A Bonkers Statement from Club - the infamous {...} one
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@cantersaddickcantersaddick said:Can I ask where the he tapes up his shoes thing comes from?!
Story from the Belgium 20
A local told them that when the new stand at St Truiden was built he was showing around the mayor and other local dignitaries when the sole came away from his shoe. So he went off and came back a few minutes later with it taped up and continued the tour. Fair enough.
The next week the mayor returned the invite and Roland visited the town hall wearing the same shoes, still taped up.12 -
Have a feeling this Tongue woman maybe interested in this.kitchenchef said:
Not a bad idea actually! certainly not to be sniffed at!!1StevieG said:We need to form a new group to counter these daft statements released on the Internet by our glorious dear leader. We should call it Charlton Life Information Terrorists. Sign up now to join the C.L.I.T.
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Here you go @cantersaddick the actual extract from this thread http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/71926/roland-the-man/p1 ;
'Basically Roland invited the mayor of sint-truiden to the STVV stadium when he was getting it built to show him around. When they were walking around Roland's shoe tore at the sole, he was not very happy apparently, so said excuse me and stormed off, he came back and had wrapped duct tape around his shoe to repair the damage and continued his presentation to the mayor and co.'1 -
Duchatelet has ripped the soul out of CAFC,
Hence why the 111 year old Lady was given a great send off on Sunday.1 -
To be fair, who keeps a spare pair of shoes at work?RedChaser said:Here you go @cantersaddick the actual extract from this thread http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/71926/roland-the-man/p1 ;
'Basically Roland invited the mayor of sint-truiden to the STVV stadium when he was getting it built to show him around. When they were walking around Roland's shoe tore at the sole, he was not very happy apparently, so said excuse me and stormed off, he came back and had wrapped duct tape around his shoe to repair the damage and continued his presentation to the mayor and co.'0 -
A week 'Stu_of_Kunming said:
To be fair, who keeps a spare pair of shoes at work?RedChaser said:Here you go @cantersaddick the actual extract from this thread http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/71926/roland-the-man/p1 ;
'Basically Roland invited the mayor of sint-truiden to the STVV stadium when he was getting it built to show him around. When they were walking around Roland's shoe tore at the sole, he was not very happy apparently, so said excuse me and stormed off, he came back and had wrapped duct tape around his shoe to repair the damage and continued his presentation to the mayor and co.'
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Hardly anyone I would suggest unless you work in toe tectors and come home in trainers.Stu_of_Kunming said:
To be fair, who keeps a spare pair of shoes at work?RedChaser said:Here you go @cantersaddick the actual extract from this thread http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/71926/roland-the-man/p1 ;
'Basically Roland invited the mayor of sint-truiden to the STVV stadium when he was getting it built to show him around. When they were walking around Roland's shoe tore at the sole, he was not very happy apparently, so said excuse me and stormed off, he came back and had wrapped duct tape around his shoe to repair the damage and continued his presentation to the mayor and co.'
It doesn't always follow but if you buy cheap shoes, or wear what you have until they are falling apart, which is very likely to be his style given reports of his frugality, you get what's coming to you, you end up sole less.
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You'd be amazed, especially among those attending business meetings.Stu_of_Kunming said:
To be fair, who keeps a spare pair of shoes at work?RedChaser said:Here you go @cantersaddick the actual extract from this thread http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/71926/roland-the-man/p1 ;
'Basically Roland invited the mayor of sint-truiden to the STVV stadium when he was getting it built to show him around. When they were walking around Roland's shoe tore at the sole, he was not very happy apparently, so said excuse me and stormed off, he came back and had wrapped duct tape around his shoe to repair the damage and continued his presentation to the mayor and co.'
It's the continued use of the shoes, without repair, that caused the story to be circulated.2 -
True - but if you look at the full quote he was apparently still wearing the taped up shoes a week or so later.....Stu_of_Kunming said:
To be fair, who keeps a spare pair of shoes at work?RedChaser said:Here you go @cantersaddick the actual extract from this thread http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/71926/roland-the-man/p1 ;
'Basically Roland invited the mayor of sint-truiden to the STVV stadium when he was getting it built to show him around. When they were walking around Roland's shoe tore at the sole, he was not very happy apparently, so said excuse me and stormed off, he came back and had wrapped duct tape around his shoe to repair the damage and continued his presentation to the mayor and co.'
"Basically Roland invited the mayor of sint-truiden to the STVV stadium when he was getting it built to show him around. When they were walking around Roland's shoe tore at the sole, he was not very happy apparently, so said excuse me and stormed off, he came back and had wrapped duct tape around his shoe to repair the damage and continued his presentation to the mayor and co.
A Week or so later the mayor returned the favour and invited him to a very classy restaurant "Michelin star" apparently. Anyway they were all sitting waiting for Roland to turn up when he came in with worn jeans a tee-shirt and the same repaired shoes that he had on for the stadium tour".
http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/71926/roland-the-man/p12 -
Has 'THE STATEMENT' finally been taken down from the Official site (I couldn't see it just now) or has it been moved to a different part of the site?
If it is gone it will nevertheless live on in the memory and must be included as a piece of digital history in the Museum as one of the most crass comments ever to have emerged on the Official site. That the Comms team were unable to prevent its appearance demonstrates that far from being an astute businessman (which he clearly was in electronic components) Roland D is treating Charlton as his own experimental plaything to do with as he wishes without any reference to staff in place who might be advising different courses of action and insisting on dictatorial executive decisions.
Naturally, I don't include Meire in the above whom no doubt has only spun the positive to RD with any internal criticism not voiced. In fact Meire can only seem to react to criticism herself with a rictus grin, surely RD expected more from a lawyer - the least she should be capable of is defending herself with words.
The decent thing for Meire to do now would be to resign and be spared the ignominy of being sacked or recalled and recylcled to Ujpest with Valerie Gys perhaps coming the other way.
Surely the Meire countdown (and meltdown) is well underway now?0 - Sponsored links:
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Still thereCoyotejohn1947 said:Has 'THE STATEMENT' finally been taken down from the Official site (I couldn't see it just now) or has it been moved to a different part of the site?
If it is gone it will nevertheless live on in the memory and must be included as a piece of digital history in the Museum as one of the most crass comments ever to have emerged on the Official site. That the Comms team were unable to prevent its appearance demonstrates that far from being an astute businessman (which he clearly was in electronic components) Roland D is treating Charlton as his own experimental plaything to do with as he wishes without any reference to staff in place who might be advising different courses of action and insisting on dictatorial executive decisions.
Naturally, I don't include Meire in the above whom no doubt has only spun the positive to RD with any internal criticism not voiced. In fact Meire can only seem to react to criticism herself with a rictus grin, surely RD expected more from a lawyer - the least she should be capable of is defending herself with words.
The decent thing for Meire to do now would be to resign and be spared the ignominy of being sacked or recalled and recylcled to Ujpest with Valerie Gys perhaps coming the other way.
Surely the Meire countdown (and meltdown) is well underway now?
http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/statement-3009419.aspx
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It's still there under the sub section 'Club' http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/statement-3009419.aspxCoyotejohn1947 said:Has 'THE STATEMENT' finally been taken down from the Official site (I couldn't see it just now) or has it been moved to a different part of the site?
If it is gone it will nevertheless live on in the memory and must be included as a piece of digital history in the Museum as one of the most crass comments ever to have emerged on the Official site. That the Comms team were unable to prevent its appearance demonstrates that far from being an astute businessman (which he clearly was in electronic components) Roland D is treating Charlton as his own experimental plaything to do with as he wishes without any reference to staff in place who might be advising different courses of action and insisting on dictatorial executive decisions.
Naturally, I don't include Meire in the above whom no doubt has only spun the positive to RD with any internal criticism not voiced. In fact Meire can only seem to react to criticism herself with a rictus grin, surely RD expected more from a lawyer - the least she should be capable of is defending herself with words.
The decent thing for Meire to do now would be to resign and be spared the ignominy of being sacked or recalled and recylcled to Ujpest with Valerie Gys perhaps coming the other way.
Surely the Meire countdown (and meltdown) is well underway now?0 -
Quick question - having just checked out this Valerie Gys, did Roland also put female CEOs in place at Standard Liege and Zeiss Jena, or whatever other clubs he owns. Just that from what I have seen so far, rather than empowering women he sticks them in positions where they are no more than puppets for his regime so that when the flak hits they're in the firing line and this can be used to make opponents look bad. As for the statement, if he thinks that's going to win any of us over, he's as green as the beer in Dublin today! Think he was on the beer himself when he wrote it.0
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According to Richard Cawley, Mel Baroni - Head of Comms, has resigned.6
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WowSimon E said:According to Richard Cawley, Mel Baroni - Head of Comms, has resigned.
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Who's going to answer all those 'fans' emails now....?Simon E said:According to Richard Cawley, Mel Baroni - Head of Comms, has resigned.
If true CARD should try and ensure that her resignation and it's clear link to the 'Roland Rant' statement is publicised as widely as possible.1 -
I feel sorry for her. It's a shame that she was caught in the crossfire by coming to work at our club under the present, erm, 'management'.
Fair play to her - it's to her credit that she has the professionalism and dignity to walk away from the total nightmare that is Roland's empire.
I hope she manages to find gainful employment again soon somewhere that isn't a complete disaster area!1 -
You know in Sci-Fi when they go on about being dragged into the vortex.
This is what it must feel like.
I mean it is every day, every bloody day.
If anybody ever suggests the laundry basket was far fetched, it is tame compared to the armageddon at the moment.3 - Sponsored links:
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Just think how good will the club's PR be now, having lost Ms Baroni - would it be quite so easy to get cover this time?0
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I have 2 pairs at work. One pair provided by the council and one pair of mine. Which I use after getting out of my cycling shoes.Study_of_Kunming said:
To be fair, who keeps a spare pair of shoes at work?RedChaser said:Here you go @cantersaddick the actual extract from this thread http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/71926/roland-the-man/p1 ;
'Basically Roland invited the mayor of sint-truiden to the STVV stadium when he was getting it built to show him around. When they were walking around Roland's shoe tore at the sole, he was not very happy apparently, so said excuse me and stormed off, he came back and had wrapped duct tape around his shoe to repair the damage and continued his presentation to the mayor and co.'
Never used gaffer tape though.
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Double wow. That`s not going to look good on her CV (Mel`s, I mean.) Sorry she got caught up in the car crash.0
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This club has SERIOUSLY affected my productivity at work this week. It's gone from being new developments every day to practically every hour!7
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Same here.LeaburnForEngland said:This club has SERIOUSLY affected my productivity at work this week. It's gone from being new developments every day to practically every hour!
Think I need to take some time away from CL.... How many weeks til the end of season?1 -
To be honest, I think it will reflect quite well on her. The club employed her as head of communications but then either bypassed or overruled her on an important (and utterly bonkers) communication with the fans. It shows that a) she has principles and b) she takes her role seriously.MountsfieldPark said:Double wow. That`s not going to look good on her CV (Mel`s, I mean.) Sorry she got caught up in the car crash.
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You REALLY didn't want to do that, Roland . . .25
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I like the sound of that......Airman Brown said:You REALLY didn't want to do that, Roland . . .
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In the voice of HAL?Rob62 said:
I like the sound of that......Airman Brown said:You REALLY didn't want to do that, Roland . . .
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