Just found out i'm going for a beer tomorrow with someone totally unconnected to the takeover.
I'll keep you posted.
Interestingly I rarely drink and so am not drinking with anyone related OR unrelated to the transfer this weekend. I am going for lunch at both days so will keep an ear to the ground
Loads people wetting themselves now about Kewell and the Aussies are as bad as Roland just because Napa threw the rumour out there again even though it hasn't been mentioned in weeks.
What do we KNOW for sure?
1. Roland is a disaster for the club and has no ambition to create a successful team, past or present.
2. The Aussies are now turning up at Charlton matches and talking to fans. This implies to me that they're 98% towards completing a successful take over of the club.
3. The Aussies have a stated ambition to reach the Premier League on their own website. Much more ambition for a team than Roland has ever shown.
What is less clear is why they took so long to meet Roland's asking price. We have no idea if that's because they're skint or equally likely, they don't want to pay Roland's inflated valuations.
We also have little to no clue on how they plan to recruit players and staff at this stage. Kewell rumours, Aussie youngsters has only ever appeared to me as lazy journalists sticking two and two together to get five.
Take a chill pill, let this play out over the next couple of weeks and hopefully things will start to look up. Anyone with an ambition to succeed is better than the indifferent Duchatelet.
With regard to Charlton becoming an outlet for some aspiring Australians, this could work if handled properly. 60 odd years ago, we were the club of choice for talented South Africans. If we were to recruit players of the calibre of Firmani, Leary and Hewie I won’t be complaining.
With regard to Charlton becoming an outlet for some aspiring Australians, this could work if handled properly. 60 odd years ago, we were the club of choice for talented South Africans. If we were to recruit players of the calibre of Firmani, Leary and Hewie I won’t be complaining.
There is certainly a market for players from the Oceania region
Aaron Mooy | Chris Wood | Matt Ryan are the only players from that area in the Premier League off the top of my head, there surely have to be more players out there, yet is it unpopular for scouting because of the distances? (Surely something that shouldnt be an issue in this age
Although Man City of course have their toe in the water out in Australia with Melbourne City part of the same ownership
The big signal as to new owners' intentions, if they're from Australia, is if they develop both a scouting network and an "academy" facility in Australia. If those two developments are announced, it will be a huge indication that Charlton will be looking to maximise potential from Australian footballers.
Any club in Europe can scout the professional leagues in Australia - and any other country - and lure players that have reached the glass ceiling in that country. The difference will be when a club has its own youth training set up in Australia itself.
I can see a huge attraction for Aussie kids who are excellent at "soccer" to join a European-run youth set up. For those that make it through the youth ranks, there's a readily-identified route to first team professional football in Europe, ie moving to Charlton at U23 level. It de-risks all the issues around sending players across the world who aren't ready, but who would otherwise "make it".
Picking up twenty-somethings who haven't been able to attract the attention of bigger clubs doesn't seem to be very exciting, to me. But developing young talent, who are offered a route to first team football in London could be absolutely game-changing.
With regard to Charlton becoming an outlet for some aspiring Australians, this could work if handled properly. 60 odd years ago, we were the club of choice for talented South Africans. If we were to recruit players of the calibre of Firmani, Leary and Hewie I won’t be complaining.
There is certainly a market for players from the Oceania region
Aaron Mooy | Chris Wood | Matt Ryan are the only players from that area in the Premier League off the top of my head, there surely have to be more players out there, yet is it unpopular for scouting because of the distances? (Surely something that shouldnt be an issue in this age
Although Man City of course have their toe in the water out in Australia with Melbourne City part of the same ownership
Tom Rogic who plays for Celtic was scouted from a cable TV Show called The Chance . Aaron Mooy first played for St Mirren and ended up going home and then got better once he left. Massimo Luongo playing for QPR there's loads of young Aussies playing around Europe just not many in the EPL. There are a lot of players from Australia who would jump at the chance of going to London to play and who are good enough.
The big signal as to new owners' intentions, if they're from Australia, is if they develop both a scouting network and an "academy" facility in Australia. If those two developments are announced, it will be a huge indication that Charlton will be looking to maximise potential from Australian footballers.
Any club in Europe can scout the professional leagues in Australia - and any other country - and lure players that have reached the glass ceiling in that country. The difference will be when a club has its own youth training set up in Australia itself.
I can see a huge attraction for Aussie kids who are excellent at "soccer" to join a European-run youth set up. For those that make it through the youth ranks, there's a readily-identified route to first team professional football in Europe, ie moving to Charlton at U23 level. It de-risks all the issues around sending players across the world who aren't ready, but who would otherwise "make it".
Picking up twenty-somethings who haven't been able to attract the attention of bigger clubs doesn't seem to be very exciting, to me. But developing young talent, who are offered a route to first team football in London could be absolutely game-changing.
To be honest, Australian players in their mid-20's and older would probably not be looking at playing League One when they can get paid large salaries in China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and UAE. Either that or they'd stay in Australia. What I'm talking about is younger players teens and early 20's that have played A league and are looking for a better league and have the chance to play EPL like Ryan and Mooy. They would like to go to a club that have a support network and that can develop them as a player. There are still a few A League wonderkids that went to the Bundesligua and have ended up playing in the Danish League instead.
I hope that is correct. But i don't know if my patience will extend to two or three weeks.
Certain @JamesSeed will come back with the same story later, although I don’t see what stops @CAFCOfficial confirming the current situation, other than Duchatelet being difficult?
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In other news I suspect we'll hear nothing today
Aaron Mooy | Chris Wood | Matt Ryan are the only players from that area in the Premier League off the top of my head, there surely have to be more players out there, yet is it unpopular for scouting because of the distances? (Surely something that shouldnt be an issue in this age
Although Man City of course have their toe in the water out in Australia with Melbourne City part of the same ownership
Any club in Europe can scout the professional leagues in Australia - and any other country - and lure players that have reached the glass ceiling in that country. The difference will be when a club has its own youth training set up in Australia itself.
I can see a huge attraction for Aussie kids who are excellent at "soccer" to join a European-run youth set up. For those that make it through the youth ranks, there's a readily-identified route to first team professional football in Europe, ie moving to Charlton at U23 level. It de-risks all the issues around sending players across the world who aren't ready, but who would otherwise "make it".
Picking up twenty-somethings who haven't been able to attract the attention of bigger clubs doesn't seem to be very exciting, to me. But developing young talent, who are offered a route to first team football in London could be absolutely game-changing.
What I'm talking about is younger players teens and early 20's that have played A league and are looking for a better league and have the chance to play EPL like Ryan and Mooy. They would like to go to a club that have a support network and that can develop them as a player. There are still a few A League wonderkids that went to the Bundesligua and have ended up playing in the Danish League instead.
Airman Brown: "Aussies expect to complete #cafc takeover in next two to three weeks maximum, depending on timescale for EFL approval."
(I know nothing).
Could be a very, very tough season without any decent new recruits.
Losing 2-3 weeks is not good.
Wow!
Check out the whole thread
Might this stand against him in getting the FA unfit and improper rubber stamp of approval?
They've never seen the like!
I had stopped reading this thread for a while since the pot noodle jokes stopped, so sorry if i am asking for a repeat
Most other people would have fooked off ages ago !