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I`d imagine Big Mike`s choking on his penis Colada as the news breaks in Bermuda

I only hope the clowns responsible have left themselves open to litigation & all the wonderful press / media that brings

I agree, aren't we past open letters now? As if any of his arse lickers would have the balls to ask him to read it man. Spray painting a cock & balls on his front gate would have much more of an effect regardless of the good intentions

I think its been said before, but it would be interesting to see how many "go" if Rafa does indeed go before the end of the season.

Assuming Huddersfield`s Gone, I`d back us to finish higher than Cardiff, but struggle with another team other than, possible Burnley.

I get that people all have there own motivations for going to a home game but this has got to the point where for the most part, it just isn’t a fair contest anymore. If this were a series of boxing mismatches (the likes of we often see in the heavyweight division) people would see the con for what it is and just turn there back on it all. Sadly, in this anecdote, we’re the patsy, turning up with little or no chance of success unles we employ spoiling tactics and hope for one big punch. He knows what this club means to the hundreds of thousands of people in the area so I can only imagine he must get of on it somehow, I genuinely cannot think of another reason why anyone would wilfully go out there way to make other people’s lives a misery for little or no real gain (relative to his personal wealth) I for one would welcome Illness and, ultimately, death on the fat cunt

Even when we play the ‘weaker’ teams we still have to play on the counter to have any chance of getting 3 points. The squad is a decent top half Championship squad and I for one never thought I’d get to the point wher I’d sit down to watch a live game and never felt any nerves or apprehension to the point where i just accepted that we weren’t going to win, let alone compete to a point where we look like getting a result. Whether we do or not, we deserve to get relegated because it has the same tin pot Stench that his garbage, desperate shithouse shops has. Championship football for me till he’s gone if only to smile once in a while on a Saturday night

I would imagine that, should we go down, Bishops pr machine will drop a gear and go all out to discredit Rafa painting a picture of a has been failure who had a squad more than capable of survival but couldn’t manage it. The next desperate sap would be wheeled out and tow the party line whilst we more than likely become a mid table Champo club crossing swords with Chicken town being the only real highlight of attritional desperate seasons in the second tier. The only answer, as I see it, is to force him out with mass protests and aggressive action against him, his associates and his business. I just don’t think our support could ever realise the kind of cohesion required to push the thin skinned bully into a corner and force his hand. Next year looks to be, perhaps an unprecedentedly challenging year for retail with his assets potentially taking a hit from all ends. In that context, unless he desperately needs ‘cash in the bank’ he’s not going anywhere for a long time . Happy new year!

I see that Black cloud chaps still milking it on twatter with all the mugs he can lap up. The gullibility of some people on social media is shocking

Perhaps the most salient point in the reply from Debenhams BOD`s: ""However, as the offer came with conditions that could affect the interests of other stakeholders"

Doesnt look like the most difficult nut to crack mind

You never see two of them in the same room

He does like

Chronicle Xmas party last night was it?

The big premium bit isn't actually in the valuation itself i don't think. With the TV deal in place £300m doesn't sound astronomical for a big PL club. The problem is that the squad needs about £100m worth of investment at least, the stadium needs sorting out, the training ground needs updating etc. So the next owner is effectively paying around £450m for the club, which is way over the odds for a perennial relegation scrapper. Ashley doesn't see it that way though. He specialises in running scruffy threadbare, warehouse-type businesses on a shoestring and doesn't see anything wrong with it. He knows exactly what he's doing, he's also well aware that any prospective buyers are going to factor all of those post-purchase investments into the cost. But he doesn't really care if the prospective buyers are put off and pull out, because as already said, he doesn't really want to sell unless someone pays over and above. Pretty much this. I would imagine Ashley sees potential investors / buyers as merely pesky tyre kickers whom he might as well get some milage out of whilst he`s at it. As much as I felt quite optimistic this time around its becoming more likely that this is another bi-annual blag aimed at getting cheap in the impending transfer window as usual. I would also endorse the view that this may be the last time he`ll be able to do it without the whole situation getting out of hand following another relegation & Rafa leaving.

I would be interested to see what would constitute "harassment" rather than legitimate protest just to see how "in his face" you could get before getting howked of to the local nick

Its no surprise to me that, assuming the support is at its most vocal on social media, this is where it seems to have been most effective

Who the fucks sholas tailor man

Thay can’t handle the Rondon

Um Black cloud been making too much white cloud

Dalglish, Souness, Allardyce. Yup some stinkers there. Not to mention the treatment of SBR. I think the club did the correct thing in being floated so I think Keegan jumped the gun the first time. He still had total control over transfers and the players were totally behind him. If he was offered that scenario now he’d bite your hand off after what he experienced with Mike Ashley. Keegan didn't have full control rgouch, he was told he needed to sell Ferdinand as part of the float. No, Ferdinand left because Dalglish told him he wasn’t in the plans. Then after Shearer did his cruciate ligament, the club were under pressure to convince him to stay but he wanted out at that point. The rest is history. Ah the halcyon days Of Guivarch, Andersson etc.

My overriding memory of their stewardship is that they were tolerated notwithstanding that they seen the whole operation as a cash cow with added local Kudos.

I`d take Kenyon in a heartbeat. I still cant quite imagine the club being ran in a professional (Not necessarily altruistic) manner given the manner that it has been ran in my lifetime. For all the Hall / Shepherd achievements (In terms of stature, stadium etc) they made some shocking decisions on their watch.

Could it just be as simple as every Christmas, Mike likes to get his cock out & slap on both cheeks before chuckling to himself whilst walking away in January. A kind of annual tradition in the Ashley household

If at all it does turn out to be a parcel...At least its provided a welcome distraction to some dogshit football last weekend