Interpolic Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 f*** off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eric Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Oh Mike was right after all, I'm going to get my seat back at SJP now and let Llambias patronise me to fuck at every opportunity again, gerrin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 What is this shit article? Mongtastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I just noticed when my Wolves ticket came through yesterday, that there's a Sports Direct logo on there as well. Cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 So in summary ... Mike Ashley = Derek Llambias = Graham Carr = Alan Pardew = Ashley apologists = Hall and Shepherd apologists = Keeganites = Sunderland = Andy Carroll = Jose Enrique = Joey Barton = Kevin Nolan = Leon Best = Yohan Cabaye = Shola Ameobi = :gm's patter: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinotheprehistoricgeordie Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 f*** off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teohgk Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 So in summary ... Mike Ashley = Derek Llambias = Graham Carr = Alan Pardew = Ashley apologists = Hall and Shepherd apologists = Keeganites = Sunderland = Andy Carroll = Jose Enrique = Joey Barton = Kevin Nolan = Leon Best = Yohan Cabaye = Shola Ameobi = :gm's patter: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 So in summary ... Mike Ashley = Derek Llambias = Graham Carr = Alan Pardew = Ashley apologists = Hall and Shepherd apologists = Keeganites = Sunderland = Andy Carroll = Jose Enrique = Joey Barton = Kevin Nolan = Leon Best = Yohan Cabaye = Shola Ameobi = :gm's patter: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 That's epic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 So in summary ... Mike Ashley = Derek Llambias = Graham Carr = Alan Pardew = Ashley apologists = Hall and Shepherd apologists = Keeganites = Sunderland = Andy Carroll = Jose Enrique = Joey Barton = Kevin Nolan = Leon Best = Yohan Cabaye = Shola Ameobi = :gm's patter: Excellent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 f*** off. I love it when you can see who has or hasn't got the swear filter turned on random Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eric Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Last month Barclays loaned Newcastle their season's Premier League monies in advance, having apparently also extended their overdraft in March. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/sep/22/bolton-wanderers-debts-gary-cahill What a visionary this guy is, our very own philanthropist Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 It seems like the more he fucks up the more the club ends up at the direct direction..he has unlocked the curse!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 So in summary ... Mike Ashley = Derek Llambias = Graham Carr = Alan Pardew = Ashley apologists = Hall and Shepherd apologists = Keeganites = Sunderland = Andy Carroll = Jose Enrique = Joey Barton = Kevin Nolan = Leon Best = Yohan Cabaye = Shola Ameobi = :gm's patter: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCONA Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 NO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Leaner, meaner and proving the doubters wrong - Mike Ashley's Newcastle United have done it his way The controversial owner has had his critics following the sale of Andy Carroll and a lacklustre summer in the transfer market, but his side can move to third in the Premier League ANALYSIS By Rob Stewart It seems like a long time since Mike Ashley used to sit amongst Newcastle United supporters but the way things are going at St James’ Park that could be about to change. The Newcastle owner had to stop watching away games with members of the Toon Army as his club was plunged into crisis when Kevin Keegan quit Tyneside three years ago. But now, with Newcastle currently fourth in the Premier League table following their best start to a top-flight season since Keegan’s first spell in charge, even Ashley’s fiercest critics might start changing opinions and welcome him with open arms again on away-day trips. Ashley has had to take plenty of flak since he took over the club four years ago, most notably bringing Dennis Wise to Newcastle and forcing Keegan out, overseeing relegation from the Premier League and latterly failing to replace Andy Carroll following his £35 million sale to Liverpool. His detractors have had plenty of ammunition to fire at the Sports Direct founder but now they may have cause to re-evaluate their assessment of the billionaire businessman, even if he still gets up their noses from his ivory tower following a promising start to the season. With their club remaining unbeaten after five matches of the league season – as well as two League Cup ties – for only the eighth time in its history, Newcastle fans should be riding high when they turn up at St James’ Park on Saturday when victory over Blackburn could see Alan Pardew’s side climb to third in the nascent Premier League table. However, the sight of a huge Sports Direct logo emblazoned across the ground in a huge marketing ploy is guaranteed to upset the purists at St James’ Park who remain at odds with Ashley’s hard-headed approach to the football business, which was underlined by Sir John Hall, who sold him the club. “I sat with his representatives over three days thrashing out a deal. I was keen to know why they wanted the club and they were quite honest,” former Newcastle owner Sir John said in an interview with fanzine ToonTalk over the summer. “They wanted to market their sports goods in the Far East and would use the club to help do this. To me it made sense to market the club globally. It was a win-win situation for Mike and the club. We hadn't done this. ” Only time will tell on that score but Ashley might, just might, be getting it right and he may be a football visionary. Newcastle supporters are supposedly the biggest romantics in English football and while Ashley might not share their wide-eyed optimism, this start to the season should earn him grudging respect. That is because there is a growing sense of realism in the north-east amid the economic downturn that prompted him, for example, to call off the pursuit of Paris Saint-Germain striker Mevlut Erdinc when, according to Newcastle sources, the player “moved the goalposts over his personal demands”. Ashley has overseen a cultural shift at St James’ Park, which used to be home to some of the best-paid players in English football such as Alan Shearer and Michael Owen but is now a mixture of journeymen, such as Leon Best and Demba Ba, and up-and-coming talent such as Yohan Cabaye, a £3.5m snip from Lille. Like Cheik Tiote, Cabaye is one of the players targeted by Toon talent-spotter Graham Carr, the father of comedian Alan Carr, who has become a trusted lieutenant to Ashley and Newcastle managing director Derek Llambias thanks to a string of astute signings of players on relatively low wages in the £35,000-per-week bracket. Fabricio Coloccini and Alan Smith remain the biggest earners at Newcastle as they apparently rake in £80,000 and £60,000 per week respectively, but otherwise Ashley has brought the payroll under control with the likes of Joey Barton and Kevin Nolan having been ushered away in a tight fiscal policy as the club stops haemorrhaging money. Plus, the deal that saw Carroll head to Anfield is starting to look like the best bit of business in the history of English football as the striker struggles to come to terms with life on Merseyside and a cut-price return to Geordieland looks ever more feasible. Ashley was lambasted when he sacked Chris Hughton last season but the appointment of Pardew is starting to look inspired because not only is he a good coach/manager, but he also has plenty to prove having been dismissed by Southampton in August last year amid concerns about staff morale. Like his paymaster, Pardew’s reputation is being rehabilitated as he adapts to life within the Ashley regime, rolling with the punches as he copes with the sale of Carroll and the subsequent failure to hire a new talismanic No.9. Pardew has a savviness that bodes well for his own career prospects but more importantly to Newcastle’s long-term hope of returning to the upper echelons of the Premier League and staying there. Goal.com Shove it up your arse and fuck off while you're doing it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Surely some sort of wind up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quayside Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Jesus - 5 matches in? But it is not a wind up. It's got too much stuff about Ashley's mistakes and the things he has done to piss people off to be a wind up. It's just a journo looking for a feelgood story and misjudging the current mood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 So in summary ... Mike Ashley = Derek Llambias = Graham Carr = Alan Pardew = Ashley apologists = Hall and Shepherd apologists = Keeganites = Sunderland = Andy Carroll = Jose Enrique = Joey Barton = Kevin Nolan = Leon Best = Yohan Cabaye = Shola Ameobi = :gm's patter: Quality work :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Where was Blackpool five games into last season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Might as well unburden my filthy little Mike Ashley habit in here..... I feel a tad sorry for him He is the owner and the buck stops with him and he will forever have to carry the responsibility for the last 4 years. However he is also the man who has turned this club around and put in place the "business plan / Model" that has got us where we are today; Financial Stability A manager who is doing well and is liked by the players A decent back room staff A scouting set up that is sourcing proper talent A host of excellent youth prospects A first team that is showing potential of challenging for Europe A return to exciting players Excellent training facilities And a bore hole. Okay, so Im joking about the bore hole, but make no mistake how important the underground heating will be come the winter when our players are still able to train outside on grass without the risk of serious injury. To most this is probably a little thing, but it indicates that Ashley is listening, taking advice and willing to invest in behind the scenes stuff that WILL make a big difference. Sure mistakes are still being made. Not getting a striker "over the line" was criminal but we still brought in 6 or 7 very good additions to the squad and hopefully future windows will bring in even more additions. The bottom line is I think we are in a much better position now than we were in 2007 and have a lot to look forward too over the coming season. Ashley is not ideal, but very few owners are. At least he has faced up to the stupidity of throwing mega millions away on journeymen and instead has found a way to bring in quality footballers that we can afford. Tomorrow apparently is his first game of the new season. While I don't expect a rousing reception, it would be nice if the hostilities would die down and we could just get on with re-building our club / team. As demonstrated with the singing corner he certainly has a ruthless side to him and I would much rather he was "on board" than simply trying to flog us to the first fly by night that came along (see Portsmouth). My two penneth anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Where was Blackpool five games into last season? Lancashire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Wow. You're a fantastic advertisement for diverting to Toontastic. This forum attracts some weird people and you'll fit right in. By weird people I mean people that come out with shit that you never hear at games or in conversations with your mate or your dad or your granny or even the neutral fan at work. There are some positives at the moment but stuff like the undersoil heating shit above. Just wow. A few losses and you'll be back in your caves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest H09 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Where was Blackpool five games into last season? They'd lost 6-0 to Arsenal and 4-0 to Chelsea. Ironically they lost 2-1 at home to Blackburn in their 6th game.... uhoh.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiGeordie Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Might as well unburden my filthy little Mike Ashley habit in here..... I feel a tad sorry for him He is the owner and the buck stops with him and he will forever have to carry the responsibility for the last 4 years. However he is also the man who has turned this club around and put in place the "business plan / Model" that has got us where we are today; Financial Stability A manager who is doing well and is liked by the players A decent back room staff A scouting set up that is sourcing proper talent A host of excellent youth prospects A first team that is showing potential of challenging for Europe A return to exciting players Excellent training facilities And a bore hole. Okay, so Im joking about the bore hole, but make no mistake how important the underground heating will be come the winter when our players are still able to train outside on grass without the risk of serious injury. To most this is probably a little thing, but it indicates that Ashley is listening, taking advice and willing to invest in behind the scenes stuff that WILL make a big difference. Sure mistakes are still being made. Not getting a striker "over the line" was criminal but we still brought in 6 or 7 very good additions to the squad and hopefully future windows will bring in even more additions. The bottom line is I think we are in a much better position now than we were in 2007 and have a lot to look forward too over the coming season. Ashley is not ideal, but very few owners are. At least he has faced up to the stupidity of throwing mega millions away on journeymen and instead has found a way to bring in quality footballers that we can afford. Tomorrow apparently is his first game of the new season. While I don't expect a rousing reception, it would be nice if the hostilities would die down and we could just get on with re-building our club / team. As demonstrated with the singing corner he certainly has a ruthless side to him and I would much rather he was "on board" than simply trying to flog us to the first fly by night that came along (see Portsmouth). My two penneth anyway. I feel you... if you are netural all thse points make sense but for die hard fans it is kinda hard.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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