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Matt Southall’s first interview
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Can’t decide who rocks the ‘Turtleneck and Jacket’ look the best...
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Some would consider that video an attempt at connecting with fanslancashire lad said:for a chairman who wants to connect with the fans I find it surprising that he has not yet connected with CAST.27 -
Random thoughts after watching that.
1 or possibly both of Bowyer and Southall won't be here in 18 months time.
He is a football fan, former player and agent. He knows what fans want and want to hear.
He is an excellent sales man. Probably an excellent man manager as well.
He will personally know every employee's birthday, partners name, children's names name and favourite animal by Friday.
Something will happen before the 1st of Feb that will cause up roar on here.
"We as investors" hit me, I wouldn't mind being £10 behind him, but it's not his money.
Not so concerned about "exit strategy" but being a medium term "established championship club" is just a good way of throwing good money after bad.
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Liked what I heard. Happy to swop a Belgian 'huh' for a good old British 'you know'.11
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Agreed, I hope he pops down to Kent tomorrow to visit the CACT.lancashire lad said:for a chairman who wants to connect with the fans I find it surprising that he has not yet connected with CAST.
There really is no pressing need for any transfer negotiations and other such unimportant stuff.
NB They have now been the owners for 3 whole working days. Yes, 3 whole working days.25 -
#makebritaingreatagainRaith_C_Chattonell said:Liked what I heard. Happy to swop a Belgian 'huh' for a good old British 'you know'.
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Really Impressed .
It doesn't matter what he said you will still get the same old CL pessimists picking the negatives from it. They can't help it.
I think the future is extremely bright and we should be patient and enjoy the ride.28 -
Exactly finally someone understands that CAST are more important than CAFCCovered End said:
Agreed, I hope he pops down to Kent tomorrow to visit the CAST.lancashire lad said:for a chairman who wants to connect with the fans I find it surprising that he has not yet connected with CAST.
There really is no pressing need for any transfer negotiations and other such unimportant stuff.5 -
made me buy 2 tickets for Saturday14
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I knew Charlton Life was a tough crowd at times but fuck me I can’t believe some of these comments lol.
He should of turned up and slagged off SouthEastern first, win a few more people over.55 - Sponsored links:
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Overall encouraging I know we knew about Sparrows lane but he mentioned "other assets" which not yet completed like to know exactly what these are .2
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Interesting that we are paying a significant loan fee for Green2
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Yeah what do we think he meant by that? Players (Taylor)?Hartleypete said:Overall encouraging I know we knew about Sparrows lane but he mentioned "other assets" which not yet completed like to know exactly what these are .
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I liked that. It's bloody difficult doing a video interview if you are not experienced with it. I thought he came across as very genuine, and definitely a proper football guy. As people have said, he has done his homework on our history and that's good too, because he clearly decided it was important to do that. Duchatelet never did that, and I don't think Jiminez or Slater did that either, and those two were footie guys too.
I think that he regarded that interview as important. Sure it was "friendly" (and you can see an edit/retake or two) but the fact he wanted it to be a success with us, is a step change from what has gone on for the last 10 years.
That's my take on the comms side of it, the Bow contract is perhaps the only discordant note, but I agree with others, it looks like it might be Bow's approach. He has turned out to be one canny customer, has our Lee.
Just one final thought. I wonder where Mr Heller fits in all this. What exactly does he bring to the show? That's not a hostile question at all, I'm just curious.31 -
No idea what you watched.Cafc43v3r said:Random thoughts after watching that.
1 or possibly both of Bowyer and Southall won't be here in 18 months time.
He is a football fan, former player and agent. He knows what fans want and want to hear.
He is an excellent sales man. Probably an excellent man manager as well.
He will personally know every employee's birthday, partners name, children's names name and favourite animal by Friday.
Something will happen before the 1st of Feb that will cause up roar on here.
"We as investors" hit me, I wouldn't mind being £10 behind him, but it's not his money.
Not so concerned about "exit strategy" but being a medium term "established championship club" is just a good way of throwing good money after bad.14 -
lancashire lad said:for a chairman who wants to connect with the fans I find it surprising that he has not yet connected with CAST.
What shall I do first? Make safe the sinking ship, or go and talk to a group of fans.
Give the bloke a chance, he's only been on the scene 3 to 4 days15 -
It almost sounded to me like he's a back up if His Excellency and or Southall require it.PragueAddick said:I liked that. It's bloody difficult doing a video interview if you are not experienced with it. I thought he came across as very genuine, and definitely a proper football guy. As people have said, he has done his homework on our history and that's good too, because he clearly decided it was important to do that. Duchatelet never did that, and I don't think Jiminez or Slater did that either, and those two were footie guys too.
I think that he regarded that interview as important. Sure it was "friendly" (and you can see an edit/retake or two) but the fact he wanted it to be a success with us, is a step change from what has gone on for the last 10 years.
That's my take on the comms side of it, the Bow contract is perhaps the only discordant note, but I agree with others, it looks like it might be Bow's approach. He has turned out to be one canny customer, has our Lee.
Just one final thought. I wonder where Mr Heller fits in all this. What exactly does he bring to the show? That's not a hostile question at all, I'm just curious.0 -
I would really hope that the Chairman is not involved in minute by minute player negotiations, he has Gallen and Bowyer for that, all he has to do is set the budget and be available if a clearance is needed. As he talked so much about connecting the fans I standby my remark that he should have connected with CAST if he is really genuine in his statements.Covered End said:
Agreed, I hope he pops down to Kent tomorrow to visit the CAST.lancashire lad said:for a chairman who wants to connect with the fans I find it surprising that he has not yet connected with CAST.
There really is no pressing need for any transfer negotiations and other such unimportant stuff.13 -
Some of our fans live in a fantasy land.ValleyGary said:I knew Charlton Life was a tough crowd at times but fuck me I can’t believe some of these comments lol.
He should of turned up and slagged off SouthEastern first, win a few more people over.4 - Sponsored links:
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A breath of fresh air.
Think for one minute about the shit stain Belgian and his mob.
They Didn't get the fans or football from the moment they arrived to the moment they left.
We are a defensive lot at times and understandably so, but I think this group of people could genuinely bring some great times to this football club.
Let's get behind them a start pushing ourselves back.14 -
Well, he is CEO of an organisation controlling billions in a diverse portfolio of businesses. Southall is not a businessman, HE is a figure head with the money (access to the money), so I reckon Heller's experience may come in useful for the commercial and strategic stuff. Just maybe!PragueAddick said:I liked that. It's bloody difficult doing a video interview if you are not experienced with it. I thought he came across as very genuine, and definitely a proper football guy. As people have said, he has done his homework on our history and that's good too, because he clearly decided it was important to do that. Duchatelet never did that, and I don't think Jiminez or Slater did that either, and those two were footie guys too.
I think that he regarded that interview as important. Sure it was "friendly" (and you can see an edit/retake or two) but the fact he wanted it to be a success with us, is a step change from what has gone on for the last 10 years.
That's my take on the comms side of it, the Bow contract is perhaps the only discordant note, but I agree with others, it looks like it might be Bow's approach. He has turned out to be one canny customer, has our Lee.
Just one final thought. I wonder where Mr Heller fits in all this. What exactly does he bring to the show? That's not a hostile question at all, I'm just curious.
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I think he meant We as in ESI as a collective. I'm sure the only actual investor (ie coughed up any ready money) out of those names we know about, is HECafc43v3r said:Random thoughts after watching that.
1 or possibly both of Bowyer and Southall won't be here in 18 months time.
He is a football fan, former player and agent. He knows what fans want and want to hear.
He is an excellent sales man. Probably an excellent man manager as well.
He will personally know every employee's birthday, partners name, children's names name and favourite animal by Friday.
Something will happen before the 1st of Feb that will cause up roar on here.
"We as investors" hit me, I wouldn't mind being £10 behind him, but it's not his money.
Not so concerned about "exit strategy" but being a medium term "established championship club" is just a good way of throwing good money after bad.2 -
Regarding Heller I think he's in as a mentoring role for Southall and somebody who HE has worked with for longer than he has with MS, i can't imagine HE would leave MS to run the club without a more senior figure keeping a closer eye than HE is able tooPragueAddick said:I liked that. It's bloody difficult doing a video interview if you are not experienced with it. I thought he came across as very genuine, and definitely a proper football guy. As people have said, he has done his homework on our history and that's good too, because he clearly decided it was important to do that. Duchatelet never did that, and I don't think Jiminez or Slater did that either, and those two were footie guys too.
I think that he regarded that interview as important. Sure it was "friendly" (and you can see an edit/retake or two) but the fact he wanted it to be a success with us, is a step change from what has gone on for the last 10 years.
That's my take on the comms side of it, the Bow contract is perhaps the only discordant note, but I agree with others, it looks like it might be Bow's approach. He has turned out to be one canny customer, has our Lee.
Just one final thought. I wonder where Mr Heller fits in all this. What exactly does he bring to the show? That's not a hostile question at all, I'm just curious.6 -
*rolls eyes*golfaddick said:Lies already. 2 weeks ago they said the first thing they would do after the Takeover was agreed would be to tie down LB & his staff onto longer term contracts & now its that LB's will be discussed in February.
I wonder if the slump in form has anything to do with it....?? Easy get out (with not much compo) if things haven't improved, rather than saddling themselves with a manager they no longer want.
Just a thought.6 -
The same interview as most people I would imagine unless they beamed a "unique" one to my TV.Covered End said:
No idea what you watched.Cafc43v3r said:Random thoughts after watching that.
1 or possibly both of Bowyer and Southall won't be here in 18 months time.
He is a football fan, former player and agent. He knows what fans want and want to hear.
He is an excellent sales man. Probably an excellent man manager as well.
He will personally know every employee's birthday, partners name, children's names name and favourite animal by Friday.
Something will happen before the 1st of Feb that will cause up roar on here.
"We as investors" hit me, I wouldn't mind being £10 behind him, but it's not his money.
Not so concerned about "exit strategy" but being a medium term "established championship club" is just a good way of throwing good money after bad.
What of those 7 points do you think weren't evidenced in that?0 -
He’s been officially in charge for 3 days...THREE DAYS.lancashire lad said:
I would really hope that the Chairman is not involved in minute by minute player negotiations, he has Gallen and Bowyer for that, all he has to do is set the budget and be available if a clearance is needed. As he talked so much about connecting the fans I standby my remark that he should have connected with CAST if he is really genuine in his statements.Covered End said:
Agreed, I hope he pops down to Kent tomorrow to visit the CAST.lancashire lad said:for a chairman who wants to connect with the fans I find it surprising that he has not yet connected with CAST.
There really is no pressing need for any transfer negotiations and other such unimportant stuff.He’s given a fairly in-depth interview, he’s been to visit the upbeats and he’s addressed ALL fans. I’m sure he will visit CAST, but they aren’t really that important right now, so I’m sure they’ll live.30 -
Very positive interview and looking forward to seeing how ESI take us forward over the coming months and years.3
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I’m sure Matt will watch it back again and realise he’s said a few “you knows” and prolly take the piss out of himself
I had it on whilst taking a dump and then doing some work and didn’t notice any of em (I’m a proper crank) so I’ll have to take everyone’s word on that.We don’t have to be all deferential to him because he’s in charge of the club , some will be bowing and curtsying when his Royal Highness turns up cos he may be worth a few bob ffs10 -
I'd say the first one! :-) But you make some good points there, and I took them for what they were, random thoughts, and no less valid than mine or anyone else's.Cafc43v3r said:
The same interview as most people I would imagine unless they beamed a "unique" one to my TV.Covered End said:
No idea what you watched.Cafc43v3r said:Random thoughts after watching that.
1 or possibly both of Bowyer and Southall won't be here in 18 months time.
He is a football fan, former player and agent. He knows what fans want and want to hear.
He is an excellent sales man. Probably an excellent man manager as well.
He will personally know every employee's birthday, partners name, children's names name and favourite animal by Friday.
Something will happen before the 1st of Feb that will cause up roar on here.
"We as investors" hit me, I wouldn't mind being £10 behind him, but it's not his money.
Not so concerned about "exit strategy" but being a medium term "established championship club" is just a good way of throwing good money after bad.
What of those 7 points do you think weren't evidenced in that?3
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