I think we're stuck with him. Relegation battle next year
I'm not a supporter of the current regime but I do think we need to wait until the end of July before we think like that...
Why? Do you think we will pick up a few points between now and then?
Silly response. You know what I meant. We might actually strengthen... maybe unlikely but until the window slams shut we can't assume we'll be in a relegation fight - which was what the post implied.
But the transfer window won't shut until end August. So regime apologists will still have another month of hope come end July.
And then the team will need time to gel. If we're really struggling KR will be sacked and we'll have to wait and see what happens in January as the new manager will need his own players. Then we'll have to wait until the summer as players are too expensive in January...
I'm convinced that we have another season with Roland and squirrel. I'm going to leave it as late as possible see what sort of players we will bring in, if I'm not happy with this transfer window i shall buy a season ticket at Bromley and not come back until Roland sells.
Can't believe there are still people waiting in hope that this regime will change. How many more "wait until July/August" does it take before the penny drops? Our squad is ill equipped to be serious promotion contenders as it has been every season that they have been here. This regime have admitted on many occasions that it lacks on field ambition. They have supported this lack of desire for first team success by continually diluting the quality within the overall squad. What needs to change is the personnel in charge of the spending as it needs to be planned and wisely spent. This lot have shown that they lack the necessary skills, so good luck "waiting" those who still hold out any hope that they will deliver a playing squad worthy of your season ticket investment in the club.
It's now a month since this story broke and so far (at least publicly) absolutely nothing has happened. Is anyone in a position to say with certainty what the situation is? Were the Aussies put off by Duchatelet's insistence on holding on to The Valley? Was the price to much? Did they simply not have sufficient funds? Did they discover that the club is such a mess it would be more trouble than it's worth? Or were the regime telling the truth all along and the story was nothing more than a load of old ethanoic-urine?
I seem to remember there were stories from people 'ITK' about strange comings and goings and about a special room being set up at The Valley to facilitate the due diligence process? Were these stories genuine or just flights of fancy from people desperate to believe that we'd be rescued by antipodean knights on white boomers? In particular April's edition of VoTV seemed particularly upbeat with its "For Sale" headline and the article "Roland's ready to sell up". Can we be sure this is the case? I'd love to believe it is, but the mix of hope and silence is driving me mad.
Rick confirmed that the special room was almost certainly to do with the child abuse investigation.
I think the Aussie consortium is genuine, but my best guess is they are struggling to come up with the necessary funds, which could be why the story was leaked.
Personally, I'm not happy with a takeover that would leave The Valley in the ownership of RD.
Imperative that Duchatelet does not retain ownership of The Valley.
It's a cancer. Imperative all traces of him are wiped out absolutely
Although the Aussie thing is the approach that came out publicly, via the Mail, it was never the only or main interest, or the basis of the club being for sale. Information on that has come from a number of directions, but the question has remained as posed on the front of the Voice - who will pay Duchatelet's price? At the moment there is no answer to that, but I am quite clear that he is willing to sell.
Apart from anything else, he will lose another £10m in 17/18 and another £10m in 18/19, whatever division we are in. The longer that goes on, the greater the incentive to reach a deal. He can mitigate those year-on-year losses but he will never turn them around.
Although the Aussie thing is the approach that came out publicly, via the Mail, it was never the only or main interest, or the basis of the club being for sale. Information on that has come from a number of directions, but the question has remained as posed on the front of the Voice - who will pay Duchatelet's price? At the moment there is no answer to that, but I am quite clear that he is willing to sell.
So I wonder if Peter Varney has been in contact with RD, assuming the party he was representing are still interested.
Although the Aussie thing is the approach that came out publicly, via the Mail, it was never the only or main interest, or the basis of the club being for sale. Information on that has come from a number of directions, but the question has remained as posed on the front of the Voice - who will pay Duchatelet's price? At the moment there is no answer to that, but I am quite clear that he is willing to sell.
Apart from anything else, he will lose another £10m in 17/18 and another £10m in 18/19, whatever division we are in. The longer that goes on, the greater the incentive to reach a deal. He can mitigate those year-on-year losses but he will never turn them around.
Although the Aussie thing is the approach that came out publicly, via the Mail, it was never the only or main interest, or the basis of the club being for sale. Information on that has come from a number of directions, but the question has remained as posed on the front of the Voice - who will pay Duchatelet's price? At the moment there is no answer to that, but I am quite clear that he is willing to sell.
Apart from anything else, he will lose another £10m in 17/18 and another £10m in 18/19, whatever division we are in. The longer that goes on, the greater the incentive to reach a deal. He can mitigate those year-on-year losses but he will never turn them around.
Any word on anyone getting closer to a deal rick?
The opposite, from what I have heard, although AFAIK the recent interest had nothing to do with Varney. I spent some time with him earlier this week and he Isn't in contact with RD.
Well if we are to have another non-competing season with Roland and Daisy I take a small amount of comfort knowing the club will worth less this time next year. Unless they have learnt from their 3 years of previous mistakes, which is highly unlikely.
Although the Aussie thing is the approach that came out publicly, via the Mail, it was never the only or main interest, or the basis of the club being for sale. Information on that has come from a number of directions, but the question has remained as posed on the front of the Voice - who will pay Duchatelet's price? At the moment there is no answer to that, but I am quite clear that he is willing to sell.
Apart from anything else, he will lose another £10m in 17/18 and another £10m in 18/19, whatever division we are in. The longer that goes on, the greater the incentive to reach a deal. He can mitigate those year-on-year losses but he will never turn them around.
Any word on anyone getting closer to a deal rick?
The opposite, from what I have heard, although AFAIK the recent interest had nothing to do with Varney. I spent some time with him earlier this week and he Isn't in contact with RD.
Is that 'getting less likely of a deal' altogether or just with the aussies?
Has Roly changed his mind again... Either way, it's so disheartening
I reckon at around January when we are again I'm mid table or worse and they realise we have no way of going up he will decide it's not worth carrying on. He will drastically cut costs even further but he was also drop his price
Although the Aussie thing is the approach that came out publicly, via the Mail, it was never the only or main interest, or the basis of the club being for sale. Information on that has come from a number of directions, but the question has remained as posed on the front of the Voice - who will pay Duchatelet's price? At the moment there is no answer to that, but I am quite clear that he is willing to sell.
Apart from anything else, he will lose another £10m in 17/18 and another £10m in 18/19, whatever division we are in. The longer that goes on, the greater the incentive to reach a deal. He can mitigate those year-on-year losses but he will never turn them around.
The trouble is any new owner won't be in a vastly different situation & some clubs lose a lot more.
Although the Aussie thing is the approach that came out publicly, via the Mail, it was never the only or main interest, or the basis of the club being for sale. Information on that has come from a number of directions, but the question has remained as posed on the front of the Voice - who will pay Duchatelet's price? At the moment there is no answer to that, but I am quite clear that he is willing to sell.
Apart from anything else, he will lose another £10m in 17/18 and another £10m in 18/19, whatever division we are in. The longer that goes on, the greater the incentive to reach a deal. He can mitigate those year-on-year losses but he will never turn them around.
The trouble is any new owner won't be in a vastly different situation & some clubs lose a lot more.
in my opinion the club will only be sold to someone with realistic ambitions of getting into the Premier League - it's the only way the circle can be squared. Duchatelet will never make that commitment and consequently he'll have to do a deal with someone who will or burn more and more money until he dies.
I think the Mail overstated the Australian interest, because they failed to uncover what else was going on. Hence they saw some of the signs but attributed them all to the one party.
Although the Aussie thing is the approach that came out publicly, via the Mail, it was never the only or main interest, or the basis of the club being for sale. Information on that has come from a number of directions, but the question has remained as posed on the front of the Voice - who will pay Duchatelet's price? At the moment there is no answer to that, but I am quite clear that he is willing to sell.
Apart from anything else, he will lose another £10m in 17/18 and another £10m in 18/19, whatever division we are in. The longer that goes on, the greater the incentive to reach a deal. He can mitigate those year-on-year losses but he will never turn them around.
The trouble is any new owner won't be in a vastly different situation & some clubs lose a lot more.
in my opinion the club will only be sold to someone with realistic ambitions of getting into the Premier League - it's the only way the circle can be squared. Duchatelet will never make that commitment and consequently he'll have to do a deal with someone who will or burn more and more money until he dies.
I think the Mail overstated the Australian interest, because they failed to uncover what else was going on. Hence they saw some of the signs but attributed them all to the one party.
what @Airman Brown ? Are you accusing that reputable establishment the Daily Mail of shoddy journalism? I'm shocked. Shocked.
Got me all excited when this reappeared, although it's a great opportunity for someone to repost that great It's Happening gif of Sue Parkes. Surely one of the posts of the season.
Still firmly on the cards as of this morning... Roland wants to keep the ground but the good news is Aussie's "questioning this and trying to come to a compromise". Deal looks likely.
Still firmly on the cards as of this morning... Roland wants to keep the ground but the good news is Aussie's "questioning this and trying to come to a compromise". Deal looks likely.
Still firmly on the cards as of this morning... Roland wants to keep the ground but the good news is Aussie's "questioning this and trying to come to a compromise". Deal looks likely.
Can't take much more of this stuff . . . just don't see it happening. I propose we close this bloody thread unless or until there is something factual to report instead of all this hot air.
Can't take much more of this stuff . . . just don't see it happening. I propose we close this bloody thread unless or until there is something factual to report instead of all this hot air.
Or maybe you can just not open it. I'm grateful for any tit bits information
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I'm going to leave it as late as possible see what sort of players we will bring in, if I'm not happy with this transfer window i shall buy a season ticket at Bromley and not come back until Roland sells.
How many more "wait until July/August" does it take before the penny drops?
Our squad is ill equipped to be serious promotion contenders as it has been every season that they have been here. This regime have admitted on many occasions that it lacks on field ambition. They have supported this lack of desire for first team success by continually diluting the quality within the overall squad.
What needs to change is the personnel in charge of the spending as it needs to be planned and wisely spent.
This lot have shown that they lack the necessary skills, so good luck "waiting" those who still hold out any hope that they will deliver a playing squad worthy of your season ticket investment in the club.
Apart from anything else, he will lose another £10m in 17/18 and another £10m in 18/19, whatever division we are in. The longer that goes on, the greater the incentive to reach a deal. He can mitigate those year-on-year losses but he will never turn them around.
Has Roly changed his mind again...
Either way, it's so disheartening
https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/national/146216-championship-club-club
I think the Mail overstated the Australian interest, because they failed to uncover what else was going on. Hence they saw some of the signs but attributed them all to the one party.
He take take Katrien and her 'Baby-GAP' clobber with him!