The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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Bloody typical, been waiting to have the mother of all alcoholic celebrations to celebrate Roland going, and it'll happen when I'm having a sober monthFerryman said:Jim White just said Aussie takeover expected in the next 48 hours.
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how can it be 48 hours if they haven't proved they have the funds yet1
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Keep their heads down and scarper quickly , hope no one's looking !SuedeAdidas said:What is their exit plan?
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Has to make you laugh, on the day where Chelsea have just stumped up 60 mill for a squad player at Dortmund our owner is asking for proof of cash for probably a lower sum to buy our whole club
Anyway let's hope Jim White is right3 -
Who knows, it's all bullshit, groundhog daysuperclive said:how can it be 48 hours if they haven't proved they have the funds yet
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Buyer: Good Morning.
Owner: Good morning, Sir. Welcome to the Valley
B: Ah thank you my good man.
O: What can I do for you, Sir?
B: Well, I was, uh, sitting in the Valley Cafe, sampling a delightful bacon roll, and I suddenly came over all frivolous.
O: Frivolous, sir?
B: I wish to Prodigalise.
O: Eh?
B: 'Eee I want to throw me money around!
O: Ah, you mean your stupid!
B: In a nutshell. And I thought to myself, 'a little South East London Football Club will do the trick', so, I curtailed my masticating activites, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some footballing activities!
O: Come again?
B: I want to buy your cloob.
O: Oh, Certainly, sir. Do you have any money?
B: Of course my good man, why else would I be here.
O: That’s fantastic, would you like to pay in Euros?
B: Ahh, no sorry, I’m completely out of Euros
O: Well never mind, how are you on Sterling?
B: I'm afraid I never have that at the end of the week, sir.
O: Tish tish. No matter. Well, stout yeoman, Fifty million of your US Dollars, if you please.
B: Ah! It's beeeen on order, sir, for two weeks. Was expecting it this morning, but alas no.
O: 'T's Not my lucky day, is it? Aah, South African Rand?
B: Sorry, sir, no.
O: Swiss Franc?
B: Normally, sir, yes. But today the money van broke down.
O: Ah. Danish Krone?
B: Sorry.
O: Thai Baht? Turkish Lira?
B: Err, no.
O: Any Macedonian Dinars, per chance?
B: No.
O: Ugandan Schillings, perhaps?
B: Ah! Yes I have Ugandan Schillings, yes sir.
O: You do! Excellent.
B: Yes sir. But it's ah... it's a bit old.
O: Oh, no matter, I like it old.
B: Well,.. It's very old, actually, sir.
O: No matter. Fetch hither the cash de la Belle Uganda! Mmmwah!
B: I...think it's a bit older than you'll like it, sir.
O: I don't care how f****ng old it is. Hand it over with all speed.
B: Oooooooooohhh........!
O: What now?
B: My CEO’s just spent it.
O: Has he?
B: She, sir.
O: Really, tell me:
B: Yes sir?
O: Have you in fact got any money at all?
B: Oh Yes, sir.
O: Really?
B: No. Not really, sir.
O: You haven't.
B: No sir. Not a scrap. I was deliberately wasting your time, sir.
O: Well I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to tell everyone you do have the funds, but just need a few more years to get it all.
B: Right-0, sir.
O: What a senseless waste of 1% of my time.
(Copyright - Monty Pythons Cheese Sketch circa 1972)14 -
Football is crazy these days, Wilfred Zaha and Benteke probably earn more in a week than our entire squad combined.Braziliance said:Has to make you laugh, on the day where Chelsea have just stumped up 60 mill for a squad player at Dortmund our owner is asking for proof of cash for probably a lower sum to buy our whole club
Anyway let's hope Jim White is right0 -
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Hopefully they’re Russian to get the deal over the line0
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Yeah, but to the rest of us who despise the Stripeys, they're doing a brilliant job and deserve even more.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
Football is crazy these days, Wilfred Zaha and Benteke probably earn more in a week than our entire squad combined.Braziliance said:Has to make you laugh, on the day where Chelsea have just stumped up 60 mill for a squad player at Dortmund our owner is asking for proof of cash for probably a lower sum to buy our whole club
Anyway let's hope Jim White is right3 - Sponsored links:
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Is this the same group as before or a different consortium?Ferryman said:Jim White just said Aussie takeover expected in the next 48 hours.
If it's the same group i wonder if when they couldn't get it done by the end of the August window, they just thought 'fuck it we'll wait til Jan' hence why we've been hearing they just need to submit a piece of paper for the last 4 months.1 -
So long as, when it eventually bites, it doesn't turn out to be another shark, I'll be happy.grumpyaddick said:We're like a baited hook waiting for the big fish with bated breath.
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BVB are laughing all the way to the bank on that one.Braziliance said:Has to make you laugh, on the day where Chelsea have just stumped up 60 mill for a squad player at Dortmund our owner is asking for proof of cash for probably a lower sum to buy our whole club
Anyway let's hope Jim White is right
Pulisic hasn't been particularly good for over a year now. A lot of promise, still very young, and in a position (winger) where you expect him to drift in and out and lack consistency. But still looks a good bit of business from Dortmund for the foreseeable future. Think they should be seriously looking at Hudson-Odoi or Brahim Diaz with that money.0 -
I always predicted Friday 4th Jan 2019 at around noon.
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Diaz is going to Real madrid, deal to be announced next week apparently.SDAddick said:
BVB are laughing all the way to the bank on that one.Braziliance said:Has to make you laugh, on the day where Chelsea have just stumped up 60 mill for a squad player at Dortmund our owner is asking for proof of cash for probably a lower sum to buy our whole club
Anyway let's hope Jim White is right
Pulisic hasn't been particularly good for over a year now. A lot of promise, still very young, and in a position (winger) where you expect him to drift in and out and lack consistency. But still looks a good bit of business from Dortmund for the foreseeable future. Think they should be seriously looking at Hudson-Odoi or Brahim Diaz with that money.1 -
JW has got himself in the situation that others have previously got themselves into.
'Its close'
'Roland is definitely selling and very soon.'
'Done deal'
Cawley. Airman and now Jim have all been bitten by the same poisonous snake in the past. They pass on positive news in good faith and then have to spend the next few weeks clutching at straws to try and get the bent info they've been given some clarity in the hope of salvaging some of the credibility in the news they dropped.
Jim is entering the end of the straw clutching stage. He will go silent when he realises like so many have that he's been sold a 'pup'
And I don't blame him or any of the others that have gone down this dead end street in the past.
Roland Duchatelet is a f****** liar.
The people that work closely with him are f****** liars.
Relax. Enjoy what you can of the miracle that Bowyer and co are trying to pull and do not believe a word of it until, it pains me to say, it's on the OS!7 -
Did JW actually use these words? Very interesting if so.carly burn said:JW has got himself in the situation that others have previously got themselves into.
'Its close'
'Roland is definitely selling and very soon.'
'Done deal'
Cawley. Airman and now Jim have all been bitten by the same poisonous snake in the past. They pass on positive news in good faith and then have to spend the next few weeks clutching at straws to try and get the bent info they've been given some clarity in the hope of salvaging some of the credibility in the news they dropped.
Jim is entering the end of the straw clutching stage. He will go silent when he realises like so many have that he's been sold a 'pup'
And I don't blame him or any of the others that have gone down this dead end street in the past.
Roland Duchatelet is a f****** liar.
The people that work closely with him are f****** liars.
Relax. Enjoy what you can of the miracle that Bowyer and co are trying to pull and do not believe a word of it until, it pains me to say, it's on the OS!0 -
Out of all the posts on this godforsaken thread, this one nails it.KillersBeard said:Buyer: Good Morning.
Owner: Good morning, Sir. Welcome to the Valley
B: Ah thank you my good man.
O: What can I do for you, Sir?
B: Well, I was, uh, sitting in the Valley Cafe, sampling a delightful bacon roll, and I suddenly came over all frivolous.
O: Frivolous, sir?
B: I wish to Prodigalise.
O: Eh?
B: 'Eee I want to throw me money around!
O: Ah, you mean your stupid!
B: In a nutshell. And I thought to myself, 'a little South East London Football Club will do the trick', so, I curtailed my masticating activites, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some footballing activities!
O: Come again?
B: I want to buy your cloob.
O: Oh, Certainly, sir. Do you have any money?
B: Of course my good man, why else would I be here.
O: That’s fantastic, would you like to pay in Euros?
B: Ahh, no sorry, I’m completely out of Euros
O: Well never mind, how are you on Sterling?
B: I'm afraid I never have that at the end of the week, sir.
O: Tish tish. No matter. Well, stout yeoman, Fifty million of your US Dollars, if you please.
B: Ah! It's beeeen on order, sir, for two weeks. Was expecting it this morning, but alas no.
O: 'T's Not my lucky day, is it? Aah, South African Rand?
B: Sorry, sir, no.
O: Swiss Franc?
B: Normally, sir, yes. But today the money van broke down.
O: Ah. Danish Krone?
B: Sorry.
O: Thai Baht? Turkish Lira?
B: Err, no.
O: Any Macedonian Dinars, per chance?
B: No.
O: Ugandan Schillings, perhaps?
B: Ah! Yes I have Ugandan Schillings, yes sir.
O: You do! Excellent.
B: Yes sir. But it's ah... it's a bit old.
O: Oh, no matter, I like it old.
B: Well,.. It's very old, actually, sir.
O: No matter. Fetch hither the cash de la Belle Uganda! Mmmwah!
B: I...think it's a bit older than you'll like it, sir.
O: I don't care how f****ng old it is. Hand it over with all speed.
B: Oooooooooohhh........!
O: What now?
B: My CEO’s just spent it.
O: Has he?
B: She, sir.
O: Really, tell me:
B: Yes sir?
O: Have you in fact got any money at all?
B: Oh Yes, sir.
O: Really?
B: No. Not really, sir.
O: You haven't.
B: No sir. Not a scrap. I was deliberately wasting your time, sir.
O: Well I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to tell everyone you do have the funds, but just need a few more years to get it all.
B: Right-0, sir.
O: What a senseless waste of 1% of my time.
(Copyright - Monty Pythons Cheese Sketch circa 1972)3 -
A takeover on Friday would be a lovely birthday present for me.0
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No. Just the middle one as far as I know.J BLOCK said:
Did JW actually use these words? Very interesting if so.carly burn said:JW has got himself in the situation that others have previously got themselves into.
'Its close'
'Roland is definitely selling and very soon.'
'Done deal'
Cawley. Airman and now Jim have all been bitten by the same poisonous snake in the past. They pass on positive news in good faith and then have to spend the next few weeks clutching at straws to try and get the bent info they've been given some clarity in the hope of salvaging some of the credibility in the news they dropped.
Jim is entering the end of the straw clutching stage. He will go silent when he realises like so many have that he's been sold a 'pup'
And I don't blame him or any of the others that have gone down this dead end street in the past.
Roland Duchatelet is a f****** liar.
The people that work closely with him are f****** liars.
Relax. Enjoy what you can of the miracle that Bowyer and co are trying to pull and do not believe a word of it until, it pains me to say, it's on the OS!
The others were made by other well respected folk.0 - Sponsored links:
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Chizz said:
I think he's after more than 35kAddickted said:
Have you seen @Covered End when he's riled?soapboxsam said:As we have gone off-piste, can I just suggest some dramatic action to get this sale done ?
Picking two CL regulars that I know, to go to the Belgium Bunker as Doves not Hawkes.
TheShitweasel Douchebag
Mr Duchatelet needs an exit plan where he can save face. Give him a list of the four players who will help this squad get promoted. Keeper, left back, midfield and decent extra striker. Point out that a Championship club in a tourist hotspot is worth 35k unlike a 3rd tier which is worth 18k if your lucky.
Covered end and Fanny Fanackapan would be my choice, both with unblemished loyalty to CAFC and hard but fair reputations.
Best they don't go in the pub first as both of them like a tipple.
Lateral thinking is needed now as the future of Cafc is at stake. Let Henry Kissinger and Condoleezza Rice of CL do their best.
If that fails then the methods of Mad Frankie Fraser may be worth considering.
Not much sign of dancing, Cossack or otherwise in the West stand for many years now!Fanny Fanackapan said:I have little ( actually, nothing) of note to add to today's mounting hysteria ....
.....except to say that, scouring the West from my vantage point in the East this afternoon, there was no sign of cossack dancing in the aisles when we scored.
Neither was there a sighting of a samovar steaming away at half time.
But, as is my wont, I am ready, willing & able to accept my mission to re-enter Rat territory in one final effort to persuade the Dark Lord that the time is right to throw in the proverbial & make a strategic, if overdue, exit.
I'd like to assure you that, despite whispers to the contrary, my loins remain oiled & coiled like well honed springs to, well, spring into action as required.
Of course, I cannot speak for my suggested partner in grime, but I would appreciate a whip round for a couple of wines to provide some much needed Flemish courage before CE and I prepare to beard the **** in his den- please insert your own insult as applicable.
Of course, as respected & #unblemished members of this revered site, we MUST remain anonymous so from hereon in, please refer to us as Kiss and BBB ( short for Boil in the (old) Bag).
So, as the planning of (codename) The Taking of Bellend I 2 3 begins, please hold this thought....
It was all Sam's idea.
# Note to self. Alert Boots to order in extra supplies of Zit Away for inevitable excitement related eruptions.0 -
Interesting if RD dropping his price quite a lot is true, seems he may have finally seen sense1
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Believe it when I see it, far too many false dawns9
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Yes. That would be a very positive development.0
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Yes! About half an hour ago on his show! "Its close"; "Australian"; and "48 hours". Pretty much along those lines anyway!J BLOCK said:
Did JW actually use these words? Very interesting if so.carly burn said:JW has got himself in the situation that others have previously got themselves into.
'Its close'
'Roland is definitely selling and very soon.'
'Done deal'
Cawley. Airman and now Jim have all been bitten by the same poisonous snake in the past. They pass on positive news in good faith and then have to spend the next few weeks clutching at straws to try and get the bent info they've been given some clarity in the hope of salvaging some of the credibility in the news they dropped.
Jim is entering the end of the straw clutching stage. He will go silent when he realises like so many have that he's been sold a 'pup'
And I don't blame him or any of the others that have gone down this dead end street in the past.
Roland Duchatelet is a f****** liar.
The people that work closely with him are f****** liars.
Relax. Enjoy what you can of the miracle that Bowyer and co are trying to pull and do not believe a word of it until, it pains me to say, it's on the OS!
Heard it all before as people constantly get suckered into the fables and fantasy, and then get carried away with it all. So you'll forgive me for being utterly apathetic over this latest chapter!
If it happens, great! Only been going on about it for a year now, so the law of averages say that someone will get it right eventually so they can then revel in self-acclaim.0 -
and bears don't s*** in the woods.The Red Robin said:Of all the supposed ITK sources, Jim White is the one worth listening to as he clearly has a direct line to RD....although that assumes RD isn't lying.
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Thanks for sharing thisScoham said:8 -
If this proves to be true it’s by far the best thing RD has done for this club throughout his entire 5 year tenure of cafc.Chris_from_Sidcup said:Interesting if RD dropping his price quite a lot is true, seems he may have finally seen sense
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