BottledDog

And yet has put more of his own money into it than anyone else in the history of the club. In fact he's probably the only person who has ever put any money into the club's coffers, apart from the few bob that we long suffering souls spend on them. He's a strange f***er. Due Diligence can do that to a bloke eh Ahh yes. The single most important thing when buying a business and the fat c*** didn't bother with it. SJH took him to the cleaners. The Hall and Shepherd clans certainly did very well out of the sale, but before Ashley came along the potential buyers who did do due diligence ran a mile. So maybe it's just as well for us (as well as the Halls and Shepherds) that Ashley didn't bother to have a proper look before he bought. There's no argument that he's f*cked up along the way but at least when he has had to put his hand in his pocket to pay for his f*ck ups he could afford it. Shepherd valued the club probably 1.5x more than what is worth. Absolutely mental. When anything ends up being sold the ultimate call on the value has to be with the person who decides to buy it. and the person who decides to sell it. Well....if no one wants to pay what the seller is asking it simply won't get sold, so ultimately if it does get sold it is because the buyer agreed a price. So it is the buyers call. I have no idea what Ashley could have bought the club for if he wanted to string it out but he agreed to pay £140 million - his decision. Like the Andy Carroll deal. Not getting why you have unleashed the rolleyes there?

Yes! Oui x 3. Oui 3? Well it is a break from the old routine! Ha haaaaa... *shows age, kills self* Thanks for making me Youtube that. Canny.

Yes! Oui x 3.

Got this nagging feeling he'll be on the bench. Hopefully it's just my defense mechanism kicking in.

And yet has put more of his own money into it than anyone else in the history of the club. In fact he's probably the only person who has ever put any money into the club's coffers, apart from the few bob that we long suffering souls spend on them. He's a strange f***er. Due Diligence can do that to a bloke eh Ahh yes. The single most important thing when buying a business and the fat cunt didn't bother with it. SJH took him to the cleaners. You may have bought more businesses than me so I'll have to take your word on that. There's also a very reasonable argument that on this occasion he may have preferred to waive the due diligence process for his own reason's. It certainly didn't bankrupt him. Anyway I'm supplying mere suppositions, the certainty with which you post means you must know a lot more about these things so you're probably right. For such a big investment, he went into the deal utterly blind to the state of our finances which were pretty bad. He would had found the following: Shepherd writing clauses into loans that £60m of them had to be re paid in 60 days if the club was taken over. Club still owing money for quite a few players bought 2-3 years previously. The tell take sign for me was how easy SJH sold his stake to him. How on earth the bloke was worth nearly 2 billion by the time he was 40, in light of this staggering incompetence, is frankly mind boggling. Agreed. Struck gold with Sports Direct but 1st 2 business ventures went tits up to which he was apparently bailed out by his father. He's not stupid, but he doesn't know anything about football as KK has publicly said. Aye it's unlikely that he'll ever manage England. But there again Keegan hasn't been very bright in business, so each to their own I suppose. Ooof.

that's superb FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD. HAS TO BE THIS! Oh, and welcome to the club Mr Mbiwa.

Plenty of miserable oiks in the Pardew and Colo threads if you need to take a downer.

Not even half the player Remy can be on one of his few good days. But still another cracking little signing if he comes.

Delighted to hear it. One should never be in a position of excitement if one has prepared correctly.

It's him.

What's dead in the water?

He has not signed. He may never sign. /It's only when it comes to football that I give credence to jinxes and shit. What the hell is wrong with me.

I think Ashley is determined to have NUFC known to be a club that can't be messed around with on deals, which is a good thing. However, this is an extra 250,000 Euros we're talking about though, as Bordeaux are only asking for 1 million Euros, not pounds, but Euros. Bearing in mind the player's actual worth is around £7 million if his contract isn't running down, I'd have to say Ashley is taking things way too far on this one. It's embarrassing ... Gouffran's worth 7m? Nah, not having that.

Right, chop chop, meeting's done. What's it to be then?

Give me £50 and I'll tell you anything you want.

Playing in the game Vs PSG on ESPN in 15min.

What in the flying fuck do they want him for? Alan Hansen retiring?

Tomorrow meaning tomorrow, or meaning today? How in Gods green and blessed Earth do you figure that tomorrow means today?

What the SSN transfer man said. Oh. It's also in the L'Equipe article (where the SSN transfer bloke most likely got his info from). Says they are supposed to meet with him/his people today and us on Wednesday. Uh oh.

Quite a few as it happens. i understand taking him off, i don't understand the replacement and tactics nor those surrounding the marveaux sub. I was more referencing Beren and Jack. I think most people are in broad agreement. Pardews reasoning that we needed to put our foot on the ball as we'd lost the initiative is fair, but that didn't make it the right thing to do and just put us further on the back foot. At home. Against Reading. Cabaye had to go off and the crowd reaction was rotten, but perfectly understandable in the context of the match. Something that Pardew said about the substitution was interesting though. He said that while he'd have liked to put on an attacker, for him Bigi wasn't a defensive sub anyway. I think it's an indication that we'll see him end up further forward than expected, and adds weight to the need for someone like Sissoko coming in.

Quite a few it seems. Beren in particular.

He'll have been told to say that by our beloved manager as he didn't mention any of this straight after the game. ...and this one. http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20130119/goal-but-no-glory-for-comeback-cab_2281670_3046871 No mention of injury. It's very amusing to see the same people desperately defending Pardew at every chance Like clockwork. Pardew? I'm defending Cabaye on this one. It's an odd mixture of depressive bemused amusement to me that your first though is that Cabaye has been forced to spin a line.

He has been such an unbelievable miss for us this season (and I think I underestimated his importance to Pardews team at the time if I'm honest), and could be our most important player for the remainder. If he stays fit, I think we'll be ok.

He'll have been told to say that by our beloved manager as he didn't mention any of this straight after the game. ...and this one.

Woah, someone get this man a tin foil hat, stat.