afar Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 OF FFS, the man's a bloody moron, fair enough look to sell the club but do it quietly, strange how he never opens his mouth unless he's trying to sell when he shouldn't. WTF would you do if you were Shearer, this man can't promise you anything. He just compounds one mistake by another, how on earth he became a self made billionaire is beyond me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Oh God. I have a bad feeling about this. Nothing measured seems to happen with this club, it's all rash decisions with unexpected consequences. In that way Ashley was perfect for us, and if he does sell, it'll be to some other nutter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bovineblue Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 What happened to the plans for the fans to buy the club when KK left? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alexharrisonnufc Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 F*** Sake we're going to be placed into administration and be kept afloat by a new series of big ron manager. Then "Saved" by that bloke who did the same to aldershot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 What happened to the plans for the fans to buy the club when KK left? I think we realised we couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery let alone take over a football club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 for fucks sake man. fuck off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 f***ing piece of s*** idiot. I should go just shoot him in the head. It would be worth it. Never mind goodbye Premiership football, we look set to wave goodbye NUFC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 All a front I reckon. Consortium (headed or including by Shepherd) to come in within the next two weeks with a £100m bid. Personally I'd do cartwheels down Northumberland Street to see the fat cunt back.....if I wasn't a fat cunt aswell!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 All a front I reckon. Consortium (headed or including by Shepherd) to come in within the next two weeks with a £100m bid. Personally I'd do cartwheels down Northumberland Street to see the fat c*** back.....if I wasn't a fat c*** aswell!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I cannot believe how many on this site would be doing handstands to see Shepherd back at NUFC - as someone already said ' has too much alcohol damaged your memory cells?' Talk about a dog always returning to its own vomit - it is Shepherd's fault that the club was in such a vulnerable position to be taken over by Ashley in the first place ; he was the Chairman who failed to take the correct decision about SBR(he should have been given a place of the Board and asked to recruit his successor in the summer of 2003), but because Shepherd had his own agenda, it suited him to wait until a year had passed and the club's situation had worsened with SBR being another year older.... The club needs a complete revamp from top to bottom as Shearer said last week - no going back to people who failed in the past, it needs a new vigorous ownership who will run it as it should be run, even if it takes 3 years to put it right - and I include in that their right to choose their own manager operating with PROFESSIONALS in the Boardroom - not Casino managers.... This is the LAST CHANCE SALOON for NUFC - mess up this time and the club is finished ; the best that will happen under Shepherd is more of what he achieved after SBR went - the club will become like Sunderland were(note I said WERE, because who knows how they will do under new ownership ..??), and be a Yo-Yo club ; up and down between the Prem/Fizzy, losing any decent players that happen(by accident!) to force their way through the system to make the grade...in effect, a return to the McKeag days. As I said last week on another thread - If Shepherd returns as Chaiman, or even as a major figure at the club - that's me finished after almost 50 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiGeordie Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I cannot believe how many on this site would be doing handstands to see Shepherd back at NUFC - as someone already said ' has too much alcohol damaged your memory cells?' Talk about a dog always returning to its own vomit - it is Shepherd's fault that the club was in such a vulnerable position to be taken over by Ashley in the first place ; he was the Chairman who failed to take the correct decision about SBR(he should have been given a place of the Board and asked to recruit his successor in the summer of 2003), but because Shepherd had his own agenda, it suited him to wait until a year had passed and the club's situation had worsened with SBR being another year older.... The club needs a complete revamp from top to bottom as Shearer said last week - no going back to people who failed in the past, it needs a new vigorous ownership who will run it as it should be run, even if it takes 3 years to put it right - and I include in that their right to choose their own manager operating with PROFESSIONALS in the Boardroom - not Casino managers.... This is the LAST CHANCE SALOON for NUFC - mess up this time and the club is finished ; the best that will happen under Shepherd is more of what he achieved after SBR went - the club will become like Sunderland were(note I said WERE, because who knows how they will do under new ownership ..??), and be a Yo-Yo club ; up and down between the Prem/Fizzy, losing any decent players that happen(by accident!) to force their way through the system to make the grade...in effect, a return to the McKeag days. As I said last week on another thread - If Shepherd returns as Chaiman, or even as a major figure at the club - that's me finished after almost 50 years. Thanks Merlin this is what it means to me. Thanks for understanding everything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article6396030.ece THE sportswear tycoon Mike Ashley is to put Newcastle United football club up for sale with a £100m price tag. Ashley will appoint Keith Harris, chairman of Seymour Pierce, or bankers at NM Roth-schild this week with a mandate to achieve a quick sale. His decision comes just days after the club was relegated from the Premier League. The asking price is £34m less than Ashley paid for the club two years ago. Since then he has ploughed £110m of his own money into the northeast team to pay down its debts. Ashley told The Sunday Times: “It has been catastrophic for everybody. I’ve lost my money and I’ve made terrible decisions. Now I want to sell it as soon as I can . . . advisers will be appointed shortly.” If Ashley manages to find a buyer it will put an end to his controversial and occasionally acrimonious two-year spell in control at St James’ Park, having initially put the club up for sale for £400m last September because of a series of protests and demonstrations following Kevin Keegan’s departure as manager. But dropping out of the top flight of English football has slashed the value of the club. There has been some interest from Nigeria and South Africa but no firm takeover offers. The club’s demotion will make it harder to drum up bid interest. Asked if he regretted his decision to buy the club two years ago, Ashley, who owns the sportswear chain Sports Direct, said: “Of course I regret it. I never said I was an expert in football clubs. I was just a fan – although a very wealthy fan. But I’m not so wealthy now. I put my money into it and I tried my best. But I accept my best was woefully short. I am genuinely sorry for everybody about what has happened.” Ashley landed a £929m pay-day when he floated Sports Direct on the London stock exchange in 2007, but the credit crunch and a string of ill-fated gambles have slashed his wealth from £1.4 billion to £700m, according to this year’s Sunday Times Rich List. The news comes as talks to give Alan Shearer, the care-taker manager, a full-time contract to rebuild Newcastle United were continuing this weekend. Ashley also praised former interim manager Joe Kinnear, who took temporary charge of the club after Keegan quit last autumn. “I personally thought Joe put the club back on the right track. He took it from second bottom to 13th but things went against him,” said Ashley. Kinnear was forced to stand down because of ill health. After its relegation from the Premier League, the club faces a big restructuring that is likely to lead to a clear-out of the first-team playing squad to balance the books. At present, Newcastle relies on a £40m work-ing-capital facility from Bar-clays bank. Meanwhile, West Ham United is poised to be taken over by its creditors in coming weeks. Sources close to the east London football club say the huge debts of former owner Bjorgol-fur Gudmundsson and those of the club itself have all but killed the chances of any rescue. This means it will fall into the hands of Icelandic bank Straumur and a consortium of other financial institutions. Straumur is owed about £100m by Gudmundsson, while the club owes about £45m to a group of banks including RBS. The Icelandic bank is expected to hold on to the club for between two and three years before putting it up for sale. this is someone's attempt at satire right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 He thinks Kinnear put the club back on track!!! what fucking track would that be? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howaythelads Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I cannot believe how many on this site would be doing handstands to see Shepherd back at NUFC - as someone already said ' has too much alcohol damaged your memory cells?' Talk about a dog always returning to its own vomit - it is Shepherd's fault that the club was in such a vulnerable position to be taken over by Ashley in the first place ; he was the Chairman who failed to take the correct decision about SBR(he should have been given a place of the Board and asked to recruit his successor in the summer of 2003), but because Shepherd had his own agenda, it suited him to wait until a year had passed and the club's situation had worsened with SBR being another year older.... The club needs a complete revamp from top to bottom as Shearer said last week - no going back to people who failed in the past, it needs a new vigorous ownership who will run it as it should be run, even if it takes 3 years to put it right - and I include in that their right to choose their own manager operating with PROFESSIONALS in the Boardroom - not Casino managers.... This is the LAST CHANCE SALOON for NUFC - mess up this time and the club is finished ; the best that will happen under Shepherd is more of what he achieved after SBR went - the club will become like Sunderland were(note I said WERE, because who knows how they will do under new ownership ..??), and be a Yo-Yo club ; up and down between the Prem/Fizzy, losing any decent players that happen(by accident!) to force their way through the system to make the grade...in effect, a return to the McKeag days. As I said last week on another thread - If Shepherd returns as Chaiman, or even as a major figure at the club - that's me finished after almost 50 years. I've been supporting the club for 41 years and I know we've only ever finished in the top 5 for 3 seasons in a row ONCE in all of that time. It happened previously between 1948-1951, so it's the best you've seen as well. I also know for sure that during those 41 years the only time the club has shown any ambition to do anything on the pitch was the period from 1992 through to the departure of the last Board. Nowt personal, but to suggest a return of the ambition of the previous Board is a backward step, implying it would be worse than Ashley is ridiculous imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
womblemaster Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 "implying it would be worse than Ashley is ridiculous imo." you fat freds cousin? YOu inline for a mafia handout, from warehouse rent, and other "legit" merchandising? REducing nufc to fat freds personal gravy train is NOT a step forwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonTastic Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I cannot believe how many on this site would be doing handstands to see Shepherd back at NUFC - as someone already said ' has too much alcohol damaged your memory cells?' Talk about a dog always returning to its own vomit - it is Shepherd's fault that the club was in such a vulnerable position to be taken over by Ashley in the first place ; he was the Chairman who failed to take the correct decision about SBR(he should have been given a place of the Board and asked to recruit his successor in the summer of 2003), but because Shepherd had his own agenda, it suited him to wait until a year had passed and the club's situation had worsened with SBR being another year older.... The club needs a complete revamp from top to bottom as Shearer said last week - no going back to people who failed in the past, it needs a new vigorous ownership who will run it as it should be run, even if it takes 3 years to put it right - and I include in that their right to choose their own manager operating with PROFESSIONALS in the Boardroom - not Casino managers.... This is the LAST CHANCE SALOON for NUFC - mess up this time and the club is finished ; the best that will happen under Shepherd is more of what he achieved after SBR went - the club will become like Sunderland were(note I said WERE, because who knows how they will do under new ownership ..??), and be a Yo-Yo club ; up and down between the Prem/Fizzy, losing any decent players that happen(by accident!) to force their way through the system to make the grade...in effect, a return to the McKeag days. As I said last week on another thread - If Shepherd returns as Chaiman, or even as a major figure at the club - that's me finished after almost 50 years. I've been supporting the club for 41 years and I know we've only ever finished in the top 5 for 3 seasons in a row ONCE in all of that time. It happened previously between 1948-1951, so it's the best you've seen as well. I also know for sure that during those 41 years the only time the club has shown any ambition to do anything on the pitch was the period from 1992 through to the departure of the last Board. Nowt personal, but to suggest a return of the ambition of the previous Board is a backward step, implying it would be worse than Ashley is ridiculous imo. Can't deny it won't be better than Ashely (some may remember I didnt want Ashley at the very start due to how he runs businesses) however it's not a big enough step forward for me in fact it's kind of a sideward step for me, and I always worry about the clubs financial state with him in charge. I believe there are better options available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I cannot believe how many on this site would be doing handstands to see Shepherd back at NUFC - as someone already said ' has too much alcohol damaged your memory cells?' Talk about a dog always returning to its own vomit - it is Shepherd's fault that the club was in such a vulnerable position to be taken over by Ashley in the first place ; he was the Chairman who failed to take the correct decision about SBR(he should have been given a place of the Board and asked to recruit his successor in the summer of 2003), but because Shepherd had his own agenda, it suited him to wait until a year had passed and the club's situation had worsened with SBR being another year older.... The club needs a complete revamp from top to bottom as Shearer said last week - no going back to people who failed in the past, it needs a new vigorous ownership who will run it as it should be run, even if it takes 3 years to put it right - and I include in that their right to choose their own manager operating with PROFESSIONALS in the Boardroom - not Casino managers.... This is the LAST CHANCE SALOON for NUFC - mess up this time and the club is finished ; the best that will happen under Shepherd is more of what he achieved after SBR went - the club will become like Sunderland were(note I said WERE, because who knows how they will do under new ownership ..??), and be a Yo-Yo club ; up and down between the Prem/Fizzy, losing any decent players that happen(by accident!) to force their way through the system to make the grade...in effect, a return to the McKeag days. As I said last week on another thread - If Shepherd returns as Chaiman, or even as a major figure at the club - that's me finished after almost 50 years. I've been supporting the club for 41 years and I know we've only ever finished in the top 5 for 3 seasons in a row ONCE in all of that time. It happened previously between 1948-1951, so it's the best you've seen as well. I also know for sure that during those 41 years the only time the club has shown any ambition to do anything on the pitch was the period from 1992 through to the departure of the last Board. Nowt personal, but to suggest a return of the ambition of the previous Board is a backward step, implying it would be worse than Ashley is ridiculous imo. been going since the early 70s, agree with above, with the exception of Arthur Cox, in fact this backs your argument further, cos he walked after promotion due to a lack of ambition by the board. 3 best managers, cox, keegan, Robson,.. rest were shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I live in false hope that MA has a buyer in line. If he hasn't we are in deep shit. If the club is for sale at such a low price MA has clearly given up on us and if things drag on what price going into Adminstration? Seriously; you may not think it yet but it wouldn't take much. We will get a buyer at some point but there is a real risk our new owner/s will have precious little cash and we could end up in the back waters and wannabees. I hold little hope in finding a multi billionnaire buyer willing to plough cash in; we are a Championship club and a club with a poor reputation for giving people a chance. MA you fucking cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farfrompuken Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 This better not fuck up another season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samag Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I think we will get a buyer; we are a club that will be picked up cheaply. Someone will come in with a low price, giving Ashley a take it or leave it choice. If they are not a lot of buyers he will have little choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 This better not fuck up another season. i will bet you a tenner it does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I cannot believe how many on this site would be doing handstands to see Shepherd back at NUFC - as someone already said ' has too much alcohol damaged your memory cells?' Talk about a dog always returning to its own vomit - it is Shepherd's fault that the club was in such a vulnerable position to be taken over by Ashley in the first place ; he was the Chairman who failed to take the correct decision about SBR(he should have been given a place of the Board and asked to recruit his successor in the summer of 2003), but because Shepherd had his own agenda, it suited him to wait until a year had passed and the club's situation had worsened with SBR being another year older.... The club needs a complete revamp from top to bottom as Shearer said last week - no going back to people who failed in the past, it needs a new vigorous ownership who will run it as it should be run, even if it takes 3 years to put it right - and I include in that their right to choose their own manager operating with PROFESSIONALS in the Boardroom - not Casino managers.... This is the LAST CHANCE SALOON for NUFC - mess up this time and the club is finished ; the best that will happen under Shepherd is more of what he achieved after SBR went - the club will become like Sunderland were(note I said WERE, because who knows how they will do under new ownership ..??), and be a Yo-Yo club ; up and down between the Prem/Fizzy, losing any decent players that happen(by accident!) to force their way through the system to make the grade...in effect, a return to the McKeag days. As I said last week on another thread - If Shepherd returns as Chaiman, or even as a major figure at the club - that's me finished after almost 50 years. Thanks Merlin this is what it means to me. Thanks for understanding everything. it would depend on what fred learned from last time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 How long can due diligence take? If its really done and not just fucked up like when Ashley didn't bother to do it last time. Cos any delays now and we are fucked for next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filflop1 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 where doomed TBH, god help us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 How long can due diligence take? If its really done and not just f***ed up like when Ashley didn't bother to do it last time. Cos any delays now and we are f***ed for next season. someone has to be interested first Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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