adios 717 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 25 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: Jar Jar twat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10855 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Bobba Fatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Asked whether Ashley took calls about player transfers at Newcastle United during the meeting in the pub, he said he could not recall that and that managers at his club were “really not interested in my opinion on football”. “Do you think I make the decisions for Newcastle United?” he said. “I’m like the last person to know.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 14 minutes ago, Park Life said: Asked whether Ashley took calls about player transfers at Newcastle United during the meeting in the pub, he said he could not recall that and that managers at his club were “really not interested in my opinion on football”. “Do you think I make the decisions for Newcastle United?” he said. “I’m like the last person to know.” He's probably telling the truth there, but he's set the framework that everyone will be operating under. The methodology will be approved by him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 5 hours ago, Alex said: Pizza the Hutt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Qui-Gone Gin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) 21 hours ago, Alex said: Pizza the Hutt Edited July 7, 2017 by Dr Gloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35063 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 15 hours ago, Happy Face said: Glad someone picked up on the reference. Great film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35063 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 3 minutes ago, Ant said: The Helmet was up for auction a month ago Piece of cinema history that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 and while we're at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35063 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Mike Ashley confounds investors with 17-word presentation https://www.ft.com/content/a08d2e56-6d65-11e7-bfeb-33fe0c5b7eaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Mike Ashley's 17 word presentation "It’s clear we have smashed the ball out of the park with our Selfridges of sport concept,” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 There are elements of the way he works that you genuinely have to admire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/newcastle-united/10983745/ashley-i-cant-compete-with-man-city Fair enough tbh. Whilst I think he should let the club borrow off future earnings at least he's making an effort to engage as opposed to going out of his way to be a total cunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Yep, hard to argue with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 We don't get £40m stadium naming rights was a bit snidey though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13861 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 What's largely concerning me are two things from that: 1. It's a bit worrying that he's (probably) done this interview as a reaction to Rafa's repeated comments throughout the window which just continues to show that he's a big bairn who can't do two things right in a row. If this is going to end up with Rafa and Ashley throwing mud at each other indirectly in interviews, then it helps nobody and it's never going to end well. 2. Why is he mentioning £200 million cheques? There's no chance Rafa has asked for it, nobody expects us to spend that so who is he actually talking to? Once more, there's a middle ground between penny pinching and flagrant spending that he just doesn't understand. He gave Allardyce a fortune and it didn't work so he's give nobody else anything, regardless of the circumstances. In the grand scheme, there's still players hanging around who refuse to take pay cuts to sign for Dinamo Binbag or whoever and that's a problem but it's a problem that Ashley's control has caused! Handing off money to Graham Carr to sign sub-par shite on big money that were always going to hang about like a bad smell. They're problems Rafa has inherited and he's absolutely right to be pissed off that less is being done about getting rid of them. What grates is that Ashley, whenever he speaks, doesn't appear to have any grasp on anything past the here and now. There's never been long-term thinking, it's always been whimsical decisions and they've nearly always been stupid. Granted, this isn't as bad as appointing Joe Kinnear or giving Dennis Wise control over transfers but it similarly helps nothing and will probably only piss Rafa off when he's trying to keep us in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13861 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 (edited) https://twitter.com/MsiDouglas/status/896017441607823363 Stupidity of the highest calibre Edited August 11, 2017 by Ayatollah Hermione Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1244 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Aye I was just going to say it might be a bit more helpful if he talked to Rafa instead of sky like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 It's just the same as he said before summer though, that the club can spend what it generates. I don't think Rafa's beef is how much there is to spend. Whoever fucked the Abraham deal up has pissed him off. Fuck knows what happened there. Now we're in a position where we're going to have to spend on a position that we could have filled with a loan. Should probably ask for Bony for a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1244 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 7 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: What's largely concerning me are two things from that: 1. It's a bit worrying that he's (probably) done this interview as a reaction to Rafa's repeated comments throughout the window which just continues to show that he's a big bairn who can't do two things right in a row. If this is going to end up with Rafa and Ashley throwing mud at each other indirectly in interviews, then it helps nobody and it's never going to end well. 2. Why is he mentioning £200 million cheques? There's no chance Rafa has asked for it, nobody expects us to spend that so who is he actually talking to? Once more, there's a middle ground between penny pinching and flagrant spending that he just doesn't understand. He gave Allardyce a fortune and it didn't work so he's give nobody else anything, regardless of the circumstances. In the grand scheme, there's still players hanging around who refuse to take pay cuts to sign for Dinamo Binbag or whoever and that's a problem but it's a problem that Ashley's control has caused! Handing off money to Graham Carr to sign sub-par shite on big money that were always going to hang about like a bad smell. They're problems Rafa has inherited and he's absolutely right to be pissed off that less is being done about getting rid of them. What grates is that Ashley, whenever he speaks, doesn't appear to have any grasp on anything past the here and now. There's never been long-term thinking, it's always been whimsical decisions and they've nearly always been stupid. Granted, this isn't as bad as appointing Joe Kinnear or giving Dennis Wise control over transfers but it similarly helps nothing and will probably only piss Rafa off when he's trying to keep us in the league. In some ways what he says is fair enough. But yet again it shows that he has no real understanding of the football club or its supporters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 i've said it before, but this has got keegan 2008 written all over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13861 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 5 minutes ago, David Kelly said: In some ways what he says is fair enough. But yet again it shows that he has no real understanding of the football club or its supporters. He's shown no understanding of anything really, other than how to stop momentum dead in it's tracks at a moment's notice. He's like a human brick wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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