The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

killerandflash said:

agim said:

From a friend who works closely with the club:

Delay in takeover caused by one of Andrew Muirs investors not passing fit & proper test due to connections with a former club. Newcastle or Everton apparently.

Deal is now complete and is awaiting approval from the FA.

Won't be announced until after Norwich game.

1 day after the Norwich game or 2 years afterwards?

Does it really make any difference? It’s a five year plan after all ;-)

[Sorry, poor joke]

Uboat said:

SoundAsa£ said:

Any idea what The Valley Cafe were charging for a Full English back in 1086?

Read my earlier post about the destruction of a way of life. They would have been serving a Full Norman.

I’d like to think that was not the case......some things are sacred you know.

JamesSeed said:

killerandflash said:

agim said:

From a friend who works closely with the club:

Delay in takeover caused by one of Andrew Muirs investors not passing fit & proper test due to connections with a former club. Newcastle or Everton apparently.

Deal is now complete and is awaiting approval from the FA.

Won't be announced until after Norwich game.

1 day after the Norwich game or 2 years afterwards?

Does it really make any difference? It’s a five year plan after all.

Of course it matters. And that plan might well go out of the window dependant on circumstances.

All well and good saying they are in it for the long haul but we are in a pretty shite position now.

Rothko said:

This whole thing is fucking tiresome, what's the crackpot theory that explains why it'll be done after Norwich and not before?

Like others have said.... a day after a week after.....several months after?
This dubious announcement is just that.....dubious. It sounds like a Colinism to me.

SoundAsa£ said:

Rothko said:

This whole thing is fucking tiresome, what's the crackpot theory that explains why it'll be done after Norwich and not before?

Like others have said.... a day after a week after.....several months after?
This dubious announcement is just that.....dubious. It sounds like a Colinism to me.

This

LargeAddick said:

if they are sending the papers to the FA that could be the problem

No one has the first idea of what's happening, be it pub gossips, mates of mates, or the supposed people in the know who talk to one side or the other.

We're about to at best waste this season, at worst end up in League 2, getting the deal done, and progressing the club is whats needed.

It's a mess, and people are just so worn down with the last 4 years, they've given up giving a fuck

ShootersHillGuru said:

Rothko said:

If the deal is complete, why wait and waste two weeks of the transfer window, doesn't make any sense, but none of this whole shambolic charade has

Rothko said:

This whole thing is fucking tiresome, what's the crackpot theory that explains why it'll be done after Norwich and not before?

Durrrrrr.

What colours do Norwich play in ?

Makes perfect sense to me.

se9addick said:

JamesSeed said:

castrust said:

50% of 928 respondents said they were likely to buy a season ticket if there was a change of ownership

https://castrust.org/2018/05/season-ticket-and-attitudes-survey-results/

Yes I looked up the survey after I posted my question. Very useful.
If I were the Aussies I might offer a discount for a couple of weeks after any takeover, although would anyone who had paid the higher price want a rebate?

cafcfan said:

There are remarkable similarities.

In 1086, Charlton had 13 villagers and two slaves. Today 13 players, and Bowyer and Jackson.

The tenant-in-chief was Bishop Odo. Now it's Roland Odd. Bishop Odo of Bayeux never visited either.

The Lord of the Manor was William, son of Oger. Now it's Tony Ogre.

Back then Charlton was worth £7. Now it's feck all.

BTW, it's a bit weird that William, son of Oger held only three properties, Footscray, our Charlton and another Charlton down near Dover.

opendomesday.org/place/TQ4177/charlton/

That site is really cool, thanks for sharing (the slaves thing is a bit grim though!).

Yeah, it's good isn't it? But I think I might have been a bit misleading on the "worth" thing. Not sure but I suspect that's what the gaff would have brought in to the Son of Oger per annum. (I guess that the place itself was worth nothing because William The Bastard could have just taken it back on a whim and granted it to someone else?)

agim said:

From a friend who works closely with the club:

Delay in takeover caused by one of Andrew Muirs investors not passing fit & proper test due to connections with a former club. Newcastle or Everton apparently.

Deal is now complete and is awaiting approval from the FA.

Won't be announced until after Norwich game.

Thanks to @CrabApples for putting this on the bite sized thread.

The delay would square with what has trickled out from two or three people. It's frustrating, it feels like a lot of valuable time potentially lost for something that seems, from the outside looking in, like it would be avoidable.

Assuming this is correct and everything falls into place bang on the 28th, then they would have one week to do business with lower league teams before the transfer window closes (I think it's the end of the month for loans if I'm not mistaken, don't know about overseas transfers). And again, that's best case scenario.

All we can do now is hope this time through the EFL goes smoothly, that the Aussies are willing to put some expenditure into the club up front (both in terms of players and in terms of the huge number of "office staff" vacancies). And hope that Gallen and Bowyer have a list of players in the event some money came in.

A lot of hoping, but we've made it this far on hope.

Thanks for the info @agim

THE DEAL IS DONE
Between Roly and the Aussies at least...

SDAddick said:

agim said:

From a friend who works closely with the club:

Delay in takeover caused by one of Andrew Muirs investors not passing fit & proper test due to connections with a former club. Newcastle or Everton apparently.

Deal is now complete and is awaiting approval from the FA.

Won't be announced until after Norwich game.

Thanks to @CrabApples for putting this on the bite sized thread.

The delay would square with what has trickled out from two or three people. It's frustrating, it feels like a lot of valuable time potentially lost for something that seems, from the outside looking in, like it would be avoidable.

Assuming this is correct and everything falls into place bang on the 28th, then they would have one week to do business with lower league teams before the transfer window closes (I think it's the end of the month for loans if I'm not mistaken, don't know about overseas transfers). And again, that's best case scenario.

All we can do now is hope this time through the EFL goes smoothly, that the Aussies are willing to put some expenditure into the club up front (both in terms of players and in terms of the huge number of "office staff" vacancies). And hope that Gallen and Bowyer have a list of players in the event some money came in.

A lot of hoping, but we've made it this far on hope.

Thanks for the info @agim

Assuming everything else that the EFL have is ok & all they will be looking at is 1 new investor then I'd have hoped that it shouldn't take that long.

However. how & why someone would say it would be announced after the Norwich game is a bit bizarre...........what say the EFL agreed everything by this weekend, are the Aussies just going to sit there & do nothing for a week ??. I also don't think it really matters now though as if it did happen next Saturday it will be a bit late for the this season.

I'm not going to believe it as my hopes will only be dashed & I'm going away that day so don't want to ruin my holiday.

Curb_It said:

Isn't the bite sized threat supposed to stay stickied for a little bit so people get a chance to spot it/read it?

@Crabbles doesn't have that ability.

Just a friendly reminder:
THE DEAL IS DONE
Between Roly and the Aussies at least...

We now have a 6 month FA approval waiting time...

Dazzler21 said:

Just a friendly reminder:
THE DEAL IS DONE
Between Roly and the Aussies at least...

We now have a 6 month FA approval waiting time...

That's why there's a delay - they sent the papers to the wrong bloody people! It's the EFL, not the FA dumbkoffs!

Pedro45 said:

Dazzler21 said:

Just a friendly reminder:
THE DEAL IS DONE
Between Roly and the Aussies at least...

We now have a 6 month FA approval waiting time...

That's why there's a delay - they sent the papers to the wrong bloody people! It's the EFL, not the FA dumbkoffs!

It's okay the EFL have to submit the finalised paperwork for approval to the FA. At least that's my understanding... Which is likely incorrect...