Might well have been in the middle of his day. That’s the problem.
So when he was texting you at what you perceived to be a strange time, did you not reply, "are you back in Oz fella"? Radical I know, but just wondering, that's all!
"Hi there!" "Hi, we haven't spoken in ages. How are you?" "I am great thanks. You?" "Yeah, really good. Where are you?" "I don't answer anything business related. Good day to you sir!"
"Hi there!" "Hi, we haven't spoken in ages. How are you?" "I am great thanks. You?" "Yeah, really good. Where are you?" "I don't answer anything business related. Good day to you sir!"
This month is the most important in cafc recent history. The momentum from the Luton home win till the Wembley victory and the return of the masses to support and give energy to our football team was a wonder to behold. If that momentum is allowed to be lost by Bowyer and his team not being offered improved contracts, commensurate with their success on the field then the fall out will be shocking.
Hell hath no fury like a rich owner scorned. I hope the folk on CL who believe it's 100% money with Duchatelet are correct and those like myself who believe it's money and a degree of revenge are wrong.
If Charlton Athletic are to become a vibrant football club with new younger fans that were at the valley for the semi final and at Wembley, then it's paramount that my fears are unfounded.
Morning team. Apologies for my performance last night. I'd been drinking since 11am, with sadly predictable consequences. If you take out the swearing and aggression I basically stand by what I said. The fact that Wembley was amazing and made you feel warm and fuzzy doesn't mean RD will approach this transfer window any differently to the others. If he is still our owner this season Bowyer will have to work an even bigger miracle than he did this season. Maybe he will and obviously we all hope so.
I think there are always interested parties to buy the club. That’s where our rumour mill gets its grist. I don’t believe there is any one or more groups for that matter that are anywhere near a takeover. Not remotely close and I think we’ll be having the same round of rumours for months and months and months.
Charlton will have one of the smallest Championship budgets and with the likelihood of a major squad rebuild to come then Bowyer is going to have to work miracles to keep us up.
We are in the Championship despite Duchatelet not because of him. He stumbled onto Bowyer because he was in situ and presumably cheap. He stumbled onto this promotion because of Bowyer.
Charlton Athletic are not progressing and won’t all the time the Belgian idiot is owner.
The Wembley promotion impetus and fan euphoria will soon dissipate once the reality of how hard the Championship actually is hits home.
We’ve just climbed a very big ladder and will inevitably slide down an equally long snake until Duchatelet sells.
The euphoria is understandable and welcomed. I just get this itchy feeling in my Charlton supporting bones that the Belgian oxygen thief will leave us wanting resources next year and we will suffer as a consequence... what a bloody waste!
Have have a horrible feeling GM is back in Oz. Either that or he’s up in the middle of the night texting :-(
He could have gone home to pack up his stuff and move to the Uk? #ClutchingAtStraws
His family weren't keen before though were they
They were, but when ‘it didn’t happen’ they had to start a new school year in Oz. Couldn’t start a new school year here on the offchance. The Aussies could still buy the club without GM staying on as CEO of course.
I think I remember you posting a few weeks back that you thought a sale any time soon was no better than 50/50 which to me is actually encouraging. How do you read the situation at this point.
I think I remember you posting a few weeks back that you thought a sale any time soon was no better than 50/50 which to me is actually encouraging. How do you read the situation at this point.
As per above now is the time from both the buyer and seller’s perspective, but this is RD we are dealing with so common sense doesn’t come into it.
I think some people need to read this a realise that it's not only RDs ownership that is currently preventing us being a "championship club with premiership asperations". The club can't afford to pay the wages required to compete, over any length of time, at the top of the championship. We may get lucky one season, but it's unlikely.
Unless we get an owner willing to put in say £30 million a season it's not economically viable. People talk about an "owner with the ambition to back the manager" what they mean is an owner willing to spunk their own money up the wall.
We are long passed "local boy made good" ownership model. My fear now is that noone who can afford to buy and run us, in a way most people want, would be stupid enough to do it. If Roland decides he isn't getting his money back and sells the club on the cheap you open up the market to the likes of Ken Anderson and the chancers at Sunderland (that take over could go very ugly, very soon). Be careful what you wish for.
I think some people need to read this a realise that it's not only RDs ownership that is currently preventing us being a "championship club with premiership asperations". The club can't afford to pay the wages required to compete, over any length of time, at the top of the championship. We may get lucky one season, but it's unlikely.
Unless we get an owner willing to put in say £30 million a season it's not economically viable. People talk about an "owner with the ambition to back the manager" what they mean is an owner willing to spunk their own money up the wall.
We are long passed "local boy made good" ownership model. My fear now is that noone who can afford to buy and run us, in a way most people want, would be stupid enough to do it. If Roland decides he isn't getting his money back and sells the club on the cheap you open up the market to the likes of Ken Anderson and the chancers at Sunderland (that take over could go very ugly, very soon). Be careful what you wish for.
I think that's generally true, but there is a big opportunity for someone with the resources if they can get the club into the PL in two or three years. Lee Bowyer might be a manager who can do that, which is another reason the takeover needs to happen now. Promotion to the PL could stabilise the whole thing, even if we were relegated again. Such people are out there, but they aren't going to pay RD over the odds when they know no one else is either.
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"Hi, we haven't spoken in ages. How are you?"
"I am great thanks. You?"
"Yeah, really good. Where are you?"
"I don't answer anything business related. Good day to you sir!"
I'm with @Off_it on this one. Thumb screws or the rack for LDT at the fans forum this week.
The momentum from the Luton home win till the Wembley victory and the return of the masses to support and give energy to our football team was a wonder to behold.
If that momentum is allowed to be lost by Bowyer and his team not being offered improved contracts, commensurate with their success on the field then the fall out will be shocking.
Hell hath no fury like a rich owner scorned.
I hope the folk on CL who believe it's 100% money with Duchatelet are correct and those like myself who believe it's money and a degree of revenge are wrong.
If Charlton Athletic are to become a vibrant football club with new younger fans that were at the valley for the semi final and at Wembley, then it's paramount that my fears are unfounded.
;-)
Charlton will have one of the smallest Championship budgets and with the likelihood of a major squad rebuild to come then Bowyer is going to have to work miracles to keep us up.
We are in the Championship despite Duchatelet not because of him. He stumbled onto Bowyer because he was in situ and presumably cheap. He stumbled onto this promotion because of Bowyer.
Charlton Athletic are not progressing and won’t all the time the Belgian idiot is owner.
The Wembley promotion impetus and fan euphoria will soon dissipate once the reality of how hard the Championship actually is hits home.
We’ve just climbed a very big ladder and will inevitably slide down an equally long snake until Duchatelet sells.
Jesus!! Does this thread go back that far??
If the club isn’t sold a lot may depend on whether Bowyer gets to spend the extra central revenue or Duchatelet tries to break even.
They were, but when ‘it didn’t happen’ they had to start a new school year in Oz. Couldn’t start a new school year here on the offchance.
The Aussies could still buy the club without GM staying on as CEO of course.
I think I remember you posting a few weeks back that you thought a sale any time soon was no better than 50/50 which to me is actually encouraging. How do you read the situation at this point.
I think some people need to read this a realise that it's not only RDs ownership that is currently preventing us being a "championship club with premiership asperations". The club can't afford to pay the wages required to compete, over any length of time, at the top of the championship. We may get lucky one season, but it's unlikely.
Unless we get an owner willing to put in say £30 million a season it's not economically viable. People talk about an "owner with the ambition to back the manager" what they mean is an owner willing to spunk their own money up the wall.
We are long passed "local boy made good" ownership model. My fear now is that noone who can afford to buy and run us, in a way most people want, would be stupid enough to do it. If Roland decides he isn't getting his money back and sells the club on the cheap you open up the market to the likes of Ken Anderson and the chancers at Sunderland (that take over could go very ugly, very soon). Be careful what you wish for.