The Laundry Basket

Stig said:

guinnessaddick said:

JohnnyH2 said:

Should a mini bus that Valley Gold has purchased for the Academy be used for the CEO and Head Coach to be ferried around in?

The only reason I can think a mini bus was there is that they live further up the A12, which we know is not the case. This bit about them not all going back to Sparrows Lane is BS, they could have had a drop off point on the M25 ( the QE bridge sounds a good place). If it was a VG minibus more reason to withdraw from it.

They do live further up the A12. I just wish they'd stay there.

And Charlton for the incontinent;-)

I can't imagine they did leave easily through the main entrance otherwise evidence would have been seen via video or photo. There was well over 1000 fans protesting when i left around 6pm, they wouldn't of cleared out that quick unless the police intervened

soapboxsam said:

Redchaser, they Reckon we all have a doppelganger somewhere in the world ?

I found out mine lives in Munich, and supports Bayern,
Has a big Brieftasche and has a beautiful young Fraulein on his arm.

The German word that is being used in relation to CAFC is Schadenfreude;
And that is no laughing matter !

PS. Say hello if you see me at Hull, I will be dressed as a Zebra and standing on a soapbox.

That shouldn't be too hard to spot you then amongst a handful of us, I'll bring some sugar lumps

I can see a fancy dress protest at an upcoming game with a laundry basket theme. That could be another media spinner.

3blokes said:

Perhaps we could wear pants on our heads :-)

I like this with some decent thick rimmed black Hank Marvin (Shaddows lead guitarist for the younger lifers ) glasses over the top

I think KF did take the minibus home, that's believable, but hiding in a laundry basket? That's just childish and obviously a story made up

I can imagine KM and KF making a hurried, and hopefully in their minds, an anonymous exit via a side door onto a minibus, but in a laundry basket? Come off it, it's the stuff of fantasy,and wilful fantasy at that.
People want to believe it because it lends further weight to the hope that KM is rattled, will crumble under the pressure and resign; it's what a lot of us want, but it is wishful thinking at this point and no more.

The same is true of the Varney's emails and a potential buyer in KAH Sports Ltd which we have since discovered was not the case. Varney must take some responsibility here, his opening gambit in his introductory email was creatively ambiguous to say the least and it was not unreasonable to assume that KAH Sports Ltd were the potential investors and RD might be willing to sell.They weren't and he wasn't, no matter how much we wanted it to be the case.

No matter how much we dislike it, at the present time, this is what is:

RD owns the club and has no intention of selling

KM is his CEO and has no intention of quitting

KF is the manager and fuck knows what his intentions might be

We have an understrength squad in the relegation zone

So what to do?

Keep protesting, we cannot allow the momentum to tail off; boycott catering etc, a blessing in disguise; The Trust to keep grinding away at KM's indifference; support the team; in effect, more of the same.

I said some time ago that in an age of entitlement and importunateness, we need patience by the lorry-load.There is no boil-in- the- bag solution to this mess.It will take time.

But still can you imagine it on tuseday night

"back with the laundry! You traveled back with the laundry backkkk withhhhh the laundry" with a follow up of

"lie in a minute! She's gonna lie in a minute"

hmm.... evidence to contrary

Redskin said:

Henry Irving said:

I never assumed the buyer was KEH, in fact I said on here it was most likely not them. Varney and VOTV never said it was them either.

Doesn't mean there wasn't a real buyer waiting.

The laundry basket is untrue but still funny as a chant.

I didn't say you, VOTV or Varney assumed that KEH was the buyer. What I did say was that Varney was creatively ambiguous in his initial email and it was understandable why it could be construed that KAH were the potential investors.

Neither did I say that there wasn't a real buyer waiting, just that it wasn't KAH.

I think the point of that is to show that Varney was and is a credible person - contrary to the advice they receive from Richard Murray.

RedChaser said:

BartleyPark said:

As truth seems of little importance to them; "You're going home in a laundry basket" seems like a fair chant.

Thank you, I've got the royalties on that by the way
http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/comment/2359910#Comment_2359910

Haha! Of course. I'm confident the money you raise will go towards future protests.

Chunes said:

As has been pointed out on other threads, there's a video of KF signing autographs outside the ground after the game, not appearing in any rush to dive into a laundry basket.

Why our fans were asking for his autograph, I'll never understand.

I'm hoping one of them is doing the "get Karel to unwittingly sign a resignation letter" trick.

mogodon said:

Seems to be conflicting accounts of what happened post match with some saying it was an orderly retreat by Fraeye and the fragrant Ms Meire, others that they completed an evacuation via the kit van more befitting the last days of a tin-pot dictatorship. Clubs employees have gone onto social media to call the BBC reporter who first published the claim a "liar" (rather apt given Meire's reputation) so does anyone actually know what did happen? Suspect the laundry basket will feature in future protests regardless ...

It is the last days of a tinpot dictatorship.

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story!

seth plum said:

The next protest should definitely include a large laundry basket passed over the heads of the crowd, with images of Katrien, Karel, Roland and Richard that appear when the lid is opened. even more than one laundry basket, it will make good visuals, and certainly attract the attention of the media, and stick in the minds of many.

Brilliant idea.

And I agree, it's a fantastic metaphor for our ownership.