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  • WestCountryAddick
    WestCountryAddick Posts: 2,545
    edited January 2015
    What is more likely is that they WERE going to get rid of Bob, but after the news article broke they had to put it off so that they could declare it all as press gossip to save face. They just delayed the decision for a couple of weeks.
  • Harket
    Harket Posts: 20
    AW but u would - all night long!!!
  • kentred2
    kentred2 Posts: 2,338
    Miere and Duchalet do not have a clue about football but that is not the aim of the network. That is to make money. They are business people and you cant say worse than that.

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    Covered End said:

    I tell you what, some might say, that Slater lied every time his lips moved. Allegedly. I of course would not.

    Did you ever see Mickey`s lips move? :)
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,257
    kentred2 said:

    seth plum said:

    There is plenty of very admirable stuff in Miere's CV that make her suitable for the role that RD has outlined for her.
    It may be that there are some other areas of enterprise within a football club that others would be more suited to, and it is beholden for RD to either address those areas or not bother.

    Out of her depth. So obviously a front for Duchalet it is painful. All the wear red stuff was an example ... Charlton are a football club not a infant school
    I don't think we know or will ever know if she is out of her depth. She's taken on a role that means she essentially the voice of RD re: all things Charlton. I actually think if you look at her cv she's done well for her age. I remember her saying that she helped RD negotiate tv rights with her hometown club after offering her services to him because it was an area of law she was a specialist in.

    Because we are part of a network, we're yet to see what she's made of. Only Vetokele and JBG were transfers outside the network.

    I think she's been stitched up a bit re: comments prior to BP getting the sack, but maybe she thought he would still be around after Brighton regardless the result. Maybe RD had discussed it with her, then changed his mind.

  • WestCountryAddick
    WestCountryAddick Posts: 2,545
    kentred2 said:

    Miere and Duchalet do not have a clue about football but that is not the aim of the network. That is to make money. They are business people and you cant say worse than that.

    Clubs lose money hand over fist in League One. Clubs can make HUGE sums of money in the Premier League. You end up in League One with poor investment in a team, poor choices in managers, poor choices in transfer dealings. You have to invest money to get to the Premier League. You don't need to know much about football to know that.

    Throwing random players and managers at a Club and expecting them to succeed doesn't strike me as a particularly sound business model.
  • floydroadfaithfull
    floydroadfaithfull Posts: 4,778
    New pitch/seats/turnstyles won't get you in the premierleague
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Whose carrying out the interview process?
    Is RD at Charlton for this?
  • waldo
    waldo Posts: 495
    WestCountryAddick said:

    Henry Irving said:

    I felt a bit sorry for her.

    She puts out a PR statement trying to lift people and steady the ship and the next day she is made to look silly by Bob being sacked.

    Now, it could be that BP was going anyway, she knew and she just lied.

    I think it more likely that she either didn't know that was the plan or the decision was made suddenly after Brighton and so events catch up with her. I don't know which.

    Welcome to the world of management Katrien. Sometimes your role is to be the flack catcher. You won't be the first Charlton CEO to be left out to dry like this and I doubt you will be the last.

    My only hope is that this incident doesn't put you off communicating more often and in more detail. The more times you get it right the less people will comment on the times you don't.

    I think this is true. Roly is making her look like an idiot in my opinion. The comments from the program coupled with the sacking of Bob, then the statement from the Club yesterday and the recent info that Luzon is in town for talks seems to show that whilst she is making all the right noises from a fans point of view, she is being completely undermined by decisions from Duchatelet.

    Of course it's also possible that Roly asked Meire to merely interview Luzon and other potential candidates will be seen in the coming days/weeks/months. I wonder though who actually gets the final say here, Meire or Duchatelet? It wouldn't surprise me if they decide to see some more potential candidates in the near future knowing that Luzon will get the job anyway, but think they have to see others to pay lip service to the disgruntled fan base. I'm of the opinion it's a done deal and in time, Luzon will be announced as the new man.
    'who gets the final say here' See my post on the BP article. Page 14 I think.

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  • ken from bexley
    ken from bexley Posts: 5,085
    confirmed as manager @ 6.28 on sky
  • NomadicAddick
    NomadicAddick Posts: 2,115
    ken from bexley said:

    confirmed as manager @ 6.28 on sky

    Who would have thought it?
  • ken from bexley
    ken from bexley Posts: 5,085
    on os http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/guy-luzon-appointed-as-charlton-head-coach-2200684.aspx
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,588
    Can't see where people get the idea that she's out of her depth. She's doing her job perfectly as her boss wants. She's a mouth piece and part of her role is to lie when required. Unfortunately some people are blinded by looks and charm and think that makes some one more trustworthy.
  • seriously_red
    seriously_red Posts: 5,741
    Oi where's the effing confirmed stamp?
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,805
    seriously_red said:

    Oi where's the effing confirmed stamp?

    Been retired when Paulie stopped posting confirmed deals.
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    o dear katrien ----kat-----katty------------its a bit like a 1960s kids TV puppet show-----we can all see the strings and know someone is pulling em
  • Tutt-Tutt
    Tutt-Tutt Posts: 3,276
    So the bottom-line is, don't believe anything you read from management in the official programme.
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    Tutt-Tutt said:

    So the bottom-line is, don't believe anything you read from management in the official programme.

    Standard Charlton.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,136
    Don't buy the programmes. Then the pretty girls will be putting them neatly in the puddles on the floor outside the ground for nuffink innit

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  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    Tutt-Tutt said:

    So the bottom-line is, don't believe anything you read from management in the official programme.

    Or on club statements. Not Luzon's fault but Meire and M. Roly have not covered themselves in any glory with their nonsense to us fans since Saturday.
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,838
    Katrien. Liar or puppet/mug, you decide.
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,632
    Tutt-Tutt said:

    So the bottom-line is, don't believe anything you read from management in the official programme.

    no
    it's don't trust the management
  • WestCountryAddick
    WestCountryAddick Posts: 2,545
    Davo55 said:

    Katrien. Liar or puppet/mug, you decide.

    All of the above.
  • centurion
    centurion Posts: 437
    Agree @Exiled_Addick‌ she is in the classic middle management position - think she is genuine enough and her heart is in the right place, but i doubt she has much of a say in the big decisions. Personally would hate to have Duchatelet as a boss because what he seems to preach and what he practices are the very opposite.
  • WestCountryAddick
    WestCountryAddick Posts: 2,545
    edited January 2015
    Tutt-Tutt said:

    So the bottom-line is, don't believe anything you read from management in the official programme.

    Or on the offical site in fact.

    I'm dying to exactly what made Meire decide that ' this appointment is the right one because I understand that this club needs and deserves a Head Coach who can plan and take charge for the long-term', because those are her words that she carefully chose for the press statement after Bob was sacked.

    First of all. Which of his credentials persuaded her that she didn't need to see any other candidates because clearly this is the only man in the world that she needed to interview. I also have a VERY different understanding of what the words 'long-term' mean. To me an 18 month contract is short-term.
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,010
    Davo55 said:

    Katrien. Liar or puppet/mug, you decide.

    Typist.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,115
    Duchatelet runs the show.
    Meire is the puppet with Duchatelet's hand up her backside.
    Richard Murray(you are responsible for so many good things to happen at this club) does what?

    Meire is told what to do and is taking the flak.

    Meire has no say whatsoever in what goes on at this club, certainly on the playing side.
  • I_Saw_Semedo_Score
    I_Saw_Semedo_Score Posts: 1,632
    She's either a liar, or a fool. Whichever it is, it's worrying.
  • kentred2
    kentred2 Posts: 2,338
    edited January 2015
    Katrien you are a liar and an affront to our great club. Go

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