Mick Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/07/4aa7dc3355af02c66c24d52ed84d30d4.jpg Christ, overkill goes to a new level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Just in case you hadn't seen the other ones from the Leazes End Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Classic international break activity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 http://metro.co.uk/2014/09/07/why-rangers-old-boy-barry-ferguson-is-so-wrong-about-newcastle-united-owner-mike-ashley-4859820/ Why Rangers old-boy Barry Ferguson is so wrong about Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley It seems outspoken former Rangers midfielder Barry Ferguson is ready for his old club to get in to bed with Mike Ashley. He couldn’t be more naive if he thinks the famous Glasgow side will be treated as anything other than an advertising hoarding, just like Newcastle United. Sports Direct tycoon and billionaire Magpies owner Ashley has recently bought the naming rights to Ranger’s iconic Ibrox stadium for just £1, amid rumours the renowned wheeler dealer is interested in investing in the Scottish Championship club. Ferguson, like many Rangers fans, was angry the chief executive Charles Green sold the naming rights for just £1 and then added insult to injury by claiming the historic stadium name could be the latest club to be named after Sports Direct following the Toon and more recently Oldham Athletic. In the former Scotland international’s recent column for the Daily Record he seems to be blinded by Ashley’s billions and is under the misguided impression the businessman could bankroll a Rangers revival. Ferguson believes Ashley is ‘too smart’ to make a mistake like changing the stadium’s name and wouldn’t make the same mistakes he’s made on Tyneside. He claims Ashley wouldn’t want to ‘drive a wedge’ between himself and the supporters. Ferguson also makes several inflammatory remarks about United proclaiming the Toon Army have treated Ashley unfairly after the his millions have “bankrolled” the Magpies, and the thousands of devoted Geordies need a “reality check” if we believe we’re going to ever be competing for trophies. Well, sorry Barry, it’s you and any Rangers fans who believe Ashley has the club’s interests at heart that need a reality check. The only thing Ashley is interested in is lining his pockets and he doesn’t care who gets in his way. Ashley sent shockwaves across Tyneside when he ended more than century of history by classlessly renaming St James’ Park the Sports Direct Arena and desecrating a little bit more of the club’s soul. Allegedly to showcase the stadium to potential sponsors, Ashley switched the name in November 2011 then a year later rubbed salt into the wound when he announced a supposedly lucrative but certainly controversial sponsorship deal with pay day lenders Wonga, leading to fall out with fans and players alike and even leading to calls for action from the House of Commons. Ferguson should know better and if he had any sense he wouldn’t want Mike Ashley anywhere near Ibrox or Rangers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Not been following the discussion, if any, but why did they effectively give the naming rights away for free by selling it for just £1? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Not been following the discussion, if any, but why did they effectively give the naming rights away for free by selling it for just £1? I can only guess that it was part of a shares or loan deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Not been following the discussion, if any, but why did they effectively give the naming rights away for free by selling it for just £1? I can only guess that it was part of a shares or loan deal. Over a game of roulette balanced off the arse of a naked woman covered otherwise in sushi at the back of his casino, managed again by Llambezi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Barry Ferguson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Barry Ferguson. LOLZ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bert Shaft Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Barry Ferguson. Word obviously hasn't reached young Barry yet about the Ashley/Keegan lies court case. Poor chap! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 He's probably just putting himself in the window for the Rangers job if McCoist leaves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 What a fucking idiot that guy is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1892 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Not been following the discussion, if any, but why did they effectively give the naming rights away for free by selling it for just £1? Jabba was asked for cash to buy some shares. He was asked for about £300,000. In exchange, Jabba would get exclusive distibution rights for Rangers' merchandise and branded outlets. Charles Green, the then chief executive of Rangers, usually had his own notary public draw up contracts of this nature. In this case, Ashley's people drew up the contract and whisked it up to Ibrox. Green didn't spot the '£1 for naming rights' clause in the contract, and signed it. Green then spent c.£400,000 trying to get the contract annulled - without success. In short - Ashley tricked him. A c*nts trick, and it would actually be quite funny if Jabba wasn't our owner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Still makes me laugh that they took Llambias up to Glasgow, put him in front of a load of Rangers supporters and told them that they had bought Demba Ba with the money that Sports Direct had paid for the advertising. Started as they mean to go on with Rangers, as they did with us, lying through their teeth about anything and everything. Absolute scum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Barry Ferguson must be well pleased with the cash injection that came with the renaming rights Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Chap called Sean. Barely mentioned Pardew but cited the acceptance of mediocrity from top to bottom. Just listened - brilliant call. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Not been following the discussion, if any, but why did they effectively give the naming rights away for free by selling it for just £1? Jabba was asked for cash to buy some shares. He was asked for about £300,000. In exchange, Jabba would get exclusive distibution rights for Rangers' merchandise and branded outlets. Charles Green, the then chief executive of Rangers, usually had his own notary public draw up contracts of this nature. In this case, Ashley's people drew up the contract and whisked it up to Ibrox. Green didn't spot the '£1 for naming rights' clause in the contract, and signed it. Green then spent c.£400,000 trying to get the contract annulled - without success. In short - Ashley tricked him. A c*nts trick, and it would actually be quite funny if Jabba wasn't our owner. How on earth Green's lawyers and solicitors not spot this clause written into the contract Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Sounds extremely far-fetched to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Sounds extremely far-fetched to me. Yeah, I'm aware your owner isn't the most gentlemanly businessman around, but this kind of stunt it's not the stuff you do when you will be doing business with a lot more people in the future. And I still find incredible that Green wouldn't have spotted that, even if he didn't draw up the contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Sounds extremely far-fetched to me. Yeah, I'm aware your owner isn't the most gentlemanly businessman around, but this kind of stunt it's not the stuff you do when you will be doing business with a lot more people in the future. And I still find incredible that Green wouldn't have spotted that, even if he didn't draw up the contract. Did he not review the contract? Did his business people or counsel not? Sounds mad to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Aye, sounds like bollocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/toon-mad-pals-outraged-new-school-7733503 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/toon-mad-pals-outraged-new-school-7733503 http://i.imgur.com/er05cYL.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest antz1uk Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/toon-mad-pals-outraged-new-school-7733503 http://i.imgur.com/er05cYL.jpg :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Got talking to a lad at the gym who was working out in a Wonga shirt for some reason. He said he didn't have too much of a problem with how Ashley runs the club because - and I'm not making this up - we wouldn't want to end up like Leeds or Portsmouth. Said Pardew was a negative arsehole who shouldn't have forced out our most talented attacker though, so he wasn't a complete div. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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