Yorkie Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 The reason there was no transfer fund was that he gave EVERYONE employed at Newcastle United a 30% bonus for being promoted. Is that true? How much is that likely to have amounted to, a few million? Surely it's a stretch to say that's the reason we didn't invest properly in the summer. We pulled £11million out of somewhere in our measly reserves, whilst everyone else presumably dipped into their next June moneys. That's been the difference imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 The billionaire equivalent of threatening to bare his fat arse in Fenwick's window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Don't buy players, offer bonus for winning cup, don't win cup because you don't have the players to facilitate a cup run, don't pay bonus. File alongside "I won't leave until we win something. And - important and relevant clarification - I count us finishing in the top four as winning something." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Ridiculous way to go on like, nothing more than flimsy pr shite. The annoying thing is that it'll soon get trotted out as another example of Ashley backing his man/pulling money into the club etc. The fact it'll never get paid or is irrelevant. People will see the words: Ashely bonus £20m and add it to the little imaginary kitty they believe he's invested. Fully expect Merson to be one of the first to do so. "he's given 'em twenty million Jeff!" I can hear it now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Yep, our idiot fans will lap it up as usual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Ridiculous way to go on like, nothing more than flimsy pr shite. The annoying thing is that it'll soon get trotted out as another example of Ashley backing his man/pulling money into the club etc. The fact it'll never get paid or is irrelevant. People will see the words: Ashely bonus £20m and add it to the little imaginary kitty they believe he's invested. Fully expect Merson to be one of the first to do so. "he's given 'em twenty million Jeff!" I can hear it now. Handy we're on Sky this afternoon to facilitate this. Bishop earning his corn while Rafa cries about being 'sick'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Erm...he should have given rafa that 20 mil to help protect the league status. Seems like an empty offer to me as its unlikey we'll win it due to our thin squad. This is a Bishop press release to get yiur average nufc fan moist in their Y-ers and forgetting the appalibng running of the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 How do you keep flys out of your bedroom in summer? You put a big bucket of shit on the landing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Its absolute flim flam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 show zero ambition. Make noises like you have ambition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 The reason there was no transfer fund was that he gave EVERYONE employed at Newcastle United a 30% bonus for being promoted. Is that true? How much is that likely to have amounted to, a few million? Surely it's a stretch to say that's the reason we didn't invest properly in the summer. We pulled £11million out of somewhere in our measly reserves, whilst everyone else presumably dipped into their next June moneys. That's been the difference imo. Well it's obviously not the reason we didn't spend in the Summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 We could win the FA cup with a but of luck but then get relegated, he'll pay out the 20mil from nufc finances but we wont have money for an attemt at repromotion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 He's such a cringe machine like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Thinking about it, you could make the case for him deliberately setting an unachievable target as false motivation or ambition, just as much as you could make the case for him genuinely being mentally ill enough to think that there's been enough investment in the team that winning the F.A Cup is very possible. He's just as much a manipulative, pathetic cunt as he is completely bereft of any basic football knowledge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Ah so you have money for an FA cup which we won't win but not for giving Rafa in the transfer market. Cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Getting to a cup final and fighting relegation is a recipe for disaster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Wallpaper business must be flying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 This has bishop written all over it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Bonus row resolved according to Martin Hardy - £4M squad bonus if we finish 17th and the £20M if we win the FA Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Bonus row resolved according to Martin Hardy - £4M squad bonus if we finish 17th and the £20M if we win the FA Cup. increments for places above 17th? or is that the ceiling on the ambition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Yes. Personal intervention from Ashley after Charnley and Barnes were pissing about fucking it all up and pissing off the players apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Yes. Personal intervention from Ashley after Charnley and Barnes were pissing about fucking it all up and pissing off the players apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Mike Ashley, the saviour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Newcastle meanwhile have resolved their bonus row with their players, after Ashley intervened on Thursday. Newcastle’s players will now receive £4 million if they finish 17th and keep the club in the Premier League and the bonus structure will increase incrementally with each league position. However, the real shock for the players was the offer of a £20 million carrot to end Newcastle’s FA Cup drought since 1955. That was the last time Newcastle won the competition, although they have lost in three finals since then. The record in the FA Cup since Ashley took ownership of Newcastle United from the Hall and Shepherd families in 2007, has been poor, with the club failing to get beyond the fourth round in a decade. The club’s board had gone on record to state that survival in the Premier League and the financial implications that went with it meant cup competitions would be lessened in their significance. That, however, changed on Thursday when Ashley intervened and promised the bonus payment from his own money, not from the club’s finances. Ashley has told club officials that the policy u-turn will now see Newcastle throw everything into finally ending their 63-year wait for domestic silverware. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 The fact players were whinging about bonuses, to get a £4m bonus between them just for doing their jobs is a bit of a joke like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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