If de cloob are serious when they claim that managers pick the team, and that all transfers involve the manager, then they'd shot of Dresden quickly.
Now come on, bombing Dresden will just result in a tit for tat bombing if Coventry (apologies for the reversionary nature and historical timeline innacuracy of this post.)
My immediate thought reading that email (the one to Chrissy Powell not Cabbles, which is totally coherent!) was am I safe driving around a car that contains parts and software made by that man's company. Does he interfere in technical specs based on a similar level of ignorance.
I wish GTKThe Network hadn't published the emails - now all our L1 and Cup competitiors will know they can test formations by having the (unpicked + youth players) play a game against the 1st XI. How extraordinary of the Belgians to share that gem in the first place.......that's the beauty of being part of a network I guess.
Not only that, the diamond formation when attacking is brilliant beyond comparison but now opposition coaches will be able come up with ways to combat it.........assuming they're able to call upon the level of expertise our network possesses.
The only bright spot to come from these emails is we can see how truly able & trustworthy our "President" and CEO are.
@PragueAddick did you note that Harris completed due diligence. Seems like fairly strong interest to me
For sure I noted that that is what was said. And also that, allegedly, RD completed DD within a week.
How long would you take to do proper DD on business of that size (£30-40m at that time). ?
He did it himself - Slater said so. Clearly, he values his own hasty judgement above the advice of a bunch of experts carefully sifting the evidence. I believe that is the way he always does business. It couldn't be cheaper (in itself, without regard to the consequences) and it is suggestive of some kind of god complex.
@PragueAddick did you note that Harris completed due diligence. Seems like fairly strong interest to me
For sure I noted that that is what was said. And also that, allegedly, RD completed DD within a week.
How long would you take to do proper DD on business of that size (£30-40m at that time). ?
Clearly a lot longer, for a start I'm sure he couldn't have appreciated the significance of the charges over the property by the former Directors or maybe he did and RM told him not to worry about it .
Thought that the most insightful thing, was Piotr Parliyck (Polish Pete) admitting himself that the way his signing was handled was ridiculous and that he 'Was'nt ready for that level".
The e-mails from Roland and the influencing of team selection is astonishing, it shows you the delusion of Roland that he would value the opinion of Thomas Driesden (0 professional games as coach or manager, and probably not left his bedroom/laptop for fifteen years), over that of Chris Powell (670 Pro Games and 3/4 seasons as a manager/coach).
I think we all know the reason behind that, is that Driesden will give him the answers that he wants, whilst Powell wouldnt' kowtow to him.
Ask yourself this, if all of the network signings were any good (Astrid, Reza, Nego, Koc, Polish Pete), then surely they would have gone on to have successful careers? Er not quite, they are all bumbling around the lower leagues of Europe, going nowhere and doing nothing.
Look at the players we have let go, Hamer in the PL, Yann and Morrison for example both playing regularly in the Championship. Even Wiggins has been at a higher level than L1, despite his injuries.
I've just emailed both the club and a series of contacts and email addresses I could find associated with Melexis
Dear Roland,
In light of the emails that have come into the public domain today regarding your instruction to Chris Powell when he was manager of Charlton Athletic, I felt it only fair to offer my advice and thoughts on my time spent studying Melexis, and how we can build on the success of such a great company in what is a very competitive marketplace.
First of all, may I ask if you have considered utilising any practices associated with the Kaizen model of running a manufacturing company? I believe it was developed by the great Japanese manufacturers, the Hondas etc and slowly made its way over to Europe.
Operational efficiency is key. We must avoid bottlenecks. Given today's digital factories and 3D printing, there are numerous threats to wastage in the semi conductor sector. What are your thoughts on these threats? We could set up a conference call between myself, your Head of Manufacturing, you and Thomas Driesen to brainstorm.
Thomas has demonstrated a keen eye for advanced thinking in football for someone of such a young age, perhaps you should consider letting him have a pop at running some of your manufacturing plants. If that is, you think he's of sound character and could be given this chance to see if his skills are transferable. You see him more often than I, so I will leave that up to you.
Paint the factories you own pink. Serve Moussaka on Tuesdays but bulk it up with mushrooms as this will save money on the meat content. The price of food is rising, we need to be cost conscious.
What sort of hours are the employees working? Flexible working is quite popular as a tool for being considered an employer of choice, but people can go too far and take liberties. Draw up a plan, send it to me and I will send it back with my thoughts.
Finally the next new semi conductor we produce must be called the Anil Koc. This will give it brand recognition and connect with buyers on an emotional level.
@PragueAddick did you note that Harris completed due diligence. Seems like fairly strong interest to me
For sure I noted that that is what was said. And also that, allegedly, RD completed DD within a week.
How long would you take to do proper DD on business of that size (£30-40m at that time). ?
I'm not sure it would really take long, although a week is really quick. It's not the size of the business, it the complexity. Check the books, check the contracts to make sure everything is tight, and then decide if you want it. Because of the nature of the business I doubt there's a lot of "change of control" language in the contracts.
But you'd still want an expert to do the heavy lifting, which they obviously didn't do.
Why put two parts out in November and then wait until the following year to release the rest?
It takes time to put all this stuff together. They told us of this piece back in October and it's taken them until today to get it out. It's not something you can throw up over night. I guess the only other alternative was to get them all out together in which case we would have seen nothing until after Christmas when it was all ready. Personally I'm happy they chose the route they have.
I understand how it works. I been involved in radio work for a long time. Unless its an ongoing thing, usually all the production and post production is completed before its released.
Just listened to Part 2 again, I took the day of work today as I was a bit under the weather - and I know I zoned out of it mid way through this morning.
Was very interesting to hear Powell finally explain that famous photo from The Valley press conference, specifically that he'd argued with Roland before the conference - and that he didn't agree with the relationship and how Roland was phrasing it.
I've got more respect for Powell out of this too, it was good to hear him explain further how he never blamed the players and tried to shield them away from the strife. A sentiment that Simon Church backs up when he praises Powells handling of the situation.
A special mention for CharltonLife's very own Leon Cort, who confirmed that the dressing room atmosphere was completely fractured after Roland's arrival.
It's also worth pointing out just how gutted I felt for Piotr, he seems like a really sensible and likable guy... Just completely shafted by being thrown over to us. I wish it had worked out with him.
I forgot about Astrit's previous experience in the UK, that may have explain that whilst his fitness was atrocious, he certainly did have the skill and finesse to do well here.
As for the Thuram saga, this has illustrated a major point - despite Alnwick picking up two clean sheets, Roland still didn't understand the selection. This is a very powerful example of just how Roland is unable to accept being wrong. After all, most level headed people would've dropped the subject.
This echoes the sentiment of the scout mentioning that his professional opinion was overruled regularly by Roland. He also seemed to confirm that Charlton was seen as second to Liege with regards to network priorities and the quality of players. "Charlton as the second team of Standard Liege... It's not possible".
Depressing to hear Peeters refer to Driesen as "the boss", even more frustrating to see that even the network managers could see that Chapple should've been listened too - but the hierarchy didn't care. The whole thing is quite bizarre, he's paying professionals to overrule, and in some cases he's overruling professionals based on a 26 year old with no knowledge who has been proved wrong before.
Have we misunderstood the "Roland doesn't do failure" line? Does Roland genuinely not do failure, merely by the fact he can never recognise it?
Oh, and Jimmy Stone's pronunciation is quality. Specifically regarding Katrien and Truiden, spot on with regards to how my Belgian mate does it after correcting me. But also "Gh-ee Luzon".
Genuinely excited about part 3 now, if only for Riga and Fraeye.
Fantastic piece of journalism confirming what we all (well almost all) thought we knew already. Brilliant to get so many actors speaking on the record. Brilliant also to get hold of those original emails. Jimmy Stone, take a bow.
For anyone who's followed Charlton's misfortunes under these jokers, there weren't too many revelations. Nevertheless it's a fantastic compilation of evidence for the prosecution.
The one really shocking revelation is how many weird and wonderful pronunciations. I always thought that the other network clubs were Standard, St Truiden, Karl Zeiss Jena, Ujpest and Alcorcon. But no, it's Stondar, St Troyden, Jenner, Oopest and Alcockon. And apparently our cloob is really called Shalton. Then there are players and coaches. Who new that we signed Loyk Neego, Gee Luzon and Anil Cotch. Best of all though, isn't it amazing that the player name that is written as Peter Parsley is actually pronounced Peeocher Parchoocheckquwuwe. Poor old Peeocher, he really was let down by Duchatelay's madness. It is rather fitting though that Mowgli's real name is Thomas Treason.
Why put two parts out in November and then wait until the following year to release the rest?
It takes time to put all this stuff together. They told us of this piece back in October and it's taken them until today to get it out. It's not something you can throw up over night. I guess the only other alternative was to get them all out together in which case we would have seen nothing until after Christmas when it was all ready. Personally I'm happy they chose the route they have.
I understand how it works. I been involved in radio work for a long time. Unless its an ongoing thing, usually all the production and post production is completed before its released.
My guess is they are waiting on a clip.
I think they are hopeful of getting a response from the club.
Anyone who wants to say ANYTHING about Chris Powell that isn't 100% positive can absolutely do one (being polite). That includes that twat (polite mask has slipped) from Huddersfield who posts on here. This man is a hero who had to put up with so much shit and largely came through it with his head held high and a dignity that the shysters who have been near the club since can only dream of.
I can't do my own feelings justice. @oohaahmortimer and others know how I feel. No matter how much debt Roland puts into the club, people like Christopher George Robin Powell have done more for this club than he willl ever do. Or any of Roland's other cronies, lackeys or 20-something old dogsbodies will ever do. It's more than money. It's heart, and it's soul.
We cannot believe that these people have changed. There's enough evidence for that, namely CO'L (even though I believe Robinson will be a good manager for us). Until Roland and the others leave, I don't think we will be able to succeed as a club.
They do not understand the club. They do not understand English football. They will never understand us or what Charlton means to us.
*Sorry AFKA (guys)* Fuck them. Fuck Roland, fuck Katrien, fuck Driesen and fuck all the other no marks who have been involved with our great club without any justification or worthiness. We had something good and you've all ruined it for no reason. You could have done anything with the club, but you've ruined it.
Long after you've gone we'll all work to rebuild it, we'll work to make it the club we all know it is. You've dragged us down, but we'll ensure the work of Powell (Chris and Paddy), Matthew, Jacko, Solly, Peacock, Cort, Pritchard, Hamer, Church et al doesn't go unfulfilled.
We will overcome Roland. Most importantly, fuck you Roland.
Nothing you do can resolve the mess you have made of our club. I'm not interested in lessons learned, new eras or any of your other bollocks. We will prevail and we will get our club back, whatever it takes.
Sell now, and be grateful, because we are far more prepared for this than you are.
After his name was mentioned I was hoping for an interview with Chris Parkes. Of course that couldn't happen. It does make you wonder what he may have to say when he eventually leaves CAFC (unless Sue gags him!).
Another thing to come out if it is just how different things could have been if Cash had kept putting cash into the transfer kitty after winning League 1. If Powell had been able to bring in his targets I reckon we'd have had a go at the play-offs, if not better.
Part of me thinks the emails sent to powell were partly a way to try and force him out indirectly. Probably one of many examples. I don't think Roland can possibly be that thick and naive....
Roland wanted to send the message to powell but not to the public.....the message being...
That it was going to be a problem for powell to continue working for Charlton.
Soon as Roland had the club. Chris Powell was gone. End of.
If powell had a 100% win record from the moment Roland stepped through the door, and also never got the network players involved in any way, refused, that would have been Roland's worst nightmare as he would not have a good enough public reason to sack powell.
If we won every game, more or less from January to may, made the playoffs, got promoted to the premier league. However unlikely that may sound.
Roland would have done whatever he could to stop that from happening, as that was not his vision, not the point he was trying to make.
Roland the rat is the main reason we got humiliated by sheff united in the FAcup that early afternoon.
Thoroughly believe that.
Can't be proven....so I will just keep the hate I have for that man in my head.
Why put two parts out in November and then wait until the following year to release the rest?
It takes time to put all this stuff together. They told us of this piece back in October and it's taken them until today to get it out. It's not something you can throw up over night. I guess the only other alternative was to get them all out together in which case we would have seen nothing until after Christmas when it was all ready. Personally I'm happy they chose the route they have.
I understand how it works. I been involved in radio work for a long time. Unless its an ongoing thing, usually all the production and post production is completed before its released.
My guess is they are waiting on a clip.
They are waiting to include the interviews with the new owner and SMT.
After his name was mentioned I was hoping for an interview with Chris Parkes. Of course that couldn't happen. It does make you wonder what he may have to say when he eventually leaves CAFC (unless Sue gags him!).
Why put two parts out in November and then wait until the following year to release the rest?
It takes time to put all this stuff together. They told us of this piece back in October and it's taken them until today to get it out. It's not something you can throw up over night. I guess the only other alternative was to get them all out together in which case we would have seen nothing until after Christmas when it was all ready. Personally I'm happy they chose the route they have.
I understand how it works. I been involved in radio work for a long time. Unless its an ongoing thing, usually all the production and post production is completed before its released.
My guess is they are waiting on a clip.
Hopefully they'll have clips of Diego Poyet and Russell Slade among others.
After his name was mentioned I was hoping for an interview with Chris Parkes. Of course that couldn't happen. It does make you wonder what he may have to say when he eventually leaves CAFC (unless Sue gags him!).
Don't hold your breath.
Agreed. Chris Parkes is as bad as anyone else, I'm not doubting he works hard and has done good for the club in the past, but now, he's just the same as any of them.
If you can't make your wife aware that what she is doing on Facebook and everything is damaging the club's relationship with its own fans and his reputation, he clearly agrees with what she says and does.
The moment they sell, every single one of them needs to go. Wipe it clean. New owner, new Chairman, new CEO, new COO, new secretary, new secretary wife...
These exclusives have shown just what this regime is even more, they've never cared and there has to be an ulterior motive.
The anger I have towards them is too much and this confirms all of what we have been saying for too long.
I want the team to do well, Jacko and Solly at least deserve that too, but we need to do whatever it takes now to force this hell out of our club.
The work so far has been incredible and immensely proud of everyone and being a Charlton supporter because of it. Once again we have shown the footballing world that we are something very special.
We won the battles in the past, things may have been very hard and took a while, and that is clearly the same with this situation. But be rest assured, we will win this one too.
Interview with RD in response to the emails. Can this be translated by anyone?
Google Translate doesn't really help, but the gist I'm getting is that RD claims Powell was never under any obligation, and that the emails were just providing advice. And then he goes on to talk about how Riga managed a higher average points per game that Chris Powell did, justifying the decision to sack Powell.
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http://www.voetbalbelgie.be/nl/article.php?id=116193
Not only that, the diamond formation when attacking is brilliant beyond comparison but now opposition coaches will be able come up with ways to combat it.........assuming they're able to call upon the level of expertise our network possesses.
The only bright spot to come from these emails is we can see how truly able & trustworthy our "President" and CEO are.
How long would you take to do proper DD on business of that size (£30-40m at that time). ?
The e-mails from Roland and the influencing of team selection is astonishing, it shows you the delusion of Roland that he would value the opinion of Thomas Driesden (0 professional games as coach or manager, and probably not left his bedroom/laptop for fifteen years), over that of Chris Powell (670 Pro Games and 3/4 seasons as a manager/coach).
I think we all know the reason behind that, is that Driesden will give him the answers that he wants, whilst Powell wouldnt' kowtow to him.
Ask yourself this, if all of the network signings were any good (Astrid, Reza, Nego, Koc, Polish Pete), then surely they would have gone on to have successful careers? Er not quite, they are all bumbling around the lower leagues of Europe, going nowhere and doing nothing.
Look at the players we have let go, Hamer in the PL, Yann and Morrison for example both playing regularly in the Championship. Even Wiggins has been at a higher level than L1, despite his injuries.
Total shambles of an administration.
But you'd still want an expert to do the heavy lifting, which they obviously didn't do.
My guess is they are waiting on a clip.
Was very interesting to hear Powell finally explain that famous photo from The Valley press conference, specifically that he'd argued with Roland before the conference - and that he didn't agree with the relationship and how Roland was phrasing it.
I've got more respect for Powell out of this too, it was good to hear him explain further how he never blamed the players and tried to shield them away from the strife. A sentiment that Simon Church backs up when he praises Powells handling of the situation.
A special mention for CharltonLife's very own Leon Cort, who confirmed that the dressing room atmosphere was completely fractured after Roland's arrival.
It's also worth pointing out just how gutted I felt for Piotr, he seems like a really sensible and likable guy... Just completely shafted by being thrown over to us. I wish it had worked out with him.
I forgot about Astrit's previous experience in the UK, that may have explain that whilst his fitness was atrocious, he certainly did have the skill and finesse to do well here.
As for the Thuram saga, this has illustrated a major point - despite Alnwick picking up two clean sheets, Roland still didn't understand the selection. This is a very powerful example of just how Roland is unable to accept being wrong. After all, most level headed people would've dropped the subject.
This echoes the sentiment of the scout mentioning that his professional opinion was overruled regularly by Roland. He also seemed to confirm that Charlton was seen as second to Liege with regards to network priorities and the quality of players. "Charlton as the second team of Standard Liege... It's not possible".
Depressing to hear Peeters refer to Driesen as "the boss", even more frustrating to see that even the network managers could see that Chapple should've been listened too - but the hierarchy didn't care. The whole thing is quite bizarre, he's paying professionals to overrule, and in some cases he's overruling professionals based on a 26 year old with no knowledge who has been proved wrong before.
Have we misunderstood the "Roland doesn't do failure" line? Does Roland genuinely not do failure, merely by the fact he can never recognise it?
Oh, and Jimmy Stone's pronunciation is quality. Specifically regarding Katrien and Truiden, spot on with regards to how my Belgian mate does it after correcting me. But also "Gh-ee Luzon".
Genuinely excited about part 3 now, if only for Riga and Fraeye.
For anyone who's followed Charlton's misfortunes under these jokers, there weren't too many revelations. Nevertheless it's a fantastic compilation of evidence for the prosecution.
The one really shocking revelation is how many weird and wonderful pronunciations. I always thought that the other network clubs were Standard, St Truiden, Karl Zeiss Jena, Ujpest and Alcorcon. But no, it's Stondar, St Troyden, Jenner, Oopest and Alcockon. And apparently our cloob is really called Shalton. Then there are players and coaches. Who new that we signed Loyk Neego, Gee Luzon and Anil Cotch. Best of all though, isn't it amazing that the player name that is written as Peter Parsley is actually pronounced Peeocher Parchoocheckquwuwe. Poor old Peeocher, he really was let down by Duchatelay's madness. It is rather fitting though that Mowgli's real name is Thomas Treason.
This is a great piece of work.
Anyone who wants to say ANYTHING about Chris Powell that isn't 100% positive can absolutely do one (being polite). That includes that twat (polite mask has slipped) from Huddersfield who posts on here. This man is a hero who had to put up with so much shit and largely came through it with his head held high and a dignity that the shysters who have been near the club since can only dream of.
I can't do my own feelings justice. @oohaahmortimer and others know how I feel. No matter how much debt Roland puts into the club, people like Christopher George Robin Powell have done more for this club than he willl ever do. Or any of Roland's other cronies, lackeys or 20-something old dogsbodies will ever do. It's more than money. It's heart, and it's soul.
We cannot believe that these people have changed. There's enough evidence for that, namely CO'L (even though I believe Robinson will be a good manager for us). Until Roland and the others leave, I don't think we will be able to succeed as a club.
They do not understand the club. They do not understand English football. They will never understand us or what Charlton means to us.
*Sorry AFKA (guys)* Fuck them. Fuck Roland, fuck Katrien, fuck Driesen and fuck all the other no marks who have been involved with our great club without any justification or worthiness. We had something good and you've all ruined it for no reason. You could have done anything with the club, but you've ruined it.
Long after you've gone we'll all work to rebuild it, we'll work to make it the club we all know it is. You've dragged us down, but we'll ensure the work of Powell (Chris and Paddy), Matthew, Jacko, Solly, Peacock, Cort, Pritchard, Hamer, Church et al doesn't go unfulfilled.
We will overcome Roland. Most importantly, fuck you Roland.
Nothing you do can resolve the mess you have made of our club. I'm not interested in lessons learned, new eras or any of your other bollocks. We will prevail and we will get our club back, whatever it takes.
Sell now, and be grateful, because we are far more prepared for this than you are.
Roland wanted to send the message to powell but not to the public.....the message being...
That it was going to be a problem for powell to continue working for Charlton.
Soon as Roland had the club. Chris Powell was gone. End of.
If powell had a 100% win record from the moment Roland stepped through the door, and also never got the network players involved in any way, refused, that would have been Roland's worst nightmare as he would not have a good enough public reason to sack powell.
If we won every game, more or less from January to may, made the playoffs, got promoted to the premier league. However unlikely that may sound.
Roland would have done whatever he could to stop that from happening, as that was not his vision, not the point he was trying to make.
Roland the rat is the main reason we got humiliated by sheff united in the FAcup that early afternoon.
Thoroughly believe that.
Can't be proven....so I will just keep the hate I have for that man in my head.
If you can't make your wife aware that what she is doing on Facebook and everything is damaging the club's relationship with its own fans and his reputation, he clearly agrees with what she says and does.
The moment they sell, every single one of them needs to go. Wipe it clean. New owner, new Chairman, new CEO, new COO, new secretary, new secretary wife...
These exclusives have shown just what this regime is even more, they've never cared and there has to be an ulterior motive.
The anger I have towards them is too much and this confirms all of what we have been saying for too long.
I want the team to do well, Jacko and Solly at least deserve that too, but we need to do whatever it takes now to force this hell out of our club.
The work so far has been incredible and immensely proud of everyone and being a Charlton supporter because of it. Once again we have shown the footballing world that we are something very special.
We won the battles in the past, things may have been very hard and took a while, and that is clearly the same with this situation. But be rest assured, we will win this one too.
Google Translate doesn't really help, but the gist I'm getting is that RD claims Powell was never under any obligation, and that the emails were just providing advice. And then he goes on to talk about how Riga managed a higher average points per game that Chris Powell did, justifying the decision to sack Powell.
http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20161130_02601441
Surreal, Bizarre and Unique.
Tutt-Tutt Roland.