Stuy_O Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I'm just hoping that this complete non spending and non activity from him is pointing towards selling up. Wishful thinking of course. Seems like a sensible idea, selling up a few months before the TV jackpot lands. Yeah that must be it....... Thats why I said wishful thinking you clip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I'm just hoping that this complete non spending and non activity from him is pointing towards selling up. Wishful thinking of course. Seems like a sensible idea, selling up a few months before the TV jackpot lands. Yeah that must be it....... Thats why I said wishful thinking you clip. Theres no Santa either but dont let wishful thinking stop you thinking that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Roger Children may be on the board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Roger Children may be on the board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Roger Children is a very bad choice of username. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Who mentioned a few months anyway? Could be next season or the one after. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Roger Children is a very bad choice of username. Next mackem on the board that one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Who mentioned a few months anyway? Could be next season or the one after. Christ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Roger Children is a very bad choice of username. Next mackem on the board that one Almost as bad as when Ian changed his name to Ian Watkins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Who mentioned a few months anyway? Could be next season or the one after. Christ All I said was I have faint hope he will sell soon, don't see what the problem is in that. You're the one comparing that to the existence of Santa ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Who mentioned a few months anyway? Could be next season or the one after. Christ All I said was I have faint hope he will sell soon, don't see what the problem is in that. You're the one comparing that to the existence of Santa ffs. No i pointed out your faint hope was monumentally flawed and without logic, your bleating over my post led me to mention Santa but why bother with actually responding to a fantasist like you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 He won't be selling up as long he's making profits every season at the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 He won't be selling up as long he's making profits every season at the club. Exactly and its only going to improve for him each year if most fans stick by him er i mean the club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 We need a new banner. "All is forgiven we'll give you your due, just do us a favour and sack off Pardew." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Who mentioned a few months anyway? Could be next season or the one after. Christ All I said was I have faint hope he will sell soon, don't see what the problem is in that. You're the one comparing that to the existence of Santa ffs. There's no problem, but you're wasting your time. RK is the king of condescension. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 That's exactly why I said wishful thinking though as the likelihood is obviously slim. You can never not hope though as at the minute that's all fans can do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 There is a small chance he might be selling up, god knows what he's up to at the moment as he's as erractic as the British weather. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 To Mike Ashley NUFC is a business. Not a football club or the heart of a community and City but a business. And as things stand right now his business, like his other business' is doing great. In profit, no debt to anyone, 50K paying customers every other week, huge exposure for his other business and in the League, bang on schedule for that mid-table finish. He would be mad to sell unless he was offered the equivalent of the Andy Carroll fee for the club, and who out there would be prepared to pay that kind of money for us when there are far more clubs that could be had for much cheaper?! So we are stuck with him and his ways. Pardew will likely leave of his own accord if he can find another decent job or more likely, he will be fired before too long. He may have us exactly where he is paid to take the club to, but poor performances and a string of poor results doesn't look good especially for the fans who Ashley doesn't care about, but wants to keep onside to the point where they keep turning up to games and to buy his tat. So, we can look forward to Pardew leaving soon in my opinion, but he will only be replaced by another Ashley man. We might see better football and few less shitty results but we'll always be a mid-table ambitionless medicre club under Ashley because he just doesn't give a damn about trophies or finishing 6th or whatever. If we stay in the division and hang around the middle of it, that is enough to satisfy the vast majority of fans. The only way he would sell up is if he started losing money because as he's shown he is unwilling to bank-roll the club and quite frankly, why should he or anyone have to. For that to happen, fans en masse have to walk away and stay away. Protests won't work. The only other way is for the fans and everyone that cares about the club, from business to celebrities to even the local council, to form an alliance to try and buy the club back from Ashley at a price that gets him his money back. And we know that will never happen. You want your club back? Walk away. If you keep going it just continues. Walk the fuck away. Since he took over NUFC his own wealth and his SD brand has rocketed. We are good for MA, even if he isn't good for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/director-of-football-gone-best-player-sold--rudderless-newcastle-are-left-drifting-towards-trouble-9127231.html Director of football gone, best player sold - rudderless Newcastle are left drifting towards trouble For the second successive transfer window the club failed to make a permanent signing Martin Hardy Thursday 13 February 2014 Emblazoned on the side of the Milburn Stand at St James’ Park, at around half past seven on Wednesday night, was a projected advert for Paddy Power. “Kinnear out on a free,” it read. “Who said he couldn’t do good business?” Joe Kinnear was pictured in a dunce’s hat. Self-mockery. It is leading to fear and self-loathing. Everything is for sale at Newcastle United. As the advert correctly asserted, Newcastle no longer have a director of football. On Wednesday, as Tottenham tore the heart out of a tired club with a 4-0 win, there was no visible show of power. Mike Ashley, the owner, was, once again, absent. There is still no managing director, following the resignation of Derek Llambias last summer. Graham Carr, the chief scout and second highest-ranking member of current staff, was also not in attendance. There is no suggestion of boardroom fight to turn round their worst run at St James’ since 1978. Newcastle were relegated when they last lost four successive home games. That seems impossible now, despite a run of nine games that have brought seven defeats and seven games in which they have not scored. In November, Kinnear revealed that a controversial bonus scheme had been implemented at the club which would reward every member of staff if Newcastle finished in the top 10. On Boxing Day they demolished Stoke 5-1 and marched into the Premier League top six, six points behind leaders Arsenal. “People keep talking about the Champions League, and there’s always no mention of us,” said manager Alan Pardew. “I have a wry smile. Great, write us off.” There was no smile late on Wednesday night, wry or otherwise. “Of course I’m not happy,” he said. “This is a game where you, as a manager, expect life and limb on the football pitch. I made my views very clear in the dressing room. That’s where they will stay. I’m not really going to say too much other than to give a message to our fans to say that wasn’t good enough.” The demise has taken only six weeks. Just over a month after talking of the Champions League, Pardew is fighting for his footballing life. In six weeks momentum has halted. Yohan Cabaye, the side’s best player has gone, undersold to Paris Saint-Germain, but there is far more than just the sale of one player. There is no trust, no desire nor, because of a power vacuum, accountability. There has been no meaningful domestic cup run for Newcastle in the seven years that Ashley has been in power. Worse, there came the admission from Pardew before another ill-fated derby with Sunderland, with the transfer window still to close, that in eighth place Newcastle were top of their league. It reinforced a barely hidden desire to avoid the Europa League, which was blamed, rightly or wrongly, for much of last season’s woes, when the club was nearly relegated. For the second successive transfer window Newcastle failed to make a permanent signing. It was a statement of non-intent. The contrast to two years ago remains relevant. Two weeks into 2012, Newcastle were seventh, three points behind fifth-placed Arsenal and three points above eighth-placed Stoke. After heavy persuasion from Llambias, Pardew and Carr, Ashley agreed to sanction the £9m signing of Papiss Cissé from SC Freiburg. Cissé was a revelation, scoring 13 times in the 14 Premier League games he played that season. By 6 May, with two games of the season to go, Newcastle, who had won seven of their previous eight, were level with fourth-placed Tottenham and one point behind third-place Arsenal. They finished the season fifth. From the outside it looked like a good news story. On the inside, Ashley fumed. Players wanted pay rises. Additional prize-money from the Premier League for moving up two places was just £1.6m. It had cost Ashley £9m. He was out of pocket. The figures did not add up. There was a row with Llambias. Gradual growth and profit, this is the Ashley mantra. With dissenting voices removed, this will be the Newcastle way from now on. Pardew must rise once more. He cannot question Ashley. He will forfeit his job if he does. But the current loss of form cannot continue. One of the biggest failings this season has been the erosion of relationships with fringe players such as Hatem Ben Arfa and Sylvain Marveaux, who because of injury, suspension and sale the manager has reluctantly turned to. His lot has perhaps never been so low with supporters. There remain positives for Pardew. He has toed the party line. It is highly unlikely there will be a Europa League campaign to worry about. Cabaye left and the manager did not complain, and, as was the case when Kinnear was parachuted into the club last summer, there is a substantial pay-off on his lengthy contract that Ashley is not keen to hand over to change manager. It is football as a business, as Paddy Power – who have Kinnear as 9-1 to be the next Newcastle manager – know all too well. Excellent article and the bit in bold tells you everything you need to know about this utter cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Sorry to play Devil's Cunt, but how do we know that's true? Could easily be conjecture. It's a new one on me but wouldn't surprise me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I'm sure he'll be banned if it's not correct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 He'll be banned either way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I'm sure he'll be banned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Actually not sure if he will, because the one way to cause a national media fuss is to fuck with the national media. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I've heard before that Ashley was not impressed that we failed to get into the Champions League that season after buying Cisse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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