this is exactly how i feel about barkley and sums up what i've been trying to say about him for ages in this thread, needs to start games from the off to see if he steps up and has a great tournament
one things for sure he won't do it if he's not played
shola could do the greatest thing known to man if he signs for someone else then in the press conference explains that he knocked us back because he had no faith in the managers ability and the owners policies were slowly killing the club he loves, therefore he's turning down the testimonial and will donate his own money to charity instead
i'd forgive him if he did that
it'll hinge entirely on whether he gets a striker of the remy/ba calibre who can nab goals on scraps, if we don't manage to get him another one of them then i think we'll really struggle aye
how on earth are they managing that?
By selling their star striker for €40m in a few weeks and probably spending half of that on his replacement, plus using the CL money in the same manner. Their debt repayments are reportedly around €40m a season or so. For many years they have easily been one of the worst run clubs in Spain.
no i meant how are they managing to build up such a debt
citeh are surely going to have to offload some of their fringe players this summer to raise cash for incoming transfers, must be something we can hoover up there
by the way did giudetti do anything at stoke? i imagine not as i can't recall hearing about him doing much
nah you're right, he's a standup bloke is ashley and so are all the people he has running the club for him, it's a ludicrous suggestion that they might embellish something in order to generate negative PR for the fans at a time he was under attack by the fans
I'm sure Dave has said Northumbria police found no threats were made.
Northumbria police when asked said that they had not advised Ashley of any threats. That is not to say there weren't any.
It's pretty easy to believe that people basically took some of harsher sentiments posted in this thread, and had a go at the bloke more directly.
True. Also easy enough to believe Ashley's people lied for their own ends, they've been known to do that in the past I believe.
i'd be well up for that tournament at schalke if i didn't hate pretty much everything about the club and most of all the manager and his 'style' of play
not gonna spend a grand on flights to watch a pardew team