gray Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/Geordiesned/Bill-Gates_1199479.jpg possibly the least funny joke image on the internet today? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Nah not the least funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Would love it if Bill Gates bought us, tbh Any one of the two mega rich Ambani-brothers would do too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Gates must be struggling with the credit crunch, they've only got him down as being worth £45million. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gallowgate Mag Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Insider Info: Sampoerna Group (Putra and his son Michael) are in talks with intermediaries about a bid. Amongst their going concerns is the casino and (now) bookmakers Mansion. The son is a keen gambler, but the father has a massive interest in football. Made their fortune selling the family cigarette company out to Phillip Morris for about $5bil, apparently they're willing to put around £400mil into buying the club and improving the playing and coaching staff in the short term. That made up or serious? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Will be a load of rubbish, but the thought that we'll indirectly have a stake in Tottenham is amusing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 any actual quotes to go with todays stories that ashley wants £400million ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robm Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 any actual quotes to go with todays stories that ashley wants £400million ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7593936.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 any actual quotes to go with todays stories that ashley wants £400million ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7593936.stm that doesn't actually include a quote though does it? it's just the reporter saying it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/default.stm Newcastle owner Mike Ashley, executive director Dennis Wise and vice-president Tony Jiminez were all in Dubai on Monday to seek a new buyer for the club. (The Times) But attempts to "cold call" representatives of Dubai International Capital (DIC) appear to have been fruitless. (The Guardian) Ashley is still hoping to sell up to a local consortium of north-east investors. (The Independent) The Magpies have approached Amanda Staveley, the highly rated businesswoman who helped negotiate the Manchester City takeover, to assist in finding a buyer but she is "too busy to help". (The Guardian) The club's fans are preparing for an "attritional campaign" to force out Ashley, with a mood of "constructive militancy" holding sway. (The Times) More than 40 applications for the vacant manager's job have been received but Kevin Keegan is still the bookmakers' favourite to take the post. (The Times) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Cold Call Can just imagine them cold calling people trying to sell them a football club! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest black n white Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Hello Sir could we interest you in a donnay tracksuit the price is £400 million and you get a free football club, thank you for your time sir Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 They are going door to door in Dubai, well big iron gates to big iron gates, marble arch to marble arch.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Cold Call Can just imagine them cold calling people trying to sell them a football club! i can imagine "drunk dialling" being a more humorous imagine mike ashley & dennis llambias, swigging from bottles of crystal: "hello, dubai? is that dubai? could i speak to someone with 400m to throw away pleash? a kebab? no i don't want a ke-" cue dial tone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Wise has been sent down Dubai high street wearing a switchboard FOR SALE ONE USED AND ABUSED FOOTBALL CLUB 400 MILL O.V.N.O. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Wise has been sent down Dubai high street wearing a switchboard FOR SALE ONE USED AND ABUSED FOOTBALL CLUB 400 MILL O.V.N.O. cockney mafia tbh, they'll just leave some animal appendage in the bed of some oil rich arab, hey presto! new owner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I have always thought Wise should be on a market stall selling fruit n veg, so maybe they have set him up a club market stall in Dubai "Come and get it one off offer when its gone its gone, come and get it 400 mill its a bargain" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Newcastle United bosses spotted in Dubai Sep 16 2008 by Alan Oliver, Evening Chronicle NEWCASTLE United’s big three of Mike Ashley, Dennis Wise and Tony Jimenez were yesterday spotted in Dubai – one of the places where they are hoping to sell the club. But the word from all the financial institutions is that Ashley is going to find it difficult to sell United for a variety of reasons, including the credit crunch and the terrible state of affairs at St James’s. I hear Ashley is countering that by calling in former Football League chairman Keith Harris, who has successfully brokered the selling of a couple of clubs lately. I also heard from a top foreign manager yesterday, indicating he would be prepared to come to St James’s as Kevin Keegan’s successor. But it looks as though that potential candidates will be few and far between after Ashley’s announcement on Sunday tea-time that he was going to sell the club. Kevin Keegan is keeping his head down after Friday’s meeting with Ashley in London and he is taking a few days’ break in the Spanish sunshine. In the meantime, all the United fans can do is to hang on the words of managing director Derek Llambias when he said at Newcastle Airport last Saturday night: “We might have something to say during the week.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianovthetoon Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Newcastle United bosses spotted in Dubai Sep 16 2008 by Alan Oliver, Evening Chronicle NEWCASTLE United’s big three of Mike Ashley, Dennis Wise and Tony Jimenez were yesterday spotted in Dubai – one of the places where they are hoping to sell the club. But the word from all the financial institutions is that Ashley is going to find it difficult to sell United for a variety of reasons, including the credit crunch and the terrible state of affairs at St James’s. I hear Ashley is countering that by calling in former Football League chairman Keith Harris, who has successfully brokered the selling of a couple of clubs lately. I also heard from a top foreign manager yesterday, indicating he would be prepared to come to St James’s as Kevin Keegan’s successor. But it looks as though that potential candidates will be few and far between after Ashley’s announcement on Sunday tea-time that he was going to sell the club. Kevin Keegan is keeping his head down after Friday’s meeting with Ashley in London and he is taking a few days’ break in the Spanish sunshine. In the meantime, all the United fans can do is to hang on the words of managing director Derek Llambias when he said at Newcastle Airport last Saturday night: “We might have something to say during the week.” Yeah something along the lines of Mike's gonna sell up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Newcastle United bosses spotted in Dubai Sep 16 2008 by Alan Oliver, Evening Chronicle NEWCASTLE United’s big three of Mike Ashley, Dennis Wise and Tony Jimenez were yesterday spotted in Dubai – one of the places where they are hoping to sell the club. But the word from all the financial institutions is that Ashley is going to find it difficult to sell United for a variety of reasons, including the credit crunch and the terrible state of affairs at St James’s. I hear Ashley is countering that by calling in former Football League chairman Keith Harris, who has successfully brokered the selling of a couple of clubs lately. I also heard from a top foreign manager yesterday, indicating he would be prepared to come to St James’s as Kevin Keegan’s successor. But it looks as though that potential candidates will be few and far between after Ashley’s announcement on Sunday tea-time that he was going to sell the club. Kevin Keegan is keeping his head down after Friday’s meeting with Ashley in London and he is taking a few days’ break in the Spanish sunshine. In the meantime, all the United fans can do is to hang on the words of managing director Derek Llambias when he said at Newcastle Airport last Saturday night: “We might have something to say during the week.” another holiday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnson293 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Newcastle United bosses spotted in Dubai Sep 16 2008 by Alan Oliver, Evening Chronicle NEWCASTLE United’s big three of Mike Ashley, Dennis Wise and Tony Jimenez were yesterday spotted in Dubai – one of the places where they are hoping to sell the club. But the word from all the financial institutions is that Ashley is going to find it difficult to sell United for a variety of reasons, including the credit crunch and the terrible state of affairs at St James’s. I hear Ashley is countering that by calling in former Football League chairman Keith Harris, who has successfully brokered the selling of a couple of clubs lately. I also heard from a top foreign manager yesterday, indicating he would be prepared to come to St James’s as Kevin Keegan’s successor. But it looks as though that potential candidates will be few and far between after Ashley’s announcement on Sunday tea-time that he was going to sell the club. Kevin Keegan is keeping his head down after Friday’s meeting with Ashley in London and he is taking a few days’ break in the Spanish sunshine. In the meantime, all the United fans can do is to hang on the words of managing director Derek Llambias when he said at Newcastle Airport last Saturday night: “We might have something to say during the week.” another holiday. Out there finding out a bit more about Xisco before coming back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 oh, hear we go again "i heard from a top Euro manager last night" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Newcastle United bosses spotted in Dubai Sep 16 2008 by Alan Oliver, Evening Chronicle NEWCASTLE Uniteds big three of Mike Ashley, Dennis Wise and Tony Jimenez were yesterday spotted in Dubai one of the places where they are hoping to sell the club. But the word from all the financial institutions is that Ashley is going to find it difficult to sell United for a variety of reasons, including the credit crunch and the terrible state of affairs at St Jamess. I hear Ashley is countering that by calling in former Football League chairman Keith Harris, who has successfully brokered the selling of a couple of clubs lately. I also heard from a top foreign manager yesterday, indicating he would be prepared to come to St Jamess as Kevin Keegans successor. But it looks as though that potential candidates will be few and far between after Ashleys announcement on Sunday tea-time that he was going to sell the club. Kevin Keegan is keeping his head down after Fridays meeting with Ashley in London and he is taking a few days break in the Spanish sunshine. In the meantime, all the United fans can do is to hang on the words of managing director Derek Llambias when he said at Newcastle Airport last Saturday night: We might have something to say during the week. another holiday. He just loves to get a bit of sun on his back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 oh, hear we go again "i heard from a top Euro manager last night" To be fair to Oliver he was ridiculed when he said 'we would not believe who was interested in the job' after Allardyce was sacked. He got that one spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 oh, hear we go again "i heard from a top Euro manager last night" To be fair to Oliver he was ridiculed when he said 'we would not believe who was interested in the job' after Allardyce was sacked. He got that one spot on. didnt he talk about a super agent or someone calling him? cant quite remember exact article. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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