We need confirmaton from the EFL about whether the Aussies have met the fit and proper persons requirements before we can decide who is responsible for the latest stand-off.
Just because they have money, they are right not to throw it at Roland. If he doesn't sell to them, good luck to him selling to another buyer at anywhere near the ridiculous price he wants.
This is the point.
It's all about money.
Who is responsible for Charlton not being worth £45m in June 2018????? After 4.5 years in charge of the club "as a business enterprise" he has been a catastrophic failure, but the owner is seemingly not prepared to accept the loss.
Who'd pay his rumoured price other than for land value?
I think its time for the Aussies to show some transparency now.
This whole saga has gone on far too long and we the long suffering fans are being mugged off in my opinion. This morning the deal was close, this evening its a million miles away. We won't get anything out of RD so perhaps they can enlighten us. They are supposed to be the good guys after all.
I'm rapidly losing faith with the Aussies and suspect they're as much to blame for the delays as RD.
After all they still haven't made a public statement about the takeover and their intentions (i.e. something on the record and "official" which is bizarre for a takeover of this type), and if it was RD who was causing the takeover to be delayed, surely they would be in public, blaming RD and highlighting that it wasn't their fault.
Whatever we might think about the purchase price, presumably they've agreed it with RD, and have had 6 months (or whatever) to get the financing sorted and paperwork done. If the holdup is due to them, and as a result he's having to fund losses beyond when he expected to have sold the club, it's not surprising that he's sold a player to cover them...
I got the impression (beer meeting) there was an agreement, or at least an understanding, that there would be no pronouncements until the sale was completed. I inferred, without any evidence, that that might have been a request from RD. They said that they'd been inundated with messages and emails (and requests for interviews) that they couldn't answer until the sale was complete. I saw the fact they were now talking to Airman and Cawley as a sign that it was almost all over.
Have messaged my contact, but now they're dealing with Cawley and Airman I don't expect a reply, not one mentioning football anyway.
In reality it's been drip feeds of information from them.
I'm not expecting interviews and weekly updates, but I find it bizarre that there hasn't even been a half page official statement from them, and find it hard to believe that RD could prevent that. After all if they're leaking information via Cawley, what's the difference?
As for the delays, if for argument's sake they were ENTIRELY due to Roland buggering around and moving the goalposts, I find it REALLY hard to believe that the Aussies would still say nothing, not even a brief statement expressing disappointment and indicating that it wasn't due to them.
If the takeover breaks down and players like Pearce, Forster-Caskey, Fosu, Aribo and Magennis are sold then putting your money on us to be relegated might not be such a silly bet.
I think @AFKABartram may be right here with his summary. Perhaps Brentford offered more upfront for Konsa than any other club,suited RD, so he sold him.
I can't believe that any premier league team that wanted Konsa would allow themselves to be outbid by Brentford.
And that Konsa would have chosen Brentford over a PL team who would probably pay double the wages and loan him to a team like Brentford anyway!
We need confirmaton from the EFL about whether the Aussies have met the fit and proper persons requirements before we can decide who is responsible for the latest stand-off.
We need confirmaton from the EFL about whether the Aussies have met the fit and proper persons requirements before we can decide who is responsible for the latest stand-off.
I thought they had already signed off on it ?
So you’re saying they might not have the money @Airman Brown ?
We need confirmaton from the EFL about whether the Aussies have met the fit and proper persons requirements before we can decide who is responsible for the latest stand-off.
Makes sense.
Don't have the dough so Roland is putting plan B into action.
We need confirmaton from the EFL about whether the Aussies have met the fit and proper persons requirements before we can decide who is responsible for the latest stand-off.
I thought they had already signed off on it ?
Indeed. And if it’s true all roads lead to Roland. Fundamentally, though, the issue is that he wants more money than the club is worth because he has pissed it up the wall. There is no shortage of buyers at a realistic price, as the last year has shown.
I know its been done to death, but htf can RD legally sell assets (players) after a price has been agreed and we're, supposedly, on the cusp of a done deal?
I suspect it is the latter. He is impulsive and probably lost patience. He has previous doesn't he! What seems incredible is that with a deal reported to be so close, a player has been apparently sold behind the new buyer's backs. Any ordinary idiot would tell you that is reckless, but Roland sadly isn't an ordinary idiot - he is an extraordinary one!
Just like to say a big well done to CARD in their efforts to get RD to sell up. Well done guys!
Do piss off. They got off their arse and did something about it as they weren't happy. What did you do? Let me guess, sit behind your keyboard and moan about others. Great help you've been.
I thought James Seed had intimated more than on one occasion that funds were not the issue with the EFL. Although not disclosed it may have been to do with members of the consortium having financial intertests with other clubs.
Edit: Just seen Addicted's post giving the all clear from the EFL
And before anybody questions why somebody so rich can be an idiot - Didn't Howard Hughes go completely mad? Roland's behaviours have been that of a delusional madman for years!
I think its time for the Aussies to show some transparency now.
This whole saga has gone on far too long and we the long suffering fans are being mugged off in my opinion. This morning the deal was close, this evening its a million miles away. We won't get anything out of RD so perhaps they can enlighten us. They are supposed to be the good guys after all.
I'm rapidly losing faith with the Aussies and suspect they're as much to blame for the delays as RD.
After all they still haven't made a public statement about the takeover and their intentions (i.e. something on the record and "official" which is bizarre for a takeover of this type), and if it was RD who was causing the takeover to be delayed, surely they would be in public, blaming RD and highlighting that it wasn't their fault.
Whatever we might think about the purchase price, presumably they've agreed it with RD, and have had 6 months (or whatever) to get the financing sorted and paperwork done. If the holdup is due to them, and as a result he's having to fund losses beyond when he expected to have sold the club, it's not surprising that he's sold a player to cover them...
Bang on the money for me, great post. I have never been convinced this deal was as far along as most of you as you will see from my previous posts. I have always said the silence from the Aussie camp and the press is deafening.
We need confirmaton from the EFL about whether the Aussies have met the fit and proper persons requirements before we can decide who is responsible for the latest stand-off.
I thought someone posted on here this morning his contact from within the EFL had text to say "all past and completed" or was that a load of tosh as well?
Hats off to JJ and Solly throughout all of these last 4 and a bit years. I know Solly has had injuries and the club have always stood by him, but what he and JJ have had to put up with has been farcical
When all this shit is over I think those two, like the rest of the fans, deserve a happy ending
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It's all about money.
Who is responsible for Charlton not being worth £45m in June 2018????? After 4.5 years in charge of the club "as a business enterprise" he has been a catastrophic failure, but the owner is seemingly not prepared to accept the loss.
Who'd pay his rumoured price other than for land value?
Investing in football is just idiocy.
I'm not expecting interviews and weekly updates, but I find it bizarre that there hasn't even been a half page official statement from them, and find it hard to believe that RD could prevent that. After all if they're leaking information via Cawley, what's the difference?
As for the delays, if for argument's sake they were ENTIRELY due to Roland buggering around and moving the goalposts, I find it REALLY hard to believe that the Aussies would still say nothing, not even a brief statement expressing disappointment and indicating that it wasn't due to them.
Few pints later. I get home and seen this.
Why am I even shocked!?
I'll tell the Mrs to put the pot noodles and red bulls away then
WIOTOS
and Burger Boy still has a job
Do they have to release an official statement about a club they don't yet own? No of course they don't.
Did Russell Slade teach you lot nothing?
Don't have the dough so Roland is putting plan B into action.
Is that the long and short of it?
supposedly, on the cusp of a done deal?Ludicrous
What did you do? Let me guess, sit behind your keyboard and moan about others. Great help you've been.
Edit: Just seen Addicted's post giving the all clear from the EFL
When all this shit is over I think those two, like the rest of the fans, deserve a happy ending
PS - mehmet, not that happy ending