Mattoon Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Trust Ashley to take away any enjoyment we get out of anything to do with the club the fat fucking greasy cunt! Every time, without fail, he has to destroy everything like the spoilt only man child he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 well the only hope is that he is just telling lies again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quayside Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Ashley is as thick as sh1t in a bucket when it comes to football. IMO he would actually get better publicity if he got rid of all the SD advertising at SJP (a controversial view I concede ). The crap that gets put out in the media comes straight from the plank Bishop. That interview (and all of our PR tbh) has Bishop's fingerprints all over it. Utterly clueless the pair of them.... http://www.kbapr.com/our-experience/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/03/22/when-will-mike-ashley-stop-scoring-own-goals/? There is, therefore, one very obvious solution to all this: if Ashley really hates the way public markets work he should take Sports Direct private, because, by the sound of it, things are only going to get worse. At Shirebrook, Ashley admitted to reporters that the retailer was in trouble and trading badly, so badly in fact that the slump could last a few years, he claimed. This shock admission managed to send the shares crashing a whopping 10pc the following day. Hard to blame the media or Miliband for that one, Mike. Sounds like SD are really struggling and Ashley is not helping matters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Chibas Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/03/22/when-will-mike-ashley-stop-scoring-own-goals/? There is, therefore, one very obvious solution to all this: if Ashley really hates the way public markets work he should take Sports Direct private, because, by the sound of it, things are only going to get worse. At Shirebrook, Ashley admitted to reporters that the retailer was in trouble and trading badly, so badly in fact that the slump could last a few years, he claimed. This shock admission managed to send the shares crashing a whopping 10pc the following day. Hard to blame the media or Miliband for that one, Mike. Sounds like SD are really struggling and Ashley is not helping matters. Orchestrated move to further drive down investor confidence, and the share price, if his intention is to take it private again. He is a gambler without morals, and SD is his baby. Always has been an agent saboteur when he has possessed enough of a stake & boardroom influence (when devaluing companies. He doesn't pull moves like this randomly just for the sake of providing entertainment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/03/22/when-will-mike-ashley-stop-scoring-own-goals/? There is, therefore, one very obvious solution to all this: if Ashley really hates the way public markets work he should take Sports Direct private, because, by the sound of it, things are only going to get worse. At Shirebrook, Ashley admitted to reporters that the retailer was in trouble and trading badly, so badly in fact that the slump could last a few years, he claimed. This shock admission managed to send the shares crashing a whopping 10pc the following day. Hard to blame the media or Miliband for that one, Mike. Sounds like SD are really struggling and Ashley is not helping matters. Orchestrated move to further drive down investor confidence, and the share price, if his intention is to take it private again. He is a gambler without morals, and SD is his baby. Always has been an agent saboteur when he has possessed enough of a stake & boardroom influence (when devaluing companies. He doesn't pull moves like this randomly just for the sake of providing entertainment. As a director of the company he is legally bound in the statements he issues. If he's not telling the truth he'll have lawsuits so far up his arse even Charnley will need a team of Sherpas to read them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Thinking about it, im not sure how the club can move forward when the owner has come out and said he regrets buying it...its dead in the water. Even if we stay up Benitez might just say "Sorry, either it all changes or I'm gone." I wouldn't blame him for doing so now. If that happens then there should correctly be a lot of vitriol aimed at the owner. Once again though, that probably won't happen. Honestly, and I've thought this since the appointment, I think if we stay up he'd go because the club would want rid of him. He's far too much of a threat for them. They've brought him in to get them out of the s*** (ten games too late btw - typically, trying to do things on the cheap and gamble on SMc) and, if he does, they'll let him go. In the Championship, there is no way they would pay him a premiership salary so he'd be off anyway. It's a crying shame though because a proper owner/board with just an ounce of ambition would talk him into staying by convincing him to use the season to sort out his side, structure the club and get the systems right for returning to the big time. John Hall (or, dare I say, FS) would talk him into it, no problem. I've always thought Rafa would be likely to leave even if we stayed up - he knows the situation at the club and as I said previously, I reckon he will be a target for a PROPER PL club in Arsenal during the summer. Ashley's malign influence will wreck whatever progress the club looks like making and that aint going to change any time soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Thinking about it, im not sure how the club can move forward when the owner has come out and said he regrets buying it...its dead in the water. Even if we stay up Benitez might just say "Sorry, either it all changes or I'm gone." I wouldn't blame him for doing so now. If that happens then there should correctly be a lot of vitriol aimed at the owner. Once again though, that probably won't happen. Honestly, and I've thought this since the appointment, I think if we stay up he'd go because the club would want rid of him. He's far too much of a threat for them. They've brought him in to get them out of the s*** (ten games too late btw - typically, trying to do things on the cheap and gamble on SMc) and, if he does, they'll let him go. In the Championship, there is no way they would pay him a premiership salary so he'd be off anyway. It's a crying shame though because a proper owner/board with just an ounce of ambition would talk him into staying by convincing him to use the season to sort out his side, structure the club and get the systems right for returning to the big time. John Hall (or, dare I say, FS) would talk him into it, no problem. I've always thought Rafa would be likely to leave even if we stayed up - he knows the situation at the club and as I said previously, I reckon he will be a target for a PROPER PL club in Arsenal during the summer. Ashley's malign influence will wreck whatever progress the club looks like making and that aint going to change any time soon. I have not allowed myself to get too excited by his appointment because it is probably too late and who knows if they intend to honour the promises made to him in their desperation. We know the club cannot be trusted. For me it was always a case of let's see if he is still here at the start of next season and then I can start to get excited. However, I am not sure that a Champions League club would be interested in him - he is slightly damaged goods there but I would think there would be a lot of interest from the next level of clubs vying for European places. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 SDI issued a clarification to the market stating that earnings would be at the bottom end of previous guidance, presumably in an attempt to prevent Ashley being hauled up for disclosing such information in his interview, rather than through the proper channels. Ashley is famously private about his business, now he is suddenly doing interviews on Sky News and sparring with MPs. His maverick style has always weighed down on the share price, and now he is using it to his advantage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Has he even spent the last 2 years TV dosh? That's without even thinking about transfer profits. Bloke is a lying cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Is it possible / legal for him to buy back shares now they are tanking? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1892 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Is it possible / legal for him to buy back shares now they are tanking? If he has the money, yes it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Is it possible / legal for him to buy back shares now they are tanking? If he has the money, yes it is. I know a way he could get his hands on some much needed cash in that case Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Makes you wonder if this is all part of a deliberate scheme to take Sports Direct back into private ownership. He's a proper cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 This latest interview of his is very odd in its timing, not so much with SD but at least with NUFC. I personally think he is feeling the pressure from all sides and this is his way of coming out fighting so to speak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 What an odious shit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 This latest interview of his is very odd in its timing, not so much with SD but at least with NUFC. I personally think he is feeling the pressure from all sides and this is his way of coming out fighting so to speak. He's done another interview purely for people to see he's 'Just an ordinary bloke' and for people to feel sorry for him in some way. The bloke is a fucking cretin, and if we do go down I'll take some solace in the fact his grubby hamburger mitts ain't getting any of that cash, and his brand won't have the focus he desires. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I don't think he does any press stuff without an ulterior motive. In this case it may be that he wants to take SD private again so he's trying to drive down the share price. The bits about us were just an afterthought and smacks of trying to absolve himself of blame for it all going tits up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I guess the dive of the share price and the bad publicity wasn't planned, but now it's happening he wants to make the most out of it he can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I don't want to be the type of person that wishes genuine ill on someone but.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 having a £100m business and getting Charnley/ Moncur / McClaren to manage it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hog Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I don't want to be the type of person that wishes genuine ill on someone but.... I know what you mean but it's really hard not to in that fat fuck's case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I'd think badly of anyone who didn't want him kicked to death tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 The only thing I'm going to enjoy about relegation is him losing a shit ton of money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 "But he spent £80M, it's not his fault" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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