Noobold

Very kind of you to say that, but as others have alluded to whilst you may be Norwich, we are Newcastle. Anything could happen!

Chelsea was never winnable, maybe he was keeping some players fit for later.

Well that's what I'm thinking too. If they want to sports wash, maybe they could advertise in the ground or all over the investment they're going to put into the region.

So safety appears to be within our reach now, and Ashley will be sitting pretty for another year. With any other owner, I would be looking forward to holding on to our best players and strengthening weak areas of the squad. I used to enjoy the anticipation felt all transfer window, right up to the hour it closed, in case we got a spectacular signing. I used to enjoy watching the new signings gradually gel with the existing set up and improve the team. The question these days, of course, is who will Mike Ashley sell in the summer? ASM and Almiron are doing well...some profit in those for him? Joelinton will be a keeper for a while yet, until he comes good, then it'll be bye bye striker...hello profit. I'm surprised he hasn't flogged the better defenders yet. Perhaps speculatively bought defenders dont go up in price as much as speculatively bought forwards. Ashley must see the world like Neo sees the matrix, but as a stream of green pound signs in front of his eyes. Sport certainly doesn't come into it. I keep telling myself not to be too negative and to look on the bright side, but I have to admit that the weekend win over Southampton really pissed me off. I honestly hoped Ashley would get a bloody nose with nufc going down this year. Winning points with spawny goals off defenders for half a season is a disgrace and any club that plays that poorly deserves to be relegated. Especially when that club has been mismanaged for years by an owner who deliberately walks a tightrope every year balancing relegation off against minimal investment and TV mega money. Urgh, rant over. Apologies to those who still have a soul ?

They must be running marathons in training at this point, the number of times they've had to up their game.

He's like Leonardo DiCaprio in catch me if you can when he pretends to be a doctor by watching hospital soap operas. The players look to him for guidance and all he says is "let's play" and Hopes he gets away with it.

Yeah, thinking about it I can see what he meant now, but he's shooting his own argument in the foot there

"Sustained 15 goal attempts". Had to Google what "sustained " meant to make sure I wasn't being stupid. Why not just use the word "defended" ?

Probably thinks he's signed for Juventus.

I cant comment on what this forum used to be like, but I think this bit is right. I'm fully expecting Ashley to sell Almiron and ASM in the summer, thereby putting us back where we started and failing to build or move forward. Erm, maybe i should have put this in another thread, not match thread sorry.

I cant comment on what this forum used to be like, but I think this bit is right. I'm fully expecting Ashley to sell Almiron and ASM in the summer, thereby putting us back where we started and failing to build or move forward.

Didn't think it made sense, ta. Would love to see a reliable breakdown someday.

So if you add up the profit (loss) after tax, does that mean he has made roughly 20 mil profit since 2008? Done it in my head so rough figures only.