Cawley gone down in my estimations. He just writes the same thing every other week, but in a different way and throws in a "might" and "could" here and there. He'd make a better weather man imo
It's not an easy business when neither side is willing to go on the record and their versions contradict each other. You either recognise that in what you write or you end up saying nothing, in which case no doubt he'd be criticised for saying nothing.
Is that what they teach at Journalism school these days? I wonder how much of the Watergategate scandal would have being uncovered with that docile approach? It is unarguably the case that over the last 5 or 6 years Charlton fans have being plagued with shit owners, shit CEOs, shit managers and shit players. I think they have also being plagued by shit journalists.
Whilst I agree the standards of journalism is the UK can be appalling, we also have to accept thst we are a league one team, I can't imagine we get enough attention to warrant the effort of good, investigative journalism.
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.
Yes. Having no shortage of funds doesn't mean you have to act like mugs.
It suits certain people who want their money back to brief some on here aganst the Aussies, but don't fall for it folks.
Behave. I despise RD but I’m not blinkered enough to think everything is his fault in this saga without some form of evidence that suggests that. Given he is desperate to offload the club then uneducated guesswork would actually suggest to me the opposite
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.
Yes. Having no shortage of funds doesn't mean you have to act like mugs.
It suits certain people who want their money back to brief some on here aganst the Aussies, but don't fall for it folks.
Behave. I despise RD but I’m not blinkered enough to think everything is his fault in this saga without some form of evidence that suggests that. Given he is desperate to offload the club then uneducated guesswork would actually suggest to me the opposite
You may not be blinkered enough, but I do wonder if you and a small number of others have been paying full attention to the actions of the man since he bought us. With all due respect. Therein should lie the required clues!
My message to the Aussies, and I am sure the message of most Charlton fans would be that we are fully behind you and immensely grateful for your attempts to rid us of this vile piece of sh*t!
Personally I'm not fully behind them, atm, almost all everything ive seen about them so far worries me and I fear it could be a real out of the frying pan, into the fire moment.
Strange thing to say. Where has that idea come from?
It is clear that Cawley is the personification of our debate here .
Multiple sources giving conflicting information .
Too many people here are so desperate to hear good news ( as am I) , so will believe certain posters and find fault in others .
I really feel depressed about next season after really getting behind Bowyer in the last ten games . We need a manager in place ASAP (or even yesterday) and some players to make us competitive .
Trump has a good couple of words for "conflicting information"....It's called Fake News
There has to be a reason for Roland coming to England. It clearly isn't something he enjoys doing! The decisions to sell players can be just as easily be made in Belgium.
Why are people talking about the Aussies not bidding enough?
Surely if the deal goes to the EFL then all is agreed?
I can’t imagine the EFL would be willing to do their checks unless both parties signed it off.
Also, if it does fall through (which it won’t), who will be willing to pay £1m for another due diligence given Roland’s track record of withdrawing at the last minute???!!!
Cawley gone down in my estimations. He just writes the same thing every other week, but in a different way and throws in a "might" and "could" here and there. He'd make a better weather man imo
It's not an easy business when neither side is willing to go on the record and their versions contradict each other. You either recognise that in what you write or you end up saying nothing, in which case no doubt he'd be criticised for saying nothing.
Is that what they teach at Journalism school these days? I wonder how much of the Watergategate scandal would have being uncovered with that docile approach? It is unarguably the case that over the last 5 or 6 years Charlton fans have being plagued with shit owners, shit CEOs, shit managers and shit players. I think they have also being plagued by shit journalists.
Whilst I agree the standards of journalism is the UK can be appalling, we also have to accept thst we are a league one team, I can't imagine we get enough attention to warrant the effort of good, investigative journalism.
Totally agree, which is why I think that saying nothing is better than Tweeting it "could" be this week, but it might not be. It's not even as if he's filling the column inches, when it's a Tweet
This is now a game for poker players. The Aussies have the better hand, this being a buyers' market, but RD still has the merchandise. He's using the Aussies' clear desire for CAFC as his trump card against them in the same way that he's always used Addicks' loyalty and love for the club against us. He's actually weaponised our Addicktion - fancy that!!
The Konsa play wrong-footed everyone. RD is a smart guy, and has the further advantage that he can make his own decisions, whereas the buyers are a consortium and decisions have to be discussed and agreed.
RD wants to cut his losses and to save face. The buyers want to save money (you can only spend it once) and to reach the best deal they can with the Bonkers Billionaire - in all their collective years in business it's unlikely that they've ever met anyone quite like RD.
RD will fight for the last cent. Oz are beating the price down. As this has always been, it's all about the bottom-line valuation. Somewhere amidst all the bluff, bullshit and bravado there is a sweet-spot which all parties, not least the many costly professional advisers, are trying fervently to find, to bring this marathon to an end. Nearly there.
And a personal message to RD. Mr Roland, sir, over these past years many unkind and spiteful things have been said about you, but now it is time to take our leave may I offer a different farewell. You and I are the same age - 71 - and the years ahead will truly be special ones. I have Parkinson's and what the future holds is rather uncertain. Your coming years, on the other hand, I hope will be many and vigorous. I wish you good health and the chance to step aside from your hectic life to enjoy years of quiet contemplation. That being so, I know that you will not give a second thought to your quite disastrous stewardship of my beloved football club, but I can only hope that every waking moment of your long years ahead are filled with an agony of remorse over all those poor euros and centjes you have so wantonly - and uncharacteristically - thrown away on the ungrateful CAFC. After all, it's the only thing you really care about. Look after yourself, ok?
Great post. I'm sure we all wish you a positive future and the club you love helps rather than hinders.
It is shameful that a man that has so much money that he could not spend it in his lifetime is happy to sack and ruin the lives of his staff in order to win an imaginary game that won’t effect as much as 1% of his interests. Despicable behaviour.
It is shameful that a man that has so much money that he could not spend it in his lifetime is happy to sack and ruin the lives of his staff in order to win an imaginary game that won’t effect as much as 1% of his interests. Despicable behaviour.
I hope he dies.
Bit much that. It will effect around 2% of his interests.
Cawley gone down in my estimations. He just writes the same thing every other week, but in a different way and throws in a "might" and "could" here and there. He'd make a better weather man imo
It's not an easy business when neither side is willing to go on the record and their versions contradict each other. You either recognise that in what you write or you end up saying nothing, in which case no doubt he'd be criticised for saying nothing.
Is that what they teach at Journalism school these days? I wonder how much of the Watergate scandal would have been uncovered with that docile approach? It is unarguably the case that over the last 5 or 6 years Charlton fans have being plagued with shit owners, shit CEOs, shit managers and shit players. I think they have also being plagued by shit journalists.
Of course we don't know everything, but there is a clue in your post to why we ought to know who the good guys are here - How you describe Roland as a maniac. Which is spot on!
Yet we've seen from their very own sources that some of the delays have been down to the aussies.
They've never seen it as a race. I reported their comments to that effect on 19th May. They see it as a long term project. Isn't that a good thing?
It is shameful that a man that has so much money that he could not spend it in his lifetime is happy to sack and ruin the lives of his staff in order to win an imaginary game that won’t effect as much as 1% of his interests. Despicable behaviour.
I hope he dies.
Bit much that. It will effect around 2% of his interests.
;-)
Sorry, may have over cooked that bit.
I am reminded of Joey Barton’s words on Roy Hodgson. “It is time for someone to take him out into the garden and pull the trigger”.
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.
Remember the time when Jordan Cousins was going to Arsenal or another premier club, yet the discerning eye knew that his close control issues meant championship was the best he could hope for at the time of his transfer. Konsa has potential but needs to improve so many parts of his game, Brentford could be the making of him.
I really don't understand how anyone can rationalise the shifting of blame away from Roland on scant evidence. Not after the hell he's put the club through over the better part of the past four years. He's made absolutely ludicrous decisions throughout. All of a sudden, it's not his fault? Of course it bloody well is! He's been dicking the Aussies around, just like he's dicked us around. He doesn't care about anything other than his own mad interests. He wants to sell, but, as always, he wants everything on his bonkers terms. Maybe the Aussies and others could have done/do things differently, who knows? But if this falls through, Roland takes the blame.
Not least that he’s trying to sell a dodgy Ford Focus for the price of a new BMW 5 Series
This is now a game for poker players. The Aussies have the better hand, this being a buyers' market, but RD still has the merchandise. He's using the Aussies' clear desire for CAFC as his trump card against them in the same way that he's always used Addicks' loyalty and love for the club against us. He's actually weaponised our Addicktion - fancy that!!
The Konsa play wrong-footed everyone. RD is a smart guy, and has the further advantage that he can make his own decisions, whereas the buyers are a consortium and decisions have to be discussed and agreed.
RD wants to cut his losses and to save face. The buyers want to save money (you can only spend it once) and to reach the best deal they can with the Bonkers Billionaire - in all their collective years in business it's unlikely that they've ever met anyone quite like RD.
RD will fight for the last cent. Oz are beating the price down. As this has always been, it's all about the bottom-line valuation. Somewhere amidst all the bluff, bullshit and bravado there is a sweet-spot which all parties, not least the many costly professional advisers, are trying fervently to find, to bring this marathon to an end. Nearly there.
And a personal message to RD. Mr Roland, sir, over these past years many unkind and spiteful things have been said about you, but now it is time to take our leave may I offer a different farewell. You and I are the same age - 71 - and the years ahead will truly be special ones. I have Parkinson's and what the future holds is rather uncertain. Your coming years, on the other hand, I hope will be many and vigorous. I wish you good health and the chance to step aside from your hectic life to enjoy years of quiet contemplation. That being so, I know that you will not give a second thought to your quite disastrous stewardship of my beloved football club, but I can only hope that every waking moment of your long years ahead are filled with an agony of remorse over all those poor euros and centjes you have so wantonly - and uncharacteristically - thrown away on the ungrateful CAFC. After all, it's the only thing you really care about. Look after yourself, ok?
Great post. I'm sure we all wish you a positive future and the club you love helps rather than hinders.
Many thanks for all the kind wishes!! No worries - the Glass is always Half Full, remember .... I am blessed with wonderful support from many quarters but especially a fantastic group of fellow Addicks.
And it will very soon be time for us all to get involved with rebuilding this unique club - what better task to keep the juices flowing!! "Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down".
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If so, it went well, didn't it.
Surely if the deal goes to the EFL then all is agreed?
I can’t imagine the EFL would be willing to do their checks unless both parties signed it off.
Also, if it does fall through (which it won’t), who will be willing to pay £1m for another due diligence given Roland’s track record of withdrawing at the last minute???!!!
He’s an idiot and the football world knows it.
Let’s just all chill Winston.
I hope he dies.
;-)
Isn't that a good thing?
Any delays aren't deliberate.
; )
I am reminded of Joey Barton’s words on Roy Hodgson. “It is time for someone to take him out into the garden and pull the trigger”.
Konsa has potential but needs to improve so many parts of his game, Brentford could be the making of him.
And it will very soon be time for us all to get involved with rebuilding this unique club - what better task to keep the juices flowing!! "Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down".