Either way when the takeover is done soon or not... whoever does take over surely should see how much the fans love Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen and of course how much them 3 love this football club and how they all want to make a legacy here so my point of view is what should stop Uncle Roly giving Lord Bowyer and Jacko long term contracts if they will still be liked with the new owners? Or am I completely missing something?
Either way when the takeover is done soon or not... whoever does take over surely should see how much the fans love Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen and of course how much them 3 love this football club and how they all want to make a legacy here so my point of view is what should stop Uncle Roly giving Lord Bowyer and Jacko long term contracts if they will still be liked with the new owners? Or am I completely missing something?
RD will only ever look at all things Charlton in a one-dimensional view - all about money. Getting LB, JJ and SG signed up to long contracts will be expensive for him so he will not do it. The whole narrative around "the new owners may not want them" is an easy way for him to avoid that expense.
Fingers crossed and all that, but are these another lot who underestimate what a stubborn old c*** RD is, and expect him to cave in to an offer, coz I can't see anyone forking out anywhere near the reported £60m
Either way when the takeover is done soon or not... whoever does take over surely should see how much the fans love Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen and of course how much them 3 love this football club and how they all want to make a legacy here so my point of view is what should stop Uncle Roly giving Lord Bowyer and Jacko long term contracts if they will still be liked with the new owners? Or am I completely missing something?
We wrote to Roland last week trying to make exactly that point:
21.11.19
Dear Roland Duchatelet
I am writing to you today as chair of Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust - the largest CAFC supporter group - to urge you to begin contract negotiations with Lee Bowyer and his management team and to secure them on the long term contracts they deserve.
The success on the field in the last year has been accompanied by an upsurge in support and there is now an affinity between club and supporters that we haven't seen for years. We are excited to hear Lee talking about building a legacy but we are very conscious that there will inevitably be lucrative offers from other clubs who admire what he has achieved at Charlton.
We are aware that you are concerned that long term contracts might inhibit potential buyers of the club. We would like to suggest however that any reputable potential owner would recognise that the club is far more valuable with Lee and his team secured. They would see that they would be buying a club with a proven winner at the helm and with an enduring bond with its supporters.
Securing Lee and his team with long term contracts would also enhance your legacy to the club. We urge you to back the supporters, the management and the team by starting negotiations now so that stability and security can be attained in time for the January transfer window.
Either way when the takeover is done soon or not... whoever does take over surely should see how much the fans love Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen and of course how much them 3 love this football club and how they all want to make a legacy here so my point of view is what should stop Uncle Roly giving Lord Bowyer and Jacko long term contracts if they will still be liked with the new owners? Or am I completely missing something?
We wrote to Roland last week trying to make exactly that point:
Either way when the takeover is done soon or not... whoever does take over surely should see how much the fans love Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen and of course how much them 3 love this football club and how they all want to make a legacy here so my point of view is what should stop Uncle Roly giving Lord Bowyer and Jacko long term contracts if they will still be liked with the new owners? Or am I completely missing something?
We wrote to Roland last week trying to make exactly that point:
21.11.19
Dear Roland Duchatelet
I am writing to you today as chair of Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust - the largest CAFC supporter group - to urge you to begin contract negotiations with Lee Bowyer and his management team and to secure them on the long term contracts they deserve.
The success on the field in the last year has been accompanied by an upsurge in support and there is now an affinity between club and supporters that we haven't seen for years. We are excited to hear Lee talking about building a legacy but we are very conscious that there will inevitably be lucrative offers from other clubs who admire what he has achieved at Charlton.
We are aware that you are concerned that long term contracts might inhibit potential buyers of the club. We would like to suggest however that any reputable potential owner would recognise that the club is far more valuable with Lee and his team secured. They would see that they would be buying a club with a proven winner at the helm and with an enduring bond with its supporters.
Securing Lee and his team with long term contracts would also enhance your legacy to the club. We urge you to back the supporters, the management and the team by starting negotiations now so that stability and security can be attained in time for the January transfer window.
yours sincerely
No reply yet !
Superb 👍 Be great to see "the reply" on CL when or "IF" you do recieve one. Silly question but has Uncle Roly ever replied back to the letters you have wrote?
Either way when the takeover is done soon or not... whoever does take over surely should see how much the fans love Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen and of course how much them 3 love this football club and how they all want to make a legacy here so my point of view is what should stop Uncle Roly giving Lord Bowyer and Jacko long term contracts if they will still be liked with the new owners? Or am I completely missing something?
We wrote to Roland last week trying to make exactly that point:
21.11.19
Dear Roland Duchatelet
I am writing to you today as chair of Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust - the largest CAFC supporter group - to urge you to begin contract negotiations with Lee Bowyer and his management team and to secure them on the long term contracts they deserve.
The success on the field in the last year has been accompanied by an upsurge in support and there is now an affinity between club and supporters that we haven't seen for years. We are excited to hear Lee talking about building a legacy but we are very conscious that there will inevitably be lucrative offers from other clubs who admire what he has achieved at Charlton.
We are aware that you are concerned that long term contracts might inhibit potential buyers of the club. We would like to suggest however that any reputable potential owner would recognise that the club is far more valuable with Lee and his team secured. They would see that they would be buying a club with a proven winner at the helm and with an enduring bond with its supporters.
Securing Lee and his team with long term contracts would also enhance your legacy to the club. We urge you to back the supporters, the management and the team by starting negotiations now so that stability and security can be attained in time for the January transfer window.
Either way when the takeover is done soon or not... whoever does take over surely should see how much the fans love Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen and of course how much them 3 love this football club and how they all want to make a legacy here so my point of view is what should stop Uncle Roly giving Lord Bowyer and Jacko long term contracts if they will still be liked with the new owners? Or am I completely missing something?
We wrote to Roland last week trying to make exactly that point:
21.11.19
Dear Roland Duchatelet
I am writing to you today as chair of Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust - the largest CAFC supporter group - to urge you to begin contract negotiations with Lee Bowyer and his management team and to secure them on the long term contracts they deserve.
The success on the field in the last year has been accompanied by an upsurge in support and there is now an affinity between club and supporters that we haven't seen for years. We are excited to hear Lee talking about building a legacy but we are very conscious that there will inevitably be lucrative offers from other clubs who admire what he has achieved at Charlton.
We are aware that you are concerned that long term contracts might inhibit potential buyers of the club. We would like to suggest however that any reputable potential owner would recognise that the club is far more valuable with Lee and his team secured. They would see that they would be buying a club with a proven winner at the helm and with an enduring bond with its supporters.
Securing Lee and his team with long term contracts would also enhance your legacy to the club. We urge you to back the supporters, the management and the team by starting negotiations now so that stability and security can be attained in time for the January transfer window.
yours sincerely
No reply yet !
25.11.19
Dear Mr Cast
Thank you for your letter telling me all about your group for larger Charlton supporters. I am very excited to hear of its existence.
Mr Bowyer is, indeed, very much at the forefront of our plans for Charlton Athletic. Since I took the decision to hire him, he has executed my plans very well and I am very happy to say that I believe he has a big part to play in our future. Who else but I would have the necessary football experience to hire a football cub manager who previously had no experience in English football? As the saying goes "it is taking one to be knowing one".
A lot of people told me they had not heard of him before, but I explained he was the finest fisherman in the whole of France and, because he was originally from Leeds, he knows all about England. So all I had to do was to persuade him that the skills he had built up in the fishing industry could be transferred to football.
I am happy to be able to confirm that, yet again, I was right. And, as has always been the case when I bring in a new Manager to stabilise the club and bring certainty and continuity, our ranking has improved.
The reason I have not yet given Mr Bowyer a long-term contract is simple and generous. It is because the new owner may want to give Mr Bowyer a big pay rise. But that would be difficult if Mr Bowyer had already signed a new, long-term contract. So, I have agreed that Mr Bowyer will not have a long-term contract, meaning a new owner can give him a pay rise easily and quickly in the future.
And, because of this generosity, I will be holding talks with Mr Bowyer about the commission level I will be charging him for the pay rise that this strategy will afford him.
So, you see, in this way I am doing the very best for Charlton Athletic.
If you have any further questions, please hesitate.
My man in the know said 'i'm saying nothing' when quizzed by myself and my son about the takeover yesterday. I take that as hugely encouraging and discouraging and refuse to get sucked in by it.
Either way when the takeover is done soon or not... whoever does take over surely should see how much the fans love Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen and of course how much them 3 love this football club and how they all want to make a legacy here so my point of view is what should stop Uncle Roly giving Lord Bowyer and Jacko long term contracts if they will still be liked with the new owners? Or am I completely missing something?
We wrote to Roland last week trying to make exactly that point:
21.11.19
Dear Roland Duchatelet
I am writing to you today as chair of Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust - the largest CAFC supporter group - to urge you to begin contract negotiations with Lee Bowyer and his management team and to secure them on the long term contracts they deserve.
The success on the field in the last year has been accompanied by an upsurge in support and there is now an affinity between club and supporters that we haven't seen for years. We are excited to hear Lee talking about building a legacy but we are very conscious that there will inevitably be lucrative offers from other clubs who admire what he has achieved at Charlton.
We are aware that you are concerned that long term contracts might inhibit potential buyers of the club. We would like to suggest however that any reputable potential owner would recognise that the club is far more valuable with Lee and his team secured. They would see that they would be buying a club with a proven winner at the helm and with an enduring bond with its supporters.
Securing Lee and his team with long term contracts would also enhance your legacy to the club. We urge you to back the supporters, the management and the team by starting negotiations now so that stability and security can be attained in time for the January transfer window.
yours sincerely
No reply yet !
is there? I thought any new found affinity was between the fans and the players/management team?
Either way when the takeover is done soon or not... whoever does take over surely should see how much the fans love Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen and of course how much them 3 love this football club and how they all want to make a legacy here so my point of view is what should stop Uncle Roly giving Lord Bowyer and Jacko long term contracts if they will still be liked with the new owners? Or am I completely missing something?
We wrote to Roland last week trying to make exactly that point:
21.11.19
Dear Roland Duchatelet
I am writing to you today as chair of Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust - the largest CAFC supporter group - to urge you to begin contract negotiations with Lee Bowyer and his management team and to secure them on the long term contracts they deserve.
The success on the field in the last year has been accompanied by an upsurge in support and there is now an affinity between club and supporters that we haven't seen for years. We are excited to hear Lee talking about building a legacy but we are very conscious that there will inevitably be lucrative offers from other clubs who admire what he has achieved at Charlton.
We are aware that you are concerned that long term contracts might inhibit potential buyers of the club. We would like to suggest however that any reputable potential owner would recognise that the club is far more valuable with Lee and his team secured. They would see that they would be buying a club with a proven winner at the helm and with an enduring bond with its supporters.
Securing Lee and his team with long term contracts would also enhance your legacy to the club. We urge you to back the supporters, the management and the team by starting negotiations now so that stability and security can be attained in time for the January transfer window.
yours sincerely
No reply yet !
is there? I thought any new found affinity was between the fans and the players/management team?
roly and everybody else should walk smartly away from anything involving that parasitic old sponger kenyon, he is and only ever was Mr 20% - £60M price tag is insane enough without having to dole out mega bundles to the wormtongue brown nosing shitehawk.
roly and everybody else should walk smartly away from anything involving that parasitic old sponger kenyon, he is and only ever was Mr 20% - £60M price tag is insane enough without having to dole out mega bundles to the wormtongue brown nosing shitehawk.
roly and everybody else should walk smartly away from anything involving that parasitic old sponger kenyon, he is and only ever was Mr 20% - £60M price tag is insane enough without having to dole out mega bundles to the wormtongue brown nosing shitehawk.
So tedious now and has been for a long time.
Adds nothing, not accurate and not even funny.
If you think this is tedious, look at his morning post on the cricket thread!!
Either way when the takeover is done soon or not... whoever does take over surely should see how much the fans love Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen and of course how much them 3 love this football club and how they all want to make a legacy here so my point of view is what should stop Uncle Roly giving Lord Bowyer and Jacko long term contracts if they will still be liked with the new owners? Or am I completely missing something?
We wrote to Roland last week trying to make exactly that point:
To be honest it would be preferable NOT to know whats going on until or if a takeover happens, all this does is raise fans hopes, then see it all crash down again, I thought the Geneva Convention was drawn up to stop torture, obviously not.
I have to say that any group that would find it a stretch to go from say 40 million to 60 million for the sale price are going to find it impossible to fund the clubs loses as they are, let alone what they would become if trying to get promoted.
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Ask a realistic price you senile old scrote and you never know someone might just buy the club.
We wrote to Roland last week trying to make exactly that point:
21.11.19
Dear Roland Duchatelet
I am writing to you today as chair of Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust - the largest CAFC supporter group - to urge you to begin contract negotiations with Lee Bowyer and his management team and to secure them on the long term contracts they deserve.
The success on the field in the last year has been accompanied by an upsurge in support and there is now an affinity between club and supporters that we haven't seen for years. We are excited to hear Lee talking about building a legacy but we are very conscious that there will inevitably be lucrative offers from other clubs who admire what he has achieved at Charlton.
We are aware that you are concerned that long term contracts might inhibit potential buyers of the club. We would like to suggest however that any reputable potential owner would recognise that the club is far more valuable with Lee and his team secured. They would see that they would be buying a club with a proven winner at the helm and with an enduring bond with its supporters.
Securing Lee and his team with long term contracts would also enhance your legacy to the club. We urge you to back the supporters, the management and the team by starting negotiations now so that stability and security can be attained in time for the January transfer window.
yours sincerely
No reply yet !
Be great to see "the reply" on CL when or "IF" you do recieve one.
Silly question but has Uncle Roly ever replied back to the letters you have wrote?
He'll probably think it's from CARD and bin it!!
Dear Mr Cast
Thank you for your letter telling me all about your group for larger Charlton supporters. I am very excited to hear of its existence.
Mr Bowyer is, indeed, very much at the forefront of our plans for Charlton Athletic. Since I took the decision to hire him, he has executed my plans very well and I am very happy to say that I believe he has a big part to play in our future. Who else but I would have the necessary football experience to hire a football cub manager who previously had no experience in English football? As the saying goes "it is taking one to be knowing one".
A lot of people told me they had not heard of him before, but I explained he was the finest fisherman in the whole of France and, because he was originally from Leeds, he knows all about England. So all I had to do was to persuade him that the skills he had built up in the fishing industry could be transferred to football.
I am happy to be able to confirm that, yet again, I was right. And, as has always been the case when I bring in a new Manager to stabilise the club and bring certainty and continuity, our ranking has improved.
The reason I have not yet given Mr Bowyer a long-term contract is simple and generous. It is because the new owner may want to give Mr Bowyer a big pay rise. But that would be difficult if Mr Bowyer had already signed a new, long-term contract. So, I have agreed that Mr Bowyer will not have a long-term contract, meaning a new owner can give him a pay rise easily and quickly in the future.
And, because of this generosity, I will be holding talks with Mr Bowyer about the commission level I will be charging him for the pay rise that this strategy will afford him.
So, you see, in this way I am doing the very best for Charlton Athletic.
If you have any further questions, please hesitate.
Your sincerely
Roland Carl Zeiss Jena Alcorcon Újpest Duchâtelet
There is no affinity with the ownership
Adds nothing, not accurate and not even funny.