‘After speaking to two people from the Australian consortium hoping to buy the club, I am happy to withdraw my request for the return of my grandfather’s bust.’
The Aussies are as we speak preparing a statement, which they plan to release tomorrow.
They are NOT about to announce that the sale has been completed. But I believe it should be positive news. I certainly bloody hope so.
Serious question. Are you lonely?
Interesting there isn’t a word that means the opposite of lonely. If there was, I’d be that.
Jimmy it’s not incorrect the difference is I have no bias in what I share all I want is RD gone your source does not want to release the info that has dogged them from the start ref funds
I assure you the pup lines being told from within are not the ones I speak
Be careful who you believe mate is all i say
Equally you need to be careful that you don’t relay what one former director is being told and take it as the full story, unless you know he is hearing it directly from both sides.
Remind me to never to stand next to some of you when the order to go over the top is given.
I would have been in the senior service but you know what I mean
I will be standing next to NLA when the order is given because like him I have never believed we have even been close to a deal being agreed upon between seller & buyer.
I'm fortunate enough to know both @nth london addick and @JamesSeed and apart from one's inability to return some keys and the others dodgy spanner connections I think they are both honest guys telling us what they've heard without any agenda.
So all I can say #teamWIOTOS and onward to 1000 pages
No we are getting back on track, my great uncle Arthur Hearne was in 13 Platoon, D Coy, Hawke Battalion, he served in Gallipoli and was invalided out after being wounded on the Somme in the Ancre Valley attack, 13 November 1916. The letters I have from him are all censored by a Lt Turnbull who was killed the same day and buried in Ancre CWGC.
They were a cracking Division who fought further notable actions at Gavrelle in April 1917, Passchendaele, The Flesquieres Pocket March 1918 and key to the Last Hundred Days of the War. Many will remember their memorial (a Lutyens Fountain) being in the Royal Naval College when we were younger, it was returned to its original location on Horse Guards (it was removed during the Blitz to Greenwich), around 2000 from memory.
They will always be immortalised by AP Herberts Poem about their tee-total Commander General Shute after he banned the rum - ration:
The General inspecting the trenches Exclaimed with a horrified shout 'I refuse to command a division Which leaves its excreta about.'
But nobody took any notice No one was prepared to refute, That the presence of shit was congenial Compared to the presence of Shute.
And certain responsible critics Made haste to reply to his words Observing that his staff advisors Consisted entirely of turds.
For shit may be shot at odd corners And paper supplied there to suit, But a shit would be shot without mourners If somebody shot that shit Shute
If anything guarantees 1000 pages on this thread then its 'mentioning the war' to me, and bringing poetry back to the table, good plan @Henry Irving !
Separating the ownership of the ground from the club would be an unmitigated disaster - especially with Duchatelet as our landlord. We tried that before and it wasn’t terribly successful.
Much better for the Aussies to pull out and to let Duchatelet bleed unless or until he comes to his senses and agrees a realistic price with them or another buyer. A few huge protests may encourage him to come to his senses.
I fear that we are in for a war of attrition and will have to suffer for a little longer.
Good point. The Navy had to help the army out as usual : - )
I should have mentioned that I would have bravely volunteered to defend Ottawa (mostly because Alice Springs would have been too hot and dry for me)....
With regards to separating The Valley from CAFC, I would just say look at Coventry City!! They have one final year at the Ricoh and that only after virtually begging to play there this coming season. Season 19/20 they haven't a clue where they will be.
The statement was not meant for the fans. We're just collateral damage. It was drawn up by the lawyers simply to reassure the football industry at large that CAFC is open for business as "normal", and this takeover malarkey is just some little local difficulty, soon to be resolved. Meanwhile the whole weary process continues at glacier speed, to the profound detriment of the club, the rage and frustration of the fans, and the customary enrichment of the briefs. IMHO.
It was initially drawn up by a couple of the Aussie consortium, but I expect it was checked and/or modified by the Roland side, but then agreed by all parties (and their lawyers) before release.
Only a joint document would have been acceptable to all protagonists. Any fan-friendliness in the original draft has been thoroughly lawyered out in this frigid communication from the parallel universe wherein CAFC is presently marooned, slowly drifting ever more distant from us.
I think that’ll change. They’re pretty laid back for one thing. We’ll see how fan friendly they are when they select me a random fan for the board.
Laid back, are they, Jim?
Well, waking up to find this latest alleged scenario - a true Weston - I have a message for Mr Muir and his mates. It's this. Walk away. Now.
Mr M, I like the cut of your jib. It's plain that, putting business to one side, you've found something in CAFC/CACT that appeals. I think the Addicks would suit you very well, and you us. But let's face facts. We're all being played, held to ransom by our feelings for this grand old club. The Owner will never understand that while there's a hole in his arse, except to use our loyalty as leverage for his own foul purposes.
Oh, you can summon up advisers, brokers, middlemen and bankers to fight your corner, but what you need is a real Negotiator. Someone who doesn't give a hoot, except to get a result. That's where you and we go wrong, see, because we all DO care. We care an awful lot. I'll bet that none of your mob has ever had to do business before with someone like you-know-who.
Well, as of now don't feel you need to speak for me. Call it a day. I've got 64 seasons of memories to keep me going. In that time there have been several Charltons but never one like this. Let the Owner wallow in the God-awful mess he's created, the monumental losses he's piled up - and growing every single week, of course - and instead of clearing off at least with your decent offer he'll have to kiss that good money goodbye as well. How d'yer like THEM eggs, Roly boy?
So let him keep The Valley and Sparrows Lane. What are they worth without us? Buttons. I'd rather see The Valley become another Mountsfield Park than continue like this. And give the players (and staff) their freedom, instead of having their careers blighted by this tin-eared despot and his hapless commissar. To matey they're not people, they're just contracts on legs.
So, just let the Owner stew. In the meantime you'll know where to find me and I guess thousands like me - just whistle and we'll be back, ok? Only, don't leave it too long.
Blimey mate, the tears were starting to well up as I read you post. You may well be bang on the nail here. The Aussies have to either piss or get off the pot; it's all or nothing, the club, the ground and the training ground cannot be separated.
Is everyone seriously getting their knickers in a twist over someone suggesting that there is the option to buy the club minus the training ground & Valley?
It may be true but it doesn't mean the Aussies have to accept the deal!
Can I make a suggestion ... that everyone chills out, enjoys the World Cup, enjoys the sun, go on holiday and celebrate WIOTOS. There’s absolutely nothing we can do to get this pushed over the line any quicker
then how will we get to 1000 pages? that's all the excitement we have these days...
Primarily he's looking for a couple of punters to chuck in about five million quid into the pot. In return for this they get a junior directors role, tickets to every game, the glamour of the English third tier and quite probably all the chips they can eat.
OK I'm being facetious, but it is a genuine question. What is there to sell to additional investors?
Buying into one of the most wonderful football clubs in the world. And yes, I’m being serious.
Being reported on BBC breakfast London news this morning
What did they say?
It's good news week Someone's dropped a bomb somewhere Contaminating atmosphere And blackening the sky
It's good news week Someone's found a way to give The rotting dead a will to live Go on and never die
Have you heard the news What did it say? Who's won that race? What's the weather like today?
It's good news week Families shake the need for gold By stimulating birth control We're wanting less to eat
It's good news week Doctors finding many ways Of wrapping brains on metal trays To keep us from the heat
It's good news week Someone's dropped a bomb somewhere Contaminating atmosphere And blackening the sky
It's good news week Someone's found a way to give The rotting dead a will to live Go on and never die
Have you heard the news What did it say? Who's won that race? What's the weather like today? What's the weather like today?
It's good news week Families shake the need for gold By stimulating birth control We're wanting less to eat
It's good news week Doctors finding many ways Of wrapping brains on metal trays To keep us from the heat To keep us from the heat To keep us from the heat
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'Last one out the building leave the lights on as rolands paying the bill'
So all I can say #teamWIOTOS and onward to 1000 pages
They were a cracking Division who fought further notable actions at Gavrelle in April 1917, Passchendaele, The Flesquieres Pocket March 1918 and key to the Last Hundred Days of the War. Many will remember their memorial (a Lutyens Fountain) being in the Royal Naval College when we were younger, it was returned to its original location on Horse Guards (it was removed during the Blitz to Greenwich), around 2000 from memory.
They will always be immortalised by AP Herberts Poem about their tee-total Commander General Shute after he banned the rum - ration:
The General inspecting the trenches
Exclaimed with a horrified shout
'I refuse to command a division
Which leaves its excreta about.'
But nobody took any notice
No one was prepared to refute,
That the presence of shit was congenial
Compared to the presence of Shute.
And certain responsible critics
Made haste to reply to his words
Observing that his staff advisors
Consisted entirely of turds.
For shit may be shot at odd corners
And paper supplied there to suit,
But a shit would be shot without mourners
If somebody shot that shit Shute
If anything guarantees 1000 pages on this thread then its 'mentioning the war' to me, and bringing poetry back to the table,
good plan @Henry Irving !
Much better for the Aussies to pull out and to let Duchatelet bleed unless or until he comes to his senses and agrees a realistic price with them or another buyer. A few huge protests may encourage him to come to his senses.
I fear that we are in for a war of attrition and will have to suffer for a little longer.
It may be true but it doesn't mean the Aussies have to accept the deal!
Calm down people. Jeez.
And yes, I’m being serious.
Someone's dropped a bomb somewhere
Contaminating atmosphere
And blackening the sky
It's good news week
Someone's found a way to give
The rotting dead a will to live
Go on and never die
Have you heard the news
What did it say?
Who's won that race?
What's the weather like today?
It's good news week
Families shake the need for gold
By stimulating birth control
We're wanting less to eat
It's good news week
Doctors finding many ways
Of wrapping brains on metal trays
To keep us from the heat
It's good news week
Someone's dropped a bomb somewhere
Contaminating atmosphere
And blackening the sky
It's good news week
Someone's found a way to give
The rotting dead a will to live
Go on and never die
Have you heard the news
What did it say?
Who's won that race?
What's the weather like today?
What's the weather like today?
It's good news week
Families shake the need for gold
By stimulating birth control
We're wanting less to eat
It's good news week
Doctors finding many ways
Of wrapping brains on metal trays
To keep us from the heat
To keep us from the heat
To keep us from the heat