The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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Bit unfair to compare Cousins, a box to box midfielder to Konsa, a centre half.Weegie Addick said:Someone remind me what we sold Cousins for? Way better than either Konsa or Aribo on what I have seen.
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I'm just talking about youth potential. Fairly direct comparison with Aribo, in any case? And hasn't Karl played Konsa in midfield half the time?The Red Robin said:
Bit unfair to compare Cousins, a box to box midfielder to Konsa, a centre half.Weegie Addick said:Someone remind me what we sold Cousins for? Way better than either Konsa or Aribo on what I have seen.
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I wouldn't say more than a million for either. Whether or not he knows that I don't know.0
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I disagree, @seth plum - Cousins was a regular man of the match within a few months of debut.1
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Aribo struggled to get into our starting 11 at the end of last season having broken into it in Jan I think. His competition was Crofts, Ulvestad, Jackson etc. I don't see him as a big sale any time soon from what I have seen. KR just talked him up too much. Konsa, maybe £1-2M tops.0
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Fair point, and we voted Poyet as a player of the season. Yet to my mind Aribo and Konsa are both better than Poyet.Weegie Addick said:I disagree, @seth plum - Cousins was a regular man of the match within a few months of debut.
My overall point however is that the development of young players is one requiring thoughtful and skilled supervision, and we must be cautious when judging them.1 -
Context comes into this. In the ramshackle 2016/2017 squad, under two head coaches and Gawd knows how many other coaches, and after an unforeseen relegation, a lot was expected of young players making their way in a notably physical league. Plus all the off-field issues. A rookie has to find a valid career path through this combination of quicksand and minefield ? I admire all our young 'uns so much but I'm relieved that none of them is a son of mine (well, as far as I know). One of the more detestable aspects of this heinous regime.
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According to Sky Sports at the time... £1.25M.Weegie Addick said:Someone remind me what we sold Cousins for? Way better than either Konsa or Aribo on what I have seen.
What a shame.0 -
I think Konsa is class. Very composed CB. Not quite Gomez level but still decent. I'm not convinced by Aribo yet but I'm not writing anyone one off, especially a young player, after one season.Weegie Addick said:
I'm just talking about youth potential. Fairly direct comparison with Aribo, in any case? And hasn't Karl played Konsa in midfield half the time?The Red Robin said:
Bit unfair to compare Cousins, a box to box midfielder to Konsa, a centre half.Weegie Addick said:Someone remind me what we sold Cousins for? Way better than either Konsa or Aribo on what I have seen.
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50p and a lb of grapesWeegie Addick said:Someone remind me what we sold Cousins for? Way better than either Konsa or Aribo on what I have seen.
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To be clear, I am not writing either of them off. Just being realistic re their valuation.1
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Well according to Robinson Aribo is the next Patrick Vieira so he will be worth millions and millions..........0
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How depressing.
Given that we are down to discussing the relative merits of our sellable youth products because there isn't the slightest sniff of a rumour or any gossip which suggests that a sale process is even possible, let alone imminent, it appears that my estrangement from my football club is likely to continue for the foreseeable future....
It feels strange. Normally, I would be eagerly poring through any possible transfer rumours in eager anticipation of a squad being assembled with the potential to bring us glory next season....but this summer, I haven't even looked at the transfer thread once, and I can't see myself doing so, either. I'm just not interested in the machinations being orchestrated (or not) by a manager and administration that I feel no affinity or affection for and I just wish would disappear and never come back.
As it stands, this is not my club anymore....it's like watching a horror movie where a familiar old friend has been transformed into a slavering, mindless zombie. As a diseased and decaying CAFC limply staggers along in search of brains (which would be profits for RD if I'm going to pursue this tortured analogy) I simply cannot recognise it as my dear, cherished, contented and proud friend that was once so full of life....not least because it stinks pretty badly - a rather off-putting, foetid stench of rot, misery and death which I (and many others it seems) find utterly repellent. Quite simply, I don't recognise it anymore.
I look forward to the day when the curse is lifted and I get my beloved friend back . Sadly, it doesn't look like that is going to happen any time soon...26 -
This is exactly how I feel at this time...sadly!bigstemarra said:How depressing.
Given that we are down to discussing the relative merits of our sellable youth products because there isn't the slightest sniff of a rumour or any gossip which suggests that a sale process is even possible, let alone imminent, it appears that my estrangement from my football club is likely to continue for the foreseeable future....
It feels strange. Normally, I would be eagerly poring through any possible transfer rumours in eager anticipation of a squad being assembled with the potential to bring us glory next season....but this summer, I haven't even looked at the transfer thread once, and I can't see myself doing so, either. I'm just not interested in the machinations being orchestrated (or not) by a manager and administration that I feel no affinity or affection for and I just wish would disappear and never come back.
As it stands, this is not my club anymore....it's like watching a horror movie where a familiar old friend has been transformed into a slavering, mindless zombie. As a diseased and decaying CAFC limply staggers along in search of brains (which would be profits for RD if I'm going to pursue this tortured analogy) I simply cannot recognise it as my dear, cherished, contented and proud friend that was once so full of life....not least because it stinks pretty badly - a rather off-putting, foetid stench of rot, misery and death which I (and many others it seems) find utterly repellent. Quite simply, I don't recognise it anymore.
I look forward to the day when the curse is lifted and I get my beloved friend back . Sadly, it doesn't look like that is going to happen any time soon...0 -
Brilliant analogy!0
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"Despite the constant negative protest covfefe" said Meire and went back to bed.14
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Well said.bigstemarra said:How depressing.
Given that we are down to discussing the relative merits of our sellable youth products because there isn't the slightest sniff of a rumour or any gossip which suggests that a sale process is even possible, let alone imminent, it appears that my estrangement from my football club is likely to continue for the foreseeable future....
It feels strange. Normally, I would be eagerly poring through any possible transfer rumours in eager anticipation of a squad being assembled with the potential to bring us glory next season....but this summer, I haven't even looked at the transfer thread once, and I can't see myself doing so, either. I'm just not interested in the machinations being orchestrated (or not) by a manager and administration that I feel no affinity or affection for and I just wish would disappear and never come back.
As it stands, this is not my club anymore....it's like watching a horror movie where a familiar old friend has been transformed into a slavering, mindless zombie. As a diseased and decaying CAFC limply staggers along in search of brains (which would be profits for RD if I'm going to pursue this tortured analogy) I simply cannot recognise it as my dear, cherished, contented and proud friend that was once so full of life....not least because it stinks pretty badly - a rather off-putting, foetid stench of rot, misery and death which I (and many others it seems) find utterly repellent. Quite simply, I don't recognise it anymore.
I look forward to the day when the curse is lifted and I get my beloved friend back . Sadly, it doesn't look like that is going to happen any time soon...0 -
Thanks all.
And thank God for the cricket, is all I can say!*
*Apart from come on Kent and come on England, obviously!0 -
Not sure if this has been posted. Ozzie's losing interest, figure he wants heading to 40m.
http://m.kentlive.news/charlton-athletic-takeover-australian-consortium-losing-interest-in-buying-from-roland-duchatelet/story-30356478-detail/story.html0 -
Good post, I feel exactly the same...bigstemarra said:How depressing.
Given that we are down to discussing the relative merits of our sellable youth products because there isn't the slightest sniff of a rumour or any gossip which suggests that a sale process is even possible, let alone imminent, it appears that my estrangement from my football club is likely to continue for the foreseeable future....
It feels strange. Normally, I would be eagerly poring through any possible transfer rumours in eager anticipation of a squad being assembled with the potential to bring us glory next season....but this summer, I haven't even looked at the transfer thread once, and I can't see myself doing so, either. I'm just not interested in the machinations being orchestrated (or not) by a manager and administration that I feel no affinity or affection for and I just wish would disappear and never come back.
As it stands, this is not my club anymore....it's like watching a horror movie where a familiar old friend has been transformed into a slavering, mindless zombie. As a diseased and decaying CAFC limply staggers along in search of brains (which would be profits for RD if I'm going to pursue this tortured analogy) I simply cannot recognise it as my dear, cherished, contented and proud friend that was once so full of life....not least because it stinks pretty badly - a rather off-putting, foetid stench of rot, misery and death which I (and many others it seems) find utterly repellent. Quite simply, I don't recognise it anymore.
I look forward to the day when the curse is lifted and I get my beloved friend back . Sadly, it doesn't look like that is going to happen any time soon...
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This rumour has gone dryer than the popes nuts.
Sad really, we are in desperate need of a rescue buyer.1 -
Have the convicts pulled the plug on this venture?
Website seems to have disappeared.0 -
Still there through the link but couldn't find it listed on Google. http://www.australianfc.com.au/0
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What happened to the geezer on here who said it was a done deal last Friday?0
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Was that Colin?J BLOCK said:What happened to the geezer on here who said it was a done deal last Friday?
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His ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong...J BLOCK said:What happened to the geezer on here who said it was a done deal last Friday?
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Is any takeover deal from anyone completely dead then? Not a whisper for weeks now.2
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Katrien has said the club is "not for sale". So that's definitive, obviously...The Red Robin said:Is any takeover deal from anyone completely dead then? Not a whisper for weeks now.
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Crocodile Dundee in competition with Dame Edna Everidge, allegedly. To be announced when the tooth fairy gets back off of maternity leave...1
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I did have some contact with someone heading up the Ozzie approach.
All gone very quiet on that front.
After a longish chat with the fella,it did all sound a bit pie in the skyish imo.0
