To demonstrate how odd this statement is, I am posting on here for the first time in years rather than just reading others messages!
It just seems to be the complete opposite to Sundays message, where the clubs tone was apologetic. This last statements comes across as confrontational.
What makes it even weirder (apologies KM for using one of your phrases) is that it is buried on the website, not even the top story! And not twitter link. It's as if the comms team know how ridiculous it is.
Last Sunday, some individuals did not come to The Valley to watch the game and support the team, but came to create disorder on the pitch and interfere with the players and the game. Disorder which is, allegedly, needed to drive change in ownership and management.
Whom would they expect the club to be sold to? How long would a sales process take? Is it easier to sell the club when it is in League One rather than Championship?
Some individuals seem to want the club to fail. This is a confused approach, since following this logic leads to exactly the opposite of what we all want: staying in the Championship... etc
My God, someone had sex with a fish - and had offspring
The club has simply responded to my complaint - that the second paragraph of every article repeats the opening paragraph which in turn is a slightly longer version of the headline.
Credit where credit's due - they're prepared to change.
To demonstrate how odd this statement is, I am posting on here for the first time in years rather than just reading others messages!
It just seems to be the complete opposite to Sundays message, where the clubs tone was apologetic. This last statements comes across as confrontational.
What makes it even weirder (apologies KM for using one of your phrases) is that it is buried on the website, not even the top story! And not twitter link. It's as if the comms team know how ridiculous it is.
There's no "as if they know" about it. They'll be gutted about posting this and desperate to bury it.
I'm still having trouble believing this is for real. If it is it has clearly been written by an unstable person; in fact it's not far short of a rant. Can 'Roland' back up his statements about these so-called meetings... eg. dates/times? One can only hope the media have been copied in to this. Think he needs a bigger spade to deepen the hole he is digging for himself.
Roland is becoming more and more like a wrinkled Kim Jong-un every day. Issue a statement which is utter bullshit and then expect everyone to accept it. So, any chance of a picture (heavily photoshopped if necessary) of Roland alongside those fans he met? Or of Squirrel Face chatting happily with her customers? No? Thought not.
Tomorrows email brought forward in light of club statement
Club Statement
Dear Katrien,
In light of tonight's club statement I have had to bring my daily email forward a few hours. Yes that's 2 emails from me in one day. May I also add that this statement has come at a very inconvenient time. It is during the late evening hours of the night that I am furiously swiping right on Tinder, winking at posh totty on the Inner Circle, and wincing at some of the winks I get on match.com (I'm not lying, I will show you when we finally get to meet).
Anyway, I'm speechless, actually no, that's not right, this is an email, I'm....what's the correct term here, what's the speechless equivalent when writing an email. I'll come back to that.
Are you okay? Is Roland okay? Have you been out on the lash? Has Roland just done a few lines of condensed milk, got charged and thought he'd tell it like it is (or how he sees it)?
That statement is probably one of the greatest pieces of literature in the history of not only Charlton Athletic, not only football, but of all the ancients texts and classics the world over. Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Confucius, Marx, Luther King and Cliff Richard couldn't have penned something as magnanimous or as insightful as that if they all combined their mighty intellect twenty times over.....
Where did you come up with it? Who came up with it? Why did they come up with it? Who said it was a good idea to run with it?
The content????? Why are the club claiming Roland has met with the fans? Neither you nor Roland got back to me about my invitation for dinner at an award winning Thai restaurant. No one got back to me about 'Rolling with Roland', my film dedicated to our leader. When I offered to take Roland with us on the coach to Sheff Wed on Saturday, here we are, 3 days away, nothing, zero, zip, nilch, nadda. I was going to sit Roland next to the 31 year man. I was going to buy Roland a coffee from a Costa at a services. Have you ever bought a coffee from a motorway service station? Minimum price a small deposit on a house!!!! Newport Pagnell, Leicester Forest East, it doesn't matter. It's expensive. I had my legal team writing to the Eagles to ask to use the rights to 'Life in the fast lane' as Roland sits on the coach, the camera panning round his head. I was going to sell my father's mug and programme collection to finance this venture in case the British Film Council didn't see the potential.
Roland never met with me. You can't release a statement saying Roland has met with the fans. The trip for 5 lucky winners to go to Roland's half baked football factory hasn't even happened yet. You've jumped the gun.
Please issue a retraction immediately and go back to ignoring the protests, it's just 2% of our fan base, a few idiots, nothing to worry about.
I'm off to bed now. By the time I wake up I want to imagine this is all just a bad dream and we can get back to focusing on the important things like target 20k and more sofas.
I'm still having trouble believing this is for real. If it is it has clearly been written by an unstable person; in fact it's not far short of a rant. Can 'Roland' back up his statements about these so-called meetings... eg. dates/times? One can only hope the media have been copied in to this. Think he needs a bigger spade to deepen the hole he is digging for himself.
Can we print the statement on beach balls - then at least we can derive some pleasure from them being spiked, as the statement should have been done before it was issued.
Fill your boots folks. They want to hear from you at fans@cafc.co.uk
This puzzles me.
What's happened since that statement about the new email address went live? Or the statement yesterday with the empty platitudes? This is a complete U turn.
The truth be told I can only think he or she is watching our response and realised it's a lost cause. Combined with drink you get embarrassment.
It pains me to say, but if that is the case and Katrien has been reading and reacted this way... then I genuinely fear for mental well-being. I worry not only for her state of mind but her safety. She needs to be removed as soon as possible and, dare I say it, as an employer Roland needs to look after her for a while as his duty of care.
I despise the woman for what she's done but this U turn and the way that statement is worded does still make me concern for her well being as a fellow human being.
If you are reading this Katrien, resign. It WILL blow over if you go, most likely by the time you've sorted yourself out. Yes you'll need to rebuild your reputation but so have lots of people. No job is worth your mind, take it from me.
I was invited to the Training Ground today along with other hospitality customers. We were accompanied by the Senior Management team and prior to the tour we had a chance to put some questions to KM. I don't think she was expecting it and seemed a bit rattled that about half of us were asking questions that she didn't like.
I had hoped that there would have been a Q & A session with the SMT at the end, but that was with JJ, Ademola & Alou Diarra.
As we were leaving I went up to her on my own and took the opportunity to ask her if she was going to respond to CARD's statement and whether they would be meeting the Trust. During that conversation she said to me that Roland had met with some fans. I thought nothing of that at the time, but for it to appear in the 'statement' tonight seems a bit of a coincidence.
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*This is so rich it must be fattening.
#stillawayout
It just seems to be the complete opposite to Sundays message, where the clubs tone was apologetic. This last statements comes across as confrontational.
What makes it even weirder (apologies KM for using one of your phrases) is that it is buried on the website, not even the top story! And not twitter link. It's as if the comms team know how ridiculous it is.
Credit where credit's due - they're prepared to change.
Club Statement
Dear Katrien,
In light of tonight's club statement I have had to bring my daily email forward a few hours. Yes that's 2 emails from me in one day. May I also add that this statement has come at a very inconvenient time. It is during the late evening hours of the night that I am furiously swiping right on Tinder, winking at posh totty on the Inner Circle, and wincing at some of the winks I get on match.com (I'm not lying, I will show you when we finally get to meet).
Anyway, I'm speechless, actually no, that's not right, this is an email, I'm....what's the correct term here, what's the speechless equivalent when writing an email. I'll come back to that.
Are you okay? Is Roland okay? Have you been out on the lash? Has Roland just done a few lines of condensed milk, got charged and thought he'd tell it like it is (or how he sees it)?
That statement is probably one of the greatest pieces of literature in the history of not only Charlton Athletic, not only football, but of all the ancients texts and classics the world over. Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Confucius, Marx, Luther King and Cliff Richard couldn't have penned something as magnanimous or as insightful as that if they all combined their mighty intellect twenty times over.....
Where did you come up with it? Who came up with it? Why did they come up with it? Who said it was a good idea to run with it?
The content????? Why are the club claiming Roland has met with the fans? Neither you nor Roland got back to me about my invitation for dinner at an award winning Thai restaurant. No one got back to me about 'Rolling with Roland', my film dedicated to our leader. When I offered to take Roland with us on the coach to Sheff Wed on Saturday, here we are, 3 days away, nothing, zero, zip, nilch, nadda. I was going to sit Roland next to the 31 year man. I was going to buy Roland a coffee from a Costa at a services. Have you ever bought a coffee from a motorway service station? Minimum price a small deposit on a house!!!! Newport Pagnell, Leicester Forest East, it doesn't matter. It's expensive. I had my legal team writing to the Eagles to ask to use the rights to 'Life in the fast lane' as Roland sits on the coach, the camera panning round his head. I was going to sell my father's mug and programme collection to finance this venture in case the British Film Council didn't see the potential.
Roland never met with me. You can't release a statement saying Roland has met with the fans. The trip for 5 lucky winners to go to Roland's half baked football factory hasn't even happened yet. You've jumped the gun.
Please issue a retraction immediately and go back to ignoring the protests, it's just 2% of our fan base, a few idiots, nothing to worry about.
I'm off to bed now. By the time I wake up I want to imagine this is all just a bad dream and we can get back to focusing on the important things like target 20k and more sofas.
Good night
Sent from my iPhone
What's happened since that statement about the new email address went live? Or the statement yesterday with the empty platitudes? This is a complete U turn.
The truth be told I can only think he or she is watching our response and realised it's a lost cause. Combined with drink you get embarrassment.
It pains me to say, but if that is the case and Katrien has been reading and reacted this way... then I genuinely fear for mental well-being. I worry not only for her state of mind but her safety. She needs to be removed as soon as possible and, dare I say it, as an employer Roland needs to look after her for a while as his duty of care.
I despise the woman for what she's done but this U turn and the way that statement is worded does still make me concern for her well being as a fellow human being.
If you are reading this Katrien, resign. It WILL blow over if you go, most likely by the time you've sorted yourself out. Yes you'll need to rebuild your reputation but so have lots of people. No job is worth your mind, take it from me.
Whom would they expect the club to be sold to? Check your inbox
How long would a sales process take? 20 minutes
Is it easier to sell the club when it is in League One rather than Championship? Certainly. Give Pete a call on 07983 ********
He's had a shandy and fancied taking us on. Comms team so embarassed they aren't promoting it on social media and they are burying it on the site.
Christ, bread and butter for the media this.
I was invited to the Training Ground today along with other hospitality customers. We were accompanied by the Senior Management team and prior to the tour we had a chance to put some questions to KM. I don't think she was expecting it and seemed a bit rattled that about half of us were asking questions that she didn't like.
I had hoped that there would have been a Q & A session with the SMT at the end, but that was with JJ, Ademola & Alou Diarra.
As we were leaving I went up to her on my own and took the opportunity to ask her if she was going to respond to CARD's statement and whether they would be meeting the Trust. During that conversation she said to me that Roland had met with some fans. I thought nothing of that at the time, but for it to appear in the 'statement' tonight seems a bit of a coincidence.