mattypnufc Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Hope he dies in a fire/helicopter crash. Cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Does he believe they won't be able to pay? Guess otherwise he's just genuinely pulling out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Rangers will be free of him. Well played. It's incredible how quickly they've ousted him. I guess they have seen what he's done here and were wise to it, but shit I was sort of hoping Ashley would jump ship to Rangers and sell us somehow. Guess we are stuck with the cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 He will still have his 9% stake. Think there's more to this than him simply wanting his money back, it's not like he needs the money. Pushing them to administration would be more of an ashley move Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Surely he doesn't need the money at all? It's just a tactic to screw them for screwing him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 The article seems to suggest it's a tactic to make them decide if they really want to do without him. But surely it's pretty clear that they do. So in that case it could be his hope that they can't repay the money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Anyone got a list of every retail business Ashley is involved in? Don't want to contribute to his wealth. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 He will still have his 9% stake. Think there's more to this than him simply wanting his money back, it's not like he needs the money. Pushing them to administration would be more of an ashley move The loan would have fixed clauses relating to repayment though, he can't just say 'give iz me money' and have them wound up if they don't comply, can he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Ive no idea to be honest. Just don't see why he would just pull out and give up the rights to retail and training ground etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Anyone got a list of every retail business Ashley is involved in? Don't want to contribute to his wealth. Thanks Its on his wiki page Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 He will still have his 9% stake. Think there's more to this than him simply wanting his money back, it's not like he needs the money. Pushing them to administration would be more of an ashley move The loan would have fixed clauses relating to repayment though, he can't just say 'give iz me money' and have them wound up if they don't comply, can he? I'm going to suspect they're all heavily geared towards the interests of one fat man. Screams of 'it's my ball, I'm not playing anymore and going home' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Could it be repayable on demand? That's a thing isn't it? Like Ashley triggers a clause that gives them a set amount of time to pay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Superb journalism form Easy Ryder this morning: Lee Ryder @lee_ryder 8 mins8 minutes ago Rangers situation with Mike Ashley offers hint of how £130million loan would need to be factored into any potential sale of #nufc Cheers Lee, there i was thinking he would write it off through his notoriously generous spirit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Fucking Ryder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Cider Ryder at it again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Superb journalism form Easy Ryder this morning: Lee Ryder @lee_ryder 8 mins8 minutes ago Rangers situation with Mike Ashley offers hint of how £130million loan would need to be factored into any potential sale of #nufc Cheers Lee, there i was thinking he would write it off through his notoriously generous spirit http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g267/DaviPH/Turbo-Belm2.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Just likes the attention imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 What does that even mean? Am i being really thick here or what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Rangers will be free of him. Well played. It's incredible how quickly they've ousted him. I guess they have seen what he's done here and were wise to it, but shit I was sort of hoping Ashley would jump ship to Rangers and sell us somehow. Guess we are stuck with the cunt. The fact the Scottish FA made it obvious that he couldn't own them helped a bit too like. Good news for the Rangers fans though, fair play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Sadly we had to act as the canary down the mine to warn Rangers fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 http://www.themag.co.uk/2015/05/comment-mike-ashley-plays-catch-22-with-newcastle-fans/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Another excellent piece by Edwards: By Luke Edwards 3:02PM BST 13 May 2015 Newcastle owner has transformed a club that almost every fan in the country had a soft spot for into one that most supporters would like to be relegated Mike Ashley has done some pretty diabolical things as Newcastle United owner, but the most depressing has been to turn a football club that almost every fan in the country had a soft spot for into one that most neutrals would like to be relegated. That is a tragedy for English football. Ashley has not only sucked the joy out of supporting the team, he has also drained it of its mass appeal. Newcastle are no longer a credit to the Premier League, they are an embarrassment to a competition that prides itself of being the most exciting, bold and unpredictable. Newcastle fans want Mike Ashley to sell the club Newcastle are the antithesis of excitement. They have become a bland football club run by bean counters. If people really do want Newcastle to be relegated, it is because they want Ashley to be punished for what he has done. Unfortunately, it will be the supporters who suffer the most. It will be the innocent minions who lose their job to cut costs in the Championship. ADVERTISEMENT Ashley will be hurt by relegation and he may well officially put the club up for sale again, but as a billionaire with other interests, he is largely immune. • Ashley has divided and conquered the Newcastle fanbase Even if he is forced to bankroll the club in the Championship, he will do so in the form of interest free loans, which remain on the club’s books indefinitely and will have to be repaid at some point. That, though, is of little concern to those who do not have an emotional attachment. To those outside, relegation will be seen as a fitting punishment for Ashley and his cohorts. Protests against Ashley have become commonplace at St James' Park You may mock the “daft Geordies” and I know many of you reading this will. You will scoff at their supposedly high expectation levels and smirk at their ridiculous loyalty to a team that never wins anything. Most of you will have taken some pleasure from a Newcastle meltdown in the past, but the sad thing is, all the Magpies provoke now is boredom, weariness and, I suspect, some sadness too. • Newcastle and Southampton lead chase for Charlie Austin I’ve even heard a Sunderland fan tell a Newcastle one after a fifth successive derby defeat that “it’s a disgrace what Ashley has done to your football club.” Of all the things I’ve read and heard about Newcastle’s decline, those 11 words echo in my mind the most. Even Newcastle’s bitterest rivals recognise the damage that has been done. Newcastle have never been a successful big club, but they have always been admired, not just because of the loyalty and passion of their largesupport, but for the way they went about things. It was a proper football club. Self-destructive, perhaps, prone to emotional meltdowns and always likely to implode when the pressure was on in the pursuit of silverware, but they always generated excitement. Ashley seems largely immune to the vitriol aimed his way When Newcastle rolled into town, they fired up atmospheres inside normally bland arenas. They filled away sections with colour, noise and gallows humour and the locals responded to their noise with their own. When Newcastle fans travel now they are shorn of hope and are more concerned with protesting against Ashley than supporting the team. Divided and depressed. Newcastle used to earn respect because they had a go. They were fascinating. They were a team that other fans, albeit begrudgingly, liked to watch. They played football in a manner that suggested they would always much rather attack than defend. If the truth be told, they were often a source of amusement, but there was always affection there, a recognition English football would be a lot duller without them. • Newcastle United 1 West Brom 1, match report Newcastle, though, have gone from affectionate figure of fun to a club that people would like to see suffer. I do not say that with any pleasure, pride or satisfaction. I write it with a heavy heart, butwhat is the point of Newcastle under Ashley? That gripe has extended way beyond Tyneside. They bring little to the Premier League table. They are, at best, a solid mid-table club that does not try in cup competitions. They are a club that exists for foreign players to use as a shop window. Newcastle are bringing nothing to the Premier league table right now For the second season running, the team have spent the second half of the campaign looking like manikins for a dubious internet loan company playing in front of billboards for a scruffy high street sport shop. Newcastle don’t add anything special anymore. They do not help sell global television rights. They do not even make domestic ones appealing. What is the point of a football club that exists merely to promote other business interests? The Premier League is big business but, fundamentally, it remains a sport in which the glory comes from winning things and the enjoyment comes from trying to pursue that glory. Football is meant to be fun, not a monotonous annual procession towards a mid-table finish. • Why won't Mike Ashley sell up? Newcastle are a business where predictable outcomes ensure stable cash flows. Ashley has made that more important than sporting adventure. They have become tedious to watch and are in danger of becoming a toxic football brand, which could poison others. A quick glance at the list of remaining relegation candidates suggests the following: Leicester City deserve to stay up because they have been brilliant when they needed to be. Sunderland are not the most glamorous club and they always seem to be in this position at this stage of the season, but at least they try to be more than that. Hull City have their problems. They also have an unpopular owner who refuses to listen to the concerns of the supporters over his proposed name change. They have been poor for long periods of the campaign and are geographically difficult to get to, but Steve Bruce is a popular figure and, again, they have tried to do more than they have achieved. The point is, Newcastle have not tried and if you do not try you deserve to fail. It would be awful for proud supporters to suffer a second relegation in just six years, but even they do not like their football club at the moment because of the man who runs it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Personally I think that article is dreadful, but hey, horses for courses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Why do neutrals want us relegated? I haven't come across that view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Why do neutrals want us relegated? I haven't come across that view. Because we think we're gonna win the league every year, will get Klopp as manager and sign Messi next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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