"Joe Read, an 18-year-old Charlton fan who spoke passionately at the AGM and started a successful campaign to persuade fans to wear black and white to register their disapproval,"
Well done Joe, inspired idea : - 0
Hahaha, sorry.
I did say it was just the twitter account I started :-)
Just pulling your leg,
more than happy for you to be the poster boy of Black and White.
Yet more embarrassment for her. An attempt to try and smooth things over has only led to her digging an even bigger hole for herself by giving us even more evidence that she is completely clueless and still doesn't get it
There's a tremendous amount of Meire nonsense in there as per usual but the thing that really got my blood boling was quite a small throwaway comment on the end of some thing she said.
'We all love this club'.
Piss off you absolute cow beast. Love the club? Some ancient Lovecraftian businessman sat in his office shrugging at protests hundreds of miles away who hasn't been to see a match in over a year and his unqualified, un-PR trained harridan of a CEO who laughs at us out of one side of her mouth and lies out of the other 'love' the club. The club that fans brought back from the brink and are 'weird' for feeling ownership of. The club that they are tearing apart piece by piece and sending down the Football League to oblivion? They love it do they?
Jesus Christ, if this is how they treat the things they love I'd hate to see the state of their enemies.
There's a tremendous amount of Meire nonsense in there as per usual but the thing that really got my blood boling was quite a small throwaway comment on the end of some thing she said.
'We all love this club'.
Piss off you absolute cow beast. Love the club? Some ancient Lovecraftian businessman sat in his office shrugging at protests hundreds of miles away who hasn't been to see a match in over a year and his unqualified, un-PR trained harridan of a CEO who laughs at us out of one side of her mouth and lies out of the other 'love' the club. The club that fans brought back from the brink and are 'weird' for feeling ownership of. The club that they are tearing apart piece by piece and sending down the Football League to oblivion? They love it do they?
Jesus Christ, if this is how they treat the things they love I'd hate to see the state of their enemies.
She only uses the "l" word 'cos " Love means never having to say you're sorry".
Wonder whether KM has EVER apologised in her life ?
Excellent article but it is truly painful to read her feeble responses to even the most polite of "interrogations".
Katrien you have no answers. You have no idea what to say or where to turn. After 2yrs you are still trying to work out how to engage your customers?
You are locked into a mantra you have been chanting since your appointment. Very regrettably it offers no path to enlightenment. You have not been taken out of context. It is a lame defence of some indefensible comments.
I have no wish to offend the legal profession but with your legal background you appear totally absorbed by "representing the client" where you focus exclusively on presenting the arguments of your client and/or his company in the face of ever mounting evidence and public condemnation of crimes against professional football in general and Charlton Athletic in particular.
You appear completely incapable of understanding the value of the arguments put forward by others, dismissing and as if in some fictional episode of Law & Order, trying to discredit their evidence as coming from the aged, infirm, fundamentally weird and/or 2%. Though it could be argued we do fall under the "Special Victims" category.
Your approach is totally flawed, at every turn it is defensive and divisive. You repeatedly offer a wish for some sort of conciliation but have for 2yrs sought to defer, delay, dismiss, refuse or reject any approach almost in some vain hope things will magically get better and we will all suddenly see the true wisdom of Roland Duchatelet.
For some reason in following your entertainment theme I am drawn to this passage from "Shakespeare in Love"
"Allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
So what do we do?
Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well.
How?
I don't know. It's a mystery.
Very sadly - Ms Meire in this very real comic tragedy there is no mystery - only failure.
I have no wish to offend the legal profession but with your legal background you appear totally absorbed by "representing the client" where you focus exclusively on presenting the arguments of your client and/or his company in the face of ever mounting evidence and public condemnation of crimes against professional football in general and Charlton Athletic in particular.
I wonder if the new Head of Communications has a hand in this? I hope not, but this as well as Riga's similar sentiments ("love the club etc") have the whiff of being part of a bigger media strategy.
The club hierarchy seem to think that buttering up the press and feeding them the same lies and assurances they have tried on us will win the media over. It might for a short while - it did us to a some extent - but in a month when Murray and Meire are asked how they have communicated with fans, what will they answer then?
And if squirrel face thinks that this might have calmed things down, then Saturday ought to put her right on that.
I wonder if the new Head of Communications has a hand in this? I hope not, but this as well as Riga's similar sentiments ("love the club etc") have the whiff of being part of a bigger media strategy.
The club hierarchy seem to think that buttering up the press and feeding them the same lies and assurances they have tried on us will win the media over. It might for a short while - it did us to a some extent - but in a month when Murray and Meire are asked how they have communicated with fans, what will they answer then?
And if squirrel face thinks that this might have calmed things down, then Saturday ought to put her right on that.
Damage limitation exercise from her ... not good enough, too late ... and she has a PA shitstorm to hit her over the coming weeks
Think Owen was charmed by her in the end. He replied to my tweet saying it could be down to her second language. Not join. That, she is fluent in English
This excuse sounds like complete unadulterated BS.
I understand it's different, and that the Swedish education system is generally looked upon as one of the best in the world, but whenever someone talks about second languages in business I remember a conversation I had in a sports bar in Lund, Sweden. I got talking to a chap who used to work at Sony, and now worked across the water in Copenhagen - I asked him about his Danish, or whether Swedish was close enough to be understandable in the context of the workplace. His repsonse was, to quote, "This is business. In business you either speak English or you die, I even haven a t-shirt with that on it.".
He even bemoaned having to deal with clients in Newcastle because their English was poor, naturally I told them they were essentially foreigners to us Englishmen too.
However, anyone I've liaised with professionally from another country has had impeccable English. I have worked with people from all over Europe, and a few Eastern European countries aside (predominantly ex-soviet countries which still seem to identify with the Russians - i.e Latvians), their English has far surpassed that which would explain Katrien's performance as mere linguistic nuances.
A deeply unfair excuse to hide behind because it gives others a bad name and is an injustice to those who work and run businesses here without any such nonsense.
There used to be a yearly booklet sent out by ExxonMobil to its employees showing what a global company it was and the good deeds it does round the World a truely "global family" The CEO of ExxonMobil visited the Uk (to tell Blair off) and he had "meeting with the staff" questions could be asked, but these were vetted pre the "open" meeting. They were the same questions from the floor at the London office as they were at Leatherhead. However one chap asked ANOTHER question and the CEO didnt like it, his response ? " We are an American company with American values and American ways of doing business, if you dont like it sir im sure there are other oil company's that you could work for !!"
always made me chuckle to get that booklet---seems Roland has met the former CEO of ExxonMobil Mr Lee Raymond
There used to be a yearly booklet sent out by ExxonMobil to its employees showing what a global company it was and the good deeds it does round the World a truely "global family" The CEO of ExxonMobil visited the Uk (to tell Blair off) and he had "meeting with the staff" questions could be asked, but these were vetted pre the "open" meeting. They were the same questions from the floor at the London office as they were at Leatherhead. However one chap asked ANOTHER question and the CEO didnt like it, his response ? " We are an American company with American values and American ways of doing business, if you dont like it sir im sure there are other oil company's that you could work for !!"
always made me chuckle to get that booklet---seems Roland has met the former CEO of ExxonMobil Mr Lee Raymond
Hold on... A Guardian thread with no 'Guardianistas' comment... You've gone soft!
Charlton was ahead of everyone else in having a fan on the board. It opened its doors to the fans very early on and didn’t suffer at all and gained from it,” said Efford. “Perhaps Charlton could consider reintroducing that in the near future to take the fans with them.”
Think Owen was charmed by her in the end. He replied to my tweet saying it could be down to her second language. Not join. That, she is fluent in English
This excuse sounds like complete unadulterated BS.
I understand it's different, and that the Swedish education system is generally looked upon as one of the best in the world, but whenever someone talks about second languages in business I remember a conversation I had in a sports bar in Lund, Sweden. I got talking to a chap who used to work at Sony, and now worked across the water in Copenhagen - I asked him about his Danish, or whether Swedish was close enough to be understandable in the context of the workplace. His repsonse was, to quote, "This is business. In business you either speak English or you die, I even haven a t-shirt with that on it.".
He even bemoaned having to deal with clients in Newcastle because their English was poor, naturally I told them they were essentially foreigners to us Englishmen too.
However, anyone I've liaised with professionally from another country has had impeccable English. I have worked with people from all over Europe, and a few Eastern European countries aside (predominantly ex-soviet countries which still seem to identify with the Russians - i.e Latvians), their English has far surpassed that which would explain Katrien's performance as mere linguistic nuances.
A deeply unfair excuse to hide behind because it gives others a bad name and is an injustice to those who work and run businesses here without any such nonsense.
My brother-in-law has run his own very successful computer business in Belgium for over twenty years, he only ever uses English while doing business (and most of the rest of the time, too). When I have been to Brussels I have noticed that even in bars and restaurants work colleagues quite often talk to each other in English when socialising, I guess because of the French v Flemish thing?
Henry irvings comments under the article certainly pull no punches lolz
A. Do you think Steve Clarke Is Henry ? B. Yet another in joke ? C. Power is going to My(your) head. ? D. Anyone that doesn't agree with me is an enemy E. Whooooooosh.
Charlton was ahead of everyone else in having a fan on the board. It opened its doors to the fans very early on and didn’t suffer at all and gained from it,” said Efford. “Perhaps Charlton could consider reintroducing that in the near future to take the fans with them.”
Article summed up the situation well. However, she is still here, and claiming to love our club???? Who is she trying to kid? Also he's not selling! At least JR says he's not network and wants to be boss of his dressing room. He can use that as the reason if RD gets rid again.
Henry irvings comments under the article certainly pull no punches lolz
A. Do you think Steve Clarke Is Henry ? B. Yet another in joke ? C. Power is going to My(your) head. ? D. Anyone that doesn't agree with me is an enemy E. Whooooooosh.
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more than happy for you to be the poster boy of Black and White.
'We all love this club'.
Piss off you absolute cow beast. Love the club? Some ancient Lovecraftian businessman sat in his office shrugging at protests hundreds of miles away who hasn't been to see a match in over a year and his unqualified, un-PR trained harridan of a CEO who laughs at us out of one side of her mouth and lies out of the other 'love' the club. The club that fans brought back from the brink and are 'weird' for feeling ownership of. The club that they are tearing apart piece by piece and sending down the Football League to oblivion? They love it do they?
Jesus Christ, if this is how they treat the things they love I'd hate to see the state of their enemies.
Wonder whether KM has EVER apologised in her life ?
He ain't selling
She ain't going
Create a business around a budget even if that didn't work
Katrien you have no answers. You have no idea what to say or where to turn. After 2yrs you are still trying to work out how to engage your customers?
You are locked into a mantra you have been chanting since your appointment. Very regrettably it offers no path to enlightenment. You have not been taken out of context. It is a lame defence of some indefensible comments.
I have no wish to offend the legal profession but with your legal background you appear totally absorbed by "representing the client" where you focus exclusively on presenting the arguments of your client and/or his company in the face of ever mounting evidence and public condemnation of crimes against professional football in general and Charlton Athletic in particular.
You appear completely incapable of understanding the value of the arguments put forward by others, dismissing and as if in some fictional episode of Law & Order, trying to discredit their evidence as coming from the aged, infirm, fundamentally weird and/or 2%. Though it could be argued we do fall under the "Special Victims" category.
Your approach is totally flawed, at every turn it is defensive and divisive. You repeatedly offer a wish for some sort of conciliation but have for 2yrs sought to defer, delay, dismiss, refuse or reject any approach almost in some vain hope things will magically get better and we will all suddenly see the true wisdom of Roland Duchatelet.
For some reason in following your entertainment theme I am drawn to this passage from "Shakespeare in Love"
"Allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
So what do we do?
Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well.
How?
I don't know. It's a mystery.
Very sadly - Ms Meire in this very real comic tragedy there is no mystery - only failure.
Good article ... I get the impression that even though our new Comms Head hasn't yet started, he/she may already be advising KM.
The club hierarchy seem to think that buttering up the press and feeding them the same lies and assurances they have tried on us will win the media over. It might for a short while - it did us to a some extent - but in a month when Murray and Meire are asked how they have communicated with fans, what will they answer then?
And if squirrel face thinks that this might have calmed things down, then Saturday ought to put her right on that.
Now either it's a complete coincidence... or someone's been busy doing their homework.
KM will never understand what he's saying !
I understand it's different, and that the Swedish education system is generally looked upon as one of the best in the world, but whenever someone talks about second languages in business I remember a conversation I had in a sports bar in Lund, Sweden. I got talking to a chap who used to work at Sony, and now worked across the water in Copenhagen - I asked him about his Danish, or whether Swedish was close enough to be understandable in the context of the workplace. His repsonse was, to quote, "This is business. In business you either speak English or you die, I even haven a t-shirt with that on it.".
He even bemoaned having to deal with clients in Newcastle because their English was poor, naturally I told them they were essentially foreigners to us Englishmen too.
However, anyone I've liaised with professionally from another country has had impeccable English. I have worked with people from all over Europe, and a few Eastern European countries aside (predominantly ex-soviet countries which still seem to identify with the Russians - i.e Latvians), their English has far surpassed that which would explain Katrien's performance as mere linguistic nuances.
A deeply unfair excuse to hide behind because it gives others a bad name and is an injustice to those who work and run businesses here without any such nonsense.
The CEO of ExxonMobil visited the Uk (to tell Blair off) and he had "meeting with the staff" questions could be asked, but these were vetted pre the "open" meeting.
They were the same questions from the floor at the London office as they were at Leatherhead. However one chap asked ANOTHER question and the CEO didnt like it, his response ?
" We are an American company with American values and American ways of doing business, if you dont like it sir im sure there are other oil company's that you could work for !!"
always made me chuckle to get that booklet---seems Roland has met the former CEO of ExxonMobil Mr Lee Raymond
I thought this term referenced Belgian people.
We does the CAFC experience involve a literal Wally and his Loon.
Belgian football is class and yet we've a non football focused owner who got laughed out of his national game.
B. Yet another in joke ?
C. Power is going to My(your) head. ?
D. Anyone that doesn't agree with me is an enemy
E. Whooooooosh.
Millwall still do