and we all know that any kind of suspended sentence is going to guarantee that CARD do the same thing again. With the fixtures it is likely we will be live on Sky at home to Burnley at the end of the season. The FA, FL and Sky don't want that day 'ruined' by protests do they?
an improvement on the months and MONTHS it took you to see that Rolland wasn't Right!
As for the statement, the poor English and rambling tone are bad enough but for the club to release two in a couple of days which contradict one another is a real demonstration of how badly things are being mismanaged.
Last Sunday, some individuals did not come to The Valley to watch the game and support the team, but came to create disorder on the pitch and interfere with the players and the game. Disorder which is, allegedly, needed to drive change in ownership and management.
Whom would they expect the club to be sold to? How long would a sales process take? Is it easier to sell the club when it is in League One rather than Championship?
Some individuals seem to want the club to fail. This is a confused approach, since following this logic leads to exactly the opposite of what we all want: staying in the Championship.
Allegations regarding the CEO are misrepresented* and are continuously used as a method to discredit and fuel personal abuse, hatred and with a risk to personal safety.
Although certain individuals tell you it does not happen, in recent weeks Roland Duchatelet has met the fans, the CEO has met with several different groups of fans and the communications team have attended several fans meetings. We will continue these meetings and constructive dialogue with fans.
We have 9 games left in which we have to get 6 points more than our competitors.
The team just got 7 points out of 3 games.
We still have the chance to make it happen with the support of the fans until the very last game. We must believe it is still possible. Every football fan knows the 12th man is a crucial factor in the success on the pitch.
*I think the difference is also because fans don't see themselves as customers and {…} they go to the restaurants with their families every week and they go to the cinema but if they aren't satisfied with the product will they go and scream to the people in charge of it? No they don't, but they do it with a football club and that's very weird (meaning unique) because they feel a sense of ownership of a football club and that's a really difficult balance of how you try and engage with fans and make them, incorporated into some of the decisions of the club, {…}.
I have read this time and time again and I cannot see it as anything but Katrien Meire responding, hot headily as we have seen her do in the past.
Referring to herself as the CEO instead of Katrien Meire is laughable.
It reads as though it was someone at the Valley that wrote it, the wording isn't professional and reads as though it is someone foreign trying to type in English and trying to sound passionate.
It's just a rant, hopefully the Night Meire will see the error of her ways and move on now or get cracking on ensuring we survive.
I shall be writing and emailing the club in response later today when I tone the wording
The pressure is getting to them!!