The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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When will these years of hell end?
All we want is decent, open people with a plan running the club.
What the hell did we do to deserve this?14 -
So the past fortnight we were getting the positive stories from the Aussies.That was until Roland's been to town and now were getting the other side of the coin.
Both trying to confuse everyone. Nothing official is allowed due to NDA. I bet the announcement, one way or the other, will just come out of no where like the Konsa sale
Keep calm, Keep the Faith,
Everyone Altogether now...
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Doesn’t take 18 months and £1m to discover that. Ask the Scots.Redhenry said:I have heard the Aussie bid fell apart last week. Club not worth what they want.
The fundamental problem remains that Duchatelet wants someone to compensate him for the money he’s wasted and continues to waste.23 -
If that is true they are as mad as Roly, why waste the time and money for the past year if they didn't want to pay the fee? Surely negotiations and legal wrangling only start when an agreement is likely. Unless DD threw up something, but everyone can see what a state the club is in.Redhenry said:I have heard the Aussie bid fell apart last week. Club not worth what they want.
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Closer than I thought thensam3110 said:
Can't count Henners, 67 pagesHenry Irving said:
Count up not downcafcpolo said:
Not as painful as Henry's countdown. Please please close the thread on 999 pagesAFKABartram said:
None of us know. It’s painful.
933 so only 77 pages to go or three Grapevine posts
Two grapevine posts, one AFKA "guys" pleas for calm and a wreckinham stream of consciousness2 -
Well it has!Airman Brown said:
Doesn’t take 18 months and £1m to discover that. Ask the Scots.Redhenry said:I have heard the Aussie bid fell apart last week. Club not worth what they want.
The fundamental problem remains that Duchatelet wants someone to compensate him for the money he’s wasted and continues to waste.9 -
People inside the club have rarely been a source on the whole saga, generally because they have been kept in the dark.J BLOCK said:
Several people from inside the club? Horrendous if trueAirman Brown said:
Maybe. Several people have said they are out but not heard of them saying it directly to anyone yet.Valley11 said:
So what are the Aussies saying about this @Airman Brown ?Airman Brown said:
The stories about RD holding a fire sale aren’t coming from the Aussies at all.AFKABartram said:Trouble is, we just don’t know. All we know is the spin / version that one side wants to leak out.
It could be the Aussies just can’t get the finance after having lost a couple of backers. It could equally be that after the recent sale of assets Roland still wants the same asking price for the club (but now with less assets), which the Aussies might think is taking the mick.
None of us know. It’s painful.
Are they out?2 -
A whole 18 months0
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Things are still happening not saying it’s the Aussies they are happening with but things we still turning under foot
I agree there will be a fire sale as the old fucka won’t want to lose over a mil a month but he is prepared to play the long game something I have said I feared from the very beginning
everyone saying that the club moved the goal posts is just not plausible for me
There was a deadline to get the deal done at the agreed price they never hit it so RD is doing what he does best and fucking us whilst trousering cash
I am no RD apologist but I also ain’t no Aussie fan boy takes two this deal and they ain’t come up with their side
Let’s see what happens in the next 7 days we will know then8 -
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The Aussies aren't saying anything at the moment, and only leak minimal info (since the beer meet).Valley11 said:
So what are the Aussies saying about this @Airman Brown ?Airman Brown said:
The stories about RD holding a fire sale aren’t coming from the Aussies at all.AFKABartram said:Trouble is, we just don’t know. All we know is the spin / version that one side wants to leak out.
It could be the Aussies just can’t get the finance after having lost a couple of backers. It could equally be that after the recent sale of assets Roland still wants the same asking price for the club (but now with less assets), which the Aussies might think is taking the mick.
None of us know. It’s painful.
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Not being funny James, but if their ever was a time to give them a call now would be it.JamesSeed said:.
The Aussies aren't saying anything at the moment, and only leak minimal info (since the beer meet).Valley11 said:
So what are the Aussies saying about this @Airman Brown ?Airman Brown said:
The stories about RD holding a fire sale aren’t coming from the Aussies at all.AFKABartram said:Trouble is, we just don’t know. All we know is the spin / version that one side wants to leak out.
It could be the Aussies just can’t get the finance after having lost a couple of backers. It could equally be that after the recent sale of assets Roland still wants the same asking price for the club (but now with less assets), which the Aussies might think is taking the mick.
None of us know. It’s painful.
Are they out?
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I’ll take your word for that shall I?Airman Brown said:
I guess the submission to the EFL by Chris Parkes is about as official as it gets.carly burn said:
Tbf haven’t heard officially that they were ever in.Airman Brown said:
Maybe. Several people have said they are out but not heard of them saying it directly to anyone yet.Valley11 said:
So what are the Aussies saying about this @Airman Brown ?Airman Brown said:
The stories about RD holding a fire sale aren’t coming from the Aussies at all.AFKABartram said:Trouble is, we just don’t know. All we know is the spin / version that one side wants to leak out.
It could be the Aussies just can’t get the finance after having lost a couple of backers. It could equally be that after the recent sale of assets Roland still wants the same asking price for the club (but now with less assets), which the Aussies might think is taking the mick.
None of us know. It’s painful.
Are they out?0 -
The interesting thing is that RD is offering big discounts on players for cash.0
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You could always ask Chris.carly burn said:
I’ll take your word for that shall I?Airman Brown said:
I guess the submission to the EFL by Chris Parkes is about as official as it gets.carly burn said:
Tbf haven’t heard officially that they were ever in.Airman Brown said:
Maybe. Several people have said they are out but not heard of them saying it directly to anyone yet.Valley11 said:
So what are the Aussies saying about this @Airman Brown ?Airman Brown said:
The stories about RD holding a fire sale aren’t coming from the Aussies at all.AFKABartram said:Trouble is, we just don’t know. All we know is the spin / version that one side wants to leak out.
It could be the Aussies just can’t get the finance after having lost a couple of backers. It could equally be that after the recent sale of assets Roland still wants the same asking price for the club (but now with less assets), which the Aussies might think is taking the mick.
None of us know. It’s painful.
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Airman Brown said:
The interesting thing is that RD is offering big discounts on players for cash.
Says whoAirman Brown said:The interesting thing is that RD is offering big discounts on players for cash.
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He would do - he’s losing money hand over fist.Airman Brown said:The interesting thing is that RD is offering big discounts on players for cash.
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It doesn't work like that unfortunately.J BLOCK said:
Not being funny James, but if their ever was a time to give them a call now would be it.JamesSeed said:.
The Aussies aren't saying anything at the moment, and only leak minimal info (since the beer meet).Valley11 said:
So what are the Aussies saying about this @Airman Brown ?Airman Brown said:
The stories about RD holding a fire sale aren’t coming from the Aussies at all.AFKABartram said:Trouble is, we just don’t know. All we know is the spin / version that one side wants to leak out.
It could be the Aussies just can’t get the finance after having lost a couple of backers. It could equally be that after the recent sale of assets Roland still wants the same asking price for the club (but now with less assets), which the Aussies might think is taking the mick.
None of us know. It’s painful.
Are they out?3 - Sponsored links:
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Heard it from three different people in respect of three different transfers, complete or otherwise, all of which are in the public domain.nth london addick said:
Says whoAirman Brown said:The interesting thing is that RD is offering big discounts on players for cash.
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Only makes sense if he is not planning to hang around to collect subsequent instalments though.ricky_otto said:
He would do - he’s losing money hand over fist.Airman Brown said:The interesting thing is that RD is offering big discounts on players for cash.
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What a mess we're in, it just goes to show how important it would have been for us to win promotion last season. Had we been promoted there would have probably been more interested buyers and maybe one of them would have paid the madman's over-inflated asking price if we were only one step away from The Premier League.
As it stands even if Bowyer does bring in 4 players this just doesn't cover the loss of the 5 loanees, Lennon, Kashi, Konsa and 2 more outgoings and anybody else RD cashes in on. Make no mistake unless a takeover happens we're in for a long hard season at the wrong end of the table and if we get relegated again it could be 4-5 years (from now) until we even see The Championship again let alone The Premier League.
RD will not want to put another penny of his own money in and if cuts are happening I wouldn't be surprised if the mad old fool goes the whole hog and closes the Upper Tiers of the ground relocating anyone with a ST bought already and also shuts down the big screen, after all he's never there to watch it anyway!
So the question now to all the ITK guys surely has to be, have The Aussies walked away for good and if they have what are the chances of any previous party coming back to the table or any new parties arriving? If the whole process goes back to square one we really are screwed...it's my upcoming 30th year supporting Charlton and this really does feel worse than it did during the exile years.
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About to read 300 new posts. I hope something good has happened.14
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Because even if it's not the Aussies, Duchatelet isn't it in for the long-term. Cash upfront means he keeps it and the next owners don't benefit from add-ons. It's the reason Brentford were able to get Konsa.Airman Brown said:The interesting thing is that RD is offering big discounts on players for cash.
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that the end of us0
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can’t see a party coming in now from scratch to buy a third their club with half a squad and no SMT unless it is effectively given away...
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He is playing a card game right now theres no value in doing thatAirman Brown said:
Heard it from three different people in respect of three different transfers, complete or otherwise, all of which are in the public domain.nth london addick said:
Says whoAirman Brown said:The interesting thing is that RD is offering big discounts on players for cash.
He sold one to bring the value of the club down and make it more reachable for Aussies with the information in this thread a few pages back I’d say there’s some value in reducing the debt to bring that part of the club sale out snagging list and make it more affordable and attractive
Now if those sniffing continue to struggle to raise the money or just keep stalling I don’t doubt there may be truth in it
But he also knows cafc in the fourth division has a significant affect on the zeros he has placed as the total value
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Let's face it - RD has been fighting a losing battle with reality for some time now.
He honestly thinks that he is going to find someone who is willing to recompense him for his historic incompetence in running our club into the ground - all so that he doesn't have to lose face and confront the reality, which is that he is a deluded, egotistical idiot.
He isn't going to find someone as mad or stupid as him who is prepared to do that.
We're screwed.5 -
The Aussies have Napa as their advisor. They've only just realised his financial nous is shite.Airman Brown said:
Doesn’t take 18 months and £1m to discover that. Ask the Scots.Redhenry said:I have heard the Aussie bid fell apart last week. Club not worth what they want.
The fundamental problem remains that Duchatelet wants someone to compensate him for the money he’s wasted and continues to waste.10
