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I agree with that blog like, obviously Enrique is thinking of himself first. That's fine for him, but it's sad to see so many fans rallying behind him, when really he is being disrespectful to the club and our new signings.

It would seem to be self-defeating if Ashley is giving Sports Direct free advertising at the expense of charging other advertisers for it. Less money for the club means bigger losses and more that he has to subsidise himself.

He could actually continue to do a decent job - not sure if anyone has considered that.

Hi didn't listen to the Dalai Lama's advice then.

Don't think it's going to be half as bad as people are saying TBH... I wouldn't think it would be any worse than last year. A loss away to manu and beating Aston Villa 6-0? Ah sorry, I meant the season as a whole.

Fair point, he's done well so far (IMO) but you're right he has only been in the job a short time.

Perfectly normal manager comments TBH, don't see anything wrong with that. Obviously he wants Enrique to stay, and we might well sign a couple more players. And Joey does seem intent on staying, so I don't see what is 'BS' about it.

Don't think it's going to be half as bad as people are saying TBH... I wouldn't think it would be any worse than last year.

There has been cynicism around for a few years now, the previous owners were hardly whiter than white. But I agree, we are reaching new heights these days. It gets stupid at times. I just wish people would sometimes recognise the other side. Even the relegation we bounced back from well, and the Hughton sacking turned out not to harm us. The Carroll sale is a blow, but the money was clearly too good to turn down. Anyway, this isn't the thread for that discussion really, but it's a shame every debate just comes down to whether you hate or sympathise with Mike Ashley. Hopefully it will die down when the season starts.

What do you mean by "came from"? The £5.5m, where did that come from? I thought we were skint and it certainly didn't come from Ashley's pocket We're not so skint that we literally can't afford any outgoings. Surely that's obvious? WTF are you on about, weren't we struggling to break even? Yes, we're making a loss every season, but that doesn't mean we can't spend anything. A business can run in the red for a long time, increasing its debt to keep going. Otherwise we (and almost every other club) would have gone bust ages ago.

What do you mean by "came from"? The £5.5m, where did that come from? I thought we were skint and it certainly didn't come from Ashley's pocket We're not so skint that we literally can't afford any outgoings. Surely that's obvious?

Is he still (if he really was) on the payroll? He must be, he said something positive about the club.

What do you mean by "came from"?

But you made up that 2nd part.

Calm down man.

There's a professional way to do things and an unprofessional way. But then you knew that. Fair enough. Don't particularly see what difference it would have made if he'd said the same stuff in a formal statement though. But if you just submit a transfer request that will suffice. If he submits a transfer request he will presumably lose any loyalty bonus his contract stipulates. Why would/should he do that? Because he wants to leave?

But neither to the people defending them, they just assume the worst because it's Ashley. ian, in your world are people ever held accountable for their actions or do you go on giving the benefit of the doubt until the end of time? people dont assume the worst because its ashley, they assume the club will do everything on the cheap because....the club are doing everything on the cheap. at what point do you notice this all tying in? Keegan, Hughton, Pardew, Carroll, nothing spent, Enrique.......... Ian W will have no wrong said about Ashley and Pardew and as he reads this will be smashing up his bedroom in anger as he probably wont be able to smash his office up as its wrecked from last week I should learn not to come on here unless we've signed a player. In which case Mike Ashley won't be mentioned except to say the player cost to little. FWIW I don't like Ashley at all, but in the case of Enrique the writing was on the wall for ages. He has become good enough to play for a more successful team at the same time his contract is ending. I just don't like players whinging about the club in public, that's all.

There's a professional way to do things and an unprofessional way. But then you knew that. Yep, I think the people wanted Jose to make a decision about his future, which would have been fine if he'd done if professionally. Although as you say, Dave knew that already.

But neither to the people defending them, they just assume the worst because it's Ashley. ian, in your world are people ever held accountable for their actions or do you go on giving the benefit of the doubt until the end of time? people dont assume the worst because its ashley, they assume the club will do everything on the cheap because....the club are doing everything on the cheap. at what point do you notice this all tying in? Keegan, Hughton, Pardew, Carroll, nothing spent, Enrique.......... I know Ashley is a cunt etc etc, but every decision he makes isn't wrong by default.

But neither to the people defending them, they just assume the worst because it's Ashley.

bit odd for them to release a statement over it, they didn't do that when Barton did similar I thought that too... with Twitter stuff my view is that they basically shouldn't respond at all. Barton did come out soon after and correct his twitter rant though. They might see this as a good chance to get Jose on the transfer list and bring the issue to a head.

Spot on.

A player on his way out to play Champions League football wants the club to succeed more than the people who actually own it? Find that a bit hard to believe.

Even if you think Enrique is right, surely the club has to punish him.