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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

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  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,171
    Henry Irving said:
    Mentioned favourably in a Grapevine post.

    Take that @Garrymanilow :smile:
    I've still got more promotes
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    round of applause for Mr G49 please.



  • addick05
    addick05 Posts: 2,348
    Jessie said:
    This thread has slowed down in recent days..... So it's not happening, is it?

    No. I'm just enjoying the lovely weather and not worrying about the non-existent takeover.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Saving Grapvines post for bedtime.
    You'd better start now :smile:
  • addick05
    addick05 Posts: 2,348
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Saving Grapvines post for bedtime.

    Will give you nightmares mate.
  • supaclive
    supaclive Posts: 6,514

    @Grapevine49  You find the time to write what I want to shout.   You also put it a little more eloquently than I would, because I have lost patience with RD who wishes to blame everybody but himself.

    He hired, he fired.  He bought the business with no real DD.

    He now wants us and new owners to carry the losses that he has accumulated.

  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    1924, The first nudist camp is established at Wickford Essex. Essex girls have been around longer than I thought.
  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,082
    edited July 2019
    Always, after reading one of @Grapevine49 posts , I wish I'd paid more attention at school !
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    edited July 2019
    1925, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures.
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    edited July 2019
    Having now taken time to read Grapvines post, all I can say is Bravo sir. It may not be a succinct post (far from it) but it highlights the mindset of RD, we (as in CAFC) need to see him gone, the ongoing damage is getting to a situation where it may be hard to come back from. Only RD can have  accumulated a £61m debt, by many misguided and ill-thought decisions from Day 1. The fact that, by luck, he stumbled over Bowyer, who has worked miracles to get us promoted, does not detract from his previous 'costly' errors. Sadly he seems to think that by treating LB with these budget constraints again, the same as he did last season, he will see a similar outcome is nothing short of 'stupidity'. He has little to no concept of how big a task it will now be to keep us in The Championship, where the standard of football is substantially better.
    If he still owns us and, at the end of Oct/Nov we are adrift, because no matter how many miracles LB/JJ/SG perform the squad are not good enough, what will be his options a) Sack all 3 and try with yet another managerial change, or b) soldier on until the January transfer window opens and provide a 'rescue from relegation budget? On balance of past performance and track-record I think a) will be the action he takes.
    This will inevitably lead to more fan frustration, the potential sale of any good disposable players (for a knock-down fee) and the eventual relegation back to League 1. 
    If the relegation happens this entire circus will begin again, but this time there maybe no LB/JJ/SG to start the process again.....we will be League 1 or even 2, his 'friendly (my arse) debt will have increased, yet his desire to sell the club will be based on his egotistical and completely unrealistic valuation; my guess is, by which time, every current and potential suitor will have walked away.
    RD is indeed 'truly of another dimension', but this dimension may see CAFC sucked into a big black hole, where escape may just become impossible.
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  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Great great post @Grapevine49, had to recharge my phone battery half way through but got there in the end!
  • addick05
    addick05 Posts: 2,348
    And here was me enjoying the glorious weather and so looking forward to the new season - then along comes Grapevine ! Cheers mate.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,420
    happyvalley said:
    1925, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures.
    Repeats tonight on Sky's UK Gold. ;)
  • Ferryman
    Ferryman Posts: 2,921
    Thank you Grapevine, well worth the wait and the daily Wade through - great reward.
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    Thanks Grapevine. That post should just about cover the several hours my commute back to Bexleyheath will take this evening!
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    happyvalley said:
    1924, The first nudist camp is established at Wickford Essex. Essex girls have been around longer than I thought.

    Thank you again, for giving us the bare facts
  • Leaburn Forever
    Leaburn Forever Posts: 351
    happyvalley said:
    1925, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures.
    I can't wait till 1947, we win the FA Cup :wink:
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Leaburn Forever said:
    happyvalley said:
    1925, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures.
    I can't wait till 1947, we win the FA Cup :wink:
    1946 is a difficult pill to swallow though. 
  • stockportugaladdick
    stockportugaladdick Posts: 1,135
    Sorry @Grapevine49, can you repeat that...
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  • StigThundercock
    StigThundercock Posts: 3,722
    Redmidland said:
    Having now taken time to read Grapvines post, all I can say is Bravo sir. It may not be a succinct post (far from it) but it highlights the mindset of RD, we (as in CAFC) need to see him gone, the ongoing damage is getting to a situation where it may be hard to come back from. Only RD can have  accumulated a £61m debt, by many misguided and ill-thought decisions from Day 1. The fact that, by luck, he stumbled over Bowyer, who has worked miracles to get us promoted, does not detract from his previous 'costly' errors. Sadly he seems to think that by treating LB with these budget constraints again, the same as he did last season, he will see a similar outcome is nothing short of 'stupidity'. He has little to no concept of how big a task it will now be to keep us in The Championship, where the standard of football is substantially better.
    If he still owns us and, at the end of Oct/Nov we are adrift, because no matter how many miracles LB/JJ/SG perform the squad are not good enough, what will be his options a) Sack all 3 and try with yet another managerial change, or b) soldier on until the January transfer window opens and provide a 'rescue from relegation budget? On balance of past performance and track-record I think a) will be the action he takes.
    This will inevitably lead to more fan frustration, the potential sale of any good disposable players (for a knock-down fee) and the eventual relegation back to League 1. 
    If the relegation happens this entire circus will begin again, but this time there maybe no LB/JJ/SG to start the process again.....we will be League 1 or even 2, his 'friendly (my arse) debt will have increased, yet his desire to sell the club will be based on his egotistical and completely unrealistic valuation; my guess is, by which time, every current and potential suitor will have walked away.
    RD is indeed 'truly of another dimension', but this dimension may see CAFC sucked into a big black hole, where escape may just become impossible.
    If your a) situation comes to pass (I think the chances are high) one would hope that the fan reaction would be commensurate with roly's offence, while not advocating or condoning anything criminal, direct action that the bungler couldn't ignore would be the least he could expect.  Although not large (about 10,000) the constituency he will offend will be much larger than the last couple of years, in the Championship the profile of his stupidity will be much higher.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Macronate said:
    I’ve just given @Grapevine49’s post a ‘like’ and haven’t even read it.
    I think you have done the right thing but I did not agree with him calling Macronate a tosser for previous comments he has made.  ;)  
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    Leaburn Forever said:
    happyvalley said:
    1925, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures.
    I can't wait till 1947, we win the FA Cup :wink:
    Oih don't spoilt it for Henry Irving. I have been told off by him already. 
    He is recording it or listening to it on his transistor radio. 
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892
    eaststandmike said:
    Macronate said:
    I’ve just given @Grapevine49’s post a ‘like’ and haven’t even read it.
    I think you have done the right thing but I did not agree with him calling Macronate a tosser for previous comments he has made.  ;)  
    He’s spot on again, I’m afraid.
  • addick05
    addick05 Posts: 2,348
    T_C_E said:
    happyvalley said:
    1925, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures.
    Repeats tonight on Sky's UK Gold. ;)


    And the result? 


    Bloody 'Love Island' and it's variants.

  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,208
    I wished l could read. 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,729
    An enjoyable read as ever from Grapevine, but sadly not really providing any new insight about the tosser Duchatelet. He is mad, he wants his money back, he is a Cnut! That is the basic summary!
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,626
    no not mad just very vindictive and he has the money to be so
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127
    Booked the day off work tomorrow to read the latest @Grapevine49 post 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    edited July 2019
    lancashire lad said:
    no not mad just very vindictive and he has the money to be so
    Grapevine said "I see no malice".
    I interpret that as he thinks the same as me. He is not being vindictive.
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