A way to show our appreciation to RD on Tuesday / Saturday?

No

Pitch, ground, players. Thanks Roland.

Whatever happens this season, he has moved the club forward.

nichorob you want to get yourself a book

Turn up - tick
Get behind the team - tick

That's it.

I'm going to wear each one of his football clubs shirts for 10 minutes. Will take a fee games to get them all done though. Let's hope he's here.

I will pop along to Greggs and purchase a Belgian Bun before the home games this week.

Belgian chocolates, or more specifically cherries soaked in Kirsch and then enrobed in dark chocolate. I'm up for doing my bit however onerous:-)

Kap10 said:

MrLargo said:

A lot of people on here seem to be getting very excited about some new plastic seats and a lick of paint here and there. He appears to have invested a reasonable amount of money in the playing squad but has also failed to keep hold of arguably the best youngster we've had since Parker. Think I'll at least wait until we've taken some points off Millwall before I start flashing my moobs at him.

I think you are being harsh about keeping Poyet. Poyet had decided to go a long time before RD arrived. Failure to secure his services lies firmly with the previous board. However, Rd has done nothing out of the goodness of his heart and he hopes to make money out of his purchase and investment. I am happy that he is here and made his investment but am under no illusion that he will be here long term.

Don't want to get involved in the "Is Roland a very nice man or the epitome of evil?" debate - there's already thousands of posts elsewhere on that subject. Interested in your last comment though, about being "under no illusion that he will be here long term". Are you saying that you think he's in it to make a quick buck, presumably hoping to get us promoted to the Premier League and then sell up as soon as there's a decent offer on the table?

Jiminez/Slater and co made it quite clear from the outset that was there intention (before Cash withdrew is cash) to get us to the Prem and sell up. I didn't really get that impression with RD though. I don't think he's sold any other clubs yet (aside from transferring ownership of a Belgium club into his wife's name). Obviously RD is in it to make money, but my theory was that he would achieve this by running, say 5 clubs as a network for the cost of running maybe 3 independently. Not looking for an argument, just curious about your theory.

By the way, for what it's worth, I don't believe Poyet had decided to go before Duchatelet had arrived. I think he would have stayed under Powell and I think he was considering it under Riga. 3 managers in 6 months doesn't suggest the sort of stability you want when your trying to build your career though.

Dave21

You may be buying a ticket but he is supplying the entertainment and facilities so we should doff our caps at an appropriate time none the less

Perhaps we could show appreciation back to Roland in kind? If his investment on the pitch yields the results then we eat more pies and drink more beer!

I think we have been starved for so long we are now thankful for the basic meal.

We needed a pitch. We needed new seats. We needed new players. He isn't a charity, he is a business man with a plan.

If he brings us years of success then i would thank him but at the moment he has done what is expected of a Championship owner.


The terrible previous owners are making him seem like a saint.