Interpolic Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 It's really noticeable as well how we're only a big club when it suits him, talking us down the rest of the time for his own benefit. Pardew really was his mouthpiece. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 From that AO piece, the f***ing nerve of this guy down the years man It took only four months for the discontent to settle down, being replaced by the anticipation of a takeover that never materialised. So just three months later Mike Ashley announced his decision to take the club back off the market #1 (28 December 2008): “I have withdrawn Newcastle United from the market, and for me 2009 will be the year in which we drive the Club forward together. Even when I haven’t been at games I have remained a keen supporter, kicking and heading every ball and cheering the team on TV and being the first to congratulate Joe whenever there’s a good result. “When I took the decision to put the Club up for sale in September I made a point of saying two things were very important. “Firstly, any potential buyer would have to show they had the best interests of Newcastle United at heart and had both the commitment and finance to be worthy custodians of such a fine football club before I would even consider doing a deal. “And secondly, I gave you my word that as long as I remain owner, this Club would continue to be run responsibly at all levels. I hope you will accept that I have stood by that pledge. He is unreal. Such an awful liar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 That was almost NINE years ago too Nothing has changed, except us going backwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 He is a bare faced liar and I think everyone has cottoned on to it now. 4, 5 or 6 years ago everyone in the media was suggesting that Newcastle fans were being unreasonable about Ashley, It doesn't seem that way now. It now looks like everyone has finally realised what this fat mess is about. Shame we've had to argue with everyone left right and centre to get our message out there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The main thing to take from the interview is that he cares what fans think of him enough that he's scheduling a half hour interview to be televised in the face of Rafa putting out a few soundbites about transfers. He does care about his reputation, which means he is reactive to criticism & the pressure of making the right choices or he wouldn't be trying to excuse himself & explain things away. (Through how many tv interviews now?) That means Rafa does have some sway, especially if he has fans onside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 He is a bare faced liar and I think everyone has cottoned on to it now. 4, 5 or 6 years ago everyone in the media was suggesting that Newcastle fans were being unreasonable about Ashley, It doesn't seem that way now. It now looks like everyone has finally realised what this fat mess is about. Shame we've had to argue with everyone left right and centre to get our message out there. Nah man, appreciate his HONESTY. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 He is a bare faced liar and I think everyone has cottoned on to it now. 4, 5 or 6 years ago everyone in the media was suggesting that Newcastle fans were being unreasonable about Ashley, It doesn't seem that way now. It now looks like everyone has finally realised what this fat mess is about. Shame we've had to argue with everyone left right and centre to get our message out there. Nah man, appreciate his HONESTY. Wouldn't trust him on any level. He's a full on liar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 He is a bare faced liar and I think everyone has cottoned on to it now. 4, 5 or 6 years ago everyone in the media was suggesting that Newcastle fans were being unreasonable about Ashley, It doesn't seem that way now. It now looks like everyone has finally realised what this fat mess is about. Shame we've had to argue with everyone left right and centre to get our message out there. Nah man, appreciate his HONESTY. Wouldn't trust him on any level. He's a full on liar. This. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Regarding the Barry Moat takeover bid, he never had anywhere near the amount of money required to buy the club for £80m or £100m. My Dad was a financial advisor and was contacted by Barry Moat's team to essentially try and arrange a huge loan so that he could pay Ashley's asking price. For the club to say that the asking price was met was complete nonsense, at no stage could Moat prove that he had the funds or would ever be able to raise the funds. He was essentially a relatively wealthy fan but had nowhere near that amount of money. Oh, and the Moat business plan (called 'Project Magpie' ) was to sell all of our most valuable players, which included Coloccini, Gutierrez and Enrique. They were costed in to the revenue the club would generate in that Championship season. So it was probably for the best he couldn't raise the funds, seeing as they all played a massive part in us coming back up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Barry Moat :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I can tell you now....Moat is Ashley's friend. Moat was used as a smokescreen. Of course he couldn't afford to buy the club! Like JohnP has said. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Say what you want about Barry Moat but he makes a canny spray to clean my kitchen surfaces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Regarding the Barry Moat takeover bid, he never had anywhere near the amount of money required to buy the club for £80m or £100m. My Dad was a financial advisor and was contacted by Barry Moat's team to essentially try and arrange a huge loan so that he could pay Ashley's asking price. For the club to say that the asking price was met was complete nonsense, at no stage could Moat prove that he had the funds or would ever be able to raise the funds. He was essentially a relatively wealthy fan but had nowhere near that amount of money. Oh, and the Moat business plan (called 'Project Magpie' ) was to sell all of our most valuable players, which included Coloccini, Gutierrez and Enrique. They were costed in to the revenue the club would generate in that Championship season. So it was probably for the best he couldn't raise the funds, seeing as they all played a massive part in us coming back up. Moat was never gonna make it happen and that is why I moved on from him as a partner and tried to go it alone. I was making progress twards raising the funds (almost $20K) when MA pulled the team off the market. The funds are in escrow should the opportunity arise for me to bid again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Say what you want about Barry Moat but he makes a canny spray to clean my kitchen surfaces. Aye, his brother was a cracking bouncer back in the day too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Regarding the Barry Moat takeover bid, he never had anywhere near the amount of money required to buy the club for £80m or £100m. My Dad was a financial advisor and was contacted by Barry Moat's team to essentially try and arrange a huge loan so that he could pay Ashley's asking price. For the club to say that the asking price was met was complete nonsense, at no stage could Moat prove that he had the funds or would ever be able to raise the funds. He was essentially a relatively wealthy fan but had nowhere near that amount of money. Oh, and the Moat business plan (called 'Project Magpie' ) was to sell all of our most valuable players, which included Coloccini, Gutierrez and Enrique. They were costed in to the revenue the club would generate in that Championship season. So it was probably for the best he couldn't raise the funds, seeing as they all played a massive part in us coming back up. Moat was never gonna make it happen and that is why I moved on from him as a partner and tried to go it alone. I was making progress twards raising the funds (almost $20K) when MA pulled the team off the market. The funds are in escrow should the opportunity arise for me to bid again. I'm confused. You had 20k sitting there and this indicated you were on your way to matching Ashley's asking price? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Regarding the Barry Moat takeover bid, he never had anywhere near the amount of money required to buy the club for £80m or £100m. My Dad was a financial advisor and was contacted by Barry Moat's team to essentially try and arrange a huge loan so that he could pay Ashley's asking price. For the club to say that the asking price was met was complete nonsense, at no stage could Moat prove that he had the funds or would ever be able to raise the funds. He was essentially a relatively wealthy fan but had nowhere near that amount of money. Oh, and the Moat business plan (called 'Project Magpie' ) was to sell all of our most valuable players, which included Coloccini, Gutierrez and Enrique. They were costed in to the revenue the club would generate in that Championship season. So it was probably for the best he couldn't raise the funds, seeing as they all played a massive part in us coming back up. Moat was never gonna make it happen and that is why I moved on from him as a partner and tried to go it alone. I was making progress twards raising the funds (almost $20K) when MA pulled the team off the market. The funds are in escrow should the opportunity arise for me to bid again. I'm confused. You had 20k sitting there and this indicated you were on your way to matching Ashley's asking price? Please tell me someone else is gonna jump on this too. I've got £20k sat in the bank too, can I join in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Regarding the Barry Moat takeover bid, he never had anywhere near the amount of money required to buy the club for £80m or £100m. My Dad was a financial advisor and was contacted by Barry Moat's team to essentially try and arrange a huge loan so that he could pay Ashley's asking price. For the club to say that the asking price was met was complete nonsense, at no stage could Moat prove that he had the funds or would ever be able to raise the funds. He was essentially a relatively wealthy fan but had nowhere near that amount of money. Oh, and the Moat business plan (called 'Project Magpie' ) was to sell all of our most valuable players, which included Coloccini, Gutierrez and Enrique. They were costed in to the revenue the club would generate in that Championship season. So it was probably for the best he couldn't raise the funds, seeing as they all played a massive part in us coming back up. Moat was never gonna make it happen and that is why I moved on from him as a partner and tried to go it alone. I was making progress twards raising the funds (almost $20K) when MA pulled the team off the market. The funds are in escrow should the opportunity arise for me to bid again. I'm confused. You had 20k sitting there and this indicated you were on your way to matching Ashley's asking price? Please tell me someone else is gonna jump on this too. I've got £20k sat in the bank too, can I join in? My 20k, your 20k, his 20k, we're so close to our goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Regarding the Barry Moat takeover bid, he never had anywhere near the amount of money required to buy the club for £80m or £100m. My Dad was a financial advisor and was contacted by Barry Moat's team to essentially try and arrange a huge loan so that he could pay Ashley's asking price. For the club to say that the asking price was met was complete nonsense, at no stage could Moat prove that he had the funds or would ever be able to raise the funds. He was essentially a relatively wealthy fan but had nowhere near that amount of money. Oh, and the Moat business plan (called 'Project Magpie' ) was to sell all of our most valuable players, which included Coloccini, Gutierrez and Enrique. They were costed in to the revenue the club would generate in that Championship season. So it was probably for the best he couldn't raise the funds, seeing as they all played a massive part in us coming back up. Moat was never gonna make it happen and that is why I moved on from him as a partner and tried to go it alone. I was making progress twards raising the funds (almost $20K) when MA pulled the team off the market. The funds are in escrow should the opportunity arise for me to bid again. I'm confused. You had 20k sitting there and this indicated you were on your way to matching Ashley's asking price? Please tell me someone else is gonna jump on this too. I've got £20k sat in the bank too, can I join in? My 20k, your 20k, his 20k, we're so close to our goal. would that run the club for 1 day? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Regarding the Barry Moat takeover bid, he never had anywhere near the amount of money required to buy the club for £80m or £100m. My Dad was a financial advisor and was contacted by Barry Moat's team to essentially try and arrange a huge loan so that he could pay Ashley's asking price. For the club to say that the asking price was met was complete nonsense, at no stage could Moat prove that he had the funds or would ever be able to raise the funds. He was essentially a relatively wealthy fan but had nowhere near that amount of money. Oh, and the Moat business plan (called 'Project Magpie' ) was to sell all of our most valuable players, which included Coloccini, Gutierrez and Enrique. They were costed in to the revenue the club would generate in that Championship season. So it was probably for the best he couldn't raise the funds, seeing as they all played a massive part in us coming back up. Moat was never gonna make it happen and that is why I moved on from him as a partner and tried to go it alone. I was making progress twards raising the funds (almost $20K) when MA pulled the team off the market. The funds are in escrow should the opportunity arise for me to bid again. I'm confused. You had 20k sitting there and this indicated you were on your way to matching Ashley's asking price? Please tell me someone else is gonna jump on this too. I've got £20k sat in the bank too, can I join in? My 20k, your 20k, his 20k, we're so close to our goal. would that run the club for 1 day? Come on man, there's more than 3 of us, despite the username consortium of one. Oh wait, his are dollars. What's that these days, about £15k? That's all I'm putting in then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Regarding the Barry Moat takeover bid, he never had anywhere near the amount of money required to buy the club for £80m or £100m. My Dad was a financial advisor and was contacted by Barry Moat's team to essentially try and arrange a huge loan so that he could pay Ashley's asking price. For the club to say that the asking price was met was complete nonsense, at no stage could Moat prove that he had the funds or would ever be able to raise the funds. He was essentially a relatively wealthy fan but had nowhere near that amount of money. Oh, and the Moat business plan (called 'Project Magpie' ) was to sell all of our most valuable players, which included Coloccini, Gutierrez and Enrique. They were costed in to the revenue the club would generate in that Championship season. So it was probably for the best he couldn't raise the funds, seeing as they all played a massive part in us coming back up. Moat was never gonna make it happen and that is why I moved on from him as a partner and tried to go it alone. I was making progress twards raising the funds (almost $20K) when MA pulled the team off the market. The funds are in escrow should the opportunity arise for me to bid again. I'm confused. You had 20k sitting there and this indicated you were on your way to matching Ashley's asking price? Aye, keep knocking those striving for change. If you don't think it's enough, get involved and join the consortium. Any extra funds will be allocated towards players wages. I'm not 'knocking' anything. I've donated to the couple of change campaigns we've had organized by fans for NUFC, so don't give me that BS about not putting my money where my mouth is. I just think if you want to bring about real change, we need a little more to go on than "here's 20k." I wasn't being insulting to the lad, just that we need to be a lot more realistic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 That was a serious post? I thought it was a joke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 That was a serious post? I thought it was a joke. I was hoping it was a typo, and it was $200m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 the numbers are just too big for fans collectives iMO. whats probably needed is a fans Jimmy Hoffa type character. Uniting them all and standing up to Ashley. No doubt his businesses would be shit scared of unions. trouble is theres too many differing factions and expectations among the support for unity. AO were sort of trying to this, and did exert some sort of influence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 That was a serious post? I thought it was a joke. It was. It all was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Regarding the Barry Moat takeover bid, he never had anywhere near the amount of money required to buy the club for £80m or £100m. My Dad was a financial advisor and was contacted by Barry Moat's team to essentially try and arrange a huge loan so that he could pay Ashley's asking price. For the club to say that the asking price was met was complete nonsense, at no stage could Moat prove that he had the funds or would ever be able to raise the funds. He was essentially a relatively wealthy fan but had nowhere near that amount of money. Oh, and the Moat business plan (called 'Project Magpie' ) was to sell all of our most valuable players, which included Coloccini, Gutierrez and Enrique. They were costed in to the revenue the club would generate in that Championship season. So it was probably for the best he couldn't raise the funds, seeing as they all played a massive part in us coming back up. Moat was never gonna make it happen and that is why I moved on from him as a partner and tried to go it alone. I was making progress twards raising the funds (almost $20K) when MA pulled the team off the market. The funds are in escrow should the opportunity arise for me to bid again. I'm confused. You had 20k sitting there and this indicated you were on your way to matching Ashley's asking price? Please tell me someone else is gonna jump on this too. I've got £20k sat in the bank too, can I join in? Look at me! Look at me! I've got £20k in the bank! Pathetic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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