Got no sympathy for RD and in fact i find it bloody funny! But it does little to strengthen our cause. Makes us look like the bad guys bullying 'poor Roland' - Why won't he just fuck off!?
Jim White discussing this now on TalkSport,said that Roland is very upset by the vandalism but is still a willing seller of the club,he is going to put proposals to the next fans forum.
I hope his proposal is to gift the supporters half the club in a radical move to show the FA how clubs should be protected from unsuitable owners.
we have had a fair bit of coverage in the media,and have had plenty of positive comments about the way the protests and grievencies have been handled.This wanton act of vandalism does our cause no good whatsoever,and I fear our press coverage may not be so favourable from now on.
we have had a fair bit of coverage in the media,and have had plenty of positive comments about the way the protests and grievencies have been handled.This wanton act of vandalism does our cause no good whatsoever,and I fear our press coverage may not be so favourable from now on.
the counter argument here is that although we have had plenty of positive comments about the way the protests and grievances have been handled........ it has got us absolutely nowhere. A minority who are prepared to do whatever (legally or otherwise) it takes and who have clearly had enough of his procrastination are upping the anti.
Would Roland have survived at the scum or dirty Leeds for this long , i very much doubt it . the nicey nicey approach with this bellend is not working so far if people wanna go off the beaten track to get at pricko so be it as long as no one is hurt or scared I’m all for it but I tell you what he has hurt me with his pathetic ownership of our club , so no sympathy from me
The question about the wisdom of this should be only one of tactics, rather than 'morals' or a sense of direct action, getting tough, whatever you call it . I fully understand the expression of impotent rage that is on display here. Impotent rage is what I personally feel about the situation.
My biggest problem is this: Whoever did this, knows perfectly well that both CARD and ROT have been active in Sint-Truiden. Yet he/she did not bother to say to either in advance that they planned to do this. Had they consulted, they may well have learnt that in the next 2-4 weeks a carefully worked out, creative effort from one or both groups was going to hit S-T. Maybe a billboard, maybe the taxi again, something new, but equally good, and designed to get at Roland without pissing off the citizens.
Now I don't know whether in fact any of that is planned. However if those who did this, didn't consult first, that shows a lack of teamwork, and that's a pity because that teamwork has been our strength up to now.
Oh and PS, I'd be wary of claims like "It worked at Standard". It is tempting to think that. However what some of them got up to wasn't universally welcomed by the rest of them, and most worryingly, he completely fucked them over in the resulting deal. So you could say that, on the one hand, yes they scared him, but on the other, he made sure he got his revenge on them for scaring him.
Although I was against, it’s worth remembering that over a million people marched peacefully against the second Iraq war and achieved nothing, whereas the poll tax riots clearly achieved their aims.
I fear this may not end well for the 'perps' - if they are caught. However, would Roland really welcome a court case where the accused will be asked just why they committed the crime? Could rebound on him - he doesn't like publicity, especially bad publicity.
Some Twinkie in the media gets to put their own delicious spin on it now.....seems convenient that his friend Ro-Lund comes out well from this again huh, lucky there’s no agenda there.....
I’d say a little bit of paint on a few buildings (which from what I’ve read were all empty at the time) is less hurtful than not being able to enjoy a game of football every two weeks with your Dad that had been a ritual since you were young enough to pull off a full replica kit and not look strange.
we have had a fair bit of coverage in the media,and have had plenty of positive comments about the way the protests and grievencies have been handled.This wanton act of vandalism does our cause no good whatsoever,and I fear our press coverage may not be so favourable from now on.
Good. Nice don't cut it where football is concerned...
Belgian police are reporting that CCTV images of the perps show a man in duct tape shoes running away from each property and jumping into a getaway food truck with the name 'Tony's Burgers' emblazoned on the side.
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But, if it pisses off the old ballbag, then it's quite satisfying.
Of course, if he sells the club, the vandalism will cease. Hopefully he has been provided with some incentive, though I doubt it.
We can buy him out for £85 million yay!!!!!
Tell Roland that Charlton fans expect to have the graffiti cleaned up within the next 48 hours!!
the counter argument here is that although we have had plenty of positive comments about the way the protests and grievances have been handled........ it has got us absolutely nowhere.
A minority who are prepared to do whatever (legally or otherwise) it takes and who have clearly had enough of his procrastination are upping the anti.
It worked at Standard....................
the nicey nicey approach with this bellend is not working so far
if people wanna go off the beaten track to get at pricko so be it as long as no one is hurt or scared I’m all for it
but I tell you what he has hurt me with his pathetic ownership of our club , so no sympathy from me
I fully understand the expression of impotent rage that is on display here. Impotent rage is what I personally feel about the situation.
My biggest problem is this: Whoever did this, knows perfectly well that both CARD and ROT have been active in Sint-Truiden. Yet he/she did not bother to say to either in advance that they planned to do this. Had they consulted, they may well have learnt that in the next 2-4 weeks a carefully worked out, creative effort from one or both groups was going to hit S-T. Maybe a billboard, maybe the taxi again, something new, but equally good, and designed to get at Roland without pissing off the citizens.
Now I don't know whether in fact any of that is planned. However if those who did this, didn't consult first, that shows a lack of teamwork, and that's a pity because that teamwork has been our strength up to now.
Oh and PS, I'd be wary of claims like "It worked at Standard". It is tempting to think that. However what some of them got up to wasn't universally welcomed by the rest of them, and most worryingly, he completely fucked them over in the resulting deal. So you could say that, on the one hand, yes they scared him, but on the other, he made sure he got his revenge on them for scaring him.
Yes, the clean up is 'imminent'.
Well done and thank you to who ever did that.
Fuck him the old toad. Hope it’s proper pissed him off and knocked a couple of years of his existence.
Good. Nice don't cut it where football is concerned...
I don't have any sympathy for Roland but is this the answer? Made ourselves look even more desperate and stupid IMO.