Park Life

I think as Chez alluded to last week, there was a power vacum of sorts (with MA being away so much) and Wise did start to grab more bits of headed paper.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE. The goal of a football organisation is primarily to be successful on the pitch, this takes precedence over all other activities. Once all management fully understand this, other activities and proposals fall into place. The DOF should be someone who has a wide contact footprint and understands the nature of the game Europe wide, ideally also some coaching or management experience in Europe. He would ideally be a senior figure who complements seniority and experience with good instinct. His core objective is to develop the footballing side in harness with the manager and be the managers main confidante in the boardroom. His role should encompass overseeing the transfer strategy by having a team of scouts and consultants under his guidance. They should be briefed on the 'mix' of players targeted by him and the manager for any given window. He should have one chief scout per top tier European league and a 'spotter' in every serious league in the world. Regular briefings should take place including the manager at monthly meetings to collect data and give direction. Mishandling this appointment (DOF) seriously undermines any delusions about being like Arsenal.

It's not a zero sum game.

Aye that's the problem, restraining yourself from nailing them by their scrotum from the wall with plastic straws. Although if they'd been true chavs they'd have had the police around for the CCTV tapes for an "assault" charge within 30 mins. Well then you're dealing with level 2. That is a whole other thing. Someone did jump me ( a local) at the train station in Barcelona...I swore there and then I'd never return to that godforsaken city. That'll teach them. YOu'd hope so wouldn't you.

Silly chart.

I can accept Wise (in his purported role) of looking for the best youth to develop. Ok he's not go much experience there either, but it's more an organisational thing anyway. But appointing him as the most extreme DoF-type (i.e. full control and relegating the manager to first team coach) is just barmy. The other two directors we've not really heard enough about to make much of a judgement (clearly they have some idea of the Spanish league at least though - but that's just scouting). And Llambias just seems an odd choice, running a casino involves very different talents an abilities to running a football club. Especially if his manager of doing it was as abrasive as documented. Certainly he seemed to have no clue about engaging with the fans (which Mort did pretty well). I haven't even thought about his 'team' for about 3 months. I just look at that bunch and think cronies. None are qualified to run a child's puppet show. That's why I don't believe all this nonsense about a structure, cause there cleary isn't one. It's been a free for all for power grabs and Wise as chief grass.

There is a myth of sorts on various Newcastle boards regarding the press. They just write 'stories', it just happens we provide a lot of them.

Yup. Mort wouldn't have allowed them to talk down to and undermine KK. He was as we now all realise a very good bridge between the two groups.

He can run but a man that size surely can't hide.

A dressing room insider? What the fuck is that then? Utter bullshit don't swallow it up - the above is a fabricated article written simply to stir the pot! It used to be Terry Mac didn't it. My money is on Owen.

SS Parkytoon in dash for the top. Read it and weep muppets.

Different circumstances now like. Granted. Hope there is some legs to this. Even with a massive influx of capital it will take a couple of seasons to get things right. We need something to go our way right now.

Jimmy was over there in the summer.

I disagree. They have a few good players. Valencia and Zaki to name two. Zaki is very good.

What's your point? Man who talks perpetually of stability is the one fucking your wife. Old Japanese saying.

She's sexy. She's right of course if this morass continues we will flirt with relegation.

...that he's paid off. ..And who are these players we still owe money on? Luque? Owen? There couldn't have been much on Owen cause they still owed us half the Woodgate fee when Owen went through.

Well we'll just have to go through owners till we get one we like.

Yet more bullshit that contradicts itself, which one is it Ash? the paying out many more millions or no longer subsidising? What this bloke clearly believes is that hes bought something and paid a fortune to reduce debt and then every penny it pays out in the future will be coming out of his pockets. What were we again? 14th richest club in the world last year thats what we were Mike, 14th. Now thats not to be baulked at, something like £103million coming in. And he reckons that all the money going out is from his pocket? Bollocks. Even if we finished bottom of the league we'd pick up £26million from Sky, thats £6million more than he was going to put in! I cant believe that we could be making a loss on that kind of income. Added to that is the free advertising he was getting, how much would that fucking Sports Direct on the Gallowgate have cost if he had to pay for it? Added to that, the fact that every other advertising banner is his. Global television beaming his brands across the world. He owns 30% of Adidas for fucks sake so not only does he make money from the club shops when we buy a shirt but from them as well. Forget the bullshit Mike, come out and tell it like it is, explain the proper reasons, proper figures and why it is that employing your mates to run our club from the other end of the country can be seen as good business. Stop making out we're all threatening to kill you I mean its not like anyone purchased athousandwaystomaimorslowlykillwiseashleyandthatllambrianibloke.com or anything now is it? Come out and talk to the fans and maybe you'll see that the image you have in your head is wrong. Talk to us and see why we have a problem rather than trotting out the same old journalistic crap thats been said about us for years. HOw the fuck did this muppet make so much money???

I do more damage when I'm relaxed tbh.

Agree. The statement is deceitful and sly and trying to push the father buttons..."All you lot and especially little Keegan are dreamers and delusional, but it's alright I'll save you". FUCK OFF.

I think the whole 'strategy' is a tissue of lies.