Wullie

Eh? Ashley's done nothing but whinge for months about the money still owed on transfers (as if every club isn't run that same way). So the club has been saying it still has debts, 3rd-party says it hasn't...how's that the club's fault then? I've got absolutely no idea what you're on about. What's Keith Harris got to do with anything? Well you've just said the club said they'd paid off all their debts, but then said Ashley's been saying for months we're in debt...so what are you on about? They said one thing. Then said another. They lied. It's not rocket science. The most recent quotes I can find are from October saying we're close to being debt-free. If you can show me something from the club which says we're in debt still from after October, I'll believe you. Along with Keith Harris, I've absolutely no idea what October has to do with it.

Aye, I can really see Mike Ashley sanctioning that one. :lol: modric :lol: Yeah because he was also trying to sell the club last January when he put up the money for that deal. and now the fans are pissed because he wont spend after they've basically driven him out? flawless logic. He wasn't spending anyway. That's why Nicky Butt is still a first teamer. Butt is still a first-teamer because £6m was spunked on Alan Smith with the Dyer money rather than an actual midfielder. Mmm nope. Butt needed replacing in the summer but Dennis knew better. Yeah, he signed Guthrie. Only a year after the board sanctioned a £5.8m transfer of Barton, as well as giving a big contract to Geremi. So managers have signed, in their time under Mike Ashley four midfielders (or midfielders in the manager's eyes) in Barton, Geremi, Guthrie & Smith...that's not including Nacho Gonzalez. That's not the board's fault that two managers have spent a fair bit on midfielders and yet Butt still plays. He couldn't sign £18m Modric so went for £2m Guthrie? The obvious choice. Which two managers are you on about? Allardyce who signed the first three, and Keegan who signed Guthrie. Blame Keegan, always the easy get out card. Of course, it's all Ashley's fault that we've signed 5 midfielders and yet Butt is first-choice. And Keegan himself said he signed Guthrie after he impressed against us for Bolton. It is Ashley's fault because he didn't allow Keegan to go out and buy the players he wanted (which I'm pretty sure would have included midfielders other than Guthrie). I'd say Modric was an example that we tried, but failed. Oh well, no worries then. That'll comfort me while I sit and watch £500's worth of Championship football next season.

Aye, I can really see Mike Ashley sanctioning that one. :lol: modric :lol: Yeah because he was also trying to sell the club last January when he put up the money for that deal. and now the fans are pissed because he wont spend after they've basically driven him out? flawless logic. He wasn't spending anyway. That's why Nicky Butt is still a first teamer. Butt is still a first-teamer because £6m was spunked on Alan Smith with the Dyer money rather than an actual midfielder. Mmm nope. Butt needed replacing in the summer but Dennis knew better. Yeah, he signed Guthrie. Only a year after the board sanctioned a £5.8m transfer of Barton, as well as giving a big contract to Geremi. So managers have signed, in their time under Mike Ashley four midfielders (or midfielders in the manager's eyes) in Barton, Geremi, Guthrie & Smith...that's not including Nacho Gonzalez. That's not the board's fault that two managers have spent a fair bit on midfielders and yet Butt still plays. He couldn't sign £18m Modric so went for £2m Guthrie? The obvious choice. Modric was available. What other big money centre-mids were part of the transfer merry-go-round this summer? Deco? Oh aye... Chelsea or Newcastle, hmm. I don't really get what your arguing Wullie man. Are you saying he Ashley hasn't/wouldn't spend big on players? He has done - Coloccini is hard evidence of that. And again, tbh, i believed Mort when he said we bid for Modric and i still do. Fair enough, believe what you like. I believe he's a bare faced liar. £10m on one player alone is not "spending big" in my eyes. £6.3m on a left-back, club record. £10.6m on a centre-back, club record. £6m on Alan Smith. £5.6m on a Spanish U-21 striker. £5.8m on Joey Barton. £7m+ on Jonas Gutierrez. £7m+ on Jonas? How's that like? He's got nearly all the rest back man.

Eh? Ashley's done nothing but whinge for months about the money still owed on transfers (as if every club isn't run that same way). So the club has been saying it still has debts, 3rd-party says it hasn't...how's that the club's fault then? I've got absolutely no idea what you're on about. What's Keith Harris got to do with anything? Well you've just said the club said they'd paid off all their debts, but then said Ashley's been saying for months we're in debt...so what are you on about? They said one thing. Then said another. They lied. It's not rocket science.

Aye, I can really see Mike Ashley sanctioning that one. :lol: modric :lol: Yeah because he was also trying to sell the club last January when he put up the money for that deal. and now the fans are pissed because he wont spend after they've basically driven him out? flawless logic. He wasn't spending anyway. That's why Nicky Butt is still a first teamer. Butt is still a first-teamer because £6m was spunked on Alan Smith with the Dyer money rather than an actual midfielder. Mmm nope. Butt needed replacing in the summer but Dennis knew better. Yeah, he signed Guthrie. Only a year after the board sanctioned a £5.8m transfer of Barton, as well as giving a big contract to Geremi. So managers have signed, in their time under Mike Ashley four midfielders (or midfielders in the manager's eyes) in Barton, Geremi, Guthrie & Smith...that's not including Nacho Gonzalez. That's not the board's fault that two managers have spent a fair bit on midfielders and yet Butt still plays. He couldn't sign £18m Modric so went for £2m Guthrie? The obvious choice. Which two managers are you on about? Allardyce who signed the first three, and Keegan who signed Guthrie. Blame Keegan, always the easy get out card. Of course, it's all Ashley's fault that we've signed 5 midfielders and yet Butt is first-choice. And Keegan himself said he signed Guthrie after he impressed against us for Bolton. It is Ashley's fault because he didn't allow Keegan to go out and buy the players he wanted (which I'm pretty sure would have included midfielders other than Guthrie).

Aye, I can really see Mike Ashley sanctioning that one. :lol: modric :lol: Yeah because he was also trying to sell the club last January when he put up the money for that deal. and now the fans are pissed because he wont spend after they've basically driven him out? flawless logic. He wasn't spending anyway. That's why Nicky Butt is still a first teamer. Butt is still a first-teamer because £6m was spunked on Alan Smith with the Dyer money rather than an actual midfielder. Mmm nope. Butt needed replacing in the summer but Dennis knew better. Yeah, he signed Guthrie. Only a year after the board sanctioned a £5.8m transfer of Barton, as well as giving a big contract to Geremi. So managers have signed, in their time under Mike Ashley four midfielders (or midfielders in the manager's eyes) in Barton, Geremi, Guthrie & Smith...that's not including Nacho Gonzalez. That's not the board's fault that two managers have spent a fair bit on midfielders and yet Butt still plays. He couldn't sign £18m Modric so went for £2m Guthrie? The obvious choice. Modric was available. What other big money centre-mids were part of the transfer merry-go-round this summer? Deco? Oh aye... Chelsea or Newcastle, hmm. I don't really get what your arguing Wullie man. Are you saying he Ashley hasn't/wouldn't spend big on players? He has done - Coloccini is hard evidence of that. And again, tbh, i believed Mort when he said we bid for Modric and i still do. Fair enough, believe what you like. I believe he's a bare faced liar. £10m on one player alone is not "spending big" in my eyes.

Aye, I can really see Mike Ashley sanctioning that one. :lol: modric :lol: Yeah because he was also trying to sell the club last January when he put up the money for that deal. and now the fans are pissed because he wont spend after they've basically driven him out? flawless logic. He wasn't spending anyway. That's why Nicky Butt is still a first teamer. Butt is still a first-teamer because £6m was spunked on Alan Smith with the Dyer money rather than an actual midfielder. Mmm nope. Butt needed replacing in the summer but Dennis knew better. Yeah, he signed Guthrie. Only a year after the board sanctioned a £5.8m transfer of Barton, as well as giving a big contract to Geremi. So managers have signed, in their time under Mike Ashley four midfielders (or midfielders in the manager's eyes) in Barton, Geremi, Guthrie & Smith...that's not including Nacho Gonzalez. That's not the board's fault that two managers have spent a fair bit on midfielders and yet Butt still plays. He couldn't sign £18m Modric so went for £2m Guthrie? The obvious choice. Which two managers are you on about? Allardyce who signed the first three, and Keegan who signed Guthrie. Blame Keegan, always the easy get out card.

Eh? Ashley's done nothing but whinge for months about the money still owed on transfers (as if every club isn't run that same way). So the club has been saying it still has debts, 3rd-party says it hasn't...how's that the club's fault then? I've got absolutely no idea what you're on about. What's Keith Harris got to do with anything?

Aye, I can really see Mike Ashley sanctioning that one. :lol: modric :lol: Yeah because he was also trying to sell the club last January when he put up the money for that deal. and now the fans are pissed because he wont spend after they've basically driven him out? flawless logic. He wasn't spending anyway. That's why Nicky Butt is still a first teamer. Butt is still a first-teamer because £6m was spunked on Alan Smith with the Dyer money rather than an actual midfielder. Mmm nope. Butt needed replacing in the summer but Dennis knew better. Yeah, he signed Guthrie. Only a year after the board sanctioned a £5.8m transfer of Barton, as well as giving a big contract to Geremi. So managers have signed, in their time under Mike Ashley four midfielders (or midfielders in the manager's eyes) in Barton, Geremi, Guthrie & Smith...that's not including Nacho Gonzalez. That's not the board's fault that two managers have spent a fair bit on midfielders and yet Butt still plays. He couldn't sign £18m Modric so went for £2m Guthrie? The obvious choice. Which two managers are you on about?

Eh? Ashley's done nothing but whinge for months about the money still owed on transfers (as if every club isn't run that same way).

Aye, I can really see Mike Ashley sanctioning that one. :lol: modric :lol: Yeah because he was also trying to sell the club last January when he put up the money for that deal. and now the fans are pissed because he wont spend after they've basically driven him out? flawless logic. He wasn't spending anyway. That's why Nicky Butt is still a first teamer. Butt is still a first-teamer because £6m was spunked on Alan Smith with the Dyer money rather than an actual midfielder. Mmm nope. Butt needed replacing in the summer but Dennis knew better.

Aye, I can really see Mike Ashley sanctioning that one. :lol: modric :lol: Yeah because he was also trying to sell the club last January when he put up the money for that deal. It's more the whole "yeah right, as if Mike Ashley would ever do that" (spend big money on one player) comment. It's just nonsense generally. I'm hardly an Ashley fanboy but to say he hasn't been willing to spend big on a player is cobblers. Coloccini is proof of that and it was made public that we bid big money for Modric. More than Spurs did iirc. It was also made public that we had no debt. That was also a lie.

Aye, I can really see Mike Ashley sanctioning that one. :lol: modric :lol: Yeah because he was also trying to sell the club last January when he put up the money for that deal. and now the fans are pissed because he wont spend after they've basically driven him out? flawless logic. He wasn't spending anyway. That's why Nicky Butt is still a first teamer.

Can we have a midfielder worthy of the name instead?

Aye, I can really see Mike Ashley sanctioning that one. :lol: modric :lol: What, him that plays for Spurs? poor backtrack. Did you reply to the wrong post there?

Aye, I can really see Mike Ashley sanctioning that one. :lol: modric :lol: What, him that plays for Spurs?

Aye, I can really see Mike Ashley sanctioning that one.

Man Utd have just given van der Sar a new contract...obviously their scouting team can't find a better first-choice 'keeper. Ok.

Having spent £5m on Xisco. The whole situation beggars belief.

That's nonsense. Complete nonsense. Your blaming the recruitment team for the manager offering a contract to player that is already at the club and has been there since before they arrived?? I think he's blaming the recruitment team for being incapable of pushing Nicky Butt out of the first team with younger, better players. If we had better alternatives then we wouldn't need to offer him a contract. We have no depth at all, or real quality if we're honest, in the centre of the park. Indeed. It needed doing in the summer gone, everyone knew that, now it looks unlikely that we'll do it this summer either. He might be useful in the Championship I suppose.

The genius recruitment team can't find better midfielders than a 35 year old nicky butt? I'm so glad to have them at our club.

That's superb.

Good luck to him, hope he does well.

That's class, junkhead. I attempted to photoshop some logo involving the Tyne Bridge and a globe but turned out I was useless. A more accurate/more Newcastle-like skyline and you'll have cracked it.

If I thought he'd play more than 25 games, in a heartbeat - although he is 29 now and his pace won't last much longer.