No point bumping IMO unless something actually happens. Can see Roland sticking around while The Premier League is in sight it's the only way he'll get his money back if we get there.
No point bumping IMO unless something actually happens. Can see Roland sticking around while The Premier League is in sight it's the only way he'll get his money back if we get there.
But we never will with him as owner. Just sell the club...
LDT talked through the various interested parties referenced previously.
The group linked to the Australians
LDT said they are still active. He said they were at semi-final against Doncaster Rovers and at the play-off final at Wembley. He said they have also been to games this season. He said he is still in contact with them and that they are still working on a deal. He said he takes them seriously as they are serious business people but he wonders if they can ever finalise the deal. He said that after the final at Wembley it was very close with Australians but very suddenly it didn’t happen. LDT was asked if this was because the price went up. LDT said the price didn’t go up.
Second group
LDT said this group has been ruled out. He said they failed in delivering the money.
Fifth group
LDT said the group went away, then came back. He said they have gone away again but they have not officially confirmed that they have stopped the process but he added that he reads the newspapers.
Additional
LDT said he is in fresh talks with new groups and that they have signed NDAs. He said that negotiations with these parties have not begun yet as they have yet to submit concrete documents like proof of funds. He said NDAs have been signed in recent weeks but that doesn’t mean that the parties are close. He said with the second group and fifth group no longer on the scene, he can’t just focus on a group (the Australians), who he has been speaking with for 20 months.
Richard Wiseman (CAST) said the club is in a better position now than when it first was put up for sale and that LDT is saying the price has not changed. He said given these two bits of information, why is there not more interest? LDT said the price hasn’t changed and that there is new interest in the club. He said though that a lot of Championship clubs are for sale. RW asked if there are actually a lot of Championship clubs for sale. LDT said there are, he referenced Leeds United as an example. He added that Roland Duchatelet (RD) wants to be careful who he sells the club to and he doesn’t want to sell it to an owner who may put the club’s future at risk, LDT gave examples of Bolton and Bury.
Ian Wallis (Bromley Addicks) said it has been repeatedly said that the ex-director loans are not an issue but then it has been hinted by the club that they are an issue.
LDT said a new owner can take over the club with liabilities still in place. He said a party who makes a problem about liabilities is looking for money to have freehold over the assets.
RW said LDT had been showing groups around last weekend and two weekends before. LDT said that he indeed showed groups around.
IW asked if given the recent success, is RD losing interest in selling the club and is he tempted to pump money in and get to the Premier League?
LDT said RD is not losing an appetite to sell and he doesn’t thing RD will overspend in an attempt to get into the Premier League.
Barnie Razzell (City Addicks) asked if rumours were true a CEO was soon to be appointed.
If he is getting the money he wants then he will sell now instead of gambling on an unlikely promotion.
This^ I can't click 'like' cos I can't bring myself to like or endorse anything the rancid old liar ever does. "...gambling on an unlikely promotion..." or gambling on anything football related is probably a million miles from anything the decrepit lunatic has ever considered. He's bumbling around in his own special funk, never wrong about anything, 'not doing failure'. He's decided that CAFC and its business is worth €Xmillion up front or €Ymillion for the club + €Zmillion p.a. in rent for the land'n'buildings. X,Y&Z change with the wind and just as unpredictably. I'd wager they've been different for each & every bidder and probably moved during any of the alleged negotiations. Based on tony the crook failing to substantiate his own ownership to the satisfaction of the courts, it must be tough for roly to satisfy actual businessmen precisely what he owns, what it owes, when and to whom. Tying down a deal to transfer that to a sensible bidder would be hard enough even before you factor in the quixotic old loser and his senile shamblings. Should A.N. Other bidder offer up the figure that happens to be echoing around the toxic ringmaster's cranium at that precise moment he'd probably agree to a sale. Exactly what the buyer would then acquire only time will tell. Any doubts over what roly actually got from tony, will continue to see sane, solvent buyers walk away.
"...Roland Duchatelet (RD) wants to be careful who he sells the club to and he doesn’t want to sell it to an owner who may put the club’s future at risk..." the italicised bit might be true but the reason given is a cynical distortion. RD wants to be careful for sure, not that CAFC is in safe hands, cos WTF difference will that make to him? How simple does he think we are? He'll want to sell to someone who doesn't insist on indemnities against skeletons emerging in the future and hidden/forgotten/contingent liabilities cropping up post sale. Roly will be after "sold as seen". He wasn't careful enough, he disregarded the £7M directors' loans as inconsequential, and who knows what else. He may have been seduced by the phoney baloney peninsular property BS and has been smarting ever since. Eventually his financial pain will subsume his ego and pride to meet the offer of a future buyer. Til then we're stuck with the preposterous relic, so might as well enjoy Bowyer's abiding achievements, but not a penny more kids.
Page 2 and beyond is where it belongs. Roland is in a world of his own eyeing the premiership , nobody is breaking down his door to buy us and most of the fans are happy with the football and jaded at wasting emotion on a never happening sale.
Page 2 and beyond is where it belongs. Roland is in a world of his own eyeing the premiership , nobody is breaking down his door to buy us and most of the fans are as happy as larry.
Fixed, but otherwise I agree.
So you agree it does not need to be on page one then due to lack of interest as you have hi-lighted the point.
Page 2 and beyond is where it belongs. Roland is in a world of his own eyeing the premiership , nobody is breaking down his door to buy us and most of the fans are as happy as larry.
Fixed, but otherwise I agree.
So you agree it does not need to be on page one then due to lack of interest as you have hi-lighted the point.
The thread that's so great it has to keep changing its name - didn't it have imminent in it a couple of years ago? Not taking anything away from a marvellous achievement however but I'd possibly call it the biggest incorrect thread of all time.
The thread that's so great it has to keep changing its name - didn't it have imminent in it a couple of years ago? Not taking anything away from a marvellous achievement however but I'd possibly call it the biggest incorrect thread of all time.
It's been done to death but I think you need to learn what a question mark is.
LDT talked through the various interested parties referenced previously.
The group linked to the Australians
LDT said they are still active. He said they were at semi-final against Doncaster Rovers and at the play-off final at Wembley. He said they have also been to games this season. He said he is still in contact with them and that they are still working on a deal. He said he takes them seriously as they are serious business people but he wonders if they can ever finalise the deal. He said that after the final at Wembley it was very close with Australians but very suddenly it didn’t happen. LDT was asked if this was because the price went up. LDT said the price didn’t go up.
Second group
LDT said this group has been ruled out. He said they failed in delivering the money.
Fifth group
LDT said the group went away, then came back. He said they have gone away again but they have not officially confirmed that they have stopped the process but he added that he reads the newspapers.
Additional
LDT said he is in fresh talks with new groups and that they have signed NDAs. He said that negotiations with these parties have not begun yet as they have yet to submit concrete documents like proof of funds. He said NDAs have been signed in recent weeks but that doesn’t mean that the parties are close. He said with the second group and fifth group no longer on the scene, he can’t just focus on a group (the Australians), who he has been speaking with for 20 months.
Richard Wiseman (CAST) said the club is in a better position now than when it first was put up for sale and that LDT is saying the price has not changed. He said given these two bits of information, why is there not more interest? LDT said the price hasn’t changed and that there is new interest in the club. He said though that a lot of Championship clubs are for sale. RW asked if there are actually a lot of Championship clubs for sale. LDT said there are, he referenced Leeds United as an example. He added that Roland Duchatelet (RD) wants to be careful who he sells the club to and he doesn’t want to sell it to an owner who may put the club’s future at risk, LDT gave examples of Bolton and Bury.
Ian Wallis (Bromley Addicks) said it has been repeatedly said that the ex-director loans are not an issue but then it has been hinted by the club that they are an issue.
LDT said a new owner can take over the club with liabilities still in place. He said a party who makes a problem about liabilities is looking for money to have freehold over the assets.
RW said LDT had been showing groups around last weekend and two weekends before. LDT said that he indeed showed groups around.
IW asked if given the recent success, is RD losing interest in selling the club and is he tempted to pump money in and get to the Premier League?
LDT said RD is not losing an appetite to sell and he doesn’t thing RD will overspend in an attempt to get into the Premier League.
Barnie Razzell (City Addicks) asked if rumours were true a CEO was soon to be appointed.
LDT said that a CEO is not soon to be appointed.
Reading this I'm convinced that all of LDT's answers are just paraphrased from posts on here.
LDT talked through the various interested parties referenced previously.
The group linked to the Australians
LDT said they are still active. He said they were at semi-final against Doncaster Rovers and at the play-off final at Wembley. He said they have also been to games this season. He said he is still in contact with them and that they are still working on a deal. He said he takes them seriously as they are serious business people but he wonders if they can ever finalise the deal. He said that after the final at Wembley it was very close with Australians but very suddenly it didn’t happen. LDT was asked if this was because the price went up. LDT said the price didn’t go up.
Second group
LDT said this group has been ruled out. He said they failed in delivering the money.
Fifth group
LDT said the group went away, then came back. He said they have gone away again but they have not officially confirmed that they have stopped the process but he added that he reads the newspapers.
Additional
LDT said he is in fresh talks with new groups and that they have signed NDAs. He said that negotiations with these parties have not begun yet as they have yet to submit concrete documents like proof of funds. He said NDAs have been signed in recent weeks but that doesn’t mean that the parties are close. He said with the second group and fifth group no longer on the scene, he can’t just focus on a group (the Australians), who he has been speaking with for 20 months.
Richard Wiseman (CAST) said the club is in a better position now than when it first was put up for sale and that LDT is saying the price has not changed. He said given these two bits of information, why is there not more interest? LDT said the price hasn’t changed and that there is new interest in the club. He said though that a lot of Championship clubs are for sale. RW asked if there are actually a lot of Championship clubs for sale. LDT said there are, he referenced Leeds United as an example. He added that Roland Duchatelet (RD) wants to be careful who he sells the club to and he doesn’t want to sell it to an owner who may put the club’s future at risk, LDT gave examples of Bolton and Bury.
Ian Wallis (Bromley Addicks) said it has been repeatedly said that the ex-director loans are not an issue but then it has been hinted by the club that they are an issue.
LDT said a new owner can take over the club with liabilities still in place. He said a party who makes a problem about liabilities is looking for money to have freehold over the assets.
RW said LDT had been showing groups around last weekend and two weekends before. LDT said that he indeed showed groups around.
IW asked if given the recent success, is RD losing interest in selling the club and is he tempted to pump money in and get to the Premier League?
LDT said RD is not losing an appetite to sell and he doesn’t thing RD will overspend in an attempt to get into the Premier League.
Barnie Razzell (City Addicks) asked if rumours were true a CEO was soon to be appointed.
LDT said that a CEO is not soon to be appointed.
Price did go up after the final. £7m directors' loans were added to the bill. It's all semantics.
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No point bumping IMO unless something actually happens. Can see Roland sticking around while The Premier League is in sight it's the only way he'll get his money back if we get there.
Takeover update
LDT talked through the various interested parties referenced previously.
The group linked to the Australians
LDT said they are still active. He said they were at semi-final against Doncaster Rovers and at the play-off final at Wembley. He said they have also been to games this season. He said he is still in contact with them and that they are still working on a deal. He said he takes them seriously as they are serious business people but he wonders if they can ever finalise the deal. He said that after the final at Wembley it was very close with Australians but very suddenly it didn’t happen. LDT was asked if this was because the price went up. LDT said the price didn’t go up.
Second group
LDT said this group has been ruled out. He said they failed in delivering the money.
Fifth group
LDT said the group went away, then came back. He said they have gone away again but they have not officially confirmed that they have stopped the process but he added that he reads the newspapers.
Additional
LDT said he is in fresh talks with new groups and that they have signed NDAs. He said that negotiations with these parties have not begun yet as they have yet to submit concrete documents like proof of funds. He said NDAs have been signed in recent weeks but that doesn’t mean that the parties are close. He said with the second group and fifth group no longer on the scene, he can’t just focus on a group (the Australians), who he has been speaking with for 20 months.
Richard Wiseman (CAST) said the club is in a better position now than when it first was put up for sale and that LDT is saying the price has not changed. He said given these two bits of information, why is there not more interest? LDT said the price hasn’t changed and that there is new interest in the club. He said though that a lot of Championship clubs are for sale. RW asked if there are actually a lot of Championship clubs for sale. LDT said there are, he referenced Leeds United as an example. He added that Roland Duchatelet (RD) wants to be careful who he sells the club to and he doesn’t want to sell it to an owner who may put the club’s future at risk, LDT gave examples of Bolton and Bury.
Ian Wallis (Bromley Addicks) said it has been repeatedly said that the ex-director loans are not an issue but then it has been hinted by the club that they are an issue.
LDT said a new owner can take over the club with liabilities still in place. He said a party who makes a problem about liabilities is looking for money to have freehold over the assets.
RW said LDT had been showing groups around last weekend and two weekends before. LDT said that he indeed showed groups around.
IW asked if given the recent success, is RD losing interest in selling the club and is he tempted to pump money in and get to the Premier League?
LDT said RD is not losing an appetite to sell and he doesn’t thing RD will overspend in an attempt to get into the Premier League.
Barnie Razzell (City Addicks) asked if rumours were true a CEO was soon to be appointed.
LDT said that a CEO is not soon to be appointed.
I can't click 'like' cos I can't bring myself to like or endorse anything the rancid old liar ever does.
"...gambling on an unlikely promotion..." or gambling on anything football related is probably a million miles from anything the decrepit lunatic has ever considered. He's bumbling around in his own special funk, never wrong about anything, 'not doing failure'. He's decided that CAFC and its business is worth €Xmillion up front or €Ymillion for the club + €Zmillion p.a. in rent for the land'n'buildings. X,Y&Z change with the wind and just as unpredictably. I'd wager they've been different for each & every bidder and probably moved during any of the alleged negotiations. Based on tony the crook failing to substantiate his own ownership to the satisfaction of the courts, it must be tough for roly to satisfy actual businessmen precisely what he owns, what it owes, when and to whom. Tying down a deal to transfer that to a sensible bidder would be hard enough even before you factor in the quixotic old loser and his senile shamblings.
Should A.N. Other bidder offer up the figure that happens to be echoing around the toxic ringmaster's cranium at that precise moment he'd probably agree to a sale. Exactly what the buyer would then acquire only time will tell. Any doubts over what roly actually got from tony, will continue to see sane, solvent buyers walk away.
"... Roland Duchatelet (RD) wants to be careful who he sells the club to and he doesn’t want to sell it to an owner who may put the club’s future at risk..."
the italicised bit might be true but the reason given is a cynical distortion. RD wants to be careful for sure, not that CAFC is in safe hands, cos WTF difference will that make to him? How simple does he think we are? He'll want to sell to someone who doesn't insist on indemnities against skeletons emerging in the future and hidden/forgotten/contingent liabilities cropping up post sale. Roly will be after "sold as seen". He wasn't careful enough, he disregarded the £7M directors' loans as inconsequential, and who knows what else. He may have been seduced by the phoney baloney peninsular property BS and has been smarting ever since. Eventually his financial pain will subsume his ego and pride to meet the offer of a future buyer. Til then we're stuck with the preposterous relic, so might as well enjoy Bowyer's abiding achievements, but not a penny more kids.
So you agree it does not need to be on page one then due to lack of interest as you have hi-lighted the point.
Some said this thread would never reach 500 let alone 1000 pages but here we are on the brink of another millennium.
Viva the Greatest Thread of All Time
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6800 unread comments since I last touched this thread.
My guess is little has happened in those last 6800 comments lol
GOAT thread