Kitman 2204 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 http://ashleyout.com/articles/statements/swansea-h-protest-announcement-stand-up-to-ashley/ Swansea protest in the ground also protests outside SD stores within a 20 mile radius of St James Park also protests at his flagship Oxford St store in London . Things just moved up a notch i just hope they get the A4 posters in the ground this time. Mako will be furious they've not consulted him on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Mako will be furious they've not consulted him on this I know the bastards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Mako will be furious they've not consulted him on this Not to worry. He'll be sure to tell us at great length what they did wrong and why his plan was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10856 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Not to worry. He'll be sure to tell us at great length what they did wrong and why his plan was better. That's fine as long as he changes his posting style from tapping out huge block paragraphs to getting his message across with funny animated pictures or pertinent pithy quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Ashley's not going to like the shop protests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30598 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Ashley's not going to like the shop protests They're targeting 15 of his 470 UK stores. Unless they're planning a prolonged siege then I doubt he'll bat an eyelid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 They're targeting 15 of his 470 UK stores. Unless they're planning a prolonged siege then I doubt he'll bat an eyelid. Rangers fans are doing the same i still think he's going to be annoyed its his baby. I wonder if he boycotts the match as well seeing as the protest in the ground is aimed at him personally. We know how thin skinned he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10856 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 There's a worry that this will lead to confrontation, confrontation leads to fear, fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. Or rather it will lead to twats being twats and the point of the protest being lost behind headlines about Newcastle fans rioting in shitty sports shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hopefully there'll be no ugly scenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3892 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hopefully there'll be no ugly scenes As long as CT doesn't go we should be able to avoid that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 As long as CT doesn't go we should be able to avoid that. He speaks highly of you anaarl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3892 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 He speaks highly of you anaarl. He's just jealous of my flowing locks and macho moustache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makom 0 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 We know how thin skinned he is. N-O groupthink logic in action. This particular theory relies on the fact that because he got upset by previous protesting and decided to change his style of ownership from bumbling hobbyist to 'it's all about the balance sheet baby', somehow that's a victory. Anyone who has done even the most basic of research on Ashley, knows that when it comes to business, he thrives on being seen as the outsider, as the cause of conflict, as the person who goes against the grain. It will probably give him a raging hard-on to think of all those TV cameras outside his SD stores, getting his logo on the news. There's no such thing as bad publicity when your business model is knocking out cheap tat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makom 0 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 My proposals deliberately stayed away from doing anything that targeted SD directly, for reasons which really should have been blindingly obvious to anyone who was planning protests in a strategic and well thought out way, based on some basic research of Ashley and his methods/motivations. 1. There is nothing any NUFC protest group can do to damage SD's reputation or financial health, that hasn't already been tried before by competitors, the government, social reform campaigners, and even his own shareholders. 2. As I just said, when your business model is selling cheap tat and casting yourself as the maverick against the city's vanilla methods, there is no such thing as bad publicity. 3. Ashley just doesn't give a fuck. Targeting SD will therefore simply give him another avenue to demonstrate just how much he doesn't give fuck, thereby increasing the sense of futility about the campaign. 4. It actually gives Ashley an open goal against the protesters - he can now blame any future downturn in SD's fortunes (and therefore any lower bonuses in staff pockets) on the protests - and they can hardly say it's not their fault, because their goal here is clearly to hit SD's bottom line (either through direct boycott or via bad publicity) As I feared, this campaign is rapidly turning out to be badly conceived and poorly executed. There are other far more obvious avenues to pursue if the goal is to weaken Ashley by targeting his non-NUFC commercial activities. The relationship with Puma being the prime example. They're the only major sponsor with nothing to gain and everything to lose by being associated with Ashley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) N-O groupthink logic in action. This particular theory relies on the fact that because he got upset by previous protesting and decided to change his style of ownership from bumbling hobbyist to 'it's all about the balance sheet baby', somehow that's a victory. Anyone who has done even the most basic of research on Ashley, knows that when it comes to business, he thrives on being seen as the outsider, as the cause of conflict, as the person who goes against the grain. It will probably give him a raging hard-on to think of all those TV cameras outside his SD stores, getting his logo on the news. There's no such thing as bad publicity when your business model is knocking out cheap tat. People think he's thinned skinned because when people have done things he doesn't like he reacts. He stopped people taking sackpardew banners into the ground, he got rid of the singing section because they were singing nasty things about him and even on Sunday children were stopped taking in banners saying loathe Ashley. He clearly doesn't like it. Whether or not it'll make him go or do anything else is another matter. Edited April 23, 2015 by David Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Prices slashed for the Swansea game, desperate measures from the fat cockney fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Have they? Seems the same to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 http://ashleyout.com/articles/dear-john-an-open-letter-to-john-carver/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Oof. Reading that letter is like watching someone beat an old dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 He deserves it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42419 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 "Calling Greggs Emergency Despatch Division- Special Delivery 10x Mince Pies, 5x Steak Bakes to; Carver Residence Geordie Street Westerhope Geordieland This is A Code Red Panic Pie Munch Make Haste, He's ONE OF US!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Couple ham & pease pudding stotties as well coz he's a proper Jordi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33173 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Slightly disappointed that a couple of questions I've asked on their website comments section about today's protest are not showing up. This is after a couple of other comments I made slating a couple of trolls a couple hours ago were allowed so don't think it's a time issue where the comments need to be moderated. (The questions were genuine and supportive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I sent them a suggestion during the week about flash shopping the SD Stores but never heard anything back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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