We've all been there Roland.I bloody hate Charlton sometimes. Maybe give the Valley a miss for a week or two. Do something else for a change. Maybe work your way through your 'electro semi-conductor components monthly' stash of magazines, like you've been meaning to recently? Go shopping with the wife, buy some new shoes and maybe a meal in your favourite restaurant(..not the window seat!)
Whatever. Give yourself a break from Charlton,Charlton,Charlton.
Seriously, been a gentle meander down Nonsense Avenue, but grateful if this thread can return to being used SOLELY for takeover related talk from now on. Curbs, Beards, Adverts and Squeasy Cheesy Peas can soil many other threads on here, but lets have a go at keeping this one 'on point' as we darlings say in Performing Arts land.
Any follow up stuff off topic runs the risk of being deleted and a complete waste of your time as well as our moderators.
Ta muchos
Ibborg hasn’t slept since October 19th because of you lot
To be fair - St Truiden are having their best ever season. Seems strange to get out now when they could be on the cusp of being worth a LOT more money
True but that assumes that RD thinks logically or in the way you describe. Maybe he just wants out and this was a good time to make the deal.
Let's hope lighting strikes twice.
And he clearly has no idea about the purpose of a football team or club. He doesn't seem to recognise that football results matter to clubs or their fans. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't even know that they are having a good season.
Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours
Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.
I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours
Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.
I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours
For that matter, were the Sint Truiden fans as anti Roland as we are, and indeed the Standard Liege fans were before he sold them?
Not much of a comparison, They are a fraction of our size and Duchatelet's personality looms large over the town, so many work for him directly or indirectly and he was probably seen, quite rightly, as a safer pair of hands because he wouldn't strangulate the club or put them in an invidious longterm commercial position.
Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours
For that matter, were the Sint Truiden fans as anti Roland as we are, and indeed the Standard Liege fans were before he sold them?
Not much of a comparison, They are a fraction of our size and Duchatelet's personality looms large over the town, so many work for him directly or indirectly and he was probably seen, quite rightly, as a safer pair of hands because he wouldn't strangulate the club or put them in an invidious longterm commercial position.
Or so you would have thought.
So many locals cannot wait to tell you what an absolute arsehole the man is - particularly those who frequent the Canaries bar.
Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours
For that matter, were the Sint Truiden fans as anti Roland as we are, and indeed the Standard Liege fans were before he sold them?
Not much of a comparison, They are a fraction of our size and Duchatelet's personality looms large over the town, so many work for him directly or indirectly and he was probably seen, quite rightly, as a safer pair of hands because he wouldn't strangulate the club or put them in an invidious longterm commercial position.
Or so you would have thought.
So many locals cannot wait to tell you what an absolute arsehole the man is - particularly those who frequent the Canaries bar.
Much harder to get a strong protest going though when your numbers aren't great and he could potentially get back at many of those who might stick their heads above the parapet.
Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours
Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.
I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
Why would they celebrate, he's sold the football club but kept the ground & presumably all the commercial activities that go with it, maybe even a slice of the entry fee each game. I just don't see how this is going to have a happy ending. I will wash my mouth out after saying this & flay myself within an inch of my life but is it possible that without the ground they would have been better off with the doucebag still owning them. Also isn't the current CEO staying in that position even with the new owners ? I feel really sorry for St Truiden & dread anyone buying us in a deal that doesn't include all the assets.
Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours
Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.
I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
Why would they celebrate, he's sold the football club but kept the ground & presumably all the commercial activities that go with it, maybe even a slice of the entry fee each game. I just don't see how this is going to have a happy ending. I will wash my mouth out after saying this & flay myself within an inch of my life but is it possible that without the ground they would have been better off with the doucebag still owning them. Also isn't the current CEO staying in that position even with the new owners ? I feel really sorry for St Truiden & dread anyone buying us in a deal that doesn't include all the assets.
Ah, fair play I hadn't realised that he'd kept the ground.
Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours
Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.
I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
Why would they celebrate, he's sold the football club but kept the ground & presumably all the commercial activities that go with it, maybe even a slice of the entry fee each game. I just don't see how this is going to have a happy ending. I will wash my mouth out after saying this & flay myself within an inch of my life but is it possible that without the ground they would have been better off with the doucebag still owning them. Also isn't the current CEO staying in that position even with the new owners ? I feel really sorry for St Truiden & dread anyone buying us in a deal that doesn't include all the assets.
Ah, fair play I hadn't realised that he'd kept the ground.
Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours
Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.
I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
Why would they celebrate, he's sold the football club but kept the ground & presumably all the commercial activities that go with it, maybe even a slice of the entry fee each game. I just don't see how this is going to have a happy ending. I will wash my mouth out after saying this & flay myself within an inch of my life but is it possible that without the ground they would have been better off with the doucebag still owning them. Also isn't the current CEO staying in that position even with the new owners ? I feel really sorry for St Truiden & dread anyone buying us in a deal that doesn't include all the assets.
Ah, fair play I hadn't realised that he'd kept the ground.
Tbf football is a fraction of what goes on there now. His doing, of course. Not a comparable situation with CAFC.
Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours
Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.
I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
Why would they celebrate, he's sold the football club but kept the ground & presumably all the commercial activities that go with it, maybe even a slice of the entry fee each game. I just don't see how this is going to have a happy ending. I will wash my mouth out after saying this & flay myself within an inch of my life but is it possible that without the ground they would have been better off with the doucebag still owning them. Also isn't the current CEO staying in that position even with the new owners ? I feel really sorry for St Truiden & dread anyone buying us in a deal that doesn't include all the assets.
Ah, fair play I hadn't realised that he'd kept the ground.
Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours
Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.
I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
Why would they celebrate, he's sold the football club but kept the ground & presumably all the commercial activities that go with it, maybe even a slice of the entry fee each game. I just don't see how this is going to have a happy ending. I will wash my mouth out after saying this & flay myself within an inch of my life but is it possible that without the ground they would have been better off with the doucebag still owning them. Also isn't the current CEO staying in that position even with the new owners ? I feel really sorry for St Truiden & dread anyone buying us in a deal that doesn't include all the assets.
Ah, fair play I hadn't realised that he'd kept the ground.
Tbf football is a fraction of what goes on there now. His doing, of course. Not a comparable situation with CAFC.
No thankfully not, if he had had his claws into us that deep there would have been no hope. Which going back to my previous post I just don't see a happy outcome for St Truiden. Am I missing something here ? If he controls the commercial side, a slice of the pie for everyone entering the ground, ground sponsorship ( & this is only guesswork although I have seen this suggested previously) how do the japanese make this work ?
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He's on his last legs, no doubt about it.
Maybe give the Valley a miss for a week or two. Do something else for a change.
Maybe work your way through your 'electro semi-conductor components monthly' stash of magazines, like you've been meaning to recently?
Go shopping with the wife, buy some new shoes and maybe a meal in your favourite restaurant(..not the window seat!)
Whatever. Give yourself a break from Charlton,Charlton,Charlton.
- really, who by?
- some Japanese outfit
- that's good
- yes
- what's your favourite make of waffle?
Apologies, AFKA - I'll post no more until it's on the official site.
Let's hope lighting strikes twice.
Is it not a bit strange that he sells his local club first ?
I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
because he wouldn't strangulate the club or put them in an invidious longterm commercial position.So many locals cannot wait to tell you what an absolute arsehole the man is - particularly those who frequent the Canaries bar.
...as didn't want to enrage AFKA .
It's not a pretty sight.
Fortunately his influence in the U.K. Is no where near as it is in Belgium.