Mike Ashley

[Kanj]

Guy who nobody liked whilst here comes out to defend guy who owns us that nobody likes.

 

Okay then.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Approachable guy? I thought he was notoriously reclusive?

[arnonel]

This is from The Mag...seems to add up IMO. He's not that arsed about us getting relegated. This is how much of an idiot this man actually is. Nobody is going to convince me that there are not some very lucky people out there who get rich by accident....

 

 

Forget the chronic porous nature of our defence on Saturday. Forget too the weak  as water uselessness of our midfield bite. Then forget, if you can, the Championship standard of Messrs Williamson, Gouffran, Riviere and Obertan.

 

Let us turn to the most worrying fact to emerge from the weekend.

 

You would not have seen it on the pitch on Saturday, or in the dugout.

 

It was in the Chronicle and it was a reported comment from the hierarchy at St James’ Park.

 

Mike Ashley, said this unidentified person, ‘is not particularly bothered anymore.’

 

This is not boredom. Far from it. Ashley is as bothered as ever about losing money. If and when we get relegated, Ashley will be bothered.

 

Nor is it exhaustion with the barrage of criticism. I doubt if he is aware of it. If he is aware of it, I doubt if he cares. He’s not particularly bothered about criticism. If anything, criticism brings out his astonishingly stubborn side, and makes him utterly determined to persist with his established strategy.

 

He is usually right to do so. Mike Ashley trusts his instincts above all else. He fancies himself as a gambler, and knows when to walk away.

 

It’s just that, at Newcastle, he has nowhere to go.

 

There are, it would appear, no buyers, although he was reportedly scouring the United States recently to discover some sports enthusiast like Ellis Short.

 

I believe he would certainly sell if he could. But he can’t.

 

So he is a gambler on a losing streak. It is all going tits up at Newcastle, and he can see it. He knows he is the problem. He knows Pardew is about as good as it is going to get for him. He knows nobody else will come to manage our team unless they are an alcoholic pensioner, a dangerously deluded fantasist, or an average hack with no track record.

 

He also suspects a replacement will have no long-term effect.

 

Pardew is his perfect guy. Ashley thinks Pardew is a good coach, and he may be right. He may be wrong, but he may be right.

 

Ashley knows the problem is him. He can see it. And he knows that paying off Pardew and bringing in another manager who would want to spend money and would make it a condition of his contract that he would be given money to spend, is just a tiresome series of negotiations Ashley can do without.

 

So a money enthusiast who is not particularly bothered any more, despite the spectre of relegation, means what, exactly?

 

Well, in my view, it means he is a gambler who has lost and is going to lose big and go on losing big and who cannot get out of the mess he’s in.

 

He can’t cash in his chips. He’s dying to run away. He’s dying to be told the bill and to leave the casino and to forget all about his doomed series of stupid punts.

 

But he can’t. Newcastle is wrapped around his neck. So, when you’re a feckless, epic gambler like our bull-headed, ignorant owner, the only thing to do is to mentally withdraw.

 

That is the worst outcome of all for Newcastle fans. It means he’s just going to sit back and watch, like the rest of us. Except he’s not bothered. Does his face look bothered? Not really.

 

He wants us to stay up but he’s not going to do much about it.

 

Sacking Pardew would expose his ridiculous and hopeless lack of alternatives, as well as exposing him as a stupid idiot.

 

There’s nothing else for it. He’s running away, except he’s staying where he is.

 

He’s just not bothered.

 

 

Erm, except the part where he is winning. He is getting way Way WAY more from the club than we are getting from him. Why the hell would he sell? SD are getting huge benefits for zero.

[Belfast Boy]

More quotes from the little weazel:

 

When asked why Ashley doesn’t come out and talk to the media, Wise said on beIN Sports: “Why should he? He doesn’t need to explain anything to anyone.

 

“He’s got his job, he does what he does and he owns the football club.

 

“You don’t have every owner of a club coming out.

 

“Abramovich doesn’t come out does he?

 

“The Glazers don’t come out.

 

“There’s loads of them, so why should Mike?

 

“Mike is an approachable guy.

 

“There are a lot of owners of football clubs you can never get near. Mike you can. You can actually walk up.”

 

Wise has also backed up the talk that Ashley was only joking when he spoke about Pardew’s future at the club.

 

And he said that Ashley fears talking to the media because they will “turn” his quotes against him.

 

Wise said: “He finds himself in a situation with Pardew. Why?

 

“Because there was a press bloke in a pub that he was in and he turns round and says, and I know Mike with his flippant jokes and him messing about, he said: ‘Yeah I’m going to get rid of him next week.’

 

“A bloke come up and he just wanted to get rid of him. Then they printed the story.

 

“This why he won’t (speak to press) because they’ll turn it.

 

“Because he’s an approachable guy people can get near him and that’s his own problem.

 

“He’s so relaxed in the way he is.”

 

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-owner-mike-ashley-7889661

 

So printing what he said, word for word, after asking if it was ok to use it, is "turning it" now?

[DJ_NUFC]

Those Dennis Wise quotes man, wow. What an utter, utter cretin of a man. I thought we'd seen the last of the rat-faced bastard when he hung up his boots but then he has gone on to show the world what a cunt he truly is. Why even come out with such hooplicking quotes? Acting like he's still on the payroll. These are supposedly 'football men,' who don't give a flying fuck about supporters or the game, and seem to cozy up to big money first chance they get.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Main problem is the press even asking him.

[NG32]

Main problem is the press even asking him.

 

He was on Bein sports tho..

[Wallace]

I have never had so much of a problem with Ashley speaking because a lot of owners don't.  I do think it is a major problem that NO-ONE at the football club speaks.  That is not normal.  What Managing Director of any major business refuses to speak the media?

[NG32]

I have never had so much of a problem with Ashley speaking because a lot of owners don't.  I do think it is a major problem that NO-ONE at the football club speaks.  That is not normal.  What Managing Director of any major business refuses to speak the media?

 

Or its customer base?

[Unbelievable]

Main problem is the press even asking him the club's PR consultant using his press contacts to arrange him a seat in this weekend's BeIn studio to give him an audience to spout his propaganda bullshit to.

 

FYP

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Main problem is the press even asking him.

 

He was on Bein sports tho..

 

Ah I see. Well the main problem is the press printing his babble like it has any value.

[Wullie]

I do wonder what it would take to stop the soopafans going every week.

 

There's a high percentage who will never stop, no matter what he does.

[ikri]

This is from The Mag...seems to add up IMO. He's not that arsed about us getting relegated. This is how much of an idiot this man actually is. Nobody is going to convince me that there are not some very lucky people out there who get rich by accident....

 

 

Forget the chronic porous nature of our defence on Saturday. Forget too the weak  as water uselessness of our midfield bite. Then forget, if you can, the Championship standard of Messrs Williamson, Gouffran, Riviere and Obertan.

 

Let us turn to the most worrying fact to emerge from the weekend.

 

You would not have seen it on the pitch on Saturday, or in the dugout.

 

It was in the Chronicle and it was a reported comment from the hierarchy at St James’ Park.

 

Mike Ashley, said this unidentified person, ‘is not particularly bothered anymore.’

 

This is not boredom. Far from it. Ashley is as bothered as ever about losing money. If and when we get relegated, Ashley will be bothered.

 

Nor is it exhaustion with the barrage of criticism. I doubt if he is aware of it. If he is aware of it, I doubt if he cares. He’s not particularly bothered about criticism. If anything, criticism brings out his astonishingly stubborn side, and makes him utterly determined to persist with his established strategy.

 

He is usually right to do so. Mike Ashley trusts his instincts above all else. He fancies himself as a gambler, and knows when to walk away.

 

It’s just that, at Newcastle, he has nowhere to go.

 

There are, it would appear, no buyers, although he was reportedly scouring the United States recently to discover some sports enthusiast like Ellis Short.

 

I believe he would certainly sell if he could. But he can’t.

 

So he is a gambler on a losing streak. It is all going tits up at Newcastle, and he can see it. He knows he is the problem. He knows Pardew is about as good as it is going to get for him. He knows nobody else will come to manage our team unless they are an alcoholic pensioner, a dangerously deluded fantasist, or an average hack with no track record.

 

He also suspects a replacement will have no long-term effect.

 

Pardew is his perfect guy. Ashley thinks Pardew is a good coach, and he may be right. He may be wrong, but he may be right.

 

Ashley knows the problem is him. He can see it. And he knows that paying off Pardew and bringing in another manager who would want to spend money and would make it a condition of his contract that he would be given money to spend, is just a tiresome series of negotiations Ashley can do without.

 

So a money enthusiast who is not particularly bothered any more, despite the spectre of relegation, means what, exactly?

 

Well, in my view, it means he is a gambler who has lost and is going to lose big and go on losing big and who cannot get out of the mess he’s in.

 

He can’t cash in his chips. He’s dying to run away. He’s dying to be told the bill and to leave the casino and to forget all about his doomed series of stupid punts.

 

But he can’t. Newcastle is wrapped around his neck. So, when you’re a feckless, epic gambler like our bull-headed, ignorant owner, the only thing to do is to mentally withdraw.

 

That is the worst outcome of all for Newcastle fans. It means he’s just going to sit back and watch, like the rest of us. Except he’s not bothered. Does his face look bothered? Not really.

 

He wants us to stay up but he’s not going to do much about it.

 

Sacking Pardew would expose his ridiculous and hopeless lack of alternatives, as well as exposing him as a stupid idiot.

 

There’s nothing else for it. He’s running away, except he’s staying where he is.

 

He’s just not bothered.

 

 

Except that doesn't explain why he's been attending games recently.  If he no longer cared he could just watch the highlights on Match of the Day & listen to the expert pundits licking Pardew's ring.  Instead he's been going to games, both home & away, all season, far more than he did last season.

[r0cafella]

Why do people seem to think him owning Rangers would affect his ownership of us?

[Wullie]

Why do people seem to think him owning Rangers would affect his ownership of us?

 

He's not allowed to own more than 10% of two clubs, under Scottish FA regulations. He's not supposed to have any share actually, they've changed the rules for him once already.

[r0cafella]

Why do people seem to think him owning Rangers would affect his ownership of us?

 

He's not allowed to own more than 10% of two clubs, under Scottish FA regulations. He's not supposed to have any share actually, they've changed the rules for him once already.

 

I wasn't aware of this Scottish rule mate.

 

I guess by owning 10% of Rangers its shows how little regard he has for these "so called" Rules.

 

I'm pretty sure we are both a bigger cash cow and advertising vehicle too

[The College Dropout]

AM I reading this right? Someone on here apparently saw THE Mike Ashley and the first thing you do is tell him how appreciative you are of what he's done.

 

Have you seen the fucking stadium or kit? Commercial revenue? The actual team? It's purpose? Beggars belief that.

[Wullie]

Why do people seem to think him owning Rangers would affect his ownership of us?

 

He's not allowed to own more than 10% of two clubs, under Scottish FA regulations. He's not supposed to have any share actually, they've changed the rules for him once already.

 

I wasn't aware of this Scottish rule mate.

 

I guess by owning 10% of Rangers its shows how little regard he has for these "so called" Rules.

 

I'm pretty sure we are both a bigger cash cow and advertising vehicle too

 

I agree, can't really see the logic in going after Rangers personally but I won't tell him that.

[r0cafella]

AM I reading this right? Someone on here apparently saw THE Mike Ashley and the first thing you do is tell him how appreciative you are of what he's done.

 

Have you seen the f***ing stadium or kit? Commercial revenue? The actual team? It's purpose? Beggars belief that.

Why not? Telling him to fuck off and calling him a Fcb clearly works so well.

[The College Dropout]

 

AM I reading this right? Someone on here apparently saw THE Mike Ashley and the first thing you do is tell him how appreciative you are of what he's done.

 

Have you seen the f***ing stadium or kit? Commercial revenue? The actual team? It's purpose? Beggars belief that.

Why not? Telling him to f*** off and calling him a Fcb clearly works so well.

 

 

What does lying achieve? He doesn't need to be offensive but Ashleh has Ruined the club with his actions. Second rate all over the place like his shops. 

 

This is why I keep banging on about Pardew being a symptom. He's the spineless man used as a puppet that ashley hopes can deliver minimum targets. Except he's sold all the star players - Pardews fallen out with the rest of the talented lads and the replacements haven't settled in

 

IMO if they had gotten their way Cisse would be in Russia now and we would be rock bottom.

[r0cafella]

 

AM I reading this right? Someone on here apparently saw THE Mike Ashley and the first thing you do is tell him how appreciative you are of what he's done.

 

Have you seen the f***ing stadium or kit? Commercial revenue? The actual team? It's purpose? Beggars belief that.

Why not? Telling him to f*** off and calling him a Fcb clearly works so well.

 

 

What does lying achieve? He doesn't need to be offensive but Ashleh has Ruined the club with his actions. Second rate all over the place like his shops. 

 

This is why I keep banging on about Pardew being a symptom. He's the spineless man used as a puppet that ashley hopes can deliver minimum targets. Except he's sold all the star players - Pardews fallen out with the rest of the talented lads and the replacements haven't settled in

 

IMO if they had gotten their way Cisse would be in Russia now and we would be rock bottom.

 

Hopefully more than calling him a FCB?

 

We are clutching at Straws when it comes to Ashley I'm sure you've noticed this

[The College Dropout]

 

AM I reading this right? Someone on here apparently saw THE Mike Ashley and the first thing you do is tell him how appreciative you are of what he's done.

 

Have you seen the f***ing stadium or kit? Commercial revenue? The actual team? It's purpose? Beggars belief that.

Why not? Telling him to f*** off and calling him a Fcb clearly works so well.

 

 

What does lying achieve? He doesn't need to be offensive but Ashleh has Ruined the club with his actions. Second rate all over the place like his shops. 

 

This is why I keep banging on about Pardew being a symptom. He's the spineless man used as a puppet that ashley hopes can deliver minimum targets. Except he's sold all the star players - Pardews fallen out with the rest of the talented lads and the replacements haven't settled in

 

IMO if they had gotten their way Cisse would be in Russia now and we would be rock bottom.

 

Hopefully more than calling him a FCB?

 

We are clutching at Straws when it comes to Ashley I'm sure you've noticed this

Then why like his arse? There's a middle ground that doesn't involve name calling you know. The man is desecrating our club ffs.

[DJ_NUFC]

I think junkhead acted in a fairly good, responsible manner. The shock of seeing Ashley and Llambezy cannot be underestimated, one's mind probably goes into overdrive as the scene with the blood flooding the hallways from the Shining starts playing over and over again. If he'd shown any animosity the two would've fucked off or called security on him or punched him, knowing them. Either one of those choices wouldn't have resulted in actually discussing Alan Pardew.

[r0cafella]

 

AM I reading this right? Someone on here apparently saw THE Mike Ashley and the first thing you do is tell him how appreciative you are of what he's done.

 

Have you seen the f***ing stadium or kit? Commercial revenue? The actual team? It's purpose? Beggars belief that.

Why not? Telling him to f*** off and calling him a Fcb clearly works so well.

 

 

What does lying achieve? He doesn't need to be offensive but Ashleh has Ruined the club with his actions. Second rate all over the place like his shops. 

 

This is why I keep banging on about Pardew being a symptom. He's the spineless man used as a puppet that ashley hopes can deliver minimum targets. Except he's sold all the star players - Pardews fallen out with the rest of the talented lads and the replacements haven't settled in

 

IMO if they had gotten their way Cisse would be in Russia now and we would be rock bottom.

 

Hopefully more than calling him a FCB?

 

We are clutching at Straws when it comes to Ashley I'm sure you've noticed this

Then why like his arse? There's a middle ground that doesn't involve name calling you know. The man is desecrating our club ffs.

He is but given the fractures in our supporter base we can't do fuck all.

[BlueStar]

Great move Harold Bishop, send Denis Wise to tell us how we all just hate cockneys and don't appreciate all the great stuff Ashley has done for us, excellent crisis management