Doctor Zaius Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 God, he is odious like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 #MikeAshley agrees he doesn't write emails, letters, memos. Says he "scribbles little notes." But prefers to do things verbally. This man runs our club. Owns it, doesn't run it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Ive said it all along, he is a bandit that got lucky. A shambolic unorganised human being that struck gold with his tatty sports company. A bit like the Lotto lout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 It's very apparent why he's only done one interview since buying the club. He really is a mess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Sports Direct's Mike Ashley has told a court today that he is not "Obi-Wan Kenobi in charge of the Death Star". The strange statement was made as Ashley took to the stand to defend himself in a case made against him by investment banker Jeffrey Blue. Blue has claimed Ashley owes him £14m after the retail boss promised him a multi-million pound payout for boosting Sports Direct's share price to £8 per share. But Ashley is dismissing the promise, which was made in an alcohol-fuelled pub meeting, as "drink banter", and therefore not a binding agreement. Answering questions on whether he owns Sports Direct, Ashley said: "No." He also said he would "scribble little notes" in meetings and that he could not provide text messages to the court because he once had 50 phones. He is now down to around 20 phones, he said. Ashley said: "I lose my phone, destroy my phone, damage my phone, have my phone stolen." Sports Direct would provide him with a new phone after each mishap, he said. Got surprisingly big pockets in that white shirt and jeans combo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 My personal favourite #MikeAshley on Jeff Blue: "you think that liar is more reliable than me?" Case closed motherfucker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 :lol: What the fuck is wrong with him man. He must be due a heart attack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Suddenly the exasperating 'how can a billionaire be so thick!?' question doesn't feel so exasperating anymore. It seems totally improbable, but it really does seem like he's either just been extremely lucky, or he's simply a wizard at business and a complete and utter moron when it comes to every single other aspect of his life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 For every Mike Ashley that makes it there is literally thousands of equally dense cunts who end up on the dole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Chibas Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 ....... also heard (this allegedly took place after Mort stepped down from his post at SJP, after the post-takeover transition period was complete) that Mort travelled to Newcastle to resolve a dispute with Ashley over monies owed to his law firm which handled MA's purchase of NUFC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bonk Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 :lol: What the fuck is wrong with him man. He must be due a heart attack. He's unreal and so out of touch. This tubby cunt was in the right market at the right time and just happened to be shrewd enough to make billions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 He does a great job of playing dumb, it puts distance between him and the decisions he makes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 "Mishap" ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 :lol: What the fuck is wrong with him man. He must be due a heart attack. He's unreal and so out of touch. This tubby cunt was in the right market at the right time and just happened to be shrewd enough to make billions. Hardly say he was in the right place at the right time. He created the opportunity. That sector had seen nothing like SD before nor since. He blew the competition out of the water with his model. Kids (or rather parents) spend much more on sportswear now as a result of SD than they did before because he's created a value for money offering that just simply wasn't there before. Say what you want about him but you unless you've started a business, grown a business massively, developed a brand, floated a business and then ran a PLC as a majority shareholder (all whilst becoming a billionaire) then you can't call him lucky ffs. You simply do not achieve billionaire status with luck alone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Sports Direct's Mike Ashley has told a court today that he is not "Obi-Wan Kenobi in charge of the Death Star". The strange statement was made as Ashley took to the stand to defend himself in a case made against him by investment banker Jeffrey Blue. Blue has claimed Ashley owes him £14m after the retail boss promised him a multi-million pound payout for boosting Sports Direct's share price to £8 per share. But Ashley is dismissing the promise, which was made in an alcohol-fuelled pub meeting, as "drink banter", and therefore not a binding agreement. Answering questions on whether he owns Sports Direct, Ashley said: "No." He also said he would "scribble little notes" in meetings and that he could not provide text messages to the court because he once had 50 phones. He is now down to around 20 phones, he said. Ashley said: "I lose my phone, destroy my phone, damage my phone, have my phone stolen." Sports Direct would provide him with a new phone after each mishap, he said. Got surprisingly big pockets in that white shirt and jeans combo. No wonder we cant get any transfers done with so many fckimg phones. Has he been selling crack on the streets of Baltimore?!?!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 He does a great job of playing dumb, it puts distance between him and the decisions he makes. He definitely plays up that he's just a bloke etc I don't think it's likely a total act, I doubt he switches into a serious businessman at the drop of the hat. I think he certainly must have had enough nous, and a bit of shameless competitive greed to build his sports direct empire, taken every shortcut, done every dodgy deal and just brazened out that it's just a tacky chain of buy cheap sell cheap stack it high retailer and done it to the nth degree so it makes a lot of money. He certainly perhaps spotted that certain brands etc were basically undervalued and that there is money to be had there. I think a lot of retailers after hit some degree of success get full of themselves and start moving upmarket or diversifying as a matter of course. Ashley just found oh this makes money, lets just do it so much it'll make a lot more money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Sports Direct's Mike Ashley has told a court today that he is not "Obi-Wan Kenobi in charge of the Death Star". The strange statement was made as Ashley took to the stand to defend himself in a case made against him by investment banker Jeffrey Blue. Blue has claimed Ashley owes him £14m after the retail boss promised him a multi-million pound payout for boosting Sports Direct's share price to £8 per share. But Ashley is dismissing the promise, which was made in an alcohol-fuelled pub meeting, as "drink banter", and therefore not a binding agreement. Answering questions on whether he owns Sports Direct, Ashley said: "No." He also said he would "scribble little notes" in meetings and that he could not provide text messages to the court because he once had 50 phones. He is now down to around 20 phones, he said. Ashley said: "I lose my phone, destroy my phone, damage my phone, have my phone stolen." Sports Direct would provide him with a new phone after each mishap, he said. Got surprisingly big pockets in that white shirt and jeans combo. No wonder we cant get any transfers done with so many fckimg phones. Has he been selling crack on the streets of Baltimore?!?!? Country: Yo, uh, String, why are you so down on the phone companies, man? Stringer: While back, I took a stroll through the pit, I saw that kid we got running things down there, uh, Poot. Now, he got the cell phone I gave him for the business, right there on his hip. But, the nigga got another cell phone that only rang when the pussy called. Now, if this no-count nigga got two cell phones, how the fuck you gonna sell any more of them motherfuckers? That's market saturation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 :lol: Ashley losing burners Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlies Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 :lol: Ashley losing burners Straight up wire shit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 the more i see of him as he gets dragged into the limelight more often i can't tell if i like him more or less Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 the more i see of him as he gets dragged into the limelight more often i can't tell if i like him more or less He'd probably seem funny to an outsider but to us he has taken our football club off us, told blatant lies, brought in shit head after shit head, ranamed the stadium, acted like classless fools and dragged our club through the dirt. He pisses me right off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mrmojorisin75 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 the more i see of him as he gets dragged into the limelight more often i can't tell if i like him more or less He'd probably seem funny to an outsider but to us he has taken our football club off us, told blatant lies, brought in shit head after shit head, ranamed the stadium, acted like classless fools and dragged our club through the dirt. He pisses me right off. Yeah if it wasn't for the association with us I'd probably hate him a lot less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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