I never expected anything over the last year to happen until this summer at the earliest, but I’m increasingly resigning myself to the fact that day by day my sense that he will still be holding the reigns next season and we keep plodding / drifting will continue.
No idea if this is accurate or true but I’m posting what I’ve heard. In fact I hope it’s not.
Saudi’s have left negotiations and Australians have failed to agree a price or terms on how that might be paid.
Duchatelet wants £40 million plus add ons for on the pitch success’s and in future player sales and sell ons for five years after sale. This could conceivably take the figure over £50 - 55 million.
That I’m told is the impasse which to me at least sounds plausible and completely ridiculous. If there is truth in this and I hope some of the truly in the know blow this out of the water then we are fucked.
I had been tempered in my anti Duchatelet attitude due to the much heralded prospect of a takeover. I am now thinking ROT has it spot on. I need to dredge up the energy and finance for more protests. Depending on where we stand I wouldn't mind a lot of expensive and effective disruption for the Blackburn game.
Sunday October 14 I believe, which is also an "international weekend" so our league match against Accrington that weekend might be televised. I wonder if a few coaches of people from South London might help with the counting of the votes over there.
No idea if this is accurate or true but I’m posting what I’ve heard. In fact I hope it’s not.
Saudi’s have left negotiations and Australians have failed to agree a price or terms on how that might be paid.
Duchatelet wants £40 million plus add ons for on the pitch success’s and in future player sales and sell ons for five years after sale. This could conceivably take the figure over £50 - 55 million.
That I’m told is the impasse which to me at least sounds plausible and completely ridiculous. If there is truth in this and I hope some of the truly in the know blow this out of the water then we are fucked.
I can't see that this is any different to what we already know (think we know). Redhenry said last week that his "lot" had pulled out. As you were.
So, if I've read the latest posts/rumours correctly, BOTH potential buyers have pulled out due to Roland's intransigence. If that is the case - and no-one else is waiting in the wings - then I would say we are really in trouble, 'cos Roland obviously doesn't give a flying about the day-to-day running of the club nor how well (or badly) the team is performing. Surely the EFL should take some kind of action here - under the laughable 'Fit and Proper' rules. We currently have no senior officials running the day-to-day management of Charlton and there seems no sign of people being appointed to these vital roles. Does this not amount to gross mismanagement of the club?
So, if I've read the latest posts/rumours correctly, BOTH potential buyers have pulled out due to Roland's intransigence. If that is the case - and no-one else is waiting in the wings - then I would say we are really in trouble, 'cos Roland obviously doesn't give a flying about the day-to-day running of the club nor how well (or badly) the team is performing. Surely the EFL should take some kind of action here - under the laughable 'Fit and Proper' rules. We currently have no senior officials running the day-to-day management of Charlton and there seems no sign of people being appointed to these vital roles. Does this not amount to gross mismanagement of the club?
The last four years have amounted to gross mismanagement of the club, but that seems to have passed both Richard Murray and Chris Parkes by, for two, so I doubt if the Football League feel they are better placed to judge.
The club does have to employ an appropriate financial officer under the FFP rules, I believe. That might be a starting point.
The optimists among us might see this as the end game.
The pessimists as the end of days.
Both may be right.
The Aussies have been around, according to rumours, from before October 2017. Earlier if you believe they are the same group or an off-shoot of, as the AFC group that kicked off this thread over a year ago.
So the Aussies have been around for a long time and they haven't walked away. According to SHG they just won't pay Duchatelet's silly terms.
If the Saudis have walked (and the British group don't actually exist - "fake news" alert) the the President can hang around for another summer or longer in the vain hope of finding a mug punter or he can do the deal the Aussies thought they had done back in February.
Aussies on or around 8 May, which we all know is Victory in Europe Day, is my guess.
Agreed. This thread is a jinx anyway. Let's hope for a miracle on the pitch in the next few weeks and see what happens.and let's hope what you've heard is not accurate. I fear though that it is.
Similar things being said on the other forum too.
I so hope bexley boys version of events turns out to be right.
So RD allegedly wants to offload the burden, while still benefitting from any future success for the next 5 year? Is this normal terms for a sale of a League 1 club or is RD a different type of parasite?
Agreed. This thread is a jinx anyway. Let's hope for a miracle on the pitch in the next few weeks and see what happens.and let's hope what you've heard is not accurate. I fear though that it is.
Similar things being said on the other forum too.
I so hope bexley boys version of events turns out to be right.
things I’d thought I’d never read on charlton life..
Agreed. This thread is a jinx anyway. Let's hope for a miracle on the pitch in the next few weeks and see what happens.and let's hope what you've heard is not accurate. I fear though that it is.
Similar things being said on the other forum too.
I so hope bexley boys version of events turns out to be right.
@ElfsborgAddick is having a few beers with him tonight, so he will get more info.
IF one party has pulled out, then that may bring things to a close as RD won't be able to play off the 2 potential buyers
This things can take time. For example, the potential takeover of Wigan (a much easier prospect you'd have thought) first emerged in October, was confirmed in January/February, but still hasn't happened.
If he is trying to find a buyer who is willing to include add-ons for the next 5 years then he will be looking for some time. Perhaps this time would be the perfect opportunity for Richard Murray to make a statement to the fans.
The optimists among us might see this as the end game.
The pessimists as the end of days.
Both may be right.
The Aussies have been around, according to rumours, from before October 2017. Earlier if you believe they are the same group or an off-shoot of, as the AFC group that kicked off this thread over a year ago.
So the Aussies have been around for a long time and they haven't walked away. According to SHG they just won't pay Duchatelet's silly terms.
If the Saudis have walked (and the British group don't actually exist - "fake news" alert) the the President can hang around for another summer or longer in the vain hope of finding a mug punter or he can do the deal the Aussies thought they had done back in February.
Aussies on or around 8 May, which we all know is Victory in Europe Day, is my guess.
LLL&BH
They aren't the original Aussies though from what I can gather, as you may know, a friend told me last week he spoke to one of the guys in the original bid and he walked away after due diligence. This must be a second Aussie group which includes Muir.
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Whether that's at the valley or in Belgium.
This has turned into a complete farce and it's now really boring the life out of everyone.
Roland is taking way too long. He needs extra encouragement to get the f*ck out of the club.
I wonder if a few coaches of people from South London might help with the counting of the votes over there.
Redhenry said last week that his "lot" had pulled out.
As you were.
Fingers crossed
The club does have to employ an appropriate financial officer under the FFP rules, I believe. That might be a starting point.
The pessimists as the end of days.
Both may be right.
The Aussies have been around, according to rumours, from before October 2017. Earlier if you believe they are the same group or an off-shoot of, as the AFC group that kicked off this thread over a year ago.
So the Aussies have been around for a long time and they haven't walked away. According to SHG they just won't pay Duchatelet's silly terms.
If the Saudis have walked (and the British group don't actually exist - "fake news" alert) the the President can hang around for another summer or longer in the vain hope of finding a mug punter or he can do the deal the Aussies thought they had done back in February.
Aussies on or around 8 May, which we all know is Victory in Europe Day, is my guess.
LLL&BH
Similar things being said on the other forum too.
I so hope bexley boys version of events turns out to be right.
This things can take time. For example, the potential takeover of Wigan (a much easier prospect you'd have thought) first emerged in October, was confirmed in January/February, but still hasn't happened.
Perhaps this time would be the perfect opportunity for Richard Murray to make a statement to the fans.
They aren't the original Aussies though from what I can gather, as you may know, a friend told me last week he spoke to one of the guys in the original bid and he walked away after due diligence. This must be a second Aussie group which includes Muir.