to all who have said snap their hands off to bids for our players

[Andrew 4857]

What exactly are you expecting to happen when we have no players?

[sandman02uk 0]

What exactly are you expecting to happen when we have no players?

 

we'll play the reserve and academy team and for the first time in 3 years we will see passion and a desire to win on the pitch from our team

 

they won't though (win)

[Scottish Mag 3]

What exactly are you expecting to happen when we have no players?

 

Its catch 22. What exactly do you expect to happen when we have a wage bill that we cannot afford to pay?

[Craig 6700]

What exactly are you expecting to happen when we have no players?

 

I think most people have resigned themselves to the fact that if we don't sell them, Ashley will just run their contracts down.

 

The last player to be 'offered' a new contract was Shola. Note I say offered - no one has been offered one and rejected it (including Owen).

[Marko 0]

What exactly are you expecting to happen when we have no players?

 

I think most people have resigned themselves to the fact that if we don't sell them, Ashley will just run their contracts down.

 

The last player to be 'offered' a new contract was Shola. Note I say offered - no one has been offered one and rejected it (including Owen).

 

 

Edgar did?

[Ketsbaia 0]

I want the names and wages off our books but we'll not replace them. In any other situation i'd drive Taylor and Duff to their respective suitors (and i'd not want any petrol money. I'm generous like that) but knowing that if we let them go the chances of the money being spent on the squad is slim.

 

By my calculations if these deals go through we'll have made £32 million and reduced the wage bill drastically, probably by around £350,000 p/w if not more. Even if Ashley just threw £10 million our way that would be enough to secure deals for the few semi-decent Championship players we need to fill out the squad and possibly be in with a chance of promotion.

Edited August 14, 2009 by Ketsbaia

[Marko 0]

I want the names and wages off our books but we'll not replace them. In any other situation i'd drive Taylor and Duff to their respective suitors (and i'd not want any petrol money. I'm generous like that) but knowing that if we let them go the chances of the money being spent on the squad is slim.

 

By my calculations if these deals go through we'll have made £32 million and reduced the wage bill drastically, probably by around £350,000 p/w if not more. Even if Ashley just threw £10 million our way that would be enough to secure deals for the few semi-decent Championship players we need to fill out the squad and possibly be in with a chance of promotion.

 

 

but thats the problem. He fucking won't!

[Ketsbaia 0]

I want the names and wages off our books but we'll not replace them. In any other situation i'd drive Taylor and Duff to their respective suitors (and i'd not want any petrol money. I'm generous like that) but knowing that if we let them go the chances of the money being spent on the squad is slim.

 

By my calculations if these deals go through we'll have made £32 million and reduced the wage bill drastically, probably by around £350,000 p/w if not more. Even if Ashley just threw £10 million our way that would be enough to secure deals for the few semi-decent Championship players we need to fill out the squad and possibly be in with a chance of promotion.

 

 

but thats the problem. He fucking won't!

 

I know that

[Andrew 4857]

I want the names and wages off our books but we'll not replace them. In any other situation i'd drive Taylor and Duff to their respective suitors (and i'd not want any petrol money. I'm generous like that) but knowing that if we let them go the chances of the money being spent on the squad is slim.

 

By my calculations if these deals go through we'll have made £32 million and reduced the wage bill drastically, probably by around £350,000 p/w if not more. Even if Ashley just threw £10 million our way that would be enough to secure deals for the few semi-decent Championship players we need to fill out the squad and possibly be in with a chance of promotion.

 

 

but thats the problem. He fucking won't!

 

precisely

 

the dislikes for players that have grown out of the last few seasons don't matter anymore what matters is that we have a squad of senior professionals who would have a chance of getting us back up and selling the likes of duff, jonas and taylor will be no good to that end when the money is just sitting in MAs bank account

[Scottish Mag 3]

I want the names and wages off our books but we'll not replace them. In any other situation i'd drive Taylor and Duff to their respective suitors (and i'd not want any petrol money. I'm generous like that) but knowing that if we let them go the chances of the money being spent on the squad is slim.

 

By my calculations if these deals go through we'll have made £32 million and reduced the wage bill drastically, probably by around £350,000 p/w if not more. Even if Ashley just threw £10 million our way that would be enough to secure deals for the few semi-decent Championship players we need to fill out the squad and possibly be in with a chance of promotion.

 

Hes fucking clueless and has wasted the whole summer and in the long term its going to damage him as we as us.

 

He could have let Shearer reshuffle the pack due to the crazy transfer fees we have been receiving and got a decent Championship squad with very little outlay but most of the decent players have gone. Even now though if he got shot of the likes of Duff, Colo, Guti and Geremi and used even 10 million like you say we could prob get in the likes of Beckford, Tommy Smith, Driver or Commons and a no nonsense Championship defender to replace Colo.

 

I am not saying we would have a great squad or be favourites for promotion but it would put the club in a better position both team-wise and as an asset for him to sell.

[Craig 6700]

He evidently said in the week following relegation:

 

* That he wants to sell the club

* That the price will be no less than £100m

* That he'll not spend another penny on the footballing side of the club and he'll recoup as much cash as he can.

 

He's a fucking mong and given he's levels of stupidity, I can't for the life of me understand how Sports Direct has lasted so long.

[Fop 1]

What exactly are you expecting to happen when we have no players?

 

 

We'll win the league!!!!!!!!111111111111

[Barney 0]

Seems like he's doing a 'Sports Direct' with us and trying to get us promoted with about half of last seasons squad.

 

Get costs down to a minimum by flogging anyone that we recieve an offer for. Bring in(as a last resort) players on loan at minimum cost.

 

Put NONE of his own money into it.

 

If we get promoted, he gets his £100m(or a more favourable price). His gamble pays off.

 

If we don't get promoted/relegated, so what? The club will probably be worth the same then as it is now.

[Holden McGroin 6783]

Seems like he's doing a 'Sports Direct' with us and trying to get us promoted with about half of last seasons squad.

 

Get costs down to a minimum by flogging anyone that we recieve an offer for. Bring in(as a last resort) players on loan at minimum cost.

 

Put NONE of his own money into it.

 

If we get promoted, he gets his £100m(or a more favourable price). His gamble pays off.

 

If we don't get promoted/relegated, so what? The club will probably be worth the same then as it is now.

 

Not if we go down again.

[Barney 0]

Seems like he's doing a 'Sports Direct' with us and trying to get us promoted with about half of last seasons squad.

 

Get costs down to a minimum by flogging anyone that we recieve an offer for. Bring in(as a last resort) players on loan at minimum cost.

 

Put NONE of his own money into it.

 

If we get promoted, he gets his £100m(or a more favourable price). His gamble pays off.

 

If we don't get promoted/relegated, so what? The club will probably be worth the same then as it is now.

 

Not if we go down again.

 

It's a gamble, though.

 

I'd say on the basis of the WBA game, we look like we'll better than the 3 worst teams in this division.

[donaldstott 0]

Seems like he's doing a 'Sports Direct' with us and trying to get us promoted with about half of last seasons squad.

 

Get costs down to a minimum by flogging anyone that we recieve an offer for. Bring in(as a last resort) players on loan at minimum cost.

 

Put NONE of his own money into it.

 

If we get promoted, he gets his £100m(or a more favourable price). His gamble pays off.

 

If we don't get promoted/relegated, so what? The club will probably be worth the same then as it is now.

 

Only we won't get promoted and the club will be worth next to nothing.

 

He has three choices,

1) cut and run now and take a substantial loss.

2) Run the club with the intention of promotion by investing some of the cash already received in to new players. If we get promoted he may even get all of his money back

3) Sell our best players, have a paper thin squad, let the club slide backwards and eventually get next to nothing.

 

1 or 2 are the correct choices, but he seems intent on 3.

1 or 2 will give him a semblance of normality back to his life, 3 will lead to lord knows what from disgruntled toon fans.

[Barney 0]

Seems like he's doing a 'Sports Direct' with us and trying to get us promoted with about half of last seasons squad.

 

Get costs down to a minimum by flogging anyone that we recieve an offer for. Bring in(as a last resort) players on loan at minimum cost.

 

Put NONE of his own money into it.

 

If we get promoted, he gets his £100m(or a more favourable price). His gamble pays off.

 

If we don't get promoted/relegated, so what? The club will probably be worth the same then as it is now.

 

Only we won't get promoted and the club will be worth next to nothing.

 

He has three choices,

1) cut and run now and take a substantial loss.

2) Run the club with the intention of promotion by investing some of the cash already received in to new players. If we get promoted he may even get all of his money back

3) Sell our best players, have a paper thin squad, let the club slide backwards and eventually get next to nothing.

 

1 or 2 are the correct choices, but he seems intent on 3.

1 or 2 will give him a semblance of normality back to his life, 3 will lead to lord knows what from disgruntled toon fans.

 

Why would the club next season be worth any less than it is now, should we stay in this league?

[donaldstott 0]

Seems like he's doing a 'Sports Direct' with us and trying to get us promoted with about half of last seasons squad.

 

Get costs down to a minimum by flogging anyone that we recieve an offer for. Bring in(as a last resort) players on loan at minimum cost.

 

Put NONE of his own money into it.

 

If we get promoted, he gets his £100m(or a more favourable price). His gamble pays off.

 

If we don't get promoted/relegated, so what? The club will probably be worth the same then as it is now.

 

Only we won't get promoted and the club will be worth next to nothing.

 

He has three choices,

1) cut and run now and take a substantial loss.

2) Run the club with the intention of promotion by investing some of the cash already received in to new players. If we get promoted he may even get all of his money back

3) Sell our best players, have a paper thin squad, let the club slide backwards and eventually get next to nothing.

 

1 or 2 are the correct choices, but he seems intent on 3.

1 or 2 will give him a semblance of normality back to his life, 3 will lead to lord knows what from disgruntled toon fans.

 

Why would the club next season be worth any less than it is now, should we stay in this league?

 

An investor probably thinks our best chance of getting out of the league is this season. Another season in the championship would almost certainly lead to falling attendances. The players who we have now would be worth less, having proved themselves incapable of getting out of the league and the lack of parachute payment is looming on the horizon.

[Barney 0]

This is all way over my head, but maybe he's hoping a turn in the economy next year might tempt some fat cat to open the wallet again.

[khay 10]

What exactly are you expecting to happen when we have no players?

 

The only player we can live without at the moment is Colo.

 

And that's cause he does not look like get better. The rest we cannot afford to lose unless we get other players in.

[donaldstott 0]

This is all way over my head, but maybe he's hoping a turn in the economy next year might tempt some fat cat to open the wallet again.

 

That's a possibility. Putting all his eggs in one basket like.

[donaldstott 0]

What exactly are you expecting to happen when we have no players?

 

The only player we can live without at the moment is Colo.

 

And that's cause he does not look like get better. The rest we cannot afford to lose unless we get other players in.

 

People keep on saying this about Collocini. I would say the last place we can afford to lose players is at centre half. There is no other reserve centre half at the club who's played a second of first team football.

 

I've heard good things about Kadar, but asking him to play 45 games in his first season of football is beyond a joke.

 

I'm not a fan of Collocini by any stretch, but good lord bring in at least one experienced centre half in first before we get shot.

[shear class! 0]

Seems like he's doing a 'Sports Direct' with us and trying to get us promoted with about half of last seasons squad.

 

Get costs down to a minimum by flogging anyone that we recieve an offer for. Bring in(as a last resort) players on loan at minimum cost.

 

Put NONE of his own money into it.

 

If we get promoted, he gets his £100m(or a more favourable price). His gamble pays off.

 

If we don't get promoted/relegated, so what? The club will probably be worth the same then as it is now.

 

Not if we go down again.

 

It's a gamble, though.

 

I'd say on the basis of the WBA game, we look like we'll better than the 3 worst teams in this division.

 

But how many of the players that played against WBA, do you think will still be here

[AmericanMag 0]

Seems like he's doing a 'Sports Direct' with us and trying to get us promoted with about half of last seasons squad.

 

Get costs down to a minimum by flogging anyone that we recieve an offer for. Bring in(as a last resort) players on loan at minimum cost.

 

Put NONE of his own money into it.

 

If we get promoted, he gets his £100m(or a more favourable price). His gamble pays off.

 

If we don't get promoted/relegated, so what? The club will probably be worth the same then as it is now.

 

Not if we go down again.

 

It's a gamble, though.

 

I'd say on the basis of the WBA game, we look like we'll better than the 3 worst teams in this division.

 

But how many of the players that played against WBA, do you think will still be here

 

The flaw in this thinking is that every other team in the division has depth to cover for injuries which we do not. When the injury crisis strikes again (and it will) will we still be better than the 3 worst teams in the division?

[Kitman 2207]

Seems like he's doing a 'Sports Direct' with us and trying to get us promoted with about half of last seasons squad.

 

Get costs down to a minimum by flogging anyone that we recieve an offer for. Bring in(as a last resort) players on loan at minimum cost.

 

Put NONE of his own money into it.

 

If we get promoted, he gets his £100m(or a more favourable price). His gamble pays off.

 

If we don't get promoted/relegated, so what? The club will probably be worth the same then as it is now.

 

Not if we go down again.

 

It's a gamble, though.

 

I'd say on the basis of the WBA game, we look like we'll better than the 3 worst teams in this division.

 

But how many of the players that played against WBA, do you think will still be here

 

The flaw in this thinking is that every other team in the division has depth to cover for injuries which we do not. When the injury crisis strikes again (and it will) will we still be better than the 3 worst teams in the division?

 

This sort of ridiculous gamble on squad depth was what got us relegated last year amongst other things. Seriously, how many times will Ashley & Co make the same mistakes before the penny drops? Do they not realise players get injured?