As long as it can be videoed, it might be worth getting CARD's finest to attend a meeting. If, of course, one has really been offered. Or maybe it is actually too late for talking. After all, experience of Roland Duchatelet's Charlton Athletic suggests this invite is mere posture and platitude and likely to mean precisely zilch. Didn't Katrien offer to meet Airman once in a public display of 'let's talk round a table about all this,old chum.' Didn't happen though, did it?
They've asked for one for long enough so now it's available will they take up the opportunity?
This could be entertaining....
The painful death of our club is not, and cannot be, entertaining.
@LeaburnForEngland has posted the CARD response above. It's everything that Staprix communication is not. Well conceived, purposeful and an accurate understanding of the situation. The proposed meeting is not an "opportunity" in any way for those that support Charlton Athletic Football Club. CARD are playing a blinder here and Staprix just can't keep up.
Agreed, it is neither 'entertaining' nor an 'opportunity' ...it is a cynical PR exercise and no more.
Excellently worded. I would've liked a PS 'why didn't you and Roland take up cabbles' offer to go out for a lovely Thai dinner at a trendy eatery in Peckham' but apart from that I endorse this
Excellently worded. I would've liked a PS 'why didn't you and Roland take up cabbles' offer to go out for a lovely Thai dinner at a trendy eatery in Peckham' but apart from that I endorse this
Just out of interest, does the club's invite e-mail to CARD say who would represent the club, at the meeting? Does it suggest that Roland would be there?
«You had 2 years to talk and you declined to do so. Now it is time for you to go» Excellent and entirely justified response. Thanks Card and @LeaburnForEngland
This regime cannot be trusted in any way. They are proven liars and proven failures in their respective positions. Clearly they will NEVER manage this club properly and as a result they have to go. I don't see any other alternative.
I in the opinion that CARD or the Trust should only consider a meeting with RD and until that is forthcoming no meeting should take place, I believe in the past the chairman of the trust offered to meet RD in Belgium but this was refused, they are on the run. Stand firm CARD.
Bollox to any meeting they will only tell us a pack of lies anyway. They only want the meeting so that card call of protests against Coventry. Bollox to em i say. Bring on the protests. GET OUT OF OUR CLUB
"With this in-mind we have requested a meeting with CARD to look at how we can potentially begin working with them on a process of rebuilding this great club."
Does this mean that they recognise that they have destroyed it already?
Excellently worded. I would've liked a PS 'why didn't you and Roland take up cabbles' offer to go out for a lovely Thai dinner at a trendy eatery in Peckham' but apart from that I endorse this
The meeting could have been a great final scene for "Rolling With Roland" ...
Just out of interest, does the club's invite e-mail to CARD say who would represent the club, at the meeting? Does it suggest that Roland would be there?
"I personally feel for the young supporters who are being dragged into a fight none can possibly understand."
My son can't wait for the protests to start, he's 11 and been coming since he was 4 and even he understands these owners are absolutely destroying his club.
"I personally feel for the young supporters who are being dragged into a fight none can possibly understand."
If I had a child I would be much prouder of them if they were able to say why they supported the protests rather than which player they looked up to. It is a fight any child could understand (bad people with no morals are destroying the club by selling all valuable assets and having no respect for its proud history and heritage).
Just links in with their Blade Runner bollox---- get the oldies out---- come on Tony stop hiding behind a blue vest and front some of the oldies---- do you know what front means ? Tony ? Tony ?
"No offence to Joe, but the kid is well out of his depth. I employ much more articulate kids than him to do internships. Embarrassing comments today. Stand aside sonny, or just pipe down for the grown ups."
"I personally feel for the young supporters who are being dragged into a fight none can possibly understand."
I know.
Damn all these people who make all my decisions and form my opinions because I can't think for myself because I'm too young!
Bastards!
Funny it's the same argument Sue used against me on that fb group the other day. She also said I'm too young to be a real fan as I haven't lived through various periods of our history that I am fully aware of. So apparently my opinion doesn't matter because I am too young.
"No offence to Joe, but the kid is well out of his depth. I employ much more articulate kids than him to do internships. Embarrassing comments today. Stand aside sonny, or just pipe down for the grown ups."
"I personally feel for the young supporters who are being dragged into a fight none can possibly understand."
I know.
Damn all these people who make all my decisions and form my opinions because I can't think for myself because I'm too young!
Bastards!
Funny it's the same argument Sue used against me on that fb group the other day. She also said I'm too your to be a real fan as I haven't lived through various periods of our history that I am fully aware of. So awarepparently my opinion doesn't matter because I am too young.
I wish I could respond but I'm not articulate enough :-(
"I personally feel for the young supporters who are being dragged into a fight none can possibly understand."
I know.
Damn all these people who make all my decisions and form my opinions because I can't think for myself because I'm too young!
Bastards!
Funny it's the same argument Sue used against me on that fb group the other day. She also said I'm too your to be a real fan as I haven't lived through various periods of our history that I am fully aware of. So awarepparently my opinion doesn't matter because I am too young.
I wish I could respond but I'm not articulate enough :-(
I did respond to her. A well reasoned, thought out explanation of my views to which she replied 'I haven't got time to read a post that long, but I can assure you that you are wrong'.
When I read the Mail article my first thought was that Meire had to go before any meeting could realistically happen. So well done!! Good, well argued response.
Clearly the club response is yet another move as advised by the new PR agency so Meire can look sad when she says we have offered to meet but CARD refused etc. Woefully transparent but it will suck some people in. It is also ammunition for the hardcore anti-CARD, anti-boycott brigade who will undoubtedly trill on about CARD's hidden motives, how they are not real supporters etc.
Had Meire done this in August then she might have had a chance. But in the intervening weeks her 'new start' rhetoric has been exposed a phony and the on-field side of the club has continued to nosedive.
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But seeing where we are now it was very over optimistic to even think about challenging.
Has to be said though they've carried a number of very supportive articles on us over recent months highlighting our troubles.
This regime cannot be trusted in any way. They are proven liars and proven failures in their respective positions. Clearly they will NEVER manage this club properly and as a result they have to go. I don't see any other alternative.
Bollox to em i say.
Bring on the protests.
GET OUT OF OUR CLUB
http://www.charlton.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=463335
@Addickted2TheReds I think he's concerned about you -
"I personally feel for the young supporters who are being dragged into a fight none can possibly understand."
Damn all these people who make all my decisions and form my opinions because I can't think for myself because I'm too young!
Bastards!
You're not the only one worried about me!
"No offence to Joe, but the kid is well out of his depth. I employ much more articulate kids than him to do internships. Embarrassing comments today. Stand aside sonny, or just pipe down for the grown ups."
:-(
Clearly the club response is yet another move as advised by the new PR agency so Meire can look sad when she says we have offered to meet but CARD refused etc. Woefully transparent but it will suck some people in. It is also ammunition for the hardcore anti-CARD, anti-boycott brigade who will undoubtedly trill on about CARD's hidden motives, how they are not real supporters etc.
Had Meire done this in August then she might have had a chance. But in the intervening weeks her 'new start' rhetoric has been exposed a phony and the on-field side of the club has continued to nosedive.