The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

happyvalley

eaststandmike said:

happyvalley said:

1816, Sir Humprey Davy's safety lamp for miners is first tested at Hebburn colliery.

Stop jumping the gun, we are still on page 1815.

Sorry lost count.

cashncarry

JamesSeed said:

OK I'm back to hearing stuff I can't pass on now, so time to give you all a break :-)

Please

i_b_b_o_r_g

Jesus wept

Laddick01

I’ve also heard some stuff I can’t share on the takeover. Can’t say if it’s positive or negative but trust me it is about the takeover.

Honest.

Arsenetatters

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

Jesus wept

Indeed he did. He was a Charlton fan.

Codfishjunior

JamesSeed said:

OK I'm back to hearing stuff I can't pass on now, so time to give you all a break :-)

Leeds_Addick

Je suis "heard some stuff I can’t share on the takeover"

Billyboy

Why say you know something but can't say, what's the point in saying anything at all then😠

NapaAddick

It would be amazing if we get cleanly bought out at £33M and the loans are "taken care of" (whatever that means.) But given we know the following...

1. Debt to Staprix + Directors was £67M at the end of 2017-18 and likely went higher after 2018-19.

2. Roland wanted £60-70M while we were in League One, basically the debt he claims CAFC owes him on the books

3. His mouthpiece at fan forums stated potential buyers who bid less would need "creative" ways to fund the gap

4. He wanted player sell-on fees to fund the gap

5. He has said on more than on occasion that he might keep assets of the club and lease them back

Well.... it just seems not at all like Roland to suddenly sell the club at 1/2 what he wanted now that we have been promoted to the Championship, where club values actually rise. Roland does not seem like the type to just give-up nor does he seem like the type to accept reality now when being in a higher league puts him in a better position than one year ago. Even when I hear we are sold I will be holding my breath a bit until ALL the details of the takeover are public and we discover whether he still has his stinking paws in the club through other means. Having new "owners" is one thing. Having new owners while Roland owns the Valley and leases it back to us for ten years is another. Perhaps my hesitancy is just a Pavlovian response....but I just don't trust him. Count me as dubious about this takeover happening and still worried even if it does happen, until proven otherwise.

Goonerhater

i have herd feck all --aint spoken to anyone on a train either--but im happy to share that

Swisdom

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

JamesSeed said:

Just heard that Roland is offering to compromise a bit. Unsure if it'll be enough to swing it though. It's possible though.

The price is now 42m instead of 40.

That's 5%

He would only compromise about 2%

mrbligh

LLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKK AAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTT MMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

cafcwill

Still no yawn from the director on twitter
That's still a good sign for me

Bubble

cafcwill said:

Still no yawn from the director on twitter
That's still a good sign for me

He's asleep 

Themightyath2

I’m so bored of this thread... but I can’t stop checking it... 

Dazzler21

happyvalley said:

1816, Sir Humprey Davy's safety lamp for miners is first tested at Hebburn colliery.

Jeez that was more premature than a #donedeal post.

Macronate

Themightyath2 said:

I’m so bored of this thread... but I can’t stop checking it... 

Same here, I’m worried it’s become a halibut I can’t get out of.

NorthheathAddick

Macronate said:

Themightyath2 said:

I’m so bored of this thread... but I can’t stop checking it... 

Same here, I’m worried it’s become a halibut I can’t get out of.

Oh for cods sake here we go again...!!

Are we sole'd or not sole'd that's all I want to know...

i_b_b_o_r_g

NorthheathAddick said:

Macronate said:

Themightyath2 said:

I’m so bored of this thread... but I can’t stop checking it... 

Same here, I’m worried it’s become a halibut I can’t get out of.

Oh for cods sake here we go again...!!

Come on guys, you've been told already that the thread is no plaice for fish puns

i_b_b_o_r_g

NorthheathAddick said:

Macronate said:

Themightyath2 said:

I’m so bored of this thread... but I can’t stop checking it... 

Same here, I’m worried it’s become a halibut I can’t get out of.

Oh for cods sake here we go again...!!

Are we sole'd or not sole'd that's all I want to know...

The Jury's trout

golfaddick

just think, all will be clear(er) at the fans forum when we will be able to quiz a member of the SMT.

oh wait.........

up_the_valley

Wouldn't want to get involved with all these fish puns. I mean, i bet they don't do this on the Gills forum.

jacob_CAFC

please guys no more fish puns i can't stand it anymore

cafcpolo

jacob_CAFC said:

please guys no more fish puns i can't stand it anymore

Couldn't agree more. This is not the time nor the plaice for it. 

Senpai

I’m on a train. I’ll ask the guard if he knows anything about a takeover.

Addickhead86

jacob_CAFC said:

please guys no more fish puns i can't stand it anymore

I don't get it.

jacob_CAFC

Addickhead86 said:

jacob_CAFC said:

please guys no more fish puns i can't stand it anymore

I don't get it.

nothing to get other than me hating puns

up_the_valley

Addickhead86 said:

jacob_CAFC said:

please guys no more fish puns i can't stand it anymore

I don't get it.

Yeah that's enough. Feel like smashing my head on a Rock. 

i_b_b_o_r_g

jacob_CAFC said:

please guys no more fish puns i can't stand it anymore

Yeah, keep it to the massaging of one's ego plus mostly speculation on no take over news on no take over happening for the foreseeable...

up_the_valley

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

jacob_CAFC said:

please guys no more fish puns i can't stand it anymore

Yeah, keep it to the massaging of one's ego plus mostly speculation on no take over news on no take over happening for the foreseeable...

Or we could ignore this thread and go and get tanked up.