You're right Typical (can't do all the bits you've stuck on your name), no one can 'prove' Katerin lied. However, the saving point for her is that she was just acting as a Patsy for King Roland, and is now taking the flak. The timescale however, as the guy on the train pointed out, says the club's versión of events, and those Katerin aired at the press conference, are wrong. According to her, within an hour of making public the Peeters sacking, CAFC were in possession of twenty applications for the post. According to her, Luzon was not the only one interviewed, and he was the best candidate.
The only way an owner can normally deal with sacking someone on a sunday night, recieving x applications, interviewing them (even the top five) and taking a rational decisión (in this case, championship experience was obviously not a worry) and negotiating salary and so forth, is if the owner is basically appointing one of his mates, and took the decisión at the same time he sacked the previous manager. Technically, I'd say RD paid for Charlton, and can pretty much run it as he pleases until one of us stumps up the cash to take it off his hands BUT that's not what was offered at the press conference. Plus the whole work-permit thing is a fairly gormless episode.
I don't think Katerin deserves abuse for that, and I've said before I have nothing but praise for her travelling with the fans, and I've already said I thought the guy asking the questions was rude, considering he could hardly claim to be a friend of hers. But I thought the questions were valid, and the anger, while misdirected, was both controlled and justified (the rumour on CL is that it went on for another 15 minutes, and turned ugly with some pond life calling her a Belgian c**t, which is a disgusting thing considering she was travelling alone on a train in the company of 'fellow' fans).
As I said on another thread, I'm a Charlton fan, and expect to be lied to and have my support taken for granted on a regular basis, but that does'nt make me daft, and also does'nt mean I don't resent the fact that this time, the tale the club have spun us is about as believable as something from a Disney animation. It does'nt justify abuse, but it's a real own goal in public relations.