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Post by reamsofverse on Aug 12, 2009 17:20:42 GMT
With the transfer deadline window a little over two weeks away has a statement from the boardroom been in place throughout pre-season to match the timing of it, has something been staged all along and us the fans have fallen for it
For example how possible is the following and what are the chances of it happening.
Richard Murray:
"I regret to announce the following statement from myself and my fellow directors.
It is with regret that the anticipated takeover of the club which you have all been made aware of, has not materialised as expected and as a result CAFC is no longer the subject of new owners.
As a result it is hugely disappointing to have to announce that in order to prevent the club from falling into administration, we have no choice but to listen to offers for our players.
We hope that the understanding nature of all Charlton supporters will again come to the fore as we seek to stabilise the club in this difficult time.
We would like to assure the clubs supporters that despite the inevitable action of several key players leaving the club in the next few days, we still believe that we will have a squad capable of helping us return to the Championship"
Now maybe I am getting ahead of myself here but who else thinks that we are about to be kicked in the goolies and that this board of ours has used a smokescreen all along to make themselves look like heroes for avoiding administration after being let down at the 11th hour by a new consortium?
They want to make themselves look good when the takeover that never was collapses and when our players start leaving as a result almost as if to say to us look you have seen what's happened it's not our fault.
As for Peter Varney your reputation is on the line here so tell your consortium to prove me wrong as in it's time to put up or come clean.
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Post by se7addick on Aug 12, 2009 18:30:30 GMT
I hope your wrong but things are awfully quiet, not a thing filtering out which is strange.
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Post by valleyviper on Aug 12, 2009 18:55:28 GMT
As an author of everything Charlton, I trust that in future you will be remembered as a writer of the true Facts and not as an author of Fiction.
Thought everything had been completed other than dotting the i's and crossing the t's and that we wopuld be advised this week, with just a couple of days left, so think we can give the Board until Friday night to confirm or deny the take-over, before advising them, that attending games in the future could be unpleasant unless they wear 'ear defenders' as fooling Football Fans is a no go area.
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Post by ExeterAddick on Aug 12, 2009 19:07:11 GMT
this isn't directed solely at you Reams, but i'm sick of all this conspiracy talk; there's going to be a takeover, x, y and z are involved, Curbs is coming back, the takeover's off, the takeover's back on, it's Terrance Brown, it's Ryanair, it's Varney, there never was a takeover, etc, etc, etc, etc.
The fact is, there's interest in the club and nobody on this board, no matter how much they'd like to think otherwise, knows anything more than pure speculation, guesswork and third-hand info, quite simply because we're neither part of the board, nor part of any takeover consortium. I dare say even those closest to the club (ex-players, employees, etc) don't know the full details. Nobody on either side seems willing to give us any proper info, so instead we're all getting panicked over what may/may not be occurring.
If a deal happens then fantastic and if it doesn't it'll be disastrous, but there's literally nothing anyone on this board can do about it, so i don't see much merit in the thirty-or-so threads guessing what's really going on.
My advice is keep calm, try not to panic, but if the board lets us down don't let them do so without a full explanation which, if insufficient, should be met with massive (properly organised, not just a bunch of yobs) protests.
That's my take on it anyway!
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Post by reamsofverse on Aug 12, 2009 19:26:25 GMT
No offence taken Exeteraddick but at the end of the day my opening post is what will happen if there is no takeover and at the moment no takeover is the favourite because there hasn't been one, anybody can be interested but until that interest is turned into an actual purchase it really does not mean anything.
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Post by jonkool on Aug 12, 2009 19:27:36 GMT
Well said Exeter!!
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Post by reamsofverse on Aug 12, 2009 20:08:31 GMT
By the way mate, you would be surprised.
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Post by reddyfreddy on Aug 12, 2009 21:46:40 GMT
By the way mate, you would be surprised. Surprised about what? |
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Post by reamsofverse on Aug 12, 2009 21:58:01 GMT
Exeter's quote about there is nobody on here that knows anything, there is and he is on the opposite side of the players entrance doors to what we are, iv'e got no reason to make that up.
Im not saying he knows everything but he does know a great deal more than what we do.
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Post by ExeterAddick on Aug 12, 2009 22:38:34 GMT
I don't mean to say that the people who have been posting on here have no idea whatsoever, just that unless they're actually on the board of directors or part of the consortium itself, their info has to have come from someone else, meaning it's potentially open to interpretation, mistake or fabrication.
That's not to say that somebody on here might not have the true inside scoop, but surely all the stuff we've read in recent months from "sources close to the club", which has turned out to be wrong, at least partially illustrates what i'm saying
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Post by reddyfreddy on Aug 13, 2009 5:26:09 GMT
I don't mean to say that the people who have been posting on here have no idea whatsoever, just that unless they're actually on the board of directors or part of the consortium itself, their info has to have come from someone else, meaning it's potentially open to interpretation, mistake or fabrication. That's not to say that somebody on here might not have the true inside scoop, but surely all the stuff we've read in recent months from "sources close to the club", which has turned out to be wrong, at least partially illustrates what i'm saying This was the point I had made in the other thread to Reams directlty. Let's all sit back and wait for the (board's) excuses because I really don't see much happening even if a takeover is announced. Bear in mind that the shareholding is divided between a number of directors and about 21% by non-directors. I believe that the board are still duty-bound under PLC rules (not same as S.Ex.) to advise all shareholders of any offer made which they as directors deem to recommend. If it were a normal limited company it wouldn't. Two people I know with small nominal shareholdings (Happy Birthday here's a CAFC share kinda holding!) haven't had any CAFC stamped envelope dropping through the letterbox yet . So that's another reason to doubt progress and raise curiousity as to the genuine tale behind the scenes! Reams' lively conspiracy theories are wide of the mark, but certainly some explanation is needed as to why this is so mind-numbingly protracted. The other theory I have is one of the other main director's/shareholder's having seen that Murray and others were writing off their debts, has seized on the opportunity to acquire the club for himself (and own consortium) without writing-off his own doomed investment. |
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Post by se7addick on Aug 13, 2009 7:53:02 GMT
Yes but does this not make what reams source make more sense as the second part was it would not go ahead this week, the reason is the shareholders need to be informed. I personally thought that only those with over a certain amount had to be told.
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Post by canterburyaddick on Aug 13, 2009 9:13:38 GMT
Usually there is a point to a conspiracy, people with something to gain. If the conspiracy is that there is really no takeover, the Board would have been far better saying that originally and the Club would have had more time to sort things out. Why would they put themselves under more pressure and force a fire sale, with 2 weeks to go until the window closes.
It is more likely that the buyers are delaying to force the price down, if there is a conspiracy at all, which there probably isn't.
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Post by ExeterAddick on Aug 13, 2009 16:59:50 GMT
That's exactly like me, and I haven't received anything either!
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Post by optimist on Aug 15, 2009 15:42:44 GMT
By the way mate, you would be surprised. Reams has a point… Have a look here:- Page 21, 5 post down… AFKA’s statement! www.charltonlife.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=26802&page=21Didn’t he write the much applauded open letter to Chappell...I believe he had a meeting, shortly afterwards? He quite categorically tells us that there will be no news, he goes on to say “It's all he knows“, but to even know that, means he knows more than us, and I for one, read everything, that‘s available to the public! |
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Post by reamsofverse on Aug 15, 2009 16:17:48 GMT
AFKA is not my source though......
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