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Some great photoshops

Awful pen. That camp run up

What is this attitude, man? Properly bizarre. I'm seeing Ken Dodd It won't be as funny as Newcastle's 'performance' tonight

Wish I was alive to be there. The atmosphere must have been electrifying

This. Absolutely this.

He just doesn't get it does he?

I'm already looking forward to cancelling my st in February! Even if we're in the top 6 my decision won't change. I'd never ever have felt like that a few years ago. I can hardly muster an excited 'GO ON!' in attack anymore ffs. So depressing on all levels atm

There was a banner unveiled reading: Joe Kinnear. Premier Leagua's Number 1 Clown. The stewards came in and tried to remove it. I think the lads holding it then just stuck it behind the.hoardings

Creasing at all the replies. 1st home game of the season and nobody can be arsed. You just know this season will be as flat as a fart I hope we'll be smiling come 5pm

That read quite well til the last line...!

The Keegan stuff was interesting - considering a month later he'd left for all the reasons he said weren't happening. Prick

More financially sustainable than what? The Hall/Shepherd regime? Yes, probably. Hall/Shepherd speculated to accumulate and while it worked brilliantly for a while, it went south due to putting their (Shepherd's) trust in the wrong man towards the end. However, during Ashley's tenure we have lost a lot of ground on other clubs, financially as well as on the pitch. Our commercial revenue has decreased significantly where other clubs have seen theirs soar. The null interest on the loan is partly, if not entirely, offset by the free Sports Direct advertising at the expense of other, revenue generating advertisement space around the ground. His policies have led directly to a relegation, which will have cost tens of millions alone. We may be relatively stable now, having posted small profits in the previous two years, but the club is not operating to its potential at all under Ashley, both on the pitch and in terms of financial performance. Let's not pretend otherwise. spot on Another great post. This is the sort of thing all of the 'NUFC Supporters/Fans Group/Trusts' should be preaching to all the fans via facebook/blog/email etc. Hell even have people giving them out around the ground in leaflets so people know the true running of the club. It's either negligence/incompetence or a mixture. We're only going one way under him

Saw somebody else post this cba to check if true. Last 10 competitive games: Scored: 5 Conceded: 26

Carlton Cole would be an excellent addition to our squad though!

His first post in 18 months man Unreal

Excellent post

Great thread idea! We'll all secretly want us to finish 17th now

It'll be subjective from club to club in fairness. But surely a club that averages a finish of 8th is worth more than the same club 5 years later that averages a 14th place finish Why? If we have the stadium and infrastructure in place, and have a squad that apparently should be aiming for top 6-8 with a half decent manager, why would it matter to a new owner if we came 16th last year or what we averaged in the past? Do we have the infrastrucutre? Our training ground is 5 years older and the indoor facility is very aged (I know as I've coached in it far too many times whilst I was at NUFC) We've got less academy graduates in the 1st team. We have a smaller squad. Like someone said we take in less money commercially than Sunderland et al. It all adds up imo and if you're not showing it on the pitch as well why should a prospective owner then look to fork out the same price or even more money than his predecessor?

It'll be subjective from club to club in fairness. But surely a club that averages a finish of 8th is worth more than the same club 5 years later that averages a 14th place finish

That's basically all that matters, and it's certainly no improvement. Yup. Using that logic the club shouldn't be valued any more than when he bought it

No fucking way did they actually write that

He bought the club for £130 million (which he overpaid for) and inherited £80 million debt. The 5 seasons before he came we finished 3,5,14,7,13 In the last 5 seasons under Ashley we have finished 18,21,12,5,16. If the club had £0 debt I would expect us to be valued at around £200-£220million But we still probably have £60 million debt (I base this on nowt like, just a guess) So surely the club should only be valued at around £130-£160million?

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