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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

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  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Christ is this thread still going.

    Here's a prediction. 2022. We're in the premier league and there's a banner with "Roland 100%" on the forum header.
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,219
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    Christ is this thread still going.

    Here's a prediction. 2022. We're in the premier league and there's a banner with "Roland 100%" on the forum header.
    Murray goes full circle back to hero from zero.
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    MartinCAFC said:
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    Christ is this thread still going.

    Here's a prediction. 2022. We're in the premier league and there's a banner with "Roland 100%" on the forum header.
    Murray goes full circle back to hero from zero.

    King Richard the
  • KiwiValley
    KiwiValley Posts: 3,379
    Page 4 - probably a record low since this thread launched. Poor @happyvalley having to keep an eye on this glacier.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Thread just taking a breather before the next big news story.
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    I am old enough to have played the original version of this genre and remember the weird names of the players like Brian Plank, the halcyon days of FIFA 94, before football really sold its soul.
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    1985, we begin 7 years of exile from our beloved Valley.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    InspectorSands said:
    Steve Gallen has just become a director of the club, according to Companies House 

    https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/01788466/filing-history
    Just got the Email through from Companies House.

    An interesting and surprising move.
  • rs340
    rs340 Posts: 52
    InspectorSands said:
    Steve Gallen has just become a director of the club, according to Companies House 

    https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/01788466/filing-history
    Interesting, possibly RD & RM resigning - but need at least 1 director
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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Head of recruitment so makes sense to be a director.
  • SaySomething
    SaySomething Posts: 2,526
    I wonder, does that put Gallen ahead of driesen in terms of approving incoming players for the club (assuming they still run these things by little tommy!)...but does this appointment have any relevance to sale negotiations?
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,035
    This seems genuinely quite significant to me. I don't think being a "Director of Football" usually means wielding any particular executive power on a board, with the exception of transfers, which Gallen seemed to basically run the rule over anyway.

    But this is Duchatelet we're talking about so could be anything. Quietly intrigued though and look forward to seeing what this means going forward.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Henry Irving said:
    Thread just taking a breather before the next big news story.
    As I was saying
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Word on the street for last couple of weeks has been that De Turck, who hasn't been seen at the Valley since May, was being replaced with a new CEO.

    Duchatelet's total abdication continues it seems.

    Gallen has been de facto director of football and fulfilling at least part of the CEO role for some time now but hope he isn't expected to take in the administration of the while club.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,002
    InspectorSands said:
    Steve Gallen has just become a director of the club, according to Companies House 

    https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/01788466/filing-history
    intriguing development
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    Interesting appointment. Why now? I looked at companies house and there has been a couple of confirmation "for filing purposes" in the last few weeks. Has RD taken a knock to his head and realized the club has to be run correctly. It is obvious he trusts Bowyer, Gallen and Co. It still seems very very odd that RD had turned down a bid from Brentford for £4.5 mill for Taylor. Or it might be that Jeavons at EFL has looked at us and recommended to Roland that we need to have a CEO in place. 
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    edited September 2019
    Interesting as to what the other 1/2 confirmation filing reports on Companies House mean. 

    The last one that has the confirmation filing reports was in 2017. 

    Maybe RM has resigned and  SG is replacing him? 

    RM paid off??
  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,082
    What ever it is , it's gotta be a good thing though !
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,035
    edited September 2019
    Horsfield9 said:
    What ever it is , it's gotta be a good thing though !
    Not if it significantly diverts Gallen's focus from recruitment though.
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  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    edited September 2019
    If he's as good as finding owners as he is at finding players we could be well sorted!
  • cafcwill
    cafcwill Posts: 1,286
    edited September 2019
    Do we need to dust off the IT'S HAPPENING gif?

  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    Of course. Dresien could be coming in as Head of Recruitment.... 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    And just like that the thread they tried to kill, the thread they tried to write off, the thread that laughed in the face of those who wanted it closed is BACK.

    Hello
    Hello
    The GOAT thread is back
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Quite a vote of confidence in Steve to elevate him to board level, though his title is given as Head of Recruitment rather than anything wider
  • Dippenhall
    Dippenhall Posts: 3,919
    SaySomething said:
    I wonder, does that put Gallen ahead of driesen in terms of approving incoming players for the club (assuming they still run these things by little tommy!)...but does this appointment have any relevance to sale negotiations?
    Until now, with 2 directors, and with the Chairman traditionally having a casting vote, RD essentially controlled every board decision.  With 3 directors it is possible for a dissenting voice to have influence if backed up by another director.  Wonder if Murray would side with Gallen or RD????

    Gallen let it be known, in a matter of fact way, that Driesen had a role in approving transfers, perhaps he made it clear to RD that he would not put up with this anymore and wanted his authority to be formalised.   With any luck Driesen will slowly become an irrelevance for the owner as confidence in Gallen's own team is cemented.

    A new owner would be able to construct his own board so unlikely the appointment is related to any sale.
  • SE7toSG3
    SE7toSG3 Posts: 3,140
    SaySomething said:
    I wonder, does that put Gallen ahead of driesen in terms of approving incoming players for the club (assuming they still run these things by little tommy!)...but does this appointment have any relevance to sale negotiations?
    I though Dreisen recruited Steve Gallen?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Dippenhall said:
    SaySomething said:
    I wonder, does that put Gallen ahead of driesen in terms of approving incoming players for the club (assuming they still run these things by little tommy!)...but does this appointment have any relevance to sale negotiations?
    Until now, with 2 directors, and with the Chairman traditionally having a casting vote, RD essentially controlled every board decision.  With 3 directors it is possible for a dissenting voice to have influence if backed up by another director.  Wonder if Murray would side with Gallen or RD????

    Gallen let it be known, in a matter of fact way, that Driesen had a role in approving transfers, perhaps he made it clear to RD that he would not put up with this anymore and wanted his authority to be formalised.   With any luck Driesen will slowly become an irrelevance for the owner as confidence in Gallen's own team is cemented.

    A new owner would be able to construct his own board so unlikely the appointment is related to any sale.
    Driesen HAS been an irrelevance for a while now. Maybe he has a token rubber stamp role in approving certain transfers, but on manic days like transfer deadline day no way would be be getting involved in every loan

    And if Driesen is true and certain failed transfers were against his advice, e.g. Lepoint, that suggests that even a few years ago his role wasn't that powerful 
  • barstool
    barstool Posts: 1,351
    This comes so quickly after the transfer window and the issue with FA/EFL that I’m sure transfers papers need sign off by a Director so makes sense that SG can authorise these things 
  • superdulvertonred
    superdulvertonred Posts: 1,139
    Perhaps a part of the reason for the delay in the Tomer transfer and a stipulation the EFL made...purely guesswork on my part.
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