The way I read it was that the Americans would not be involved in the day to day running, that would be the Aussies! Similar to cash and slater/Jimenez. Am I wrong?
@airmanbrown said the Americans backing off means the offer doesn't now stack up to the asking price of RD. so I think this means they are no longer involved and it's all gone Pete tong.
Maybe because a respected journalist told us it was. He is still telling us not to worry. Might help a bit if he explained why we shouldn't worry.
Respected?
A quick bit of research shows that Jim White has not done a lot of sport journalism. He has been a presenter since the 1970s. Me personally i dont respect what he has said this week, last week or the other numerous times hes mentioned my club.
Feels like the prolonged Aussie interest has given Duchatelet a reason to believe that his asking price is in the right ball park. It's clearly not.
Here's hoping the Aussies finally bugger off and Duchatelet gets realistic with what he is looking for. Maybe then we'll see some serious movement as opposed to the clusterf*ck that has played out these past 2 years
@airmanbrown said the Americans backing off means the offer doesn't now stack up to the asking price of RD. so I think this means they are no longer involved and it's all gone Pete tong.
There is no conspiracy going on. Sorry to break it to you all but Roland doesn’t even know any of you exist, why would he care about playing games with something that commands less than 2% of his interest?
Reading between the lines, here is the situation in simple terms:
-Roland STILL wants too much money
-The Aussies (GM led) are STILL interested in buying but either don’t have enough money or don’t want to pay the asking price in full
-The Aussies (and the broker) thought they had a deal whereby the Aussies buy the club while new American investors buy the ground etc.
-The Americans have pulled out leaving us back where we were a few weeks ago.
All plausible, especially IMHO Duchatelet. Not sure about the Americans and their role but I'm not ITK.
What I do think is that White said the meeting was today. It may be taking place now or not even have started so we can't be sure what the outcome of that meeting was or will be.
I suppose the thing to do is draw a line under the latest lot of shenanigans and look to the next actual thing we (kind of) know about, which is the Fans Forum on Wednesday. My hope for that is that it is actually quite cool and formal, but some of our fans have prepared demanding questions, and follow ups. I also hope that the details of that meeting are shared amongst all interested within 24 hours. In the event of no take over, one must assume that Duchatelet carries on. One question in the fans forum ought to be who is doing the January deals then, and what exactly will be driving those deals.
Apart from the matches the next focus is on the end of the transfer window and where we stand at that point. My personal expectation is that Duchatelet will still be here, and he will cash in where he can, I expect that scenario because it is what he has done before. If I am wrong all well and good, that is until the raft of contracts of many of our decent players expire in the summer.
It is likely to be either short term pain, or long term pain or both. It is very unlikely that Roland will inject anything positive into his football club.
However if the sale does not go through, Roland has the opportunity with some intelligent work, to capitalise or at least solidify current success. He can't say the chance wasn't there, but why should he care anyway, he doesn't come?
I know it is a bleak picture, but after this latest collapse can anybody ever get their hopes up again? If nothing else, as well as manufacturing electronic widgits, Roland has been brilliant at manufacturing cynics.
what is fecking laughable is the fact, that they get to this stage and pull out because of the price, fuck me you surely know the price whilst entering into discussions and especially the Aussie's know what he will and won't accept, what a shambles.
That’s why I stick to my point pages back , 90% of this shite coming out again now is guess work and pure speculation and is no doubt done with good intentions but should be spoken about as speculation not it’s happening not it’s 24/48 hrs away
Ffs How many times will people fall for this stuff
Even those in the club who I know would know all to a man said proceed with caution we have been here before
That’s who you listen too not fucking Jim white and then get wound up because the poor sod has been taken in by the hype himself
It wasn’t imminent it wasn’t 90% done
It is either done or it ain’t there’s no in between
Don’t believe anyone who says dates and hours until completion
Prepare to be underwhelmed and prepare to be disappointed and you will not have Your evenings ruined any longer
I was in a pub in the west end and chatted to a couple of Americans. I asked them about the takeover situation at Charlton. To my surprise, they hadn’t heard of it or a clue what i was on about. Apparently they are about to do a 6 day bus tour of France and Italia before catching a cruise on to the Caribbean.
Sorry guys, Airman is right, it’s just not happening. Drat and double drat.
what is fecking laughable is the fact, that they get to this stage and pull out because of the price, fuck me you surely know the price whilst entering into discussions and especially the Aussie's know what he will and won't accept, what a shambles.
That’s why I stick to my point pages back , 90% of this shite coming out again now is guess work and pure speculation and is no doubt done with good intentions but should be spoken about as speculation not it’s happening not it’s 24/48 hrs away
Ffs How many times will people fall for this stuff
Even those in the club who I know would know all to a man said proceed with caution we have been here before
That’s who you listen too not fucking Jim white and then get wound up because the poor sod has been taken in by the hype himself
It wasn’t imminent it wasn’t 90% done
It is either done or it ain’t there’s no in between
Don’t believe anyone who says dates and hours until completion
Prepare to be underwhelmed and prepare to be disappointed and you will not have Your evenings ruined any longer
what is fecking laughable is the fact, that they get to this stage and pull out because of the price, fuck me you surely know the price whilst entering into discussions and especially the Aussie's know what he will and won't accept, what a shambles.
That’s why I stick to my point pages back , 90% of this shite coming out again now is guess work and pure speculation and is no doubt done with good intentions but should be spoken about as speculation not it’s happening not it’s 24/48 hrs away
Ffs How many times will people fall for this stuff
Even those in the club who I know would know all to a man said proceed with caution we have been here before
That’s who you listen too not fucking Jim white and then get wound up because the poor sod has been taken in by the hype himself
It wasn’t imminent it wasn’t 90% done
It is either done or it ain’t there’s no in between
Don’t believe anyone who says dates and hours until completion
Prepare to be underwhelmed and prepare to be disappointed and you will not have Your evenings ruined any longer
In fairness mate you have been correct all through this thread
On my way to meet Jim White who lived a couple blocks away from me (oh) As I walked through the subway It must have been about quarter past three In front of me, stood a radio journo with a beautiful briefcase He asked me for the time I said it'd cost some info on the takeover and another meet tomorrow at nine Did he decline? No Didn't he mind? I don't think so Was it for real? Damn, sure What was the deal? Aussies and Yanks So was he keen? he couldn't wait Cinnamon queen? bit pale for that What did he say? he said he'd love to rendezvous He asked me what we were gonna do Said we'd start with a bottle of Moet for two
Monday Jim was talking bollocks on Tuesday Making it up as he went along by Wednesday And then back tracking Thursday and Friday and Saturday We chilled on Sunday
I cant believe my luck. I’ve just literally bumped into a couple of Australians in a walkabout pub (unbelievable Jeff) and I asked them about the Charlton takeover situation. They said something about a Bruce yanking the Roos tail (must be code for the American/Aussie consortium) and then vomited something about Hughie and getting the Farquhar. Again, cos I’m clever me thinks these could be the big backers. And so chappies and chappiesesse me thinks it’s imminent and it’s happening!
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Me personally i dont respect what he has said this week, last week or the other numerous times hes mentioned my club.
Here's hoping the Aussies finally bugger off and Duchatelet gets realistic with what he is looking for. Maybe then we'll see some serious movement as opposed to the clusterf*ck that has played out these past 2 years
Let’s just hope there is another buyer waiting in the wings with some serious money to splash.
This is painful.
As it's Charlton I find it fuckin sad.
My hope for that is that it is actually quite cool and formal, but some of our fans have prepared demanding questions, and follow ups. I also hope that the details of that meeting are shared amongst all interested within 24 hours.
In the event of no take over, one must assume that Duchatelet carries on. One question in the fans forum ought to be who is doing the January deals then, and what exactly will be driving those deals.
Apart from the matches the next focus is on the end of the transfer window and where we stand at that point. My personal expectation is that Duchatelet will still be here, and he will cash in where he can, I expect that scenario because it is what he has done before. If I am wrong all well and good, that is until the raft of contracts of many of our decent players expire in the summer.
It is likely to be either short term pain, or long term pain or both. It is very unlikely that Roland will inject anything positive into his football club.
However if the sale does not go through, Roland has the opportunity with some intelligent work, to capitalise or at least solidify current success. He can't say the chance wasn't there, but why should he care anyway, he doesn't come?
I know it is a bleak picture, but after this latest collapse can anybody ever get their hopes up again? If nothing else, as well as manufacturing electronic widgits, Roland has been brilliant at manufacturing cynics.
Ffs How many times will people fall for this stuff
Even those in the club who I know would know all to a man said proceed with caution we have been here before
That’s who you listen too not fucking Jim white and then get wound up because the poor sod has been taken in by the hype himself
It wasn’t imminent it wasn’t 90% done
It is either done or it ain’t there’s no in between
Don’t believe anyone who says dates and hours until completion
Prepare to be underwhelmed and prepare to be disappointed and you will not have Your evenings ruined any longer
Sorry guys, Airman is right, it’s just not happening. Drat and double drat.
Next lot of rumours will start at the end of the season.
Hopefully I am wrong.
Disapointment is in our CAFC DNA but not re this all the take over ITK its utter twaddle
On my way to meet Jim White who lived a couple blocks away from me (oh)
As I walked through the subway
It must have been about quarter past three
In front of me, stood a radio journo with a beautiful briefcase
He asked me for the time
I said it'd cost some info on the takeover and another meet tomorrow at nine
Did he decline? No
Didn't he mind? I don't think so
Was it for real? Damn, sure
What was the deal? Aussies and Yanks
So was he keen? he couldn't wait
Cinnamon queen? bit pale for that
What did he say? he said he'd love to rendezvous
He asked me what we were gonna do
Said we'd start with a bottle of Moet for two
Monday
Jim was talking bollocks on Tuesday
Making it up as he went along by Wednesday
And then back tracking Thursday and Friday and Saturday
We chilled on Sunday
And so chappies and chappiesesse me thinks it’s imminent and it’s happening!
Next stop is the Kebab shop...I’ll ask there too.