In a new announcement on the club website, it is suggested that truth is a 'relative' thing for CARD: Clarification of bonus situation
It is also stated: 'In the meantime the club investigated how this issue became national news in the UK and beyond, a significant blow to the reputation of the club and owner and to the ability of the owner to sell the club.' Presumably it became national news through the normal processes of journalism with the story then picked up outside the UK by, for example, outlets in Belgium.
We could have a discussion about what is meant by 'truth'. Those things that are indisputably factually correct can be relatively trivial. For example, we know that VOTV editor Rick Everitt lives in Ramsgate. Indeed, he confirmed this yesterday by tweeting a picture when he was enjoying the amenities of the Royal Victoria Wetherspoons pub. Other than he was able to enjoy the sunshine rather than subbing the next issue of VOTV, the wider significance of this fact is limited.
Everitt has, however, responded to the club statement from the Isle of Thanet in his usual forthright manner: It's you have a problem with the truth, Roland
Most things are a matter of interpretation, even in a court of law. However, what is evident is that Roland Duchatelet is launching a vigorous campaign to defend himself with the EFL. He is entitled to do this, but it might have been a better use of his talents and energies to build a good relationship with the fans in the first place.
It is interesting that he is now described as a 'billionaire', presumably in euros. Previously I had thought that he was just a multi-millionaire. But evidently when it comes to selling the club he is keen to recoup the £65m of debt accumulated by one of his companies. I suppose that if I was in his position, I would want to as well, but it could be argued that poor decision-making by the owner has contributed to this outcome.
The debate about who has been economical with the actualité will no doubt rumble on. At least we can take some pride in the team and the management. Going to The Valley has become less of a painful duty.
As you say Wyn, this is a matter of interpretation. My interpretation is that this latest emission from Roland simply stiffens my resolve never to spend a penny with Charlton while this self-pitying, self-obsessed wretch owns the club. But that's just my opinion!
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I can fully sympathise with that view Robin. At least you have had some consolations on the turf.
ReplyDeleteAt least roly seems now to be devoting more than 1.5% of his time to his London football project. 3 outpourings in successive weeks, how we are blessed! Trouble is those missives are littered with arrant nonsense. It's taken 4 years of criticism to get him to this point. How much more vilification, humiliation and millions lost does he need to divest himself of all this pain and irritation? How long before the arithmetic of the money he's losing overcomes his himalayan ego and he finds a buyer? When he finds out that EFL isn't even fit for purpose as a trade association for team owners, let alone a football regulator, he'll have them to blame along with CARD, vinegar passers, Uncle Tom Cobley, et al for his catastrophic Charlton calamity. Poor old geezer..
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