The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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For a moment I thought that was a poem Clive.5
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Anyone who asks this, will never understand the answer.KiwiValley said:.
I have always been curious about the thinking of those that couldn’t bear to see the valley moved elsewhere. If your family moves to a new house is it not still your family? Do you memories of the Valley vanish? Genuine question and I am not critical just curious . To be fair (voice drops to a whisper) I have only been to the valley 4 times. For me the club is the people on here and in the valley not the bricks and mortar. I’d expect that they’d bring elements of the old stadium with them.charltonkeston said:
If we could get a deal done like West Ham, that would give us a considerable advantage. But those deals rarely happen in the real world, unless you have people working for you in government.Charltonstu said:Sorry about last comment . comp went down before I finished .
I think new owners who ever they maybe will sell the valley and move us to a new ground on the peninsula
The only way we can ever get back to prem .
I love Charlton and would hate to see us leave the valley . but it might be a case of one step back and two forward17 -
So are we assuming McLeish et al are the only buyers left / most advanced / serious now?
Where are the others? Are they still close? @Redhenry @Airman Brown5 -
Was thinking the same. Are these the group that @Redhenry was so excited about?The Red Robin said:So are we assuming McLeish et al are the only buyers left / most advanced / serious now?
Where are the others? Are they still close? @Redhenry @Airman Brown0 -
I don't think so. I think Red Henry meant a different group.Redvalleyeast said:
Was thinking the same. Are these the group that @Redhenry was so excited about?The Red Robin said:So are we assuming McLeish et al are the only buyers left / most advanced / serious now?
Where are the others? Are they still close? @Redhenry @Airman Brown1 -
From what I have picked up (from the thread) Red Henry's group have an offer and aren't willing to raise it, so there's stalemate there.The Red Robin said:
I don't think so. I think Red Henry meant a different group.Redvalleyeast said:
Was thinking the same. Are these the group that @Redhenry was so excited about?The Red Robin said:So are we assuming McLeish et al are the only buyers left / most advanced / serious now?
Where are the others? Are they still close? @Redhenry @Airman Brown1 -
I didn't!BigRedEvil said:
I'm surprised he came back after the Oldham game!DOC64 said:Alex McLeish, who apparently was uncertain as of the start of the week as to whether he wanted to be involved. The fact that he returned for the Oxford game would suggest that he has committed.
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Will the club provide tartan blankets for Alex McGleish and Donald Where's-me troosers?cfgs said:
One half of the ground would need to kitted out as blue padded cells and the other half seats with blankets.Redrobo said:I can’t see the maths in a move. The Valley is hardly a fantastic development site in a sought after area after all. Would there be cash over after you have sold the ground, bought another site and built another stadium?
It would need land to be given to us and would have to include other revenue streams to make it worthwhile, and if it did, I would be OK with it.
I could see a joint development with Millwall being an option that would come up!
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It was bad enough when the Valley became allseater a move to somewhere else would be unthinkable.....understand not everyone else feels like this, it's just my personal view.Greenie said:
Anyone who asks this, will never understand the answer.KiwiValley said:.
I have always been curious about the thinking of those that couldn’t bear to see the valley moved elsewhere. If your family moves to a new house is it not still your family? Do you memories of the Valley vanish? Genuine question and I am not critical just curious . To be fair (voice drops to a whisper) I have only been to the valley 4 times. For me the club is the people on here and in the valley not the bricks and mortar. I’d expect that they’d bring elements of the old stadium with them.charltonkeston said:
If we could get a deal done like West Ham, that would give us a considerable advantage. But those deals rarely happen in the real world, unless you have people working for you in government.Charltonstu said:Sorry about last comment . comp went down before I finished .
I think new owners who ever they maybe will sell the valley and move us to a new ground on the peninsula
The only way we can ever get back to prem .
I love Charlton and would hate to see us leave the valley . but it might be a case of one step back and two forward1 -
Not at all convinced that Muir and Macleish are fronting another bid, but given Muir's business track record, the prospect of him supporting an offer significantly greater than another bidder considers the club is worth, must be slim. However, if Duchatelet is prepared to wait and entertain another, then he clearly isn't sold on any offer he has and there must be a real chance that the existing offer won't proceed. If you are buying a house and have made your offer but the owner continues to entertain other buyers, you up your offer or pull-out. There must be a real chance that Duchatelet will be left holding the debt and ongoing operating losses after 31st January. Frankly, I can wait for him to get real on the sale price and conditions if it means we are sold at a realistic price which means new owners may have more to invest and if Roland Duchatelet takes a humbling loss in the process.
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There were Aussies at The Valley on Tuesday and not to see the game. That’s all I have to report.47
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So with them interested, plus Red Henry’s lot, this must mean that Muir/Mcleish is Roland’s trusted mobAirman Brown said:There were Aussies at The Valley on Tuesday and not to see the game. That’s all I have to report.
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Re moving from the Valley. Two important points:
1. Unlike most other stadia from which clubs have recently moved, the Valley is already Premier League -ready.. It is also capable of some further commercial development, which we know RD was exploring.
2. I am not quite sure of the facts behind the following statement, but I believe the reputed site on the Peninsula is no longer a viable option from the Council's viewpoint.
We also have the ACV which the Supporters' Trust jealously guards. Indeed @se9addick who spearheaded the initial project to obtain it, has kindly volunteered to do the same for its renewal even though he is no longer on the CAST board.
We are not going anywhere, and anyone who tries to suggest we will, or should, will soon know the strength of the opposition to that, not least because there is no rational business case for doing so.30 -
Picking up prescriptions from the ticket office?Airman Brown said:There were Aussies at The Valley on Tuesday and not to see the game. That’s all I have to report.
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Jumping into the car park potholes to get half way home?Airman Brown said:There were Aussies at The Valley on Tuesday and not to see the game. That’s all I have to report.
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What? For something down under?Ben18 said:
Picking up prescriptions from the ticket office?Airman Brown said:There were Aussies at The Valley on Tuesday and not to see the game. That’s all I have to report.
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Checking out the new Primark / Lidl complex on Bugsbys Way?Airman Brown said:There were Aussies at The Valley on Tuesday and not to see the game. That’s all I have to report.
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Working behind the bar in Bartrams.Airman Brown said:There were Aussies at The Valley on Tuesday and not to see the game. That’s all I have to report.
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Sledging @oohaahmortimer0
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Interestingly, Robinson and McCleish have the same agent
Robinson also suggests there are up to four consortiums interested in the club10 - Sponsored links:
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Where did you see this?AFKABartram said:Interestingly, Robinson and McCleish have the same agent
Robinson also suggests there are up to four consortiums interested in the club1 -
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/sport/charlton/15822135.Charlton_manager_on_takeover_rumours_involving_former_Rangers_duo/Scoham said:
Where did you see this?AFKABartram said:Interestingly, Robinson and McCleish have the same agent
Robinson also suggests there are up to four consortiums interested in the club1 -
If The Aussies were at The Valley on Tuesday, as was Muir in the evening, is there a chance that Muir is a front man for The Aussies and McLeish is advising on the playing side of things?
If there are four interested parties this could become a long, drawn out affair with Roland playing them all off against each other and maybe eventually getting no deal at all. Unless of course one party offers a deal he cannot refuse.4 -
Robinson knows more than he's letting on I suspect.6
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Surely all these consortium's realise the need to act before January is over5
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Obviously not in the know but that seems a very viable option, would make a lot of sense anyway.LargeAddick said:If The Aussies were at The Valley on Tuesday, as was Muir in the evening, is there a chance that Muir is a front man for The Aussies and McLeish is advising on the playing side of things?
If there are four interested parties this could become a long, drawn out affair with Roland playing them all off against each other and maybe eventually getting no deal at all. Unless of course one party offers a deal he cannot refuse.0 -
Not so sure, they may, more or less, be writing this season off.Pelling1993 said:Surely all these consortium's realise the need to act before January is over
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I would to know who is making decisions on player sales if the rumours are true about Ricky. Surely can't be Roland who famously only spends 1.5% of his time on CAFC. Who is now in charge of Daisy's spreadsheet.3
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Richard Murray has always loved a January saleGreenwichred said:I would to know who is making decisions on player sales if the rumours are true about Ricky. Surely can't be Roland who famously only spends 1.5% of his time on CAFC. Who is now in charge of Daisy's spreadsheet.
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Any chance Muir is working for RD to reduce debt? This has probably already been ruled out?1
