Matt Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Surely the success of Sports Direct on the back of NUFC would appeal to potential buyers wanting to promote their brand. The success of Sports Direct has little to do with NUFC and much more to do with the collapse of all its main competitors coupled with the relentless thirst of the British people to buy low-grade clobber for knock-down prices. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 FFP means nothing to us, we are flush with cash. We are one of the few clubs that can afford to spend on players and a real football manager. We could easily pay for a proper DoF as well rather than promoting pissheads and secretaries. I doubt Ashley takes much notice about what's going on up here though. He might take his nose out of the Financial Times to check SD share prices if we look like getting relegated next season though. He'll be well p*ssed at having to address the football side of things again. May be he is waiting for to spend the cash in jan after the FFp kicks in and we are loaded!!! Maybe he is a genius and had the vision to see this and will blow the others out of the water, can't see it though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest antz1uk Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Surely the success of Sports Direct on the back of NUFC would appeal to potential buyers wanting to promote their brand. The success of Sports Direct has little to do with NUFC and much more to do with the collapse of all its main competitors coupled with the relentless thirst of the British people to buy low-grade clobber for knock-down prices. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Has the Sports Direct shit tip in Eldon Square closed for good? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Has the Sports Direct s*** tip in Eldon Square closed for good? Aye, he has moved his monstrosity onto Northumberland Street now, looks disgraceful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Surely the success of Sports Direct on the back of NUFC would appeal to potential buyers wanting to promote their brand. The success of Sports Direct has little to do with NUFC and much more to do with the collapse of all its main competitors coupled with the relentless thirst of the British people to buy low-grade clobber for knock-down prices. It can't harm though, or else other companies wouldn't be willing to pay tens of millions of pounds for Premier League sponsorship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Surely the success of Sports Direct on the back of NUFC would appeal to potential buyers wanting to promote their brand. The success of Sports Direct has little to do with NUFC and much more to do with the collapse of all its main competitors coupled with the relentless thirst of the British people to buy low-grade clobber for knock-down prices. Hasnt it just reported records overseas profits? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 i think the key point is there are a number of clubs that may face serious point reduction next season if they failed to meet the FFP. But they could do nth other than a fire sale to prevent it. is that a chance to pick up bargains from other clubs then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I'll be astounded if the FFP rules don't just end up punishing the smaller teams and ignoring the likes of Man City and Chelsea. There's no way that that will be allowed to happen, even if it would be fair and fucking brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 It can't harm though, or else other companies wouldn't be willing to pay tens of millions of pounds for Premier League sponsorship. NUFC giving advertising away free won't harm SD at all, but there's it's probably 1% of the wider story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Shouldnt FFP benefit us and make us more attractive to buy than most clubs because we generate a higher.income than most outside top 4 due to our stadium and relative fame (E.g. i was in tokyo recently and its still our top you can buy along with the top 4+manu) (moreso stadium though) Im not well informed on this though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Sports Direct on Watchdog tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 FFP may also increase cost of players in this country as clubs bound to it look to maximise revenue to allow them to buy. Teams like Chelsea and Man City will get around it somehow. Teams like us need to be better at bringing players through and look to bring in players to develop rather than finished article. To be fair to the fat one, he has us in a fantastic position financially and looking on our way to being self sufficient, however he now needs to release some funds and get the right setup in terms of manager, first team, squad and youth setup to take advantage of it and set us up long term. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JS Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I see this cunt is looking at getting 30 gyms off LA fitness now http://www.cityam.com/blog/1400064532/mike-ashley-rumoured-be-close-la-fitness-deal Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has moved to take on around 30 LA fitness sites, Sky News' City editor, Mark Kleinman, reports. The exuberant billionaire has agreed to offer a parent company guarantee to LA Fitness landlords regarding leases on the gyms, according to sources. One did say, however, that, despite a deal being imminent, things could still come to nothing. 33 of the group’s 80 country-wide sites were put up for sale in March. The drastic move part of an overhaul of its struggling group’s finances; it’s trying to reduce its debt burden by around £250m. The transaction would give Ashley, who also owns Newcastle United FC, his break into the fitness market. The sources said that if the deal was successful, it’d likely see him go after an aggressive expansion via other acquisitions. A deal could be announced within days, although Sports Direct may decide not to make a public statement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 FFP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Does the heffalump know what a gym is? http://sdwellnessjournal.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/homer.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 FFP may also increase cost of players in this country as clubs bound to it look to maximise revenue to allow them to buy. Teams like Chelsea and Man City will get around it somehow. Teams like us need to be better at bringing players through and look to bring in players to develop rather than finished article. To be fair to the fat one, he has us in a fantastic position financially and looking on our way to being self sufficient, however he now needs to release some funds and get the right setup in terms of manager, first team, squad and youth setup to take advantage of it and set us up long term. It's the lack of coaching infrastructure and qualified DOF that is hurting us more than investment in players. Quite a few have already said they would prefer us to spend less on players and use that money to hire a proper manager which I agree with. Ashley will do the first part so at least we'll be halfway there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Spend less on players!? How? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yplasterer Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Does the heffalump know what a gym is? http://sdwellnessjournal.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/homer.jpg Oh, a gym! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Spend less on players!? How? I think that comment was made when the stories of us spending £60m were doing the rounds yesterday. The club's since killed that rumour dead so that's how. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrovianmag Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Good to see Sports Direct getting laid into on Watchdog for their misleading prices Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Hope his chopper explodes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Counting down the years until I'll be pissing on this cunts grave. Hopefully be a lot sooner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I'm hoping that someone uncovers something really dodgy with tax or whatever within Sports Direct, so dodgy that it collapses the company and he's forced to sell us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I'm hoping that someone uncovers something really dodgy with tax or whatever within Sports Direct, so dodgy that it collapses the company and he's forced to sell us. I'm afraid that this would literally be best case scenario but he's basically cornered the high street now. He's got Milletts, a stake in Debenhams, LA Fitness now going through, stakes in Umbro, Slazenger, Dunlop, Donnay, etc etc etc. He's pretty much rich beyond redemption now. A Billionaire outside of Sports Direct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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