Too many Roland threads,, but here's a question, possibly a concerning one.
Roland will sell the club....It's just a case of when.....and a case of hopefully sooner rather then later to just get it over with.
What's clear to me, and generally just plain obvious, is that out of all his network clubs, he hates us the most. He just hates us.
He hates the fan base....He hates how much he initially spent on the club, he hates people in connection with the club, like Powell. Etc. He hates the backlash of his failure and frustration that people don't buy into his vision over here.
That's just the truth. For whatever reason.
The concern:
I think Roland will attempt to sell almost every player we have, right just before an official takeover happens. Every player that's worth a few Bob....Will be offloaded, either for a transfer fee....or, transferred to a network club so he can still sell them later.
It may just be at the worst possible time in the season too, for a squad of players to suddenly just rush out the door. Could burn us.
He will asset strip absolutely anything he can prior to selling the club. He may also deliberately sell us to a complete numpty that would be happy getting players off the wage bill before they own it.
I of course don't have direct proof of this intention, it's just evidence of Roland's character.
Question is;
If he wanted to, could he stick the knife in that bad....And in his eyes, have the last laugh?
Is something like this preventable.....even if he intends to do the worst before parting?
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When he goes or how he goes is not something that can be anticipated with any degree of accuracy as I genuinely believe we are dealing with a man without a grip on daily reality (putting it politely).
You know what, let the sad old sod do what he wants. At the end of the day we will still be here and so will CAFC. He'll just go back to playing with his wiggly amps and switches, whilst eating his frites dipped in mayo and being careful not to trip over his duck taped shoes.
As for his bit on the side. She will quite simply disappear back into the obscurity from whence she came whilst dumbly questioning what the hell she's just done with the last few years off her pathetic little existence.
But you are right on both points that the club is almost worthless as a going concern in this division and RD has a very loose grip on reality.
Do any of our contacts in Belgium have any examples of vindictiveness in his business dealings, football related issues or simply his character in general.
Can we get a heads-up somehow from someone with the 'right connections' to find out?
He also has a couple of sons I believe who had the right hump/words with some of the Belgium20 on one occasion in a bar in St Trudien, as a family there may be some kick back in some way from that episode from them or him I suppose....just a thought.
This is in no way a dig at B20 by the way......you had to do or say what you had to on the day at the place at the time.
Even if it meant relegation from whatever league we happen to be in at the time.
With him gone the whole fanbase can unite and get behind the team and then hopefully the good times can return
(He says hopefully)
As a cold businessman, I feel he will sell once he is happy with the offer.
Whilst I hugely admire and take great pride in all the protests I fear we may only be a slight irritation in his life as we only account for 1.5% of his unemotional empire.
Vindictive or not we will only get our Charlton back after he has gone.
In buying Charlton he seems to have ended up with a white elephant. He seriously underestimated the strength of the Championship, and even the gormless Meire seems at long last to realise that the network can't ever work in English football. The chance of developing in or around the Valley (or Sparrows Lane) is slim, if not impossible.
Whilst he obviously doesn't take kindly to the protests and the negative publicity, particularly when they appear in the Belgian media, I'm pretty sure that, to him, Charlton is just another chain in his empire - like owning 5 or 10 IKEA stores - it just so happens that the Charlton store is financially under-performing compared to the rest of them. I doubt if he's even got half of 1.5% interest in the quality of the football; and even less in the 'stupid' fans.
Also, knowing that we're another 2 seasons away from the Prem. will he even stump up funds for new players? I think the end of this season could be a watershed moment for him as he weighs up his age, the fact that he's sitting on a lame duck (his fault) and it's just gonna keep costing him dough
The only other thing that may stop him is belligerence
If it's not a fire sale he will be selling to someone who's done their due diligence and who will expect the assets to be handed over in good order. This one is my Christmas wish
I've thought for a while there's also the possibility his long game is to hand-over the network to his son. I believe his son is already involved in the network somehow? RD may be keeping hold of the reins until he deems it OK to hand them over. The excellence of the Academy and the fees realized for some of the youngsters provides a good base for an owner to run things for a long time at a relatively self-sustaining level.