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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

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  • 1623, William Camden dies at Chislehurst.
  • Taxi_Lad said:
    Wings??? Yay Red Bull are back in the frame 
    Or Paul McCartney.
  • 1623, William Camden dies at Chislehurst.
    But his name lives on and on and on!
  • No one is waiting in the wings all bullshit 
    Far be it from me to contradict such a well connected lounge-lizard business tycoon as yourself, but I humbly dare to say that I have heard differently.

    Nevertheless the old bastard is up to his tricks as usual so nothing is straightforward and his price expectations remain preposterous.
    Do tell us more please...
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  • It’s happening!
  • :pSolidgone said:
    It’s happening!

    NO, it's not
  • Perhaps it’s those Aussies who only had to “hand some paperwork into the EFL” - in February. 

    There are no Aussies and there may well be “suitors” - but nothing will happen, and mention of them is pointless. 

    RD wants almost twice as much as we are worth - however many fans we take to Wembley. 

    Clubs in the Championship cost the owner about £10m a season to be competitive.  If we are successful
    on Sunday, these “suitors” will need between 80-100 million to take a shot at the big time and get repaid. 

    It’s not happening. 
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  • Perhaps it’s those Aussies who only had to “hand some paperwork into the EFL” - in February. 

    There are no Aussies and there may well be “suitors” - but nothing will happen, and mention of them is pointless. 

    RD wants almost twice as much as we are worth - however many fans we take to Wembley. 

    Clubs in the Championship cost the owner about £10m a season to be competitive.  If we are successful
    on Sunday, these “suitors” will need between 80-100 million to take a shot at the big time and get repaid. 

    It’s not happening. 


    And with less than seventy two hours to go until we play in our biggest game for years we have our chips well and truly pissed on. 
  • Lol at Prague calling NLA Billybigbollox
  • addick05 said:
    :pSolidgone said:
    It’s happening!

    NO, it's not
    Oh yes it is...
  • Over 40,000 fans at say an average £50 for a ticket for this game is £2 million and that’s before you start adding on the catering and merchandising. The valley may not hold 40k at the moment but it easily could, more if you redevelop the west stand. If a prospective buyer can’t see a viable business model in that then we probably don’t want them anyway. 
  • Over 40,000 fans at say an average £50 for a ticket for this game is £2 million and that’s before you start adding on the catering and merchandising. The valley may not hold 40k at the moment but it easily could, more if you redevelop the west stand. If a prospective buyer can’t see a viable business model in that then we probably don’t want them anyway. 
    Didn’t you mean to say East Stand?
  • Over 40,000 fans at say an average £50 for a ticket for this game is £2 million and that’s before you start adding on the catering and merchandising. The valley may not hold 40k at the moment but it easily could, more if you redevelop the west stand. If a prospective buyer can’t see a viable business model in that then we probably don’t want them anyway. 
    Didn’t you mean to say East Stand?
    No, the plans for the east won’t add that much because of the gardens behind it but knock down the existing west stand and you can build something as big as you like. 
  • edited May 2019
    Over 40,000 fans at say an average £50 for a ticket for this game is £2 million and that’s before you start adding on the catering and merchandising. The valley may not hold 40k at the moment but it easily could, more if you redevelop the west stand. If a prospective buyer can’t see a viable business model in that then we probably don’t want them anyway. 
    Didn’t you mean to say East Stand?
    No, the plans for the east won’t add that much because of the gardens behind it but knock down the existing west stand and you can build something as big as you like. 
    Mmmmm.....re The West Stand,I’m not sure the increase in capacity would make that cost effective.
    Jimmy Seed stand demolished and matched up with the Covered End would be part of the answer and then somehow getting a second tier on The East would be the way forward.
    The East Stand is the biggest challenge.....but with imaginative design a second tier may well be achievable, though the gardens behind are, as you say, a major sticking point.
  •  Those  gardens are now houses.

    Knocking the west stand isn't really sensible.

    Regardless basing future league gates on one off Wembley turnouts is just silly.

  • edited May 2019
     Those  gardens are now houses.

    Knocking the west stand isn't really sensible.

    Regardless basing future league gates on one off Wembley turnouts is just silly.
    Absolutely, otherwise Millwall would have the biggest stadium in the country
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