Cronky Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Remember when we all laughed at the media shit-stirring and making stuff up about Keegan being unhappy? Ermm... actually it wasn't all of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Shock as the hierarchy of a football club meet in January to discuss transfers. Even bigger shock that a club without ever-ending funds would like to buy young players they can develop and move on for big fees. Absolutely nothing story, you could run the same story for every other club in England outside the top 6 in the PL. Rafa got the contract he wanted in the summer, since then he's seemed nothing but happy here. Ashley's biggest aim is to return to the PL glory land and there is absolutely no way he'd do anything to sabotage that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 99% sure this is a pile of s****. Ashley has been seen at several of our games in the south, seems the closer to London the more likely. Journo is a w*****. Plus, Ashley might be a t*** but he's not a f***ing idiot. Rafa got guarantees, if they get broken then Ashley will be back to square one. In a football context, Mike Ashley most certainly is a f***ing idiot Aye, it's remarkable how fast people forget Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Amazing how Ryder works for the same company as the guy who wrote the article and even he wants to hear it from the club himself instead of taking the guys word for it. If Ryder can recognise him as the office bullshitter then it says a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Scott Wilson: Today's talk of Ashley reasserting his dominance misses fact that #NUFC's transfer policy has not been radically overhauled anyway Priority has always been to sign younger players with sell-on value - relegation just led to recognition that few exceptions were needed That still applies - and there could still be a loan or two this month. Longer term though, #NUFC won't sign a host of 30-year-olds. And Graham Carr has always still been involved under Benitez. As has Lee Charnley. Don't see any of this as a game changer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samag Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I guess it depends on how rigidly that policy is applied and to what extent Benitez has over it. I think to a certain degree most clubs only buy players that have a resale value. David Gold was arguing with a fan on twitter because of how much he'd commit to signing Defoe on the basis of no resale value. I still think the story is bollocks. We've failed so far in the January market after being quoted stupid money for players. It's an easy article to write by someone who has made s*** up for years and pushed it as fact. I guess we'll know over the next two windows but if the past two windows is anything to go by I'm pretty pleased. Agree with this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1892 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Ashley's biggest aim is to return to the PL glory land and there is absolutely no way he'd do anything to sabotage that. Agreed. And when we get there..? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Given Benitez record in the transfer market can anyone be surprised . Biggest resource in the league and we are making a fucking pigs ear of promotion. Good on Ashley for stepping up and taking control of this mess. http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/19f9rj8eksj7xgif/ku-medium.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Journalist in making something of nothing it seems then? I doubt it was ever a case of Rafa getting a budget and told "sign who you want" anyways. The fact Rafa is here and seemingly happy gives me no reason to worry, the club know that if he goes then so do about 15k season tickets and so does any chance of promotion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 This place is a dumpster fire of emotions at every bad story, lack of signing for a day, or a bad run of form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 This place is a dumpster fire of emotions at every bad story, lack of signing for a day, or a bad run of form. You can't really blame us though, the amount of bad stories that turned out to be true Younger signings with potential being a priority is fine. Ashley asserting it as an unbreakable rule and overriding Rafa's judgement is not. So it depends how it's being implemented. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 This place is a dumpster fire of emotions at every bad story, lack of signing for a day, or a bad run of form. Yeah good point, it's been all roses and sunshine under Ashley so far no one should err on the side of believing he'd do something stupid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alijmitchell Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Waiting to see, but needless to say I won't be back at SJP for a long time if Ashley fucks this up Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Honestly people have such short memories of Ashley. This is the guy who appointed Joe Kinnear twice. I'd rather air on the side of extreme caution. I don't trust him and will never ever trust him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I'm cautious about everything involving Ashley but I'm not going to sit and speculate until it's all truly comes crashing down. There's no point wasting energy on guessing a vague article by 1 journo at this point. You're free to be as emotive as you'd like, I didn't say anything otherwise than an observation of this forum in recent times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 This place is a dumpster fire of emotions at every bad story, lack of signing for a day, or a bad run of form. Yup, football section at least feeds off negative emotions. Whether it's intended or not it's definitely what happens. It's genuinely a massive turn off to reading any of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Honestly people have such short memories of Ashley. This is the guy who appointed Joe Kinnear twice. I'd rather air on the side of extreme caution. I don't trust him and will never ever trust him. This guy is airing above caution http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/fd-shop/cabinet/03194953/img60386145.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I'm cautious about everything involving Ashley but I'm not going to sit and speculate until it's all truly comes crashing down. There's no point wasting energy on guessing a vague article by 1 journo at this point. You're free to be as emotive as you'd like, I didn't say anything otherwise than an observation of this forum in recent times. While we're top of the league as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I'm cautious about everything involving Ashley but I'm not going to sit and speculate until it's all truly comes crashing down. There's no point wasting energy on guessing a vague article by 1 journo at this point. You're free to be as emotive as you'd like, I didn't say anything otherwise than an observation of this forum in recent times. While we're top of the league as well Strictly speaking, we are top of the division. there are 20 teams above us, in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I just hope it's a non story or gets explained and Rafa is happy and we can all go on and enjoy what hopefully turns into a title winning / promotion back to the PL. I'm tired of all these side distractions like policies, cash loans from Ashley, transfer model, balance sheets and other crap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I'm cautious about everything involving Ashley but I'm not going to sit and speculate until it's all truly comes crashing down. There's no point wasting energy on guessing a vague article by 1 journo at this point. You're free to be as emotive as you'd like, I didn't say anything otherwise than an observation of this forum in recent times. While we're top of the league as well Strictly speaking, we are top of the division. there are 20 teams above us, in the league. Strictly speaking, the Premier League is a different entity than the Championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Love it when we win so people resort to arguing over stuff like the above Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I'm cautious about everything involving Ashley but I'm not going to sit and speculate until it's all truly comes crashing down. There's no point wasting energy on guessing a vague article by 1 journo at this point. You're free to be as emotive as you'd like, I didn't say anything otherwise than an observation of this forum in recent times. While we're top of the league as well Strictly speaking, we are top of the division. there are 20 teams above us, in the league. Strictly speaking, the Premier League is a different entity than the Championship. No that is an actual reality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 strictly speaking, eat curb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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