OCK Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 He, very noticeably, stopped short of completing the sentence around his proposed model. Refraining from finishing with 'and then sell them for a huuuuuggge profit' which was clearly the next and final step in the model being complete when taking about buying up young talent from around Europe. Yeah you could tell that's what was going to happen next. Sky had arranged for the sky to go dark behind him, and had a special zoom macro set up on the camera, with his face perfectly framed for the diabolical laugh. They even had the lighting ready to flicker to simulate lightning strikes. He did well to keep that last line in, but ruined a golden moment of Sky and David Craig. What a bell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 He, very noticeably, stopped short of completing the sentence around his proposed model. Refraining from finishing with 'and then sell them for a huuuuuggge profit' which was clearly the next and final step in the model being complete when taking about buying up young talent from around Europe. Yeah you could tell that's what was going to happen next. Sky had arranged for the sky to go dark behind him, and had a special zoom macro set up on the camera, with his face perfectly framed for the diabolical laugh. They even had the lighting ready to flicker to simulate lightning strikes. He did well to keep that last line in, but ruined a golden moment of Sky and David Craig. What a bell. Wish he was struck by lightning the cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 F365 nails it as normal: http://www.football365.com/news/premier-league-winners-losers-4 Mike Ashley A club owner second on the losers list; how very modern. But if we’re speaking of embarrassingly inactive owners, there is only one place to end. “It is the same situation we had before. We know what we need,” said a clearly frustrated Rafael Benitez after full-time on Sunday. “We need some new players that bring some new energy to the team. It is important to challenge your players. “For me, we need to sign some players until the end of the transfer window. It is important to refresh the squad to create more competition between us. We have ten months and we are involved in four competitions. We need more competition, more quality, more players who can play in the team to keep the level we want.” You might be able to read between the lines and see Benitez’s subtle message that he would quite like Newcastle to sign some new players, and you can see his point. The manager was told that he would be backed if he achieved promotion, and that has not occurred. Newcastle have either been slow to tie up deals, slow to move for players at all or not prepared to match wage demands that are hardly unrealistic. As so often over the last five years, their owner is the one to blame. “As I said the other day, it is like wallpaper. I don’t have that cash in the bank so I don’t have the ability to write a cheque for £200m. I don’t have it, it’s simple,” said Ashley in an interview with Sky Sports last week. “And I have to make it clear that I am nowhere near wealthy enough in football now to compete with the likes of Man City and others.” How good of Ashley to answer the questions that no Newcastle supporter was asking. They are not hoping to compete with Manchester City, but to allow their manager to have the best shot at consolidating this club in the Premier League. Given the revenues Newcastle will make through broadcasting rights this season, it is ludicrous that Benitez can only spend what he makes in player sales. Does Ashley think we are stupid enough to believe his lines about his own lack of available wealth or funds for players? Seventeen of the 20 Premier League clubs have paid more than £12m for a player since the start of last season; Newcastle are operating on a different level to Brighton and Huddersfield, the other exceptions. Nineteen of the 20 Premier League clubs have broken their transfer record since the beginning of 2016; Newcastle are the only exception. Every time Newcastle take steps forward under Ashley’s ownership, he seems intent of kiboshing all progress. His meanness is placing a ceiling even on Newcastle’s most reasonable ambitions, and threatens to again plunge this club into crisis. Probably being dense here, but involved in 4 competitions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Winning the League Relegation battle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Cheers, didn't realise the elf trophy counted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Just listening to his interview, odd response when asked about his biggest challenge in football: "On a Monday morning you're in a totally different business world where it has cheques and balance and football literally doesn't have any. It is nearly, right if this player came up and we wanted to spend 50 mill on a player it'll be ok because they'll come and embrace the club and leave everything out on the pitch. And that actually isn't the case, you can actually get a lot more out of a trainee or a young Andy Carroll because they've got so much passion to want to get that place in the team on the pitch & they do leave everything out there". Pretty clear his pov on spending money from that imo, hasn't seen much value in doing so. He's saying clearly his bias is towards younger players who may offer more than those who are proven. He's bought Pardew's lies about players not working hard enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 It's quite humorous that he talks about buying £50m players in the first place. We barely go over a quarter of that for our "marquee" signings. The least said about the #pashun bit the better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Just listening to his interview, odd response when asked about his biggest challenge in football: "On a Monday morning you're in a totally different business world where it has cheques and balance and football literally doesn't have any. It is nearly, right if this player came up and we wanted to spend 50 mill on a player it'll be ok because they'll come and embrace the club and leave everything out on the pitch. And that actually isn't the case, you can actually get a lot more out of a trainee or a young Andy Carroll because they've got so much passion to want to get that place in the team on the pitch & they do leave everything out there". Pretty clear his pov on spending money from that imo, hasn't seen much value in doing so. He's saying clearly his bias is towards younger players who may offer more than those who are proven. It's just another way he can justify spending no money on signings. Quite clever in that he knew he could play the Geordie pashun card and get a few dimwits onside. Quite sickening interview tbh, made me despise him more than I ever did before. The one thing I respected him for, the sacking of Fat Sam, he counted as one of his mistakes. Seedy fat bastard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Every Newcastle fan should watch the interview the whole thing was an apology for everything that has gone before & everything that will go wrong in the future. It's a half hour excuse, while all but putting the club up for sale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianovthetoon Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 See some Chinese fella has just bought a lions share of Southampton for 210m which values them at around 265m With that logic there's no way on this planet anyone is greasing Ashley's palm with 600m. He'd be lucky to get what Southampton have, although arguably we should be worth more - so maybe 350m is a fair price in today's vastly inflated market.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 tiddly winks :anguish: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Banaloona Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 See some tiddly winks have just bought a lions share of Southampton for 210m which values them at around 265m With that logic there's no way on this planet anyone is greasing Ashley's palm with 600m. He'd be lucky to get what Southampton have, although arguably we should be worth more - so maybe 350m is a fair price in today's vastly inflated market.... Wow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Fuck sake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 See some tiddly winks have just bought a lions share of Southampton for 210m which values them at around 265m With that logic there's no way on this planet anyone is greasing Ashley's palm with 600m. He'd be lucky to get what Southampton have, although arguably we should be worth more - so maybe 350m is a fair price in today's vastly inflated market.... Fucking hell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 never heard that one before like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Neither had i, guess it is just rhyming slang for ch*nks? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Neither had i, guess it is just rhyming slang for ch*nks? Aye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Just did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Just did. Removed for ease. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelveys Hair Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Rangers only got about 7p on every £1 spent on merchandise in the original deal with Sports Direct, I wonder what ours is? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 It's quite amazing that all these other clubs are finding buyers, but fat Mike who is looking to sell just can't find any investors who are stupid enough to pay his ludicrous asking fee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 http://ashleyout.com/myths/ashley-wants-out-no-buyers/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 http://ashleyout.com/myths/ashley-wants-out-no-buyers/ Cracking work that. Its all a massive fudge by Ashley. I had forgot all about the Steve McMahon take over bid with the Singapore group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 The Football Ramble absolutely took him to the cleaners over his interview. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 The Football Ramble absolutely took him to the cleaners over his interview. Link? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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