The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

Athletico Charlton said:

nth london addick said:

RedJohn said:

Heard Dalman has walked, Aussies favourites, 

The sad thing is I have long since believed this will happen and that the Aussies are imo fav to get this done first real tragedy but it is what it is 

I had hoped that Reams info was new and had some favour due to his links to Cardiff 

Let’s hope this is not the case and Dalman is in but I get the feeling that the Aussies have been aided into position by the aide of some one in the club 

Tragedy? Do me a favour.  Everyone says they want players who really want to play for the club not those after the money.  Well here you have a group who are so keen to own us they have put up with that prick RD for 2 years when loads of other clubs are available.  The least we could do, if they do buy us, is give them a chance.

If you have the choice of Dalman or Aussies it is a tragedy if you don’t get Dalman 


I don’t believe I have said that They won’t be given a chance 

but we as a club are hemorrhaging money we have little assets and the only people that seemingly want to get it done haven’t been able to get their shit together in two yrs 

they haven’t found a money tree and they are still actively seeking investment 

too me thats a tragedy but if you think it’s all jolly hockey sticks then bravo  

Athletico Charlton said:

nth london addick said:

RedJohn said:

Heard Dalman has walked, Aussies favourites, 

The sad thing is I have long since believed this will happen and that the Aussies are imo fav to get this done first real tragedy but it is what it is 

I had hoped that Reams info was new and had some favour due to his links to Cardiff 

Let’s hope this is not the case and Dalman is in but I get the feeling that the Aussies have been aided into position by the aide of some one in the club 

Tragedy? Do me a favour.  Everyone says they want players who really want to play for the club not those after the money.  Well here you have a group who are so keen to own us they have put up with that prick RD for 2 years when loads of other clubs are available.  The least we could do, if they do buy us, is give them a chance.

I'd love to own us and have great intentions to achieve success. I've been hanging around the club for 30 plus years. Doesn't mean I have the funds to keep us going even if I could find the dough to do the initial purchase.

I think that's the concern rather than necessarily the intentions of the consortium.

The Aussies sound like they're in bed with relatively unknown to them investors whom  they've likely sold a vision to or (god forbid) a return on (a return that is slim compared to far less accessible and convenient investments outside of the nutty world of football).

The Aussies are an unknown quantity to us but my concern is that whilst they may be The Good Guys their investors are relatively unknown quantities even to them.

Risks a Kevin Cash scenario if those added investors feel they were missold or misunderstood what they are buying into (and how unlikely a financial return is whilst having a diluted profile in the day to day running and ego trip of being seen to own a club and all its trappings) or just get bored and walk away in a manner that we wouldn't and couldn't.

SoundAsa£ said:

jacob_CAFC said:

RedJohn said:

Heard Dalman has walked, Aussies favourites, 

why the lol's on this? is it a joke?

Everything’s a joke jacob.

It's simply how life is as a Charlton Fan. Misery is Charlton Life

I know there's crap owners out there.
We have one of the worse ffs.
But there are also many many good owners. 
Surely we are due a good one at some point. 

shuffles67 said:

NapaAddick said:

It would be amazing if we get cleanly bought out at £33M and the loans are "taken care of" (whatever that means.) But given we know the following...

1. Debt to Staprix + Directors was £67M at the end of 2017-18 and likely went higher after 2018-19.

If we have debts that high then I can't see no one buying 

Have to disagree. If we have debts that high then I can see no one buying.

shuffles67 said:

NapaAddick said:

It would be amazing if we get cleanly bought out at £33M and the loans are "taken care of" (whatever that means.) But given we know the following...

1. Debt to Staprix + Directors was £67M at the end of 2017-18 and likely went higher after 2018-19.

If we have debts that high then I can't see no one buying 

Close the thread. No one's buying

eaststandmike said:

happyvalley said:

1816, Sir Humprey Davy's safety lamp for miners is first tested at Hebburn colliery.

Stop jumping the gun, we are still on page 1815.

Never mind, Happy Valley.

I guess some posts on this thread got deleted by mods, sending the thread back to the previous page.

RD not taking the best price he can get now, doesn't make any commercial sense, particularly given the relatively low wage ceiling imposed. If he holds onto us, he'll have another year of losses to fund, we'll almost certainly get relegated and the price potential owners will pay for a L1 club will be lower. It's all very, very strange.   

1819, Queen Victoria born.

Wasn't that long ago that Duchatelet said he was committed to the Aussie bid..?  
Not overly worrying, until you consider how much he loves us.

nth london addick said:

Athletico Charlton said:

nth london addick said:

RedJohn said:

Heard Dalman has walked, Aussies favourites, 

The sad thing is I have long since believed this will happen and that the Aussies are imo fav to get this done first real tragedy but it is what it is 

I had hoped that Reams info was new and had some favour due to his links to Cardiff 

Let’s hope this is not the case and Dalman is in but I get the feeling that the Aussies have been aided into position by the aide of some one in the club 

Tragedy? Do me a favour.  Everyone says they want players who really want to play for the club not those after the money.  Well here you have a group who are so keen to own us they have put up with that prick RD for 2 years when loads of other clubs are available.  The least we could do, if they do buy us, is give them a chance.

If you have the choice of Dalman or Aussies it is a tragedy if you don’t get Dalman 

I don’t believe I have said that They won’t be given a chance 

but we as a club are hemorrhaging money we have little assets and the only people that seemingly want to get it done haven’t been able to get their shit together in two yrs 

they haven’t found a money tree and they are still actively seeking investment 

too me thats a tragedy but if you think it’s all jolly hockey sticks then bravo  

Said i would give them a chance, not that it is jolly hockey sticks.

you say you will give them a chance but before they have even bought you are calling it a tragedy.

From what i have read Dalman doesn't have enough of his own cash so will have investors behind him whom we don't yet know.

RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

Athletico Charlton said:

nth london addick said:

RedJohn said:

Heard Dalman has walked, Aussies favourites, 

The sad thing is I have long since believed this will happen and that the Aussies are imo fav to get this done first real tragedy but it is what it is 

I had hoped that Reams info was new and had some favour due to his links to Cardiff 

Let’s hope this is not the case and Dalman is in but I get the feeling that the Aussies have been aided into position by the aide of some one in the club 

Tragedy? Do me a favour.  Everyone says they want players who really want to play for the club not those after the money.  Well here you have a group who are so keen to own us they have put up with that prick RD for 2 years when loads of other clubs are available.  The least we could do, if they do buy us, is give them a chance.

I'd love to own us and have great intentions to achieve success. I've been hanging around the club for 30 plus years. Doesn't mean I have the funds to keep us going even if I could find the dough to do the initial purchase.

I think that's the concern rather than necessarily the intentions of the consortium.

The Aussies sound like they're in bed with relatively unknown to them investors whom  they've likely sold a vision to or (god forbid) a return on (a return that is slim compared to far less accessible and convenient investments outside of the nutty world of football).

The Aussies are an unknown quantity to us but my concern is that whilst they may be The Good Guys their investors are relatively unknown quantities even to them.

Risks a Kevin Cash scenario if those added investors feel they were missold or misunderstood what they are buying into (and how unlikely a financial return is whilst having a diluted profile in the day to day running and ego trip of being seen to own a club and all its trappings) or just get bored and walk away in a manner that we wouldn't and couldn't.

I don't disagree with much of what you say but as i say above, i don't think dalman is rich enough to go it alone so will have investors and we don't yet know who so not sure if there is much of a difference.

Muir is a successful businessman, i give him the benefit of the doubt at least that he would not hang around something for 2 years, spending a load on Due Diligence and being part of a group spending £30m on the club only to rock up on the second day and realise they did not have funds to cover at least a year or two’s losses.

if i had an uneducated guess i would rather Dalman given his UK football experience and positive Cardiff vibe but frankly I will take either over RD giving Bowyer no signings of the 5 he thought he would have done this week so far.

Never believed the Dalman bid would go anywhere, especially after his comments last week saying he was looking forward to the coming season with Warnock etc. 

To my mind there has only been 1 serious bid .....and they dont  currently have the money to fund us properly. 

CheshireAddick said:

Sorry to go slightly off subject but a quick question.... why do we call the prick Rowland?. The very best he deserves is Douchatelet. I call my friends by their first name and enemies by their last name. There got it of my chest

People struggle enough with spellings on here

Roland should be easier and quicker to spell than Douchebag is