He has struggled to tell the truth ever since he bought us. I'd believe Mr van Gerwen more if he said he was going to pay his debt.
Content as follows .... Charlton takes up less than 2% of his time. Charlton employs less than 2% of his workforce. RD asked Murray to help major decisions as he understood the history of the club. Powell bulleted as ‘not a natural choice that an English manager would be successful” Can you say, hand on heart, that you did not get involved in team selection? Laughed ....”totally wrong” ....made “suggestions” but not demands. RD would not be scared to go to the Valley but thinks it’s not wise. Told that Charlton fans “hate” him ..replied “that’s true” (laughs) Talks about mis communication - says Katrien Meire is a “fantastic woman” who did “nothing wrong”. The Communication Team were to blame, not KM. Is is still investing in the club - “Yes, we have a very competitive team this year” Bonuses were not contractual, so not paid as RD saw it as an “extra”. Is Charlton still 2% of what you do- yes. Been trying to sell the club for over a year but not so easy to sell a club during the season. We have been close but people have changed their mind based on results. What price do you want - reached a compromise with the Australians - price is not the issue. Protests are putting potential new owners off. Wealthy people like him will reconsider. RD says he is a decent person (laughs) and it doesn’t matter to him what is paid for the club. Repeated 3 times.... Very enigmatic.
Part 2 of interview - Was buying Charlton the biggest mistake of his life - it was and still is a mistake Should you sell regardless of the price - I tried to. Price is not the issue. What is the price ? That doesn’t matter Starts ranting about the protests. “We were just relegated by a few points” throwing toys on the pitch disrupted the team and upset that players. The fans were badly advised. They wanted me so badly out that they felt it was essential that we were relegated to get me out. Now we see it is not easy to get back. Were these protests helpful to keep Charlton in the Championship? The young players did not understand the difference. When we were relegated we decided to take an English coach - we selected the most interesting coach at the time in May 2016 and we met him and he was very optimistic - on the day we were due to appoint him he didn’t turn up. Says that Chris Wilder read Charlton Life and was put off by the negative reaction. Reads out excerpts from Charlton Life. “Whoever comes in needs the same treatment as Roland the Liar” Will you still be the owner at the end of this season - “I hope not” 6 weeks wasted that summer as the fans poisoned Chris Wilder’s mind. Nobody willing to ‘complete the purchase at the moment” despite interested parties. Returns to claiming that the issue from the beginning was only communication.
Final message to Charlton fans - “Let’s hope we go up again this year” “I was not good enough ...I will leave”
- Chris Wilder read some nasty comments about RD on CL, and changed his mind about coming to Charlton - Sheff Utd are top of the Championship - that would have been Charlton’s position now ...but for the fans.
Wilder verbally accepted the Charlton job.... his agent gets in touch with Blades …. Agent …."Chris is about to sign for Charlton if that's of any interest to you" Sheff Utd.... "Tell him to wait a minute as we have to get rid of our existing boss first" Agent... "Charlton were going to double Chris's wages" Sheff Utd. … "That's not a problem" Agent … "Chris has a summer cold and can't manage Charlton today, perhaps tomorrow?" Sheff Utd.... "I'll get things rolling right now" Agent …. "Cheers".... "Oh any my fee is £20,000 if that's OK!" Sheff Utd.... "of course"
Given what Dushitelet has said about the message boards, it is clear there is only one board around. Not ITTApologist, but Charlton Life.
Duchatelet is so impressed with the job Chris Wilder is doing at Sheffield United that he gave him our POTY, Ricky Holmes.
