Breaking news: Sir John Hall sells his share

[trophyshy 7066]

23 minutes ago, Craig said:

 

Fucking hell, TS

 

 

Still no fucking trophy, I did get one of those tellies though. 

[Craig 6670]

On 23/05/2007 at 17:06, Gemmill said:

Fucking hell, just when you thought there was no hope for this club, we sign Allardyce one week and then look like getting bought by a billionaire the next. Happy days are here again.

 

Oh, my - getting excited about Allardyce and Ashley in the same post. 

[Tom 14011]

I think we’ll all be guilty of something like that deep in the murky archives of toontastic  

[Tom 14011]

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[Craig 6670]

All joking aside, almost 15 years ago to the day we were almost unequivocally rejoicing at the replacement of both Roeder & Shepherd (both now sadly RIP) will Allardyce & Ashley. 

We really didn't understand what was about to hit us.  

[Craig 6670]

3 minutes ago, Tom said:

I think we’ll all be guilty of something like that deep in the murky archives of toontastic  

 

Without a doubt.

[trophyshy 7066]

I'm not ashamed of the post, the prose however is a tad regrettable.

[trophyshy 7066]

was probably pissed

[Howmanheyman 32614]

8 minutes ago, Tom said:

I think we’ll all be guilty of something like that deep in the murky archives of toontastic  

Speak for yourselves.

 

(I didn't join till 2009).

[ewerk 30167]

On 23/05/2007 at 15:28, ewerk said:

I have to see I am relieved that it's an Englishman who wants to buy us.

 

Never trust the Brits. Did my training teach me nothing?

[NJS 4358]

Not sure about on here but I can remember describing Allardyce as a "grown up professional" in his early days. I think Derby away changed everything for me and opened my eyes even more than the Portsmouth game. 

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 3789]

I never thought Allardyce was any good but I was sick of Shepherd recruiting shit managers (including Allardyce iirc)

[Ayatollah Hermione 13762]

17 minutes ago, NJS said:

Not sure about on here but I can remember describing Allardyce as a "grown up professional" in his early days. I think Derby away changed everything for me and opened my eyes even more than the Portsmouth game. 

I think a lot of people had the wool pulled over their eyes with Allardyce due to a combo of him overachieving with Bolton and the press constantly telling everyone how great he was. Then again, not sure anyone could have predicted he’d react to having money for the first time ever by signing a finished Alan Smith for 7 million or whatever it was 

[Howmanheyman 32614]

1 minute ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

I think a lot of people had the wool pulled over their eyes with Allardyce due to a combo of him overachieving with Bolton and the press constantly telling everyone how great he was. Then again, not sure anyone could have predicted he’d react to having money for the first time ever by signing a finished Alan Smith for 7 million or whatever it was 

It was £6m and I was gobsmacked he'd paid it even at the time. 

[Ayatollah Hermione 13762]

6 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

It was £6m and I was gobsmacked he'd paid it even at the time. 

£12 million for him and Barton and then god knows what Geremi was on a week. 3 players that their respective clubs couldn’t wait to get shot of

[Alex 34725]

23 hours ago, Howmanheyman said:

Priced a fair few fans out at the beginning of the ride and a Thatcher disciple, so thanks for getting involved and starting the turnaround but don't pretend you and shepherd never made a small fortune out of NUFC. 

I think I read that, when Ashley bought the club, the debt was more of less equal to the amount the Halls and Shepherd had paid themselves during their tenure 

[Alex 34725]

So that’s before the actual money they made from the sale 

[Alex 34725]

17 hours ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

£12 million for him and Barton and then god knows what Geremi was on a week. 3 players that their respective clubs couldn’t wait to get shot of

Don’t forget Barton wouldn’t come at first because of a dispute between him and Man City. It was over a £1m loyalty bonus which they claimed he was no longer due. Can’t remember if we paid the extra via the transfer or a signing on bonus but NUFC definitely footed the bill 

[Craig 6670]

I'm mixed about Barton. At the time I thought it was a decent purchase but then during the 08/09 relegation season I think he was somewhat of a liability - both on and off the field. However the promotion season and then subsequent time he was with us I think he flourished. He certainly paired up well in midfield with Tiote & Nolan.

[Ayatollah Hermione 13762]

Barton had about 1 good season and goes on like he’s Mr Newcastle whenever he’s interviewed. Can’t be doing with it

[Craig 6670]

He was first class at shithousery / winding the Mackems up and he hated Ashley, making little effort to hide the fact. I seem to recall the consensus when he moved on was we were gutted. 

He was a far better acquisition than some of the other names that were spoken about - Alan Smith / Geremi / etc.

[Dr Gloom 21761]

1 minute ago, Craig said:

He was first class at shithousery / winding the Mackems up and he hated Ashley, making little effort to hide the fact. I seem to recall the consensus when he moved on was we were gutted. 

He was a far better acquisition than some of the other names that were spoken about - Alan Smith / Geremi / etc.

smith was a parasite and geremi had forgotten how to play football by the time he rocked up at sjp - classic case of a final payday 

[Alex 34725]

4 hours ago, Craig said:

I'm mixed about Barton. At the time I thought it was a decent purchase but then during the 08/09 relegation season I think he was somewhat of a liability - both on and off the field. However the promotion season and then subsequent time he was with us I think he flourished. He certainly paired up well in midfield with Tiote & Nolan.

He was injured for the majority of the promotion season. Danny Guthrie made something like 5x more league starts, to put it into perspective. He had a good season the following year on the right when Tiote played so well Nolan’s lack of mobility wasn’t even noticed in a 4-4-2 (Nolan played well but Tiote allowed him a degree of freedom). Considering the transfer fee, wages and considerable hassle, I don’t think one decent season in the PL represented good value for money re: Barton. 

[Alex 34725]

4 hours ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

Barton had about 1 good season and goes on like he’s Mr Newcastle whenever he’s interviewed. Can’t be doing with it

That and his attempted transformation to misunderstood intellectual  

[Tom 14011]

Hahah remember him on Question Time with his librarian glasses on and the first thing he comes out with is a deeply mysoginistic simile about fat women.