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  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    Oggy Red said:
    Cardinal Sin said:
    I understand Millwall have released Ben Amos. Would have him back in a flash.
    Ben Amos was only on loan at Millwall, which expired at the end of the season.
     
    But I do believe his Bolton contract is due to expire - so no doubt released from relegated Bolton,
    if that's what you mean?

    It wasn't Oggy, I thought he had gone there permanently. Been a bad move for him and would be great to see him competing with Phillips next season.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    Cardinal Sin said:
    Oggy Red said:
    Cardinal Sin said:
    I understand Millwall have released Ben Amos. Would have him back in a flash.
    Ben Amos was only on loan at Millwall, which expired at the end of the season.
     
    But I do believe his Bolton contract is due to expire - so no doubt released from relegated Bolton,
    if that's what you mean?

    It wasn't Oggy, I thought he had gone there permanently. Been a bad move for him and would be great to see him competing with Phillips next season.
    When Amos was at Charlton on loan, I read somewhere that he was 'thought' to be earning around £16k pw, one of the reasons why hard up Bolton sent him out on loan each year.

    Compared to his year at Charlton, he had a poor season at Millwall - and perhaps his stock has fallen.  I can't really see him being offered £16k pw anywhere - unless he ends up at a lower Prem club as one of their back up keepers.

    He certainly won't get anywhere near that if he signed for Charlton.



  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    Oggy Red said:
    Cardinal Sin said:
    Oggy Red said:
    Cardinal Sin said:
    I understand Millwall have released Ben Amos. Would have him back in a flash.
    Ben Amos was only on loan at Millwall, which expired at the end of the season.
     
    But I do believe his Bolton contract is due to expire - so no doubt released from relegated Bolton,
    if that's what you mean?

    It wasn't Oggy, I thought he had gone there permanently. Been a bad move for him and would be great to see him competing with Phillips next season.
    When Amos was at Charlton on loan, I read somewhere that he was 'thought' to be earning around £16k pw, one of the reasons why hard up Bolton sent him out on loan each year.

    Compared to his year at Charlton, he had a poor season at Millwall - and perhaps his stock has fallen.  I can't really see him being offered £16k pw anywhere - unless he ends up at a lower Prem club as one of their back up keepers.

    He certainly won't get anywhere near that if he signed for Charlton.



    If he’s been on 16k/w for three years and invested wisely, he doesn’t need to worry about getting the same again. However, I guess it can be difficult accepting a big pay cut to “only”, say, £5k/w. 
  • BR7_addick
    BR7_addick Posts: 10,210
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
  • BR3red
    BR3red Posts: 1,715
    @BR7_addick

    You have answered your own question 😳

    He is senile....
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    Even Millwall like Charlton more than Roland does.


  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,675
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    Because he hates us with a passion 
  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,014
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    {Huh?}
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    Within the FFP rules he can only put in about 15-20 million this season.  Even if he would do it, that doesn't anywhere near guarantee promotion.  If it was your money and you had no emotional attachment would you? 
  • sunbury-addick
    sunbury-addick Posts: 1,929
    edited June 2019
    LenGlover said:
    JessieAddick said:
    Bowyer's own contract is still not sorted which I think will negatively affect these players' willingness to stay. 

    When Curbs decided to leave he still had one year left on his contract yet Murray didn't want him to see it out and Murray's reason (according to Curbs) was that they wouldn't be able to sign players who knew the manager would be leaving in a year's time. It doesn't seem a problem at all now? I reckon if asked about his own future by the players Bowyer would say he would stay but that certainly wouldn't be 100% guaranteed? It's nice that the club has offered these four players new contracts but we must sign Bowyer up ASAP - he probably has been offered a new deal too. I just wonder how is he going to persuade Aribo or Bauer to stay when he himself isn't certain to stay?

    (I think JFC will sign though, unless he's offered an unacceptable cont
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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    blackpool72 said:
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    Because he hates us with a passion 
    See this is where I think we go collectively go off beam with everything. If he hated us with a passion he would sell every asset, seek to  close the club down or let the club operate on the most minuscule budget possible. Instead he provides millions each year to make it viable (with no guarantee he’ll eventually get that back) and we operated last season with a budget twice the divisional average. 

    Thats not someone who who hates us with a passion. A terrible useless owner, yes. But I don’t buy these operating with intentional malice insinuations tbh
  • jacob_CAFC
    jacob_CAFC Posts: 2,063
    AFKABartram said:
    blackpool72 said:
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    Because he hates us with a passion 
    See this is where I think we go collectively go off beam with everything. If he hated us with a passion he would sell every asset, seek to  close the club down or let the club operate on the most minuscule budget possible. Instead he provides millions each year to make it viable (with no guarantee he’ll eventually get that back) and we operated last season with a budget twice the divisional average. 

    Thats not someone who who hates us with a passion. A terrible useless owner, yes. But I don’t buy these operating with intentional malice insinuations tbh
    Yeah I think i'd agree with you there. He doesn't like the fanbase but i'm not sure he is doing anything to be spiteful, it seems to me it's all about the money. He doesn't want to spend a penny and doesn't understand football. I'm sure he does hate the fans, but i don't think that would factor to into shitty decisions he makes.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    jacob_CAFC said:
    AFKABartram said:
    blackpool72 said:
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    Because he hates us with a passion 
    See this is where I think we go collectively go off beam with everything. If he hated us with a passion he would sell every asset, seek to  close the club down or let the club operate on the most minuscule budget possible. Instead he provides millions each year to make it viable (with no guarantee he’ll eventually get that back) and we operated last season with a budget twice the divisional average. 

    Thats not someone who who hates us with a passion. A terrible useless owner, yes. But I don’t buy these operating with intentional malice insinuations tbh
    Yeah I think i'd agree with you there. He doesn't like the fanbase but i'm not sure he is doing anything to be spiteful, it seems to me it's all about the money. He doesn't want to spend a penny and doesn't understand football. I'm sure he does hate the fans, but i don't think that would factor to into shitty decisions he makes.
    To be fair, the club is still losing money so he is providing money. It might be in the form of a loan, but it's still cash out of his bank account. 

    The weird thing about Roland is that rather than cutting his losses and selling for a sensible price, he is instead incurring losses he will never get back while waiting for a higher price. Getting HIS price is an ego thing for him, as other than that he has no interest in the club, and will instead let the club plod along in a totally short term manner
  • Viewfinder
    Viewfinder Posts: 4,911
    AFKABartram said:
    blackpool72 said:
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    Because he hates us with a passion 
    See this is where I think we go collectively go off beam with everything. If he hated us with a passion he would sell every asset, seek to  close the club down or let the club operate on the most minuscule budget possible. Instead he provides millions each year to make it viable (with no guarantee he’ll eventually get that back) and we operated last season with a budget twice the divisional average. 

    Thats not someone who who hates us with a passion. A terrible useless owner, yes. But I don’t buy these operating with intentional malice insinuations tbh
    I agree with you entirely, AFKA.  Duchatelet has never been malicious, vindictive or spiteful towards the fans or club.  Of course he has made huge mistakes, but the personal abuse dished out on this forum is merely vulgar and crass.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,001
    edited June 2019
    AFKABartram said:
    blackpool72 said:
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    Because he hates us with a passion 
    See this is where I think we go collectively go off beam with everything. If he hated us with a passion he would sell every asset, seek to  close the club down or let the club operate on the most minuscule budget possible. Instead he provides millions each year to make it viable (with no guarantee he’ll eventually get that back) and we operated last season with a budget twice the divisional average. 

    Thats not someone who who hates us with a passion. A terrible useless owner, yes. But I don’t buy these operating with intentional malice insinuations tbh
    I'm pleased I'm not the only person who can speak out with common sense. Yes, he's a very peculiar unfathomable individual, who has run our club in a most stupid and disrespectful manner. We all want a better owner, but now he has finished his foolish experiment, he is running the club in a more reasonable manner than he was. What we need if not a better new owner, is a good CEO that knows what they are doing. I've never prescribed to anyone would be a better owner, because there are far too many villains wanting to buy football clubs as opposed to incompetents. 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,675
    Covered End said:
    AFKABartram said:
    blackpool72 said:
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    Because he hates us with a passion 
    See this is where I think we go collectively go off beam with everything. If he hated us with a passion he would sell every asset, seek to  close the club down or let the club operate on the most minuscule budget possible. Instead he provides millions each year to make it viable (with no guarantee he’ll eventually get that back) and we operated last season with a budget twice the divisional average. 

    Thats not someone who who hates us with a passion. A terrible useless owner, yes. But I don’t buy these operating with intentional malice insinuations tbh
    I'm pleased I'm not the only person who can speak out with common sense. Yes, he's a very peculiar unfathomable individual, who has run our club in a most stupid and disrespectful manner. We all want a better owner, but now he has finished his foolish experiment, he is running the club in a reasonable manner. What we need if not a better new owner, is a good CEO that knows what they are doing. I've never prescribed to anyone would be a better owner, because there are far too many villains wanting to buy football clubs as opposed to incompetents. 
    I have to disagree that he is running the club in a reasonable manner. 
    If he was Bowyer and Jackson would have been offered realistic contracts and we would not be in a position where half the team is out of contract. 
    Also he would have replaced Grant with a proper replacement in January. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,001
    edited June 2019
    blackpool72 said:
    Covered End said:
    AFKABartram said:
    blackpool72 said:
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    Because he hates us with a passion 
    See this is where I think we go collectively go off beam with everything. If he hated us with a passion he would sell every asset, seek to  close the club down or let the club operate on the most minuscule budget possible. Instead he provides millions each year to make it viable (with no guarantee he’ll eventually get that back) and we operated last season with a budget twice the divisional average. 

    Thats not someone who who hates us with a passion. A terrible useless owner, yes. But I don’t buy these operating with intentional malice insinuations tbh
    I'm pleased I'm not the only person who can speak out with common sense. Yes, he's a very peculiar unfathomable individual, who has run our club in a most stupid and disrespectful manner. We all want a better owner, but now he has finished his foolish experiment, he is running the club in a reasonable manner. What we need if not a better new owner, is a good CEO that knows what they are doing. I've never prescribed to anyone would be a better owner, because there are far too many villains wanting to buy football clubs as opposed to incompetents. 
    I have to disagree that he is running the club in a reasonable manner. 
    If he was Bowyer and Jackson would have been offered realistic contracts and we would not be in a position where half the team is out of contract. 
    Also he would have replaced Grant with a proper replacement in January. 
    I still said and think he is incompetent & at this point it relates to the fact that he should have appointed a competent CEO.

    What I meant by more reasonable, is that it is no longer a circus with a merry go round of inappropriate managers and players. 

    He is running the club with 2% of his time, plus LDT part time, who knows little about football.

    In terms of players it's not half the team out of contract that is the issue. It's Aribo and possibly  Bauer as well. Although Bauer said a year ago, he understandably wanted to play in The Championship and would not sign a new contract.

    I didn't want Reeco, Reeves, Ajose, Vetokele et al to be offered new deals. But yes he should have allowed us a better option than Parker. 
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    blackpool72 said:
    Covered End said:
    AFKABartram said:
    blackpool72 said:
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    Because he hates us with a passion 
    See this is where I think we go collectively go off beam with everything. If he hated us with a passion he would sell every asset, seek to  close the club down or let the club operate on the most minuscule budget possible. Instead he provides millions each year to make it viable (with no guarantee he’ll eventually get that back) and we operated last season with a budget twice the divisional average. 

    Thats not someone who who hates us with a passion. A terrible useless owner, yes. But I don’t buy these operating with intentional malice insinuations tbh
    I'm pleased I'm not the only person who can speak out with common sense. Yes, he's a very peculiar unfathomable individual, who has run our club in a most stupid and disrespectful manner. We all want a better owner, but now he has finished his foolish experiment, he is running the club in a reasonable manner. What we need if not a better new owner, is a good CEO that knows what they are doing. I've never prescribed to anyone would be a better owner, because there are far too many villains wanting to buy football clubs as opposed to incompetents. 
    I have to disagree that he is running the club in a reasonable manner. 
    If he was Bowyer and Jackson would have been offered realistic contracts and we would not be in a position where half the team is out of contract. 
    Also he would have replaced Grant with a proper replacement in January. 
    Well, we can only 'hope' something positive is manifesting behind the scenes .... and Bowyer already knows and is patient because of this.

    Of course, pigs may fly.


  • SE7toSG3
    SE7toSG3 Posts: 3,140
    he is running the club in a reasonable manner.  

    Sorry Steve, I think you mean 'reasonable for Roland' not reasonable as in the majority of football clubs. 

    He is still operating with no CFO, no CEO and no interest, thats not normal
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,001
    SE7toSG3 said:
    he is running the club in a reasonable manner.  

    Sorry Steve, I think you mean 'reasonable for Roland' not reasonable as in the majority of football clubs. 

    He is still operating with no CFO, no CEO and no interest, thats not normal
    Agreed. Perhaps I should have said more reasonable than previously. 
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  • addick05
    addick05 Posts: 2,348
    AFKABartram said:
    blackpool72 said:
    BR7_addick said:
    Sounds utterly insane knowing Roland as we all do, but I can’t help but wonder if anyone connected with him or in fact himself has stopped and thought, we are one division away from making an absolute killing financially, the team and fans are currently on the biggest high of his tenure, fuck it let’s knock out as much as we can out within financial fair play rules on transfers and wages this summer and go for it, he’s gonna die rich anyway right?!  Where’s the risk and reward backbone from the senile old scrotum!
    Because he hates us with a passion 
    See this is where I think we go collectively go off beam with everything. If he hated us with a passion he would sell every asset, seek to  close the club down or let the club operate on the most minuscule budget possible. Instead he provides millions each year to make it viable (with no guarantee he’ll eventually get that back) and we operated last season with a budget twice the divisional average. 

    Thats not someone who who hates us with a passion. A terrible useless owner, yes. But I don’t buy these operating with intentional malice insinuations tbh

    Have been saying this for ages. People think it's personal and that he has a vendetta against the fans. Nonsense. Sure, he doesn't care about us and after some of the japes played on him and all the marvellous work from CARD and others he certainly has no love for us. But, he is a business man (obviously not a very good one when it comes to running a football club) so - like him- let's keep things on an impersonal basis.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    He simply has to "win" - that is the issue. He won't sell unless he can walk away believing he was right all along. It's why he wants his money back.
  • RugbyAddick
    RugbyAddick Posts: 2,079
    He is not running this club in a reasonable manner. He hasn’t from the moment he stepped in. The only reason we are in the position we are in (i.e Championship) is due to the work Bowyed, Jacko and Gallen have done. Putting together a team... something we can be proud of on the pitch. 

    He has not invested money into this club and he has not invested time into this club. 

    The money our academy has generated in recent years:
    £3.5m for Gomez
    £11m for Lookman
    2.5m for Konsa
    £1m for Grant
    Money for Sarmiento

    That has not been invested into the squad whatsoever and other than the training ground, it doesn’t look like it’s been invested into the club. 


  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,001
    edited June 2019
    Ok, as I said maybe reasonable was too strong. I meant more reasonable than the previous circus he was running 3 years ago. Nearly reasonable ?
    He's ballsed most things up, but he has invested £65M, even if it is an interest bearing loan that he wants back.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    @AFKABartram is totally correct.  I actually worry about the mental health of some posters. 

    The "club" doesn't have any money, none, ziltch.  It it was personal, why didn't we flog BFG, Aribo etc in the summer, why did we sign Taylor? Why keep bowyer knowing he was popular?

    If it was personal we would still have a no body Belgium manager, a team of trash. 

    Is Roland good for us, of course he isn't.  Is he intrested in the long term success of us, no he isn't. If you think he is deliberately trying to damage us, I suggest you look at Orients recent history.

    Most importantly he isn't prepared to put in any more than he feels he has to, which is still A LOT more than the minimum and probably more than half the owners of the 72.  
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    The best you can say about Duchatelet is that he isn’t actively ballsing things up with quite the regularity We had got used to. But still no executive management at the club, a negligent approach to key contracts, no real understanding of football and the fan engagement/PR skills of a pissed off viper. Under his ownership we are only ever one decision and one step away from chaos. Like, for example, if he fails to secure Lee Bowyer on at least a two year contract. 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Davo55 said:
    The best you can say about Duchatelet is that he isn’t actively ballsing things up with quite the regularity We had got used to. But still no executive management at the club, a negligent approach to key contracts, no real understanding of football and the fan engagement/PR skills of a pissed off viper. Under his ownership we are only ever one decision and one step away from chaos. Like, for example, if he fails to secure Lee Bowyer on at least a two year contract. 
    I am not defending anyone here but people seem to have missed something. League 1 manager and players contracts are 90% of the time actually a liability, not an asset. 

    Assume the Australians wanted to buy the club when Robinson was manager, they still want to buy it when Bowyer is manger.  They don't want to buy it because either was manager.  If I was going to chuck a load of money at a club, that I had no emotional attachment to, I would want to choose my own manager.

    It's only been an issue since the club was "for sale". Slades original contract only ran out today ffs. 
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    edited June 2019
    Weegie Addick said:
    He simply has to "win" - that is the issue. He won't sell unless he can walk away believing he was right all along. It's why he wants his money back.
    I don’t disagree with that Weegs and agree it’s a fundamental problem. I could argue though that those who steadfast refuse to get any enjoyment from Charlton Athletic until he is off the scene are equally trapped in a ‘must win’ mentality. I think I can see both sides and how they got to that point, but don’t think either are right personally. 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Weegie Addick said:
    He simply has to "win" - that is the issue. He won't sell unless he can walk away believing he was right all along. It's why he wants his money back.
    This is my stance.
    Only when we get to the end of June, and if  he hasn't tied Bowyer down to a new contract, will we know he has a different agenda which may include revenge or spite.
    His actions or lack of action in the next few weeks may answer that question.

  • N01R4M
    N01R4M Posts: 2,577
    An interesting discussion, with many valid points.

    As a protester - both at The Valley and in Belgium - and a contributer to actions such as contacting sponsors, the FA, the EFL and the national media, I know we have got under his skin, and has reacted by calling us names such as vinegar pissers.
    However, I have always felt his mismanagement of CAFC as a business has been entirely down to his incompetence and lack of understanding of what motivates his "customers", the fans, and has not - so far - been motivated by revenge.

    I agree with @Weegie Addick that his exit strategy is governed by his ego - his need to be proved right in his original idea that football can be managed at a profit, and to be able to present himself to the other fish swimming in his small pond as a visionary genius. 

    At the outset it was reported that one reason for appointing KM as CEO was his belief that women kept a tighter rein on finances.  Well, that may be true for competent women, but that is not a description anyone could apply to KM!  At some point it appears he realised her management was losing him money hand over fist, and is now clearly intent on reversing that.  Unfortunately, his ignorance of the football business, and the ways in which it differs frm selling electronic widgets, means he ends up being penny wise and pound foolish.

    We can all see now is the optimum time to tie up a sale of the club, and that Bowyer & co. are a major asset of the business.  Unfortunately, RD probably lacks the knowledge to appreciate this, and even if LdT has woken up & smelt the coffee, it is possible he lacks the balls to tell Roland what's what, for fear RD will shoot (as in fire) the messenger.

    So where does this leave us, the fans?

    At present there is little we can do, but if we reach 1 July with RD still the owner & contracts for Bowyer & co. still unresolved, I will be surprised if fan disquiet does not rise.  If there appears to be a renewed taste for action - in England or in Belgium - there is then still time to plan protests for the new season.  

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