Not been keeping up with this thread and decided to dive in at the current page, only to find the focus has shifted some 12,000 km from Sydney to Dubai. Started working my way backwards, got impatient jumped back 20 pages or so, waded through a moneyball debate, started reading forwards, skipped pages once or twice (and then went back again). Eventually found Red Henry's 'Heard a second bid was put forward last week. I have been waiting to hear the outcome' and then Airman's 'Dubai has been mentioned to me, but it was a completely random source and I have absolutely nothing to back that up'.
These few uncertain, cryptic words, enough to cause a meltdown and launch a thousand Arab based jokes.
I suppose the moral of the story is keep up or keep out. I'm not sure what to do and to make matters worse I can't even think of an Arab based joke, maybe I'm not worthy of this fine thread.
I assume the following changes will occur after they take over...
1. Tesla refueling parking spaces and camel water troughs 2. Men and women must sit in different stands 3. Prayers every 15 minutes of play (not to Allah, but for goals) 4. Beheading of failed managers 5. Can purchase tickets with petrodollars 6. New scoreboard showing Saudi invasion of Yemen at halftime
I am no supporter of oppressive corrupt dictatorships but No4. sounds quite appealing.
I assume the following changes will occur after they take over...
1. Tesla refueling parking spaces and camel water troughs 2. Men and women must sit in different stands 3. Prayers every 15 minutes of play (not to Allah, but for goals) 4. Beheading of failed managers 5. Can purchase tickets with petrodollars 6. New scoreboard showing Saudi invasion of Yemen at halftime
You forgot..
7. Stoning the player who gets the lowest marks on the Statbank
If there is a chance of a, forward thinking, middle eastern led takeover consortium looking at us then I hope they don’t look at this thread! Some of the stereotypical comments are bordering on racism and are going a bit too far in the hope of a LOL...
If there is a chance of a, forward thinking, middle eastern led takeover consortium looking at us then I hope they don’t look at this thread! Some of the stereotypical comments are bordering on racism and are going a bit too far in the hope of a LOL...
Someone fill me in. I can't trace anything about this middle eastern stuff. Who said it? Is there any fact in it
There is none. Someone put a link up refering to the 2008 Zabeel approach and it's all blown up from there. It's that easy. That sir, is a Chinese whisper*.
*Awaits thread to go wild with claims of big money Chinese investment
Not been keeping up with this thread and decided to dive in at the current page, only to find the focus has shifted some 12,000 km from Sydney to Dubai. Started working my way backwards, got impatient jumped back 20 pages or so, waded through a moneyball debate, started reading forwards, skipped pages once or twice (and then went back again). Eventually found Red Henry's 'Heard a second bid was put forward last week. I have been waiting to hear the outcome' and then Airman's 'Dubai has been mentioned to me, but it was a completely random source and I have absolutely nothing to back that up'.
These few uncertain, cryptic words, enough to cause a meltdown and launch a thousand Arab based jokes.
I suppose the moral of the story is keep up or keep out. I'm not sure what to do and to make matters worse I can't even think of an Arab based joke, maybe I'm not worthy of this fine thread.
You obviously missed the ‘aliens’ buy out proposal which was turned down due to them wanting to bring in their own managerial team and coaching set up. Height was also an issue......which is a ridiculous decision by the Belgians, given that at earlier meetings they had demonstrated their ability to jump around ten feet vertically from a standing position!
But having said that, the humour reminds me how much I love being a Charlton fan. Thankyou Daddy. That's what I always called him, I never gravitated to Dad.
'Joking' aside, I would prefer the Aussie bid to this new one. I think they would be more likely to 'get' Charlton.
But seriously, we have no idea who this other bid is from.
@Redheny said that he'd heard there was a substantial bid from a wealthy bidder/s , @Airman Brown mentioned that he'd heard a vague rumour of Dubai and @Redhenry said close or near (need to check exact wording).
That led to a lot of middle east/Arab puns, which were mostly funny, but that is really all.
And we don't even know for sure about the Aussie bid either.
I assume the following changes will occur after they take over...
1. Tesla refueling parking spaces and camel water troughs 2. Men and women must sit in different stands 3. Prayers every 15 minutes of play (not to Allah, but for goals) 4. Beheading of failed managers 5. Can purchase tickets with petrodollars 6. New scoreboard showing Saudi invasion of Yemen at halftime
You forgot..
7. Stoning the player who gets the lowest marks on the Statbank
Even safely located in Sheffield, Morgan Fox just shuddered in fear
'Joking' aside, I would prefer the Aussie bid to this new one. I think they would be more likely to 'get' Charlton.
But seriously, we have no idea who this other bid is from.
@Redheny said that he'd heard there was a substantial bid from a wealthy bidder/s , @Airman Brown mentioned that he'd heard a vague rumour of Dubai and @Redhenry said close or near (need to check exact wording).
That led to a lot of middle east/Arab puns, which were mostly funny, but that is really all.
And we don't even know for sure about the Aussie bid either.
I might as well say I prefer the Swiss bid.
You're right.
Apologies for being the first person to talk shit on this thread.
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Not been keeping up with this thread and decided to dive in at the current page, only to find the focus has shifted some 12,000 km from Sydney to Dubai. Started working my way backwards, got impatient jumped back 20 pages or so, waded through a moneyball debate, started reading forwards, skipped pages once or twice (and then went back again). Eventually found Red Henry's 'Heard a second bid was put forward last week. I have been waiting to hear the outcome' and then Airman's 'Dubai has been mentioned to me, but it was a completely random source and I have absolutely nothing to back that up'.
These few uncertain, cryptic words, enough to cause a meltdown and launch a thousand Arab based jokes.
I suppose the moral of the story is keep up or keep out. I'm not sure what to do and to make matters worse I can't even think of an Arab based joke, maybe I'm not worthy of this fine thread.
7. Stoning the player who gets the lowest marks on the Statbank
Someone put a link up refering to the 2008 Zabeel approach and it's all blown up from there.
It's that easy.
That sir, is a Chinese whisper*.
*Awaits thread to go wild with claims of big money Chinese investment
Height was also an issue......which is a ridiculous decision by the Belgians, given that at earlier meetings they had demonstrated their ability to jump around ten feet vertically from a standing position!
Multiply effort by originality and it has to be more than 'quite'.
Thankyou Daddy.
That's what I always called him, I never gravitated to Dad.
@Redheny said that he'd heard there was a substantial bid from a wealthy bidder/s , @Airman Brown mentioned that he'd heard a vague rumour of Dubai and @Redhenry said close or near (need to check exact wording).
That led to a lot of middle east/Arab puns, which were mostly funny, but that is really all.
And we don't even know for sure about the Aussie bid either.
I might as well say I prefer the Swiss bid.
Apologies for being the first person to talk shit on this thread.
I'm racking my brain trying to shoe horn Lederhosen into this thread but I've got nothing.