All rumours at the moment - will let u know when something concrete happens!!!! Just hope we get a good crowd tomorrow now
Nope. Jim White on Sky News is reporting it as definite. You had one job - to be the first to break the news and thereby retain your position of smuggest know-it-all on the block. Epic fail Douche. Late to the party mate
no matter how smug i can be, i will never be the smuggest know it all on here - i will confirm if it gets completed however, which it hasn't yet, so relax
That's disappointing if he has just copy and pasted something from here
Especially considering I've already gloated to my pals we have minted Aussies and they are gonna hand out 50 pounds notes for the fun if it for their first game in charge
I agree, but what is the point of having opinions if you shouldn't do anything about them? Trying to do something against the odds when it looks impossible is how things get changed. You only have to look at history to see that and it certainly isn't boring as you have suggested. The Valley party wasn't boring!
The point you seem to have missed in all of this is the real issue is not about those who have been going and those who have been boycotting. Both groups of fans are essential to the club because they are passionate Charlton fans. No, the issue is the fans/regular attendees we have lost because they can't be arsed to go any more because they have stopped enjoying it. They are not boycotting, they are people that when presented with something better to do, have taken it. And over the time of Duchatelet's ownership, there are many things that they have considered better to do. There is a sliding scale where people's tipping point is and Charlton have been doing a good job of sliding down it.
When the club starts moving in the right direction, these are the people we have to win back. It is also clear that there is a massive development going on in the area and there are new customers there. But we need a new positive direction to get them on board. I doubt anybody knows more on here about how that can be achieved than Airman. I recall project 10k and thought that was optimistic at the time.I am thankful we have fans like Airman because if you or me were responsible, we probably wouldn't have bothered. I actually thought it was a waste of time trying to get back to the Valley and was a little annoyed that people boycotted and couldn't accept it, to what I believed was the detriment of the club at the time. Mind you I have learned from it. I was wrong then and you are wrong now!
Dr Kish got the Scott Farquhar & Mike Cannon Brooks names from someone who saw them mentioned on CL.
It could still be them, they fit the profile but the person who said it was MCB, while being a very reliable source and all round good guy, might just have be making a joke.
Each to their own re boycotting, at the time i agreed with BDL in that i thought boycotting had a negative effect - after all, RD didnt give a toss if you went or not - but each to their own.
I wonder how much of an impact IFollow will have had ?- as a lot of people have got used to watching the game from their armchair and the habit of going to the Valley will have diminished.
Each to their own re boycotting, at the time i agreed with BDL in that i thought boycotting had a negative effect - after all, RD didnt give a toss if you went or not - but each to their own.
I wonder how much of an impact IFollow will have had ?- as a lot of people have got used to watching the game from their armchair and the habit of going to the Valley will have diminished.
Was equally worried that iFollow would get me used to watching games from the warmth and comfort of my own home as see all away games that way - Cant replace being at the actual Valley though and seeing friends etc.
So, for the benefit of those who can’t keep up (me). Have we been bought? If so who is behind the purchase and what are their plans for the club? Does anyone know more than speculation or made up nonsense?
Each to their own re boycotting, at the time i agreed with BDL in that i thought boycotting had a negative effect - after all, RD didnt give a toss if you went or not - but each to their own.
I wonder how much of an impact IFollow will have had ?- as a lot of people have got used to watching the game from their armchair and the habit of going to the Valley will have diminished.
Was equally worried that iFollow would get me used to watching games from the warmth and comfort of my own home as see all away games that way - Cant replace being at the actual Valley though and seeing friends etc.
Folks, I have lived in Oz for 20 plus years now and am pretty familiar with the local sporting scene across all codes.
Sorry to piss on the chips here but I have never heard of any “mid 30s” businessman involved in AFL that is minted - nobody comes to mind.
None of the AFL clubs have anything like the sort of cash needed to compete at Premier League level - not even the biggest clubs like Collingwood who regularly draw 80,000 crowds.
There are very few Aussies with the sort of cash that Charlton need except for the likes of James Packer, Gin Rinehart, Kerry Stokes or a handful of others.
The only young businessman with the sort of cash we are talking about here is someone like Mike Cannon-Brookes, founder of software firm Atlassian, but he has zero interest in football AFAIK.
Just doesn’t feel right to me.
@Ormiston Addick was the first person to mention MC-B but he was just putting his name out there.
Not sure how we've got onto people assuming it must be him.
Dr Kish got the Scott Farquhar & Mike Cannon Brooks names from someone who saw them mentioned on CL.
It could still be them, they fit the profile but the person who said it was MCB, while being a very reliable source and all round good guy, might just have be making a joke.
Joking!!! at a time like this????? some may be breaking their boycott off the back of a lot of these rumours and may be sullied forever. Unacceptable!!!!!!!
Just catching up with the Friday evening/overnight posts on this thread and was mightily excited to see 5 new pages of posts!! Only to read that its mainly about WIwLB having 'discussions' with everyone who answered his posts, only briefly interrupted with posts about who is buying us!! Lets all move on, please!!!! (not the first time I've said this), the last 5 years have seen fans turn on other fans depending on whether you supported RD, did not support RD, were a protester or a boycotter, or you despised those that were, or indeed the many who were in no camp but decided to find something else to do on a Saturday because we were just a laughing stock of a club!! If we are now under new ownership (or will be by next week), its time to put down a new marker and the fans unite to try and help the team get over the promotion line and show these new owners just what we supporters can do to help the team on the pitch on match days. The time for recriminations and polarised camps should now be a thing of the past and name-calling to cease. Can we at least try? As for Dr Kish, I do know him and he is well connected inside the club, it could be he published his article not from hearing it on here, but after hearing from other 'sources' and may have been asked to take it down until after the deal is complete? I'm not in the know, but it is unlike Dr Kish to publish something and then take it down again, so I would sugest we just wait and see. Now lets all make up and leave the past where it should be....in the past. COYR's
Sod it! I’m going today! Too excited about next week! Just hope it’s true. If the deal is already signed as some are saying then the money isn’t going to Roland anyway. Never wanted a weekend to go quicker in my life!!😂 Didn’t get what you meant for a while there.......but grasped it eventually!
Dr Kish got the Scott Farquhar & Mike Cannon Brooks names from someone who saw them mentioned on CL.
It could still be them, they fit the profile but the person who said it was MCB, while being a very reliable source and all round good guy, might just have be making a joke.
Joking!!! at a time like this????? some may be breaking their boycott off the back of a lot of these rumours and may be sullied forever. Unacceptable!!!!!!!
Dr Kish got the Scott Farquhar & Mike Cannon Brooks names from someone who saw them mentioned on CL.
It could still be them, they fit the profile but the person who said it was MCB, while being a very reliable source and all round good guy, might just have be making a joke.
Joking!!! at a time like this????? some may be breaking their boycott off the back of a lot of these rumours and may be sullied forever. Unacceptable!!!!!!!
Its just banter.
well really, i'm disgusted from sidcup - outraged in fact
Dr Kish got the Scott Farquhar & Mike Cannon Brooks names from someone who saw them mentioned on CL.
It could still be them, they fit the profile but the person who said it was MCB, while being a very reliable source and all round good guy, might just have be making a joke.
Joking!!! at a time like this????? some may be breaking their boycott off the back of a lot of these rumours and may be sullied forever. Unacceptable!!!!!!!
Its just banter.
well really, i'm disgusted from sidcup - outraged in fact
So, for the benefit of those who can’t keep up (me). Have we been bought? If so who is behind the purchase and what are their plans for the club? Does anyone know more than speculation or made up nonsense?
No to being bought
No one knows
I would say it’s more than speculation and there is a load of made up nonsense mixed in with elements of truth hidden in the posts somewhere
Dr Kish got the Scott Farquhar & Mike Cannon Brooks names from someone who saw them mentioned on CL.
It could still be them, they fit the profile but the person who said it was MCB, while being a very reliable source and all round good guy, might just have be making a joke.
Joking!!! at a time like this????? some may be breaking their boycott off the back of a lot of these rumours and may be sullied forever. Unacceptable!!!!!!!
Its just banter.
well really, i'm disgusted from sidcup - outraged in fact
Which would indicate that The Valley is part of the deal and the charges rollover.
Would also indicate buyer is an idiot and is happy to pay £20-£30mn for the Club with no control of it's most valuable assets, as charges are over all assets of the Club. Which also means buyer cannot raise any finance against said assets without permission or enter into any Leases on assets. Worry if new buyer keeps charges outstanding as this is their best bargaining tool with Roland to get price down.
Or they have no need to raise finance against the assets.
If you see an owner who you believe is destroying the club you love, it is hard to put money in his pocket. Yes, he may not lose any sleep over your money, but it does have a collective power in reminding him what a failure he is amongst other things. And this may or may not help him decide it isn't worth it in the end.
He never about us before he bought us, got a weekly or monthly report as all owners would from the CEO or MD. Looks at the bottom line every six months not the attendances. At least he has openly put his hands up in open forum and admitted mistakes were made, and I am sure even those who hate him the most he has bank rolled the club and has taken nothing out just kept it afloat as any owner of a football club would have done.
Jesus Christ, what planet are you on? He's bank rolled the club because it would go into administration if he didn't continue to keep us afloat and then he'd lose everything he'd put into it.
As for admitting mistakes, I've read that he acknowledges he shouldn't have got involved in football, still waiting for him to admit that emailing tactical advice to a former England international was a bad idea, as were virtually all of his signings, his choice of CEO, his chief scout, his managers, etc, etc, etc. Still waiting for the apology for damaging, perhaps irreparably, a 100 plus year old football club. Definitely wasn't aware that an "open forum" had taken place - I'd have been there like a shot of I'd known about it.
5 years of failure and destruction and there's still people excusing him, unbelievable.
Is that the England international that fucked up tatics at Bramell Lane that would have got us to the semi finals of the FA Cup. According to some he never put anything into the club but in your own admissions you have stated he has. He has lost millions, his own fault yes, as all other football chairmen, however if you look back at my point how many will return, I put it a very small percentage.
Lol you mug. Have you even got eyes?
What could Powell have done better at Bramell lane? Hed had the rug completely pulled from under him, his best players sold, was being pressured from above to play the network imports, the players knew what was going on, he knew it was all over and he had been told he was getting sacked if he didn't play the likes of Thuram and Koc.
I'd say he did as well as anyone could have in the circumstances.
Mug? Classy, you are genuinely telling me that the starting 11 that day were worse than Sheffield United. If the fans had to get up and leave at silly o’clock that day, and he wasn’t able to tactically work with the team and motivate them to get into the semi final of the FA Cup then yea maybe I am mug. BTW how many games did Koc play for us?
When have you ever done anything classy? Clearly I've sunk to your level.
Maybe not worse in terms of quality although significantly weaker than the side that had got us to the quarter finals. No you're a mug of you don't realise that everything going on behind the scenes has an effect on the players and management and definitely affected the way they played that day. And for thinking it's just about what happens on the pitch (your reason for refusing to allow any criticism of Duch) when there is so much more to it.
It doesn't matter how many games he played. The owner was putting pressure on Powell to play him and used it as part of the reason to sack him.
"even if this thread continues for another 5 years".
All rumours at the moment - will let u know when something concrete happens!!!! Just hope we get a good crowd tomorrow now
Nope. Jim White on Sky News is reporting it as definite. You had one job - to be the first to break the news and thereby retain your position of smuggest know-it-all on the block. Epic fail Douche. Late to the party mate
i will confirm if it gets completed however, which it hasn't yet,
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They have nothing to do with the purchase of CAFC.
FFS
Surely he hasn’t just copied the speculation from here?
Especially considering I've already gloated to my pals we have minted Aussies and they are gonna hand out 50 pounds notes for the fun if it for their first game in charge
The point you seem to have missed in all of this is the real issue is not about those who have been going and those who have been boycotting. Both groups of fans are essential to the club because they are passionate Charlton fans. No, the issue is the fans/regular attendees we have lost because they can't be arsed to go any more because they have stopped enjoying it. They are not boycotting, they are people that when presented with something better to do, have taken it. And over the time of Duchatelet's ownership, there are many things that they have considered better to do. There is a sliding scale where people's tipping point is and Charlton have been doing a good job of sliding down it.
When the club starts moving in the right direction, these are the people we have to win back. It is also clear that there is a massive development going on in the area and there are new customers there. But we need a new positive direction to get them on board. I doubt anybody knows more on here about how that can be achieved than Airman. I recall project 10k and thought that was optimistic at the time.I am thankful we have fans like Airman because if you or me were responsible, we probably wouldn't have bothered. I actually thought it was a waste of time trying to get back to the Valley and was a little annoyed that people boycotted and couldn't accept it, to what I believed was the detriment of the club at the time. Mind you I have learned from it. I was wrong then and you are wrong now!
It could still be them, they fit the profile but the person who said it was MCB, while being a very reliable source and all round good guy, might just have be making a joke.
I wonder how much of an impact IFollow will have had ?- as a lot of people have got used to watching the game from their armchair and the habit of going to the Valley will have diminished.
Have we been bought? If so who is behind the purchase and what are their plans for the club?
Does anyone know more than speculation or made up nonsense?
Not sure how we've got onto people assuming it must be him.
Lets all move on, please!!!! (not the first time I've said this), the last 5 years have seen fans turn on other fans depending on whether you supported RD, did not support RD, were a protester or a boycotter, or you despised those that were, or indeed the many who were in no camp but decided to find something else to do on a Saturday because we were just a laughing stock of a club!! If we are now under new ownership (or will be by next week), its time to put down a new marker and the fans unite to try and help the team get over the promotion line and show these new owners just what we supporters can do to help the team on the pitch on match days. The time for recriminations and polarised camps should now be a thing of the past and name-calling to cease. Can we at least try?
As for Dr Kish, I do know him and he is well connected inside the club, it could be he published his article not from hearing it on here, but after hearing from other 'sources' and may have been asked to take it down until after the deal is complete? I'm not in the know, but it is unlike Dr Kish to publish something and then take it down again, so I would sugest we just wait and see. Now lets all make up and leave the past where it should be....in the past.
COYR's
No to being bought
No one knows
I would say it’s more than speculation and there is a load of made up nonsense mixed in with elements of truth hidden in the posts somewhere
This thread will live forever.
You might be right about the smug thing