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To top it off Pardew has just named 9 defenders in our squad today and in 90 minutes we own no fit senior strikers.

 

This club has never been more fucked up in its history

Agreed. The club will spend less than the bare minimum as usual....if Pardew is still at the helm, I think we must be relegation candidates. Might be worth a punt actually.

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It's no wonder he wont sell the club free worldwide advertising certainly pays off. He's running the club on a shoestring if there was every any doubt that Ashleys uses the club as an advertising placard there it is.

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http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mike-ashley-newcastle-united-owners-7101870

Made £1.45 billion in the last 12 months moved above Richard Branson in the billionaires club.

 

Indian-born brothers Sri and Gopi Hinduja top the list of the UK’s wealthiest billionaires with a fortune of £11.9bn.

 

Get those begging letters in.

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Mike Ashley -- Health Club Cunt

 

Does not have the same zing as our current topic title. Meeting yesterday between SD and LA Fitness over the future sale of 33 clubs.

 

Hope he chokes on a plate weight. Maybe the 35 lb. variety.

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There’s a misconception among Newcastle fans, as there is in the wider football world, that Mike Ashley has not and will not spend any money.

 

Newcastle United are the 9th biggest spenders in England since Mike Ashley arrived. I’m talking about gross spend here, regardless of where the money came from, who has been sold and what was recouped.

 

Just in terms of what Newcastle have shelled out for players, how much money has been provided on the field, Newcastle are number nine over seven years. Whether a club the size of Newcastle should be higher than that is open to debate, but it’s clear that the balance sheet return on that investment is a higher priority than the performance on the pitch and in the league.

 

Clearly the sale of a top player has a negative impact on a team. When Arsenal lose Van Persie or Man U lose Ronaldo, Spurs lose Bale or Everton lose Fellaini or we lose Cabaye, these are massive blows, but the amount received is less important than the amount spent on their replacements.

 

Being the 9th biggest spenders you would expect us to be a reasonably solid top half team, but of course that’s not been the case, Ashley only has two top half finishes as reward for what has been spent. Our average finish position is 13th.

 

So, where does this underperformance place us in comparison to the rest of the Premier League regulars?

 

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Everton are the league’s best value club. Nine other clubs have spent more than them but on average only 5 clubs manage to finish above them.

 

Man U have won more titles (4) than Spurs(0), Liverpool(0), Chelsea (1) and Man City (2) despite spending less than all of them. Indicative of the amazing job Fergie did and how tough it was going to be for anyone replacing him.

 

Arsenal have never finished outside the top four despite being regularly outspent by five other clubs.

 

Sunderland show the most ambition for least reward. They have spent enough to expect a challenge for the Europa place every year, but as we’ve seen, they remain predictably and consistently in relegation dogfights.

 

Then it’s Newcastle.

 

It’s not just in transfer fees where Newcastle are pushing themselves more than seems to be portrayed. In terms of wages paid, Newcastle continue to invest a higher percentage of their current turnover into the squad than they did for a decade prior. Primarily the reason for this is the huge drop in matchday and commercial income Ashley has presided over, however the cash amount invested has also increased.

 

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Much is made of the lack of ambition at the club, but there is enough financial investment to expect better than we are getting. Perhaps it’s the consistent message, from the manager and the boardroom, that expectations should be low, which does more harm to our performances than the actual amount that is being put in.

 

Newcastle fans do not demand record transfer fees to be broken or to be challenging for the title, they just want a chairman that doesn’t hamstring the club, a positive manager that goes into every game with tactics to win, and a team that put in the effort to achieve that.

 

http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/newcastle-united-wages-transfer-rank-mike-ashley/

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So much bollocks get written these days. :lol:

 

There's lots of reason why we've had a bad season and lots of culprits.

 

As for "Newcastle Fans want".....

 

It sounds great in principal but all fans want better than they've got.

 

Lest we forget Sir Bobby getting booed by sections of the crowd for finishing fifth.

 

If we were constantly finishing 5th or 6th we'd be moaning for a manager to take us that last step or investment for the final push etc etc.

 

A day will never come to pass when social media will be content with their lot in life. ;)

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So much bollocks get written these days. :lol:

 

There's lots of reason why we've had a bad season and lots of culprits.

 

As for "Newcastle Fans want".....

 

It sounds great in principal but all fans want better than they've got.

 

Lest we forget Sir Bobby getting booed by sections of the crowd for finishing fifth.

 

If we were constantly finishing 5th or 6th we'd be moaning for a manager to take us that last step or investment for the final push etc etc.

 

A day will never come to pass when social media will be content with their lot in life. ;)

Well fans of all teams want to try and improve whatever their position. That's the same in pretty much all life in general.
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Well fans of all teams want to try and improve whatever their position. That's the same in pretty much all life in general.

Exactly my point. So saying fans don't want this or that is bollocks. We will always want better than what we've got and whinge like fuck until we get it :lol:

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Exactly my point. So saying fans don't want this or that is bollocks. We will always want better than what we've got and whinge like fuck until we get it :lol:

 

Which is why it's bollocks for Pardew and Charnley to dismiss fans complaints as demanding a title challenge, all we ever want is to move to the next step.

 

Which is outperforming Stoke, Southampton and Hull.

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Exactly my point. So saying fans don't want this or that is bollocks. We will always want better than what we've got and whinge like fuck until we get it :lol:

But the point is we're not whinging because aren't happy finishing tenth. The position would have been a respectable improvement on the previous season that most would have accepted. But it has been underminded by selling our best player and not making any realistic effort to replace him.

 

And more importantly it's happened along with futher distancing the club from the fans and telling them that what they want (be it improvement in the league, cup runs, a new manager, signings, entertainment or whatever) is irrelevant to clubs management.

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Which is why it's bollocks for Pardew and Charnley to dismiss fans complaints as demanding a title challenge, all we ever want is to move to the next step.

 

Which is outperforming Stoke, Southampton and Hull.

I think, given the abysmal form of the team during the course of this year, the next step is avoiding relegation next season, init bruv.

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