The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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They don't seem to have thought this through do they? Getting work permits for footballers is by no means straightforward. This (I hope it's up to date) explains it: only non-EEA players who are internationally established at the highest level, and whose employment will make a significant contribution to the development of their sport at the highest level, are allowed to play in the UK.Ormiston Addick said:
Yes, if they have a UK passport and have the right to move to the UK.Callumcafc said:http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/68050/ashley-maynard-brewer-15-yo-aussie-keeper-signs
We can sign Australian 15 year olds if we want to.
It's difficult to see how that includes young Aussie players at the start of their career.0 -
They may have UK ancestry which helpscafcfan said:
They don't seem to have thought this through do they? Getting work permits for footballers is by no means straightforward. This (I hope it's up to date) explains it: only non-EEA players who are internationally established at the highest level, and whose employment will make a significant contribution to the development of their sport at the highest level, are allowed to play in the UK.Ormiston Addick said:
Yes, if they have a UK passport and have the right to move to the UK.Callumcafc said:http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/68050/ashley-maynard-brewer-15-yo-aussie-keeper-signs
We can sign Australian 15 year olds if we want to.
It's difficult to see how that includes young Aussie players at the start of their career.0 -
I'm sure that the lucrative trade deal that we do with Australia post Brexit will have benefits that might help.cafcfan said:
They don't seem to have thought this through do they? Getting work permits for footballers is by no means straightforward. This (I hope it's up to date) explains it: only non-EEA players who are internationally established at the highest level, and whose employment will make a significant contribution to the development of their sport at the highest level, are allowed to play in the UK.Ormiston Addick said:
Yes, if they have a UK passport and have the right to move to the UK.Callumcafc said:http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/68050/ashley-maynard-brewer-15-yo-aussie-keeper-signs
We can sign Australian 15 year olds if we want to.
It's difficult to see how that includes young Aussie players at the start of their career.
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Steady on, this is an article in The Mail for heaven's sake, and yet in 90 minutes we're nearly on to 7 pages of posts. I want rid of RD as much as the next person but I'm not getting too excited one way or the other until there is news from some more reliable source.2
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If they're unhappy, it makes it even better for me!sammy391 said:
You should see the "other" forum!Greenie said:Fuck me, we have not even been taken over by these people, that we know nothing about, and yet people on here are crapping themselves already, it's so bloody embarrassing, it really is!
You ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
CARD already getting the blame for a shit takeover from people with no money!
They're all wetting themselves with the "we told you to be careful for what you wished for" crap4 -
Do they own any clubs in Oz ? If not how are they going to push the best of the toungsters to us ?ShootersHillGuru said:
Thing is. It's not going to be "their" investment. The five year blueprint will need backing by other investors. Notoriously hard getting into the PL without huge luck (Palace) or huge investment. I can't see many "investors" out there likely to gamble.sadiejane1981 said:They intend to make back their investment by getting us back into the premier league. That can't be a bad thing.
As for the feeder club. What's not to cautiously like. Plenty of talent in Oz. First dibs on the cream could be very good.
I'm betting this won't eventually fly.1 -
Ahahahahahahahaha!0
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Well they were first to link RD with the club... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2530174/Charlton-agree-takeover-Belgian-millionaire-Roland-Duchatelet.htmlSevensix said:Steady on, this is an article in The Mail for heaven's sake, and yet in 90 minutes we're nearly on to 7 pages of posts. I want rid of RD as much as the next person but I'm not getting too excited one way or the other until there is news from some more reliable source.
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I doubt many Aussie clubs would stand in the way of young talent. If a ready pathway to an English professional club exists then it's not going to be a problem. There would need to be a good scouting network by AFC but I expect they know that already.charltonbob said:
Do they own any clubs in Oz ? If not how are they going to push the best of the toungsters to us ?ShootersHillGuru said:
Thing is. It's not going to be "their" investment. The five year blueprint will need backing by other investors. Notoriously hard getting into the PL without huge luck (Palace) or huge investment. I can't see many "investors" out there likely to gamble.sadiejane1981 said:They intend to make back their investment by getting us back into the premier league. That can't be a bad thing.
As for the feeder club. What's not to cautiously like. Plenty of talent in Oz. First dibs on the cream could be very good.
I'm betting this won't eventually fly.
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I'm just happy that RD could be gone soon, with ambitious (I dont care that they are not minted) owners who want success on the pitch - and at that point I buy a season ticket again and I can focus on the footballing, like I used to.4
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The Championship?Essex_Al said:The spivs were ambitious, look where that got us!
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No where near administration though mate!ElfsborgAddick said:
The Belgians are unambitious, look at where that has got us.Essex_Al said:The spivs were ambitious, look where that got us!
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I think the spivs would have done alright had they not fallen out with their backer. Once that happened it was all over for them.Essex_Al said:
No where near administration though mate!ElfsborgAddick said:
The Belgians are unambitious, look at where that has got us.Essex_Al said:The spivs were ambitious, look where that got us!
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Definitely.BR7_addick said:All of a sudden Charlton Lifers are clinging to a daily mail story, are we due an eclipse?
Be careful what you wish for - even in dire situations. Who are they 'raising' money from? (The prospect of it being non-Australian money should be considered. China? Korea? Singapore?). Who will be the actual owners with a charge over the club?
What track record do they have of running a football club anywhere?
Will they change the name? Or the first team strip?
Yeah....it could work out and it might be better. I hope it does, assuming it's likely to happen.
And if it does would we be a 'nursery' club or proving ground for Oz/NZ talent? Not in League One in my view. (Emerging antipodeans would presumably still be tempted much more by UK and European clubs a bit higher than us).
The comparisons with us being a proving ground for SA talent under Seed, Trotter and Hill actually aren't that encouraging. The individuals were often good, great even, players but we didn't win anything with them and the best were sold - and they only came to SE7 in the first place because we were in the top flight, not the 3rd tier.
Still, let's hope its a positive step on the road back to some sort of reasonable status.0 -
Promoted from League One with record points total before Cash withdrew funding.Essex_Al said:The spivs were ambitious, look where that got us!
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And potless!Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:0 -
Everyone just relax... Can we take a moment to enjoy the fact that this is the end of RD... Life is too short to worry about what might be... Let's just go for the ride...!7
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Here we go again with another clue that jumps straight over our headsAirman Brown said:
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Could Duchatelet be keeping hold of The Valley?1
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How about another 12 months under the current owners? If League 2 is not happening this season, than it will probably happen next season.Essex_Al said:
Really!shirty5 said:Positive news at last. Anything that means they are selling up is a win win
I sincerely hope you're right mate, doesn't look to glossy so far though!
Mind bogging that a few still think that this lot are ok.
Anyone who comes in must have more idea on how to run an English football club, than this current lot., especially with someone who has played over 500 times in the Premier League part of this new consortium10 -
Typical hater. Why not stop slagging the club off for once and get behind the team.Essex_Al said:
No where near administration though mate!ElfsborgAddick said:
The Belgians are unambitious, look at where that has got us.Essex_Al said:The spivs were ambitious, look where that got us!
People like you making the club toxic are not really fans. You'd rather see the club die than back the new owners.
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Rhys Williams was an Aussie, just saying likeForeverAddickted said:
Is it still a hot bed of talent?killerandflash said:On a cautionary note, why would young Australian talent come to us?
It's not as if it's some undiscovered football country, that nobody else has paid any attention to, I'm sure lots of clubs have scouts down under, and if rival London clubs were also interested, why would a talented youngster sign for us, rather than West Ham or Palace? It's not as if there's a language or cultural barrier to overcome...
Hate to say but the days of Mark Viduka and Harry Kewell coming through are long gone for Australia...i.e. Look at the current National Team, yes they've a handful of players here in the Football League but no real household names anymore.
I honestly think they've gone backwards in terms of impressive kids coming through as who is the last Australian to make you sit up and think that you'd love to sign?
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Of course we all want to be in the PL, but I'd be happy to be back in the Championship, with a team I could be proud of. A "proper" Charlton team that wasn't completely rebuilt every season18
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Doesn't sound too promising does it, but it does give a bit more credence to him wanting out. A little bit of news is not neccesarily bad news.1
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The main thing for me is that this thread is keeping the Bonded Resin Driveways thread down the list.23
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The Red Robin said:
Could Duchatelet be keeping hold of The Valley?
This is what worries me.The Red Robin said:Could Duchatelet be keeping hold of The Valley?
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I think too many getting carried away by this - a belated April fools jest?Themightyath2 said:Everyone just relax... Can we take a moment to enjoy the fact that this is the end of RD... Life is too short to worry about what might be... Let's just go for the ride...!
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Yes.......definitely something to consider. RD leases the ground to a new operating company.Bilko said:The Red Robin said:Could Duchatelet be keeping hold of The Valley?
This is what worries me.The Red Robin said:Could Duchatelet be keeping hold of The Valley?
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It's what he's done to St Truiden so wouldn't surprise me if he's trying to keep hold of The Valley and charge us rent. That article deliberately ommits The Valley as part of the purchase.Bilko said:The Red Robin said:Could Duchatelet be keeping hold of The Valley?
This is what worries me.The Red Robin said:Could Duchatelet be keeping hold of The Valley?
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