RD speaks

I've read and heard of sillier things coming from the Club over the last few years. By the Club's recent standards, it is not so ridiculous, although some things lack clarity. On a scale of 1 to 100, where 1 is bad and 100 is good, I've moved from about 4 to 5 after that statement.

benjest1989 said:

So he has offered Bowyer an extension on the same terms? Ridiculous. 

He may be lying  though his yellow teeth   but what he said was:

"He has done a fantastic job and therefore talks about improving Lee’s contract are scheduled for next week. Both the club and Lee want him to be the Charlton Athletic manager next season"

It may be too late if other offers come Lee's way but those few words aren't ambiguous ?

Have to say again he may be telling a porky !

seth plum said:

Are people saying there is some merit in this latest statement?
I can't see any.
Can anybody winkle out any positives?

Give your son a ring.

It's old tosser Rubbershoes doing his 10 minutes work a week again.

While the statement is slightly more reasonable than the usual RD one, it's still written in that eccentric style of English he uses as if he wrote it and it was then rewritten by somebody else.

The most interesting new information was to do with Bowyer, and that there was a clause in his contract which the club triggered in May, presumably after promotion. By the sound of things Bowyer has to agree to accept this further period of employment and presumably won't done so under those terms.

Unless it’s a two party trigger, my understanding of that statement is that Bowyers contract has already been extended. 

HardyAddick said:

Unless it’s a two party trigger, my understanding of that statement is that Bowyers contract has already been extended. 

Shame Bowyer mentioned contract talks after the Play off... doesnt sound like much of a conversation to me 

Actually apart from the line about @Airman Brown I didn't think it was that bad.

So we triggered an extension in Bowyer's contract but he has to agree to it?  That seems a bit strange.

I also don't think the shaming of the ex directors is that bad, as 80% of people who read the statement won't know who the unnamed ones are, or frankly care.

The championship is a financial grave yard, we all know that, I actually think the statement he made about that before was quite correct, until he went bonkers and demanded the EFL bought the club. 

For what it's worth, in my opinion, someone fed Roland with fake news, maybe they still are, one of the biggest failures of his ownership is Richard Murray as the "link" to the fans. 

I do find it odd that a man who spends only 2% of his time on Charlton has a rather detailed knowledge on what’s going on Ebbsfleet. 

ForeverAddickted said:

AddickedAthletic said:

Am I missing something ? Apart from the fact I don't think RD wrote this it seems a reasonable statement to me

Agreed to an extent

He's right that Championship spending is slightly stupid

He's right that our smaller budget doesnt mean instant relegation (take Accrington in League One this season)

He's right that we've got some good kids coming through

He's even right that we stand more chance of being sold now we're back in the Championship BUT despite being a club in London (meaning expensive land) he still needs to lower his asking price for any deal to happen quickly

Absolutely.  That summary is Roland's ownership of Charlton in microcosm

He's not daft, he's got some common sense on some matters pertaining to the club but that's all irrelevant because the biggest issue is that he is so fucking stubborn and just can't drop his price.

Chizz said:

It's very, very rare that I read a statement with a badly-placed apostrophe and that doesn't come close to being the thing that annoys me the most.

'Roland; eats, shoots himself and leaves'

ricky_otto said:

Little bit disappointed he didn’t say anything about Sheffield United in the statement. 

TBF to Roland, that was in his younger Wilder days.

Confused by this bit and i've read it about 6 times.

"The club first spoke to Lee Bowyer about a contract extension earlier in the season. There is a trigger in his contract for a contract extension, which we exercised in May, and he needs to agree to this for his contract to be extended as per the current agreement. He has done a fantastic job and therefore talks about improving Lee’s contract are scheduled for next week"

So Bowyer needs to agree to it in order to have his contract extended at the current terms............but there's a meeting next week to discuss improved terms?

So if there are talks next week, what is there for Bowyer to agree to now? Just that he wants to stay?

Only skim read this thread and will comment later, but my first thought is that CAST or maybe CARD might write back to him with bullet ( hmmmm) points commenting on the various issues he mentions eg the cost of land/buildings in London. 

A copy of this would be sent to the media /national papers together with his statement to bring this whole debacle back into public focus....if anyone other than we Addicks care. 

In fact, perhaps this should be an open letter that we could all put our names to ? 

Apologies if this knee jerk reaction is not clearly thought through.