Dr Venkman

Golfmag knew about this months ago and said so on here. Golfmag knew about this months ago and said so on here, AND, you make the assumption that this 'lucrative job' has been given to pardew on the basis that other manager's job's are given, i.e. he's the best man to improve the league position of the club. The evidence suggests other-wise (before we even mention Pardew's lack of experience and the fact that Hughton was doing well) that after meeting resistance from Keegan and Hughton over player sales Ashley's hired a public face to train and pick the team leaving him to un-challenged on his priority, which is selling assets and making profit. Where is your evidence that potential buyers were put off by fans? Articles and quotes about Ashley asking too much for the club are not in short supply. None of this is the fans fault and it's pretty disgusting you're suggesting so tbh, Ashley should be hounded out of NUFC asap, we'll be better for it in the long run.

OP is positively dripping with stupidity

this

because it's not direct income, therefore money that isn't as easily kept away from him, it's extremely easy to starve him of our money, just don't go. and the main thing that HAS changed is that now he's got someone there who won't even attempt to stand up to him or derek like keegan or latterly hughton. Alan Pardew's job description is very likely to be train and pick the team, and nothing else, why else would they have appointed one of their mates for five years? the club is now simply a money making exercise for mike ashley, and nothing more.

what an absolute load of bollocks. given the state the club's been in since ashley took control the situations aren't comparable.

I tend to agree with this. Shepherd is on the BBC website, going on about how it's our "duty to support the club". It's that attitude that allowed shysters such as him and Ashley to get away with murder. exactly, as long as we keep putting the money in their pockets they have no reason or incentive to leave.

Have to agree. Better than I expected. And it sounded like he has fought his corner a bit in negotiations, on his staff and especially over Carroll. Time will tell how much they support him on that, of course. he's lying. he's being paid to be ashley's public face. he's there because he's been told that he has no say in who comes or goes and he accepted the job.

JUST DON'T GIVE THEM ANY MORE MONEY

7/2 on us to go down on skybet

you're not thinking like mike, think about the difference in how much we'd get for him.

good man, can everyone else get on this too?

it'll be interesting to hear how he twists that build from within shite when we sell carroll in the summer

that photo of him with the shirt

how long is it since we've been able to rely on the 'new manager up-turn in form'? since keegan i guess, didn't happen with jfk, shearer or hughton and certainly won't happen here

bookies know their stuff wake up

what!? they've got klinsman and we're getting alan fucking pardew!?

That was NE5 if memory serves my god, cock right up freddy's arse, but boy was he ever right about mike. Freddy was on Talksport this morning saying he'd have done the same thing. if i recall rightly he said he'd have appointed MON or Jol? I'd have been happy with that, discussion for a different time.

i happen to think that being able to apply thinking like 'if we all stop giving ashley our money he'll have to fuck off' makes me a pretty considerate person and therefore a good friend tbh, but each to their own

That was NE5 if memory serves my god, cock right up freddy's arse, but boy was he ever right about mike.

woodgate sale? are you mad?

he won't get a penny more out of me

wont make any difference, ashley will still be the one appointing the manager. only way to get him out is to deprive him of your money. can we actually get this off the ground now that it looks like pardew's on the way?

Exactly It really is pathetic and shameful the way Hughton has been treated... the idea that Ashley has been waiting for an excuse to do this and bring in Pardew is sickening. it'a pathetic and shameful the way WE'VE been treated mate. hughton can walk away with head held high and look for another job, we're stuck with this shit until he dies or sells.

Well your going to be bitterly dissapointed unfortunately... and gone in january

success=making money