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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

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  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    edited November 2018
    If we’re blaming the Aussies for their high bid what about the Saudis? Looking back Red Henry said they matched the Aussies £40.5m bid.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,559
    golfaddick said:

    Scoham said:

    Same as I haven't been put off by the floral wallpaper in Graham Norton's house that he's selling for £2m......
    How much wallpaper do you get for £2m?
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    SouthLincsAddick said:

    I think you should direct your anger at Roland NLA. He's the reason this club is stagnating.

    Blaming prospective buyers is missing the point.

    I think you're missing the point if you think RD is the only one to be angry at, with regards to the Aussies failing to complete.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Scoham said:

    If we’re blaming the Aussies for their high bid what about the Saudis? Looking back Red Henry said they matched the Aussies £40.5m bid.

    And it wouldn’t have been to high because they would’ve paid it

  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    nth london addick said:

    Scoham said:

    If we’re blaming the Aussies for their high bid what about the Saudis? Looking back Red Henry said they matched the Aussies £40.5m bid.

    And it wouldn’t have been to high because they would’ve paid it

    So both groups made bids that gave Roland the impression that his asking price is realistic.

    What’s the difference, aren’t they both to blame if we’re looking at it that way (personally I blame RD)?

    Why didn’t the Saudis buy the club? They could have comfortably matched any offer any other group made.
  • CatAddick
    CatAddick Posts: 2,385
    Scoham said:

    nth london addick said:

    Scoham said:

    If we’re blaming the Aussies for their high bid what about the Saudis? Looking back Red Henry said they matched the Aussies £40.5m bid.

    And it wouldn’t have been to high because they would’ve paid it

    So both groups made bids that gave Roland the impression that his asking price is realistic.

    What’s the difference, aren’t they both to blame if we’re looking at it that way (personally I blame RD)?

    Why didn’t the Saudis buy the club? They could have comfortably matched any offer any other group made.
    Because from what I understood from the posts; the Saudis had a top end figure WHICH THEY WERE PREPARED TO PAY, the Aussies kept increasing their bid WHICH THEY WERE NOT PREPARED TO PAY until the Saudis walked away, and then the Aussies turned round and said 'righto cobber, now the oppo's out the way, let's talk about the REAL price". At that point either the Saudis, RD or both were too proud to return to the table

    (Just my opinion)
  • To_Be_Franck
    To_Be_Franck Posts: 1,095
    Solidgone said:

    Redrobo said:

    golfaddick said:

    happyvalley said:

    Where does Yorkshire tea come from?

    YORKSHIRE !!!!!
    Didn’t think they had the climate to grow tea. Obviously got the rain fall, but humid!
    How interesting...I bought some Harrogate coffee beans from Waitrose today and I also questioned the current climate in Yorkshire. @Leedsaddick should be in the know and could explain this growth in the beverage market from up t’north?
    Us middle class folk feel better sourcing our hot drinks from the 3rd world. Gives us a warm feeling of giving something back
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,734
    CatAddick said:

    Scoham said:

    nth london addick said:

    Scoham said:

    If we’re blaming the Aussies for their high bid what about the Saudis? Looking back Red Henry said they matched the Aussies £40.5m bid.

    And it wouldn’t have been to high because they would’ve paid it

    So both groups made bids that gave Roland the impression that his asking price is realistic.

    What’s the difference, aren’t they both to blame if we’re looking at it that way (personally I blame RD)?

    Why didn’t the Saudis buy the club? They could have comfortably matched any offer any other group made.
    Because from what I understood from the posts; the Saudis had a top end figure WHICH THEY WERE PREPARED TO PAY, the Aussies kept increasing their bid WHICH THEY WERE NOT PREPARED TO PAY until the Saudis walked away, and then the Aussies turned round and said 'righto cobber, now the oppo's out the way, let's talk about the REAL price". At that point either the Saudis, RD or both were too proud to return to the table

    (Just my opinion)
    Or the Saudis were an invention (of RD’s) all along.
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,766
    Airman Brown said:

    CatAddick said:

    Scoham said:

    nth london addick said:

    Scoham said:

    If we’re blaming the Aussies for their high bid what about the Saudis? Looking back Red Henry said they matched the Aussies £40.5m bid.

    And it wouldn’t have been to high because they would’ve paid it

    So both groups made bids that gave Roland the impression that his asking price is realistic.

    What’s the difference, aren’t they both to blame if we’re looking at it that way (personally I blame RD)?

    Why didn’t the Saudis buy the club? They could have comfortably matched any offer any other group made.
    Because from what I understood from the posts; the Saudis had a top end figure WHICH THEY WERE PREPARED TO PAY, the Aussies kept increasing their bid WHICH THEY WERE NOT PREPARED TO PAY until the Saudis walked away, and then the Aussies turned round and said 'righto cobber, now the oppo's out the way, let's talk about the REAL price". At that point either the Saudis, RD or both were too proud to return to the table

    (Just my opinion)
    Or the Saudis were an invention (of RD’s) all along.
    Not according to @Redhenry
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,206
    Airman Brown said:

    CatAddick said:

    Scoham said:

    nth london addick said:

    Scoham said:

    If we’re blaming the Aussies for their high bid what about the Saudis? Looking back Red Henry said they matched the Aussies £40.5m bid.

    And it wouldn’t have been to high because they would’ve paid it

    So both groups made bids that gave Roland the impression that his asking price is realistic.

    What’s the difference, aren’t they both to blame if we’re looking at it that way (personally I blame RD)?

    Why didn’t the Saudis buy the club? They could have comfortably matched any offer any other group made.
    Because from what I understood from the posts; the Saudis had a top end figure WHICH THEY WERE PREPARED TO PAY, the Aussies kept increasing their bid WHICH THEY WERE NOT PREPARED TO PAY until the Saudis walked away, and then the Aussies turned round and said 'righto cobber, now the oppo's out the way, let's talk about the REAL price". At that point either the Saudis, RD or both were too proud to return to the table

    (Just my opinion)
    Or the Saudis were an invention (of RD’s) all along.
    I thought RedHenry was “in the know” with the Saudis. What makes you think the Saudis were an invention?
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  • I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY
    I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY Posts: 4,608
    Airman Brown said:

    CatAddick said:

    Scoham said:

    nth london addick said:

    Scoham said:

    If we’re blaming the Aussies for their high bid what about the Saudis? Looking back Red Henry said they matched the Aussies £40.5m bid.

    And it wouldn’t have been to high because they would’ve paid it

    So both groups made bids that gave Roland the impression that his asking price is realistic.

    What’s the difference, aren’t they both to blame if we’re looking at it that way (personally I blame RD)?

    Why didn’t the Saudis buy the club? They could have comfortably matched any offer any other group made.
    Because from what I understood from the posts; the Saudis had a top end figure WHICH THEY WERE PREPARED TO PAY, the Aussies kept increasing their bid WHICH THEY WERE NOT PREPARED TO PAY until the Saudis walked away, and then the Aussies turned round and said 'righto cobber, now the oppo's out the way, let's talk about the REAL price". At that point either the Saudis, RD or both were too proud to return to the table

    (Just my opinion)
    Or the Saudis were an invention (of RD’s) all along.
    This with bells on
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Never quite understood why the Saudi’s got as far as the did (allegedly) yet never followed it through. If they wanted the club then I doubt a million or two either way would have stopped them. My guess is that they politely enquired or at least their agents did and it got no further than that. Suited RD to pretend it was more serious than it was.

  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Never quite understood why the Saudi’s got as far as the did (allegedly) yet never followed it through. If they wanted the club then I doubt a million or two either way would have stopped them. My guess is that they politely enquired or at least their agents did and it got no further than that. Suited RD to pretend it was more serious than it was.

    If they had a firm higher amount that they were working to and rival buyers were willing to go higher, why wouldn't they walk away? We will never know....
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    So there's been 2 interested parties so far - 1 that can't get the money together and now deny all knowledge of an interest and the other, a figmant of RD's imagination.

    Goodo
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    Harvey at the EFL said that as far as they are concerned there has only been one bidder ie only one that has got as far as submitting paperwork to them and that is the Aussies.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,458
    Airman Brown said:

    CatAddick said:

    Scoham said:

    nth london addick said:

    Scoham said:

    If we’re blaming the Aussies for their high bid what about the Saudis? Looking back Red Henry said they matched the Aussies £40.5m bid.

    And it wouldn’t have been to high because they would’ve paid it

    So both groups made bids that gave Roland the impression that his asking price is realistic.

    What’s the difference, aren’t they both to blame if we’re looking at it that way (personally I blame RD)?

    Why didn’t the Saudis buy the club? They could have comfortably matched any offer any other group made.
    Because from what I understood from the posts; the Saudis had a top end figure WHICH THEY WERE PREPARED TO PAY, the Aussies kept increasing their bid WHICH THEY WERE NOT PREPARED TO PAY until the Saudis walked away, and then the Aussies turned round and said 'righto cobber, now the oppo's out the way, let's talk about the REAL price". At that point either the Saudis, RD or both were too proud to return to the table

    (Just my opinion)
    Or the Saudis were an invention (of RD’s) all along.
    Don't think there are many front end ITK people that haven't been fed a fair dosing of bullshit during this whole farcical process.
  • StigThundercock
    StigThundercock Posts: 3,722
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Never quite understood why the Saudi’s got as far as the did (allegedly) yet never followed it through. If they wanted the club then I doubt a million or two either way would have stopped them. My guess is that they politely enquired or at least their agents did and it got no further than that. Suited RD to pretend it was more serious than it was.

    But roly is so concerned that the club doesn't end up in the hands of an inappropriate foreign owner, cos, like those sort can't be trusted, huh?
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,273
    edited November 2018
    Scoham said:

    If we’re blaming the Aussies for their high bid what about the Saudis? Looking back Red Henry said they matched the Aussies £40.5m bid.

    Is red Henry the only person to confirm 40.5m? I think so and whilst his sources have always been good and I don’t doubt he was told this, if it is not collaborated it could be wrong with a load of people wound up by something which never happened.
    nth london addick said:

    Scoham said:

    If we’re blaming the Aussies for their high bid what about the Saudis? Looking back Red Henry said they matched the Aussies £40.5m bid.

    And it wouldn’t have been to high because they would’ve paid it

    it is obvious the Aussie bid has at best stalled, if the Saudi’s were really keen on us as a long term investment they would have come back

    RD is the one who has screwed this and the one to blame. Maybe the Aussies over promised but as the seller RD backed the wrong horse and has pissed off everyone else.
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,167
    Henry Irving said:

    Harvey at the EFL said that as far as they are concerned there has only been one bidder ie only one that has got as far as submitting paperwork to them and that is the Aussies.

    Think this really confirms that the Saudi bid was an 'invention' to get the Aussies to match it. Suspect they subsequently found that out and that's when they reduced their offer. Only @Redhenry knows the source of his information and maybe he was just being fed fake news.
  • I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY
    I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY Posts: 4,608
    Surely if "the saudis" were bidding against the Aussies then with their financial clout would not have given up if they really wanted the club.
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  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,359
    The Saudi bid wasn't made up by RD. I was quite close to this one.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,669
    Redhenry said:

    The Saudi bid wasn't made up by RD. I was quite close to this one.

    Any chance they will come back ?
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,359
    no idea, unfortunately
  • I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY
    I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY Posts: 4,608
    Redhenry said:

    The Saudi bid wasn't made up by RD. I was quite close to this one.

    What do you mean close?
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY said:

    Redhenry said:

    The Saudi bid wasn't made up by RD. I was quite close to this one.

    What do you mean close?
    Inside the tent pissing out

  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    Redhenry said:

    The Saudi bid wasn't made up by RD. I was quite close to this one.

    Thanks for that, @Redhenry - it's good that, in the face of lots of rumour, suggestion, counter-rumour and obfuscation, someone has cleared this up completely and quickly. We can all be certain now that the "The Saudi bid" was NOT made up by Roland.

    (So, who was it made up by?)
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,359
    Chizz said:

    Redhenry said:

    The Saudi bid wasn't made up by RD. I was quite close to this one.

    Thanks for that, @Redhenry - it's good that, in the face of lots of rumour, suggestion, counter-rumour and obfuscation, someone has cleared this up completely and quickly. We can all be certain now that the "The Saudi bid" was NOT made up by Roland.

    (So, who was it made up by?)
    :blush:
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