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***The Takeover thread mk. 3.0 (IT"S NOT DONE - BUT YOU HAVE BEEN!!!)***
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Why didn't these seriously loaded people buy the club then ? A few millions in loan obligations would be chicken feed to these alleged characters. The club has been up for sale for years. If they were serious about the club, then the deal could have been quickly completed. All the talk is immaterial now that the deal is completed. It is just what ifs. I am not sure what the point of bringing it all up now is, particularly the I can't do it today tease.cafc1263 said:I will in due course but I can't today but when you here the name of the other people you will wonder why
Am happy that the immediate threat to the future of the club seems to have been lifted. Trust is earned and will see how Duchalet works out. Giving Chris Powell a proper chance with some players he wants will help. A plan to build the youth set up to category A would be excellent.
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Good to see David White seeming to imply Chris Powell will time in this window to sign some players
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It's good but it's not right ;0)cafc999 said:could cafc1263 be talking about Peter Varney and Qatari money..??
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Good news, you now have till the end of the season mr Powell to change my opinion on how you set up your teams to play football, not a lover i admit but hope you get time to prove me wrong
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anyone with serious money would've done it, anyone with serious money thinking about it are full of hot air and baloney2
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Another person I would like to see stay is Paul Hart, running the Academy.
For me the priorities is signing up the players that we want for next season, getting in players for this season and investing in the pitch, both short term remedial work (if it is possible) and for next season.
Not sure if I was him if I would give an immediate contract to CP, but see how he goes and maybe make a decision in mid March.
It would be nice if the Barnsley program had a notice of intent, but I won't hold my breath2 -
Barnsley is gonna be a
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Hiring one of those 'Whale' thingies and purchasing a decent set of covers would probably be a good start - that and buying Paddy a new fork handle.Kap10 said:Another person I would like to see stay is Paul Hart, running the Academy.
For me the priorities is signing up the players that we want for next season, getting in players for this season and investing in the pitch, both short term remedial work (if it is possible) and for next season.
Not sure if I was him if I would give an immediate contract to CP, but see how he goes and maybe make a decision in mid March.
It would be nice if the Barnsley program had a notice of intent, but I won't hold my breath
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On the SLP only. Nothing official? I'll leave it thanks. Probably a last minute ploy to weed the REAL money men out.
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No chance of any grass growing again for another few months, either the existing or new turf.0
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Exiled_Addick said:
....that and buying Paddy a new fork handle.Kap10 said:Another person I would like to see stay is Paul Hart, running the Academy.
For me the priorities is signing up the players that we want for next season, getting in players for this season and investing in the pitch, both short term remedial work (if it is possible) and for next season.
Not sure if I was him if I would give an immediate contract to CP, but see how he goes and maybe make a decision in mid March.
It would be nice if the Barnsley program had a notice of intent, but I won't hold my breath
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All these young 'talents' coming our way to be greeted by a 'pitch' of mud and can't play the football they'll want to.. If the new owners not pitching in to fix a nice green lawn then I'm starting up a fund myself0
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Sorry, but I hope that this report is somebody jumping the gun again.
I'm sure he's nice fella and all, but I don't want Mr Duchatalet running our club - he's already got his hands full running the other twenty seven. And I don't want any Liege cast-offs, either.
Hopefully someone serious will save us.
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I see beggars can be choosersbigstemarra said:Sorry, but I hope that this report is somebody jumping the gun again.
I'm sure he's nice fella and all, but I don't want Mr Duchatalet running our club - he's already got his hands full running the other twenty seven. And I don't want any Liege cast-offs, either.
Hopefully someone serious will save us.
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At least we should be able to get in a couple of much needed players! That's good news in my book.0
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They're starting up a fund at Standard Liege too.Atletico Addick said:All these young 'talents' coming our way to be greeted by a 'pitch' of mud and can't play the football they'll want to.. If the new owners not pitching in to fix a nice green lawn then I'm starting up a fund myself
I hope that this isn't us in the future:
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My boss is (a) Belgian & (b) a Standard Liege fan - first time I have had a chance to talk to him today since news of the deal broke.
Not sure I like the sound of Mr. D
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Liege are top of the league and no longer in debt
I'd like some of that please8 -
Swisdom said:
Liege are top of the league and no longer in debt
I'd like some of that please
yes yes and yes if only we had a like button
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I could translate these videos but it would take a while. Suffice to say that they don't like Duchatelet at all and so the supporters are raising money to buy the club.
If anyone asks me to then I will translate at least some of it.0 -
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It's probably just as well the Oxford game is likely to be postponed, it would be a shame for Roland's first game as owner to be in front of 6000 people!0
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Yes please Jimmy0
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Don't think Mr. Duchatelet is the quiet shy retiring low profile type. I think he's going to be an interesting and controversial owner who divides opinion and does things his way or the highway. If he can stabilise CAFC and move us forward I'm happy with that. We know his money is legit and I'm sure he has a plan that doesn't include seeing us get worse. Let's give the bloke a fair crack shall we.1
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Sounds Mike Ashleyish to me and despite protests from the Geordies - they're actually doing ok.0
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Regarding the pitch, did I not read somewhere that our RD is a fan of articial pitches? Maybe he could move us to the local Goals until the end of the season.0
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Actually the furore going on at Standard Liege may be to our advantage. They seem to have given him so much stick that he seems resigned to selling the club to the fans. Perhaps he's decided that he may be b
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I'm just letting you know now I've got a girlfriend and I don't swing that way so this obsession needs to stopUboat said:
ValleyGary doesn't seem to be on at the moment, so on his behalf I'd like to say 'This'.O-Randy-Hunt said:If its done then thanks to ms and tj for leaving us in a better position than when you found us.
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I can take no credit for this as I did hear that negotiations had hit a snag a few days ago.I was going to post the following this morning as I heard the problems had been resolved:
The scenario that is slowly playing out is a tricky one and there is no telling how the cards will eventually fall. As you all probably know the club has been up for sale for some time. It has attracted a fair amount of interest that has resulted in some offers from various parties. Offers,which up until now the board have felt are derisory.
Due to financial implications the board are up against the clock somewhat,and will have to sell in the near future. The bid from the American came completely out of the blue and was very close to the boards valuation. Now this is where things started to muddy the waters. There is another interested party that have made at least one offer in the past. They have sufficient funds and also,importantly, have at least one member who has a previous link to the club so would probably have the clubs best interests at it's heart compared to the other interested parties who may not. Now either in a show of greed or in an attempt to allow the second party to improve their offer the Harris bid was revealed to the press. This only succeeded in upsetting Harris and added to the fact his financial team had found a few potential problems he withdrew his offer. So now there was only one offer,which still stood, from the second party. I should also add that the second party has a significant axe to grind with the current Charlton board and appear to be letting this play out whilst watching them squirm during the process.
Now to counter act this the Charlton hierarchy decided they would need to find another suitor who could potentially buy the club, but more importantly would not necessarily have the clubs best interests as it's core reason for Purchase. This is where they approached Duchatelet. A man who was not on the lookout for a club but when offered at a rock bottom price had to get involved.Now I'm not saying Duchatalet would completely neglect the club but I think Charlton fans would be far happier with the yet unnamed party at the helm.
The board are trying to pull on the emotional heart strings of the second party in the hope they up there offer.If not they will sell to Duchatelet which will cost them money and leave the future of CAFC in the darkness somewhat.The second party may however wait until such time that Duchatelet is ready to sell,which could be quite soon, and make another move then..Its a war of attrition, of that there is no doubt.
This is what Angeldust has just posted on ITV... VERY telling, and pretty much makes it obvious who a particular party is.5 -
Wow, interesting0
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So we aren't relocating to Ebbsfleet just yet then?2
