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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

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  • edited July 2018

    Taxi_Lad said:

    I have no inside info but my guess is that the Aussies are holding up the deal and who can blame them. RD must want rid, he’s losing money month by month and will struggle to get another offer anywhere near this one. The Aussies hold all the aces IMO
    As for the delay causing the Aussies grief, I believe @JamesSeed previously mentioned that GM told him that they weren’t bothered as they are in for the long haul

    If they hold all the aces then they are playing a very bad hand imo. Season starts in 5 days time & transfer window shuts in 10 days time. Roland is selling players for peanuts & as it stands our front line on Saturday will be a player loaned out last season & the other a youngster who hasn't scored a league goal in his career. If they are playing "the long game" then someone had better tell them that it has taken us 3 years (and counting) to get out of this league.......it will take a damn sight longer than 5 to even get into the Championship from league 2.

    As I said last week, I don't who is worse.......Roland or the Aussies.
    Well, let me help. One has fucked up the club for four years and the others bought a scarf in the shop.
    Oh that's unfortunate @Airman Brown coming from you...no need for poor grammar *other's
  • Rothko said:

    watching James Seeds swagger on this thread disappear has been all the signal I need to know it's not going to end well

    What ‘swagger’ !?
  • Firmly believe the deal is dead, why takeover this close to the season with no chance to shape the squad? Save £4m in running costs and do a deal nearer Christmas

    Why takeover at Christmas takeover late next summer and save another £8m and maybe a price reduction or wait till Christmas 2019 and save more ad finitum and before long you will have saved gazillions and that ladies and gentlemen is straight from Napa Addicks book of how to make money from football
  • See Joe Aribo states on the official website that "promotion is the main aim." Think he may be reappraising his objectives come December.
  • addick05 said:

    See Joe Aribo states on the official website that "promotion is the main aim." Think he may be reappraising his objectives come December.

    It'll be 'survival is the main aim'
    JamesSeed said:

    Rothko said:

    watching James Seeds swagger on this thread disappear has been all the signal I need to know it's not going to end well

    What ‘swagger’ !?
    OK, maybe not swagger, but the confidence your friends will be running the club has all but disappeared.
  • Rothko said:

    watching James Seeds swagger on this thread disappear has been all the signal I need to know it's not going to end well

    'Swagger'? When? You need to clarify such a statement with some examples -or check the meaning of the word in Chamber's dictionary.
  • Rothko said:

    addick05 said:

    See Joe Aribo states on the official website that "promotion is the main aim." Think he may be reappraising his objectives come December.

    It'll be 'survival is the main aim'
    JamesSeed said:

    Rothko said:

    watching James Seeds swagger on this thread disappear has been all the signal I need to know it's not going to end well

    What ‘swagger’ !?
    OK, maybe not swagger, but the confidence your friends will be running the club has all but disappeared.
    I’m one of life’s born optimists, but in the absence of any info from GM I read this thread.

    *Exits, head bowed, looking depressed*
  • Every day that goes by Roland loses more money. We don't have enough assets for him to keep covering his losses.

    He'll sell up when he doesn't want to lose anymore.
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  • vff said:

    Are we still in the difficult 2 weeks ?

    Difficult 5 years since the spivs run out of cash; was that a plan ?
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  • JamesSeed said:

    Rothko said:

    watching James Seeds swagger on this thread disappear has been all the signal I need to know it's not going to end well

    What ‘swagger’ !?
    Yeah, what swagger? I’ve never met you but I don’t sense a swagger.
  • supaclive said:

    Every day that goes by Roland loses more money. We don't have enough assets for him to keep covering his losses.

    He'll sell up when he doesn't want to lose anymore.

    I wonder if this is true if we can accelerate the process by adding to his costs.
    Anyway.
    It amazes me that he pays a COO a whacking great salary and a car when all the guy does is mismanage, alienate, and make a few manky sandwiches.
    Why save money on the leccy which is needed, and pay money to Keohane who isn't needed?
    As a re-release I would like to challenge Keohane to allow me to job shadow him for a week, I understand you read this stuff Tone, I will supply my own stopwatch and notebook, and promise a full report back here on CL.
    All I ask is to access all areas fnarr fnarr.
  • I look forward to your report on the meeting re: ‘how to steward matches where there’s a protest’.
  • Chizz said:

    JamesSeed said:

    Rothko said:

    watching James Seeds swagger on this thread disappear has been all the signal I need to know it's not going to end well

    What ‘swagger’ !?
    Yeah, what swagger? I’ve never met you but I don’t sense a swagger.
    Stagger, maybe..?
    More like staggered Lee
    https://youtu.be/Nbe5RERDh4k
  • I'm not anywhere near being 'in the know' but I have been reliably informed that there will be no takeover announced until after 10.30am today
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  • Taxi_Lad said:

    I have no inside info but my guess is that the Aussies are holding up the deal and who can blame them. RD must want rid, he’s losing money month by month and will struggle to get another offer anywhere near this one. The Aussies hold all the aces IMO
    As for the delay causing the Aussies grief, I believe @JamesSeed previously mentioned that GM told him that they weren’t bothered as they are in for the long haul

    If they hold all the aces then they are playing a very bad hand imo. Season starts in 5 days time & transfer window shuts in 10 days time. Roland is selling players for peanuts & as it stands our front line on Saturday will be a player loaned out last season & the other a youngster who hasn't scored a league goal in his career. If they are playing "the long game" then someone had better tell them that it has taken us 3 years (and counting) to get out of this league.......it will take a damn sight longer than 5 to even get into the Championship from league 2.

    As I said last week, I don't who is worse.......Roland or the Aussies.
    Well, let me help. One has fucked up the club for four years and the others bought a scarf in the shop.
    Oh that's unfortunate @Airman Brown coming from you...no need for poor grammar *other's
    It’s a plural - Aussies = others.
    I'm not sure AB would lose many grammar shoot outs.
  • I have said it before, if I was looking at a long term project, with an investment of say £200 over 5 years, I would value the current playing squad at zero. That was before we sold konsa.

    If the assuies were happy to wait, as they were in it for the long hall, I assume they feel the same. I would also like to think they have an ex manager, scout or agent on a retainer who has a number of transfers lined up to go on completion?

    But saying all that I wouldn't buy a destressed football club less than 2 months before the start of the season. This should have been done in May or not until December.
  • _MrDick said:

    Taxi_Lad said:

    I have no inside info but my guess is that the Aussies are holding up the deal and who can blame them. RD must want rid, he’s losing money month by month and will struggle to get another offer anywhere near this one. The Aussies hold all the aces IMO
    As for the delay causing the Aussies grief, I believe @JamesSeed previously mentioned that GM told him that they weren’t bothered as they are in for the long haul

    If they hold all the aces then they are playing a very bad hand imo. Season starts in 5 days time & transfer window shuts in 10 days time. Roland is selling players for peanuts & as it stands our front line on Saturday will be a player loaned out last season & the other a youngster who hasn't scored a league goal in his career. If they are playing "the long game" then someone had better tell them that it has taken us 3 years (and counting) to get out of this league.......it will take a damn sight longer than 5 to even get into the Championship from league 2.

    As I said last week, I don't who is worse.......Roland or the Aussies.
    Well, let me help. One has fucked up the club for four years and the others bought a scarf in the shop.
    @Airman Brown You’ve been pretty quiet over the last few weeks. I’m pretty sure you’ve heard things that are going on in the background. Any chance you can chuck us a bone to chew on until the next instalment if this saga?
    Nothing to add on the Aussies but there is new interest from elsewhere.
    Yes, and you wonder if the Aussies haven't accidentally done a lot of the legal work for them?
    And one thing about the Aussies is that theirs is a plan based on sporting interest, it remains to be seen what the new bidders are after.
  • JamesSeed said:

    Taxi_Lad said:

    I have no inside info but my guess is that the Aussies are holding up the deal and who can blame them. RD must want rid, he’s losing money month by month and will struggle to get another offer anywhere near this one. The Aussies hold all the aces IMO
    As for the delay causing the Aussies grief, I believe @JamesSeed previously mentioned that GM told him that they weren’t bothered as they are in for the long haul

    If they hold all the aces then they are playing a very bad hand imo. Season starts in 5 days time & transfer window shuts in 10 days time. Roland is selling players for peanuts & as it stands our front line on Saturday will be a player loaned out last season & the other a youngster who hasn't scored a league goal in his career. If they are playing "the long game" then someone had better tell them that it has taken us 3 years (and counting) to get out of this league.......it will take a damn sight longer than 5 to even get into the Championship from league 2.

    As I said last week, I don't who is worse.......Roland or the Aussies.
    Well, let me help. One has fucked up the club for four years and the others bought a scarf in the shop.
    Oh that's unfortunate @Airman Brown coming from you...no need for poor grammar *other's
    It’s a plural - Aussies = others.
    I'm not sure AB would lose many grammar shoot outs.
    *shoot-outs

    :wink:
  • Well they don't exist,it's just a "group" of people ---numbers unknown--- wealth unknown--- --- all I know is one who may or may not be an investor phones up a guy on here with various "chill out it's all cool" or some such bollox and some Aussie guy wears a Charlton scarf to a game ------- that's it

    Great post, sums it up for me.
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Roland Out Forever!