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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

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  • magic1999
    magic1999 Posts: 469
    edited February 2018
    So RM spoke to 'some' staff at the training ground .... not all staff so was he trying to find out who keeps leaking information to those ITK
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Stig said:

    Ormiston Addick said:

    As the Chinese say when discussing the internal machinations of the ruling Communist Party, "Those who talk really don't know and those who really know don't talk."

    My lips are sealed.
    You sound like my wife

    Only 24 hours till you hit the Millers Arms Shooters, the last thing you will find is sealed lips!
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    Stig said:

    Ormiston Addick said:

    As the Chinese say when discussing the internal machinations of the ruling Communist Party, "Those who talk really don't know and those who really know don't talk."

    My lips are sealed.
    Mine are also sealed; but with a slightly knowing smile forming at the edges, a hint of a smirk breaking out, leading to an involuntary raising of the right hand in a sort of an acknowledging wave, which in turn causes a minuscule nod of the head.

    The picture you should be getting is that annoying smug look only politicians can adopt as they push through reporters on the way into Downing Street on the first day of a new Government. You know, the face you would really like to punch.

    Again and again.

    Also means I know f**k all about anything. Ever.
  • KiwiValley
    KiwiValley Posts: 3,380
    3blokes said:

    I’ve heard, apparently, this thread can now be seen from outer space..

    Source?
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    kentaddick said:

    Bedsaddick said:

    Wouldn’t surprise me if that account was Colin/bexleyboy
    I'm going with Craig David
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,073
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Stig said:

    Ormiston Addick said:

    As the Chinese say when discussing the internal machinations of the ruling Communist Party, "Those who talk really don't know and those who really know don't talk."

    My lips are sealed.
    You sound like my wife

    Wish it was mine.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    magic1999 said:

    So RM spoke to 'some' staff at the training ground .... not all staff so was he trying to find out who keeps leaking information to those ITK

    Or he was just speaking to the staff who were on site that day. I'm sure the club employ a lot of people part-time, especially for match days, so he's not really going to be able to tell everyone all at once. There was probably a follow-up email.

    Given Murray said basically the same thing to the Trust nary a fortnight ago, I don't think is is part of some larger witch hunt to root out the leakers.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,230
    SDAddick said:

    magic1999 said:

    So RM spoke to 'some' staff at the training ground .... not all staff so was he trying to find out who keeps leaking information to those ITK

    Or he was just speaking to the staff who were on site that day. I'm sure the club employ a lot of people part-time, especially for match days, so he's not really going to be able to tell everyone all at once. There was probably a follow-up email.

    Given Murray said basically the same thing to the Trust nary a fortnight ago, I don't think is is part of some larger witch hunt to root out the leakers.
    He spoke to staff at the Valley one week and then at Sparrows Lane, who were gathered on an IT training course of some sort, the following week.

  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,944
    edited February 2018
    Dear God. Please not Red Bull.

    Would really be RIP Charlton.

    RD is slowly killing the club, RB would be a quick death of Charlton. There will be a club with a similar name in a different ground and different kit but it won't be Charlton. Not to me anyway.

    That would be it for football for me.

    I know it's just one dodgy Twitter account but I cannot emphasise enough how bad this will be.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    Henry Irving said:

    SDAddick said:

    magic1999 said:

    So RM spoke to 'some' staff at the training ground .... not all staff so was he trying to find out who keeps leaking information to those ITK

    Or he was just speaking to the staff who were on site that day. I'm sure the club employ a lot of people part-time, especially for match days, so he's not really going to be able to tell everyone all at once. There was probably a follow-up email.

    Given Murray said basically the same thing to the Trust nary a fortnight ago, I don't think is is part of some larger witch hunt to root out the leakers.
    He spoke to staff at the Valley one week and then at Sparrows Lane, who were gathered on an IT training course of some sort, the following week.

    Ah cheers Henry. Think that settles that.
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  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,108
    Bedsaddick said:

    Knowing our luck it'll be Marlene Dietrich
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,681
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Stig said:

    Ormiston Addick said:

    As the Chinese say when discussing the internal machinations of the ruling Communist Party, "Those who talk really don't know and those who really know don't talk."

    My lips are sealed.
    You sound like my wife

    Wish it was mine.
    Oi I've met your wife.
    Deserves a medal :)
  • Gillis
    Gillis Posts: 998
    Pelling1993 said:

    Give me Charlton in the champions league and i think i'd live with the little RB in front of our name

    But you wouldn't have Charlton in the Champions League. You'd have the London iteration of a global energy drink marketing project in the Champions League.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,625
    Gillis said:

    Pelling1993 said:

    Give me Charlton in the champions league and i think i'd live with the little RB in front of our name

    But you wouldn't have Charlton in the Champions League. You'd have the London iteration of a global energy drink marketing project in the Champions League.
    Chill. It’s not Red Bull.

  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    cantersaddick said:

    Dear God. Please not Red Bull.

    Would really be RIP Charlton.

    RD is slowly killing the club, RB would be a quick death of Charlton. There will be a club with a similar name in a different ground and different kit but it won't be Charlton. Not to me anyway.

    That would be it for football for me.

    I know it's just one dodgy Twitter account but I cannot emphasise enough how bad this will be.

    I know they're highly unlikely to be involved, but if they were I'd want to look closely at their plans for the club.

    Football, or at least the Premier League, is becoming increasingly over-commercialised, and with Facebook's future involvement only likely to fuel things further, who knows what the future may hold. And in a future when people will possibly have more leisure time (one way or another), the entertainment and sports industries are only likely to grow.

    I heard a year or so back that Corbyn's team want some sort of inquiry into the way football changing, and claim they want to do something about it. You can argue that they're just saying anything to win votes, but at least someone has said something.

    Alternatively, the Prem is the best league in the world, so leave well alone.
  • Gillis
    Gillis Posts: 998
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Gillis said:

    Pelling1993 said:

    Give me Charlton in the champions league and i think i'd live with the little RB in front of our name

    But you wouldn't have Charlton in the Champions League. You'd have the London iteration of a global energy drink marketing project in the Champions League.
    Chill. It’s not Red Bull.

    No, it's not Red Bull. But the thread has now (for at least the fifth time) wandered onto the merits or otherwise of Red Bull.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,752
    One retweet and everyone imagination goes mad . What idiot did that ?
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,037
    cantersaddick said:

    Dear God. Please not Red Bull.

    Would really be RIP Charlton.

    RD is slowly killing the club, RB would be a quick death of Charlton. There will be a club with a similar name in a different ground and different kit but it won't be Charlton. Not to me anyway.

    That would be it for football for me.

    I know it's just one dodgy Twitter account but I cannot emphasise enough how bad this will be.

    Well, I don't necessarily think so. For all its myriad faults, the FA/general English football governing bods tend to realise that original brand importance (for want of a less clunky phrase) is pretty important.

    Look at what happened with "Hull City Tigers" - met with outrage and the fans were backed by pretty much everyone.

    While we'd likely see the Red Bull Valley (because let's face it we don't need to move out of the Valley nor would it make financial sense), and maybe some form of bovine motif, the identify of the club wouldn't be changed much - because people wouldn't allow it to change.

    Think to the Leeds crest, we'd probably be safe there - and other such.

    That said, I'd feel uncomfortable if it were Red Bull and we "bought" our success etc.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    edited February 2018
    Bedsaddick said:

    One retweet and everyone imagination goes mad . What idiot did that ?


    Someone with the handle 'The Artful Dodger' tweeted it Henners reckoned It's a troll site with 33 followers but I'm no grass on the retweet Beds :wink:
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,073
    blackpool72 said:

    ElfsborgAddick said:

    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Stig said:

    Ormiston Addick said:

    As the Chinese say when discussing the internal machinations of the ruling Communist Party, "Those who talk really don't know and those who really know don't talk."

    My lips are sealed.
    You sound like my wife

    Wish it was mine.
    Oi I've met your wife.
    Deserves a medal :)
    It has been said before tbf.
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  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,211
    edited February 2018
    Im in the know and I can now tell you that I heard it is The God, Jesus and Lordy oh Lordy Consultium that has bought the club. It’s going to be a hell exciting season. No more Sunday kick offs and I’m sure we will get the rub off the green. You can say you’ve heard it here first.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,625
    PaddyP17 said:

    cantersaddick said:

    Dear God. Please not Red Bull.

    Would really be RIP Charlton.

    RD is slowly killing the club, RB would be a quick death of Charlton. There will be a club with a similar name in a different ground and different kit but it won't be Charlton. Not to me anyway.

    That would be it for football for me.

    I know it's just one dodgy Twitter account but I cannot emphasise enough how bad this will be.

    Well, I don't necessarily think so. For all its myriad faults, the FA/general English football governing bods tend to realise that original brand importance (for want of a less clunky phrase) is pretty important.

    Look at what happened with "Hull City Tigers" - met with outrage and the fans were backed by pretty much everyone.

    While we'd likely see the Red Bull Valley (because let's face it we don't need to move out of the Valley nor would it make financial sense), and maybe some form of bovine motif, the identify of the club wouldn't be changed much - because people wouldn't allow it to change.

    Think to the Leeds crest, we'd probably be safe there - and other such.

    That said, I'd feel uncomfortable if it were Red Bull and we "bought" our success etc.
    99.9% of all football success is bought.


  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    SDAddick said:

    Remember when @Davo55 said "no more of the puns" and other bullshit things are getting serious?

    Yeah that lasted less than 24 hours.

    But that's about 23 and a half hours longer than my orders are followed by the missus. Result :wink:
  • GlassHalfFull
    GlassHalfFull Posts: 2,351

    Big money is very useful but what really gets you success is smart people. Like it or not (and of course many don't) RB Leipzig have been very very smart.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    blackpool72 said:

    ElfsborgAddick said:

    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Stig said:

    Ormiston Addick said:

    As the Chinese say when discussing the internal machinations of the ruling Communist Party, "Those who talk really don't know and those who really know don't talk."

    My lips are sealed.
    You sound like my wife

    Wish it was mine.
    Oi I've met your wife.
    Deserves a medal :)
    Tell you what though, she makes a nice cuppa in the morning.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    GlassHalfFull said:


    Big money is very useful but what really gets you success is smart people. Like it or not (and of course many don't) RB Leipzig have been very very smart.

    Big money gets smart people.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    378 pages of speculation, some one must know if the new owner is decent?
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    kentaddick said:

    Bedsaddick said:

    Wouldn’t surprise me if that account was Colin/bexleyboy
    I'm going with Craig David
    I'm sure you'll make a lovely couple. Congratulations.
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,173
    cantersaddick said:

    Dear God. Please not Red Bull.

    Would really be RIP Charlton.

    RD is slowly killing the club, RB would be a quick death of Charlton. There will be a club with a similar name in a different ground and different kit but it won't be Charlton. Not to me anyway.

    That would be it for football for me.

    I know it's just one dodgy Twitter account but I cannot emphasise enough how bad this will be.

    Would it be though? They wouldn't be able to change the name, that's been established. Cardiff's mad owner tried changing the kit, and he had shit all luck with that and changed it back; even he knew he'd crossed a line. Maybe the ground would become the Red Bull Valley, maybe we'd move, but I think we have to accept being based where we are that one day there's a serious chance an owner will try and move us to the Peninsula. As for the logo, yeah, we might get a new one with bulls on it, but we could also get one with a bloke dying of heartburn like Leeds or some weird cartoon pirate ship like City regardless of who owns us.

    If we've learned anything from RD's failed experiment, as well as the quick about-turns of the owners of Hull, Cardiff and others, it's that football fans in this country, you and me, are a bunch of bastards and you can't sell us anything we don't want to buy if it concerns our club. Sure, Red Bull have been able to pick up clapped out teams - a fifth division team and a team who had already changed their name for sponsorship money before - with little history and little interest but we are not that. I don't think we're being bought by RB for a second but I really don't think they'd have much luck pulling the heart out of the club if they tried; RD's been actively trying to kill us for years and as soon as he gets his money he's running for his life away from us as fast as he can. We like to say that RD bought the wrong club, and we will continue to be the wrong club for anyone stupid enough to come in with any agenda other than winning football matches and trying not to go out of business
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