The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

ShootersHillGuru

I doubt that the Tuesday deadline is actually a deadline. More like if it’s not done by then, Duchatelet will open the door to the new bidders to have a run at it. I think it highly unlikely we will hear anything this week.

NornIrishAddick

soapboxsam said:

happyvalley said:

1837, following the death of William IV his niece Victoria ascends to the throne.

A Woman who longed to pull Prince Albert.

Allegedly she did, many times, many, many times...

(with apologies to Betty Marsden)

seth plum

The takeover will never happen whilst Roland holds all the daces.

Talal

You just know that tomorrow evening will come and nothing will have changed. 

soapboxsam

Ferryman said:

cabbles said:

Henry Irving said:

On a less important matter I just hope people don't get excited about it being Tuesday and then get down or angry or start pointing the finger when there isn't an official announcement on the OS.

We all want a takeover, we're all frustrated that it's not happened as yet but let's remember other fans are not the enemy or to blame. 

Blame lies 100% with Duchatelet.

Keep your eyes on the prize.

#WIOTOS

I think this is the best approach to take and well worth remembering on a periodic basis.  Personally, I don’t get too excited or too down when whatever or whoever’s piece of potential news comes in and nothing happens, not because I don’t I don’t pay credence to what they say or what they have been passed on, but because I always have to remind myself, it’s RD we’re dealing with here.

Everyone on here who comes forth with info, be it Seed, NLA, Doucher or whoever, is just sharing something of potential significance.  If you choose to get too attached to that piece of info, knowing how much of a bell end RD has been, you’re going to be disappointed.  

I believe it’s closer now than it ever has been, because of RD reneging on his derisory offer to Bowyer and increased rumblings on here.  I have reservations about the Aussies as I don’t think they have the money long term, as perhaps the deal would’ve been done by now (I accept there’s numerous factors I don’t know about, so could be wrong).

I continue to welcome all contributions from anyone who thinks they might know something, but take each with a big pinch of salt because of 5 years of association with RD.  

The irony that some of the fish pun posters criticise the contributions from the likes of Seed, Doucher, NLA etc.

And people who criticise the fish pun merchants, will gladly and with gusto shout fiiiiissssssshhhhhhhh at the big screen at the valley.

I'm pleased I have the copyright on Cavihahaha and Craby Sarr being hooked at HT by our Fishing loving Manager.

I agree the fish puns are the rough sleepers on the Sale of Charlton thread But for most of the 1837 pages there has been No News, 
Nothing to report, blankety blank, nowt, 
This thread wouldn't have got in the Guinness hook of records without the meagre 5 loaves and 2 fishes to feed the news starving CL members.

Mehmet Dalman or John Dory ?

BR7_addick

I predict nothing today with a few fish puns and a hopeful sense that tomorrow will be the day.

Come five tomorrow I predict mass squabbling and ITK finger pointing, we go again in January.

In Bowyer we trust.

i_b_b_o_r_g

Uboat said:

I never know if 12pm is noon or midnight. Either would be fine though. 

Noon 

i_b_b_o_r_g

ShootersHillGuru said:

I doubt that the Tuesday deadline is actually a deadline. More like if it’s not done by then, Duchatelet will open the door to the new bidders to have a run at it. I think it highly unlikely we will hear anything this week.

I think that's a deadline mate

ShootersHillGuru

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

I doubt that the Tuesday deadline is actually a deadline. More like if it’s not done by then, Duchatelet will open the door to the new bidders to have a run at it. I think it highly unlikely we will hear anything this week.

I think that's a deadline mate

True but not in the sense that if Dalman (?) doesn’t complete then he’s out.

killerandflash

ME14addick said:

Could we have the bite size takeover thread back please, it takes so long to find the posts that give any info.

In reality there's very little actual "info" as virtually everything that has happened has gone on behind closed doors, so that what we are hearing varies from guesswork and speculation to uncorroborated news usually leaked by one side.

All interesting, but hardly the gospel

_MrDick

If this takeover gets announced either today or tomorrow, you can sponsor me to have  ‘I love Roland’ tattooed on my arse with the proceeds going to the UpBeats 

Redhenry

I know i shouldn't bite but wtf is going on here

Henry Irving

_MrDick said:

If this takeover gets announced either today or tomorrow, you can sponsor me to have  ‘I love Roland’ tattooed on my arse with the proceeds going to the UpBeats 

Quoting this just in case.

bobmunro

_MrDick said:

If this takeover gets announced either today or tomorrow, you can sponsor me to have  ‘I love Roland’ tattooed on my arse with the proceeds going to the UpBeats 

For symmetry you are best to have ‘I love R’ on the left cheek and ‘land’ on the right. It should read fine.

Uboat

_MrDick said:

If this takeover gets announced either today or tomorrow, you can sponsor me to have  ‘I love Roland’ tattooed on my arse with the proceeds going to the UpBeats 

Nice try, but you blatantly already have that tattoo and are just trying to make the best of it. 

Henry Irving

Used to do summaries of this thread but got told by admin to stop or they'd remove all my 107 promotes.

Sorry but you can't fight the system.

Uboat

ShootersHillGuru said:

I doubt that the Tuesday deadline is actually a deadline. More like if it’s not done by then, Duchatelet will open the door to the new bidders to have a run at it. I think it highly unlikely we will hear anything this week.

I predict that tomorrow this thread will be full of tweets from people we've never heard of saying, 'Dalman has walked', 'The Aussies have walked' etc.

cafcwill

Uboat said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

I doubt that the Tuesday deadline is actually a deadline. More like if it’s not done by then, Duchatelet will open the door to the new bidders to have a run at it. I think it highly unlikely we will hear anything this week.

I predict that tomorrow this thread will be full of tweets from people we've never heard of saying, 'Dalman has walked', 'The Aussies have walked' etc.

Your not proper Charlton, unless you have 'walked' from a takeover

happyvalley

1838, Henry Irving born. Not the famous one who instigated this wonderful thread, this one was an actor.

Johnnysummers5

1838 John Henry Brodribb born, he changed his name to Henry Irving after becoming a Charlton supporter.

Airman Brown

killerandflash said:

ME14addick said:

Could we have the bite size takeover thread back please, it takes so long to find the posts that give any info.

In reality there's very little actual "info" as virtually everything that has happened has gone on behind closed doors, so that what we are hearing varies from guesswork and speculation to uncorroborated news usually leaked by one side.

All interesting, but hardly the gospel

Meaningless comment to be honest, which assumes there is an ultimate objective source of truth when even the official website is a partial source which has been used by the owner to propagate lies.

It’s a messy business partly because of the inconsistency of the parties involved but over the last 21 months a great deal has come out through leaks and contacts, from the identity of interested parties to the fact the process was going on in the first place. The involvement of Andrew Muir, Keith Harris and Mehmet Dalman, for example, have never been confirmed by the club, yet they are all well known. Ditto the ex-directors’ position, the offers on the loans, and the prices quoted.

MartinCAFC

55,097 posts

A seat for every post we have now filled The Etihad Stadium.

Next target is The Emirates (60,260)

killerandflash

Uboat said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

I doubt that the Tuesday deadline is actually a deadline. More like if it’s not done by then, Duchatelet will open the door to the new bidders to have a run at it. I think it highly unlikely we will hear anything this week.

I predict that tomorrow this thread will be full of tweets from people we've never heard of saying, 'Dalman has walked', 'The Aussies have walked' etc.

Aussies never walk (apart from Adam Gilchrist)

killerandflash

happyvalley said:

1838, Henry Irving born. Not the famous one who instigated this wonderful thread, this one was an actor.

1858, Henry Irving starts the takeover thread

Pelling1993

killerandflash said:

Uboat said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

I doubt that the Tuesday deadline is actually a deadline. More like if it’s not done by then, Duchatelet will open the door to the new bidders to have a run at it. I think it highly unlikely we will hear anything this week.

I predict that tomorrow this thread will be full of tweets from people we've never heard of saying, 'Dalman has walked', 'The Aussies have walked' etc.

Aussies never walk (apart from Adam Gilchrist)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHhZb-cBKwc Stuart Broad is Roland, the Aussies are the Aussies.

Rudders22

It's not close because JW has not said anything today !

ShootersHillGuru

Henry Irving said:

Used to do summaries of this thread but got told by admin to stop or they'd remove all my 107 promotes.

Sorry but you can't fight the system.

You’re too late H. They have removed 106 of them already.

CAFCBell

Rudders22 said:

It's not close because JW has not said anything today !


The breakfast show had a 9am 'breaking news from JW' got all excited but it was just that big fat Frank wasn't at Derby today. 

soapboxsam

Uboat said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

I doubt that the Tuesday deadline is actually a deadline. More like if it’s not done by then, Duchatelet will open the door to the new bidders to have a run at it. I think it highly unlikely we will hear anything this week.

I predict that tomorrow this thread will be full of tweets from people we've never heard of saying, 'Dalman has walked', 'The Aussies have walked' etc.

I agree but " Dalman has run back to Cardiff "  and " The Aussies have crawled" would seem more apt as the time the latter have spent stationary.

killerandflash

Airman Brown said:

killerandflash said:

ME14addick said:

Could we have the bite size takeover thread back please, it takes so long to find the posts that give any info.

In reality there's very little actual "info" as virtually everything that has happened has gone on behind closed doors, so that what we are hearing varies from guesswork and speculation to uncorroborated news usually leaked by one side.

All interesting, but hardly the gospel

Meaningless comment to be honest, which assumes there is an ultimate objective source of truth when even the official website is a partial source which has been used by the owner to propagate lies.

It’s a messy business partly because of the inconsistency of the parties involved but over the last 21 months a great deal has come out through leaks and contacts, from the identity of interested parties to the fact the process was going on in the first place. The involvement of Andrew Muir, Keith Harris and Mehmet Dalman, for example, have never been confirmed by the club, yet they are all well known. Ditto the ex-directors’ position, the offers on the loans, and the prices quoted.

The whole takeover process will make a very interesting article/book after it's happened and someone can look back and unpick the facts from the froth (and fish puns). It's the difference between traditional news and journalism, and 24 hour news where you're constantly looking for new facts and jumping on any new development that seems important.

In reality the extraordinary thing is how little we know about what's happened in the last 2 years. The members of the Aussie consortium, and why they've got nowhere after 2 years yet are still trying to take over the club. Karl Robinson jumped ship FIFTEEN MONTHS ago as he thought the takeover was about to happen and he would be replaced...