Thespence Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Some press bod has heard some radgepacket post game: "Mike Ashley is a cunt n fucking PardJEW" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Absolute fucking slander that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Imagine if the PCC had teeth? We might be able to take action against the journo that called us antisemities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 What the f*** is that? I follow anti-semitism in football closely. I'm sure there hasn't been anything near that from our lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Have they removed the comments section from that article? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php?topic=67414.msg4525173.msg#4525173 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 http://www.true-faith.co.uk/?p=498 Another Slur – The Independent Posted on July 20, 2013 by Michael Martin The piece enclosed from Jim Armitage of The Independent is an otherwise excellent piece of coverage concerning Mike Ashley and his best practices with some nods towards Newcastle United FC. However, what cannot pass without correction is the completely substance free, untruthful allegation in this piece that Newcastle United supporters have abused Mike Ashley on the basis of his Jewish background. A Jewish background he does not possess by the way. I think many of us have heard, read and indulged in strong criticism of Ashley in the six years since he bought out Shepherd-Hall at United but if anyone has heard anything of an anti-semitic nature it has largely gone unrecorded and unreported. Ashley has been wrongly thought to have been a Spurs fan (he never has been, he’s Chelsea) and whether then author equates Tottenham with the Jewish faith remains to be seen but on the matter of anti-semitic abuse of Mike Ashley by Newcastle United supporters, that is frankly, complete bollocks and should be withdrawn by Armitage and/or The Independent, unless they are able to supply details. They won’t though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 It's now been edited to remove that part, fair play to the Independent, you can't ruthlessly edit everything and have to trust your reporters to a certain extent. Hopefully he'll be getting significantly less work from them now that he's betrayed that trust. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Gambling has always been a hobby. He famously resolved a £200,000 legal bill with his City brokers with a game of Spoof. But unlike his short and long bets on the financial markets, buying Newcastle United in that year was not supposed to be risky. The story goes that Ashley snapped up the club from the Hall family with a view to selling it quickly at a huge profit to an already identified buyer – a deal known as a “flip” in City speak. “But the deal never came off,” laughs one familiar with the negotiations. “And what do you call a deal that goes wrong? An investment. Newcastle’s become a very costly investment for Mike.” Not that Ashley will sell out on the cheap to avoid the abuse and grief he gets from the Magpies’ faithful. “He will never sell that club at a loss. It’s just not in his make-up,” says the friend. Interesting.. Sounds entirely feasible based on how he's run the club since he's bought it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Gambling has always been a hobby. He famously resolved a £200,000 legal bill with his City brokers with a game of Spoof. But unlike his short and long bets on the financial markets, buying Newcastle United in that year was not supposed to be risky. The story goes that Ashley snapped up the club from the Hall family with a view to selling it quickly at a huge profit to an already identified buyer – a deal known as a “flip” in City speak. “But the deal never came off,” laughs one familiar with the negotiations. “And what do you call a deal that goes wrong? An investment. Newcastle’s become a very costly investment for Mike.” Not that Ashley will sell out on the cheap to avoid the abuse and grief he gets from the Magpies’ faithful. “He will never sell that club at a loss. It’s just not in his make-up,” says the friend. Interesting.. Sounds entirely feasible based on how he's run the club since he's bought it. That could explain the KK appointment. To be fair it has always been a strong rumour and hasn't Kinnear even hinted at this? I know, kninnear... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 ''theysse a consortium coming in...ahhnn ah think they're bringing Keegan back....with Shearer as assistant..in 6 weeks'' As per his BBC interview a few years back. Lying turd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 This new appointment of Mick Harford reminded me of this article: - http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/if-only-mike-ashley-ran-newcastle-united-like-sports-direct/ Mike Ashley Challenged To Run Newcastle United Like Sports Direct Saturday 13th July 2013 by Dean Wilkins I don’t think there is anything strange in saying that Mike Ashley is a genius when it comes to running Sports Direct and its connected empire, yet has made a total mess of Newcastle United. To go from nothing to employing 23,000 people (directly) over at SD and he’s still younger than me! With the economy on its knees, Ashley is a massive success story and based on only the finances and number of employees, Newcastle United’s owner could feel quite rightly miffed that he isn’t Sir Michael Ashley already! How many English businessmen currently employ more people than Ashley in a business they have started from scratch? When it comes to Newcastle United, I do feel that Mike Ashley continues to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. It is not that he’s not bothered, it is just that he hasn’t got time to be bothered. In terms of turnover, NUFC are small potato when it comes to his overall business empire. If Ashley suddenly devoted a lot of time and energy to Newcastle then we would be a success, simple as. He knows that it would be time (and resources) intensive to do that and so has made a conscious decision to just try and keep the club ticking over, otherwise known as ‘staying in the Premier League’. There is no four year incentive scheme at Newcastle United or five year plan that the gullible used to swallow, even when it appeared to be rewritten every five minutes to match the moving situation. Ashley headhunts the very best people to help him run his Sports Direct empire, while sadly (so far) he has relied on his mates and people he has met in the pub to run Newcastle United. That is not to say these were terrible people or didn’t try their best, even Chris Mort who was a very impressive figure was totally out of his depth. Well respected in his legal day job he had no experience in football and had no strong management team to help him do the job. I don’t think Mike Ashley sees the potential of Newcastle United in any way, apart from possibly a bit like the visible part of an iceberg. Even with the massively increased funds from the broadcasting rights, having a go at competing at the top end (top six/seven) has to be done on a wing and a prayer at St..James’ Park.. Nothing wrong with the club having to stand on its own two feet financially but when there is no proactive plan (or top management there to implement it) to attract extra commercial income, then what chance have we got? One of the top ten supported clubs in Europe and in the top twenty turnovers in World football without even trying! How hard exactly can it be to sell Newcastle United to corporate partners? Well you have to have somebody employed to pick up the phone for starters. Newcastle United is at best an add-on to Sports Direct, or at worst simply there as a supporting act. Look around at all the free advertising inside St.James’ Park, the fact that NUFC official club shops have closed down on Tyneside as Sports Direct Stores prosper, St.James’ Park used as a venue to host Sports Direct related visitors and obviously impress them. All of this would be of no consequence if it wasn’t for the fact that Newcastle United are drifting aimlessly as a club and will at some time hit the rocks (again) unless something changes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I've erred on the side of 'better the devil you know' for a good while but just wish this cunt would fuck off now. It's like he's learned nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Yep, it's time for him. Finally. (again) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 He must be running a private betting ring with his millionaire buddies down south as to how many arseholes he can appoint to coach the team without getting relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Just another step in what he finds most rewarding about owning NUFC, making the supporters livid/miserable/both. Bet he punched the air when JFK told him he had a mackem mate to get on the books. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 That stuff about him hiring the best at SD is bollocks- the main men there are the guys who worked with him when he started out. I think the FD is his original accountant. This sort of carry on is par for the course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Good to see him still adopting the "1 step forward, 539 steps back" approach to football ownership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 What was the step forward, out of curiosity? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 What was the step forward, out of curiosity? Those minuscule, isolated incidents across his tenture in which he has threatened to show some form of tiny smidgen of progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 He really is like a spoilt little child. "Mam, they called me nasty names." "Ignore them and rise above it" "No, I have to get them back!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Really don't think it's too far off the truth that article on the previous page. Always got the impresion we are a complete afterthought for Ashley and if he dedicated even half the time to us that he does Sports Direct then we'd be in a far stronger position. The guy just doesn't seem to give a shit unless it looks like we're in trouble which can affect his investment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I hope to hear "Fat Cockney Bastard" again this season, it may not be factually correct but that doesn't matter because it gets to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Or we could do something far more constructive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Indeed. Let's solve world hunger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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