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Sorry - next option was 10 and I thought that might overload it a bit. Have to say the results are really interesting and slightly surpising imho. 10 still wouldn't have been enough. I ticked the first 5 without even realising I'd used up my quota. Problem I had was that I could make an argument for over 25 of them that fucked me off personally :lol: .

I don't think it's unreasonable to have limited compsure when we have the last 13 years worth of experience to go by. If Ashley can push it too far, can negatively influence it, can think he knows better than everyone else then he'll find a way to fuck it. As for all the questions about whether he can kill the deal it. In my experience, the devil will be in the detail of the SPA but my gut feel is that the answer is no (whilst PCP have exclusivity - this is rumoured to end by mid May) my feeling is that after that point there's a strong possibility that all bets will be off re: prior commitments and PCP go back to the wider bidding pool and could be beaten by A.N Other. I suspect therefore that PCP will need to PL Test completed by end of next week at the latest to allow time for the funds to move. If there's no leaks that the PL tests have succeeded by then, then I'd predict more volume from the buying side, more rumours from the selling side about other buyers and a complete clusterfuck. Kanji[/member] - agree?

Sorry - next option was 10 and I thought that might overload it a bit. Have to say the results are really interesting and slightly surpising imho.

I think what history will show is just how thin skinned he is for a billionaire. He massively chucked his toys out of the pram when the fans turned after Keegan and, having been embarrassed by the northerners on national TV, went on effective revenge mission that didn't fuck his investment. In the end, you'd have to say he won, we all fell out of love with our team and he cashed in with a very healthy profit. This is why I'm 100% certain he'll buy back into football. He wants to be loved. Wants to be a hero to people. Needs his ego massaging. He will want to 'succeed' elsewhere as a dig at us. He's also massively into taking damaged brands/goods and making them good. I honestly think that's why he could never shake the 'Carroll coming home' idea. AC was fucked but MA would've loved to take him back for a year, get him fit, sell him for £5m and prove to the world he could polish turds. That is what he gets off on. I do wonder, if he went again at say Sunderland, just how much of the learning he'd take from us and apply there. Part of me thinks he'll only do it his pig headed way, the way he knows has worked financially, but part of me thinks he probably realises and deep down acknowledges he's fucked up so many things here that he'd be more measured and potentially more engaging elsewhere. Make no mistake, he hates us as much as we hate him iyam.

Fucking hell. Can’t believe I forgot about that.

Forgot about that clusterfuck. I recognised the name Barry Webber for some reason and just looked him up. He lasted 17 months working for Llambeezee and co Went to West Ham, then Stevenage and has been commercial director of Palace for the last 4.5 years.

Vegas

Option number 4 mate.

It did but we were as jammy as fuck that year. Every break went for us and Liverpool/Chelsea were going through major transition years.

I was done by the Liverpool Echo for Hicks/Gillette etc. It can be done if you've got some professionalism, intelligence and balls. NCJ had none of the above. They deserve zero uplift off the back of any positivity following the takeover because they did fuck all to contribute to him going. They had a voice and they were largely mute. The had an opportunity to make a difference and they lay down. Fuck them. Hppe the paper goes under tbh.

I went: Rafa - this sealed the deal in terms of us being completely and utterly fucking pointless. Pardew Years - I'd never imagine a time when I actively wanted my own team, my first love, to lose and lose badly. Baffling. Jonas - I mean, you just don't do that, do you? Joe K - In hindsight, I'd probably have left this out because it's just a comedic memory of a shit time. Zero Ambition - I can forgive mistakes, bad decisions if there is a broad intent to be something. To actually exist as a sporting institution. If I was to vote again, I'd pull the Kinnear vote and put in the local press because they've failed us as fans on a fairly unprecedented level. I acknowledge that the 13 years has also seen a huge cultural change away from traditional press BUT they've essentially become a written version of NUFC360 or whatever it's called. A recycler of news in written form with zero credibility and even less dignity. Lee Ryder man. Utter joke.

Yeah, of my five, Rafa was number 1 click.

I'd keep him as a squad member in a better squad for sure. Krafth on the other hand......

Added .

Can't believe the sheer spread of votes already :lol: . Show's that it's not a handful of issues that make us hate the cunt, it's pretty much his whole ownership of the club. Like every element. Did he get anything right? I'm struggling here.

Added for you mate.

Honesty the hardest votes I've ever had to place on here as I could make an argument for almost all of them. Having to leave out the sackless local press, 2 relegations and the Bishop influence because I didn't have enough votes was gutting :lol: .

Second option mate.

Poll Added. Let me know if I've missed anything big.

Can't blame them for this one. Goldigger.

If the EFL doesn't play out (which looks likely) where would that leave them if they moved to a PPG basis?

Nah but Sky Movies used your eggs to show some horror shows.

Didn't we wait for them to pay for the flight before trying to nick him? Wonder how many top top players we missed out on because of pennies? Fucking loads I reckon.

Taking legal advice to see if we could get out of the Europa qualification

Literally buying to sell with absolutely no hint of any sporting ambition and the local rags not pulling them up on the model at all .