triggs Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Writing in his column for The Sun, Shearer said: “If he (Berahino) does join Newcastle it will take Mike Ashley’s spending to over £100million since the summer and for that he can’t be faulted. They're all at it. For that he can't be faulted. I agree there like, he's spent enough money in the last two windows Which should have been spent in the previous 5 windows. Of course Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 £0? £100m. Its still his decision to spend the money whether its actually his money or not aye, but its framed by Shearer as "Ashley's spending", heavily implied it's his cash Doubt Shearer writes his own column. I'd imagine he has a phone conversation with another writer at the paper on a Sunday evening and the ghost writer puts down on paper the gist of what Shearer said Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 £0? £100m. Its still his decision to spend the money whether its actually his money or not He's not even on the board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I feel like by now the club should have more baskets to put its eggs in. Basket prices nowadays are outrageous, tbf. Best to wait on another drought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 £0? £100m. Its still his decision to spend the money whether its actually his money or not aye, but its framed by Shearer as "Ashley's spending", heavily implied it's his cash things like "get your hand in your pocket" have been used at least since westwood, i remember it being said to McKeag and Shephard and no one thought they were spending their own money. It's just a phrase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I'm so grateful for kind Mr Ashley for finally allowing his shit club to spend some of the substantial funds it has accumulated over the last few years though player sales and collection of increasing sums of TV money purely for existing in the Premier League without even pretending to compete. I'm sure the fact we're currently in the relegation zone has absolutely nothing to do with his overwhelming generosity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 £0? £100m. Its still his decision to spend the money whether its actually his money or not He's not even on the board. He owns the club, I'd imagine he has a fairly large part to play in whether we spend loads of money or not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 The players we've signed aren't world beaters but they're very good signings in the context of what we need. A central midfielder that can pass, a less shit defensive midfielder, a winger that's an actual winger and an extra striker. They're decent enough signings in the context of what other clubs around us have managed, but none of them are exactly the type you can hang your hat on to produce what is needed to keep the club up in the way a Berahino or Remy would have. I'm disappointed as well that after spending all that money we will be going into the next few games without a left back and the same leaky central defence that has been conceding goals for the last few years now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 This spending we've done reminds me of when we give souness 50m to spend. Wrong place and time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 £0? £100m. Its still his decision to spend the money whether its actually his money or not aye, but its framed by Shearer as "Ashley's spending", heavily implied it's his cash things like "get your hand in your pocket" have been used at least since westwood, i remember it being said to McKeag and Shephard and no one thought they were spending their own money. It's just a phrase. That's really nothing to do with what is written there, "ashley's spending" is hardly a widely used idiom, its just specific to what he's writing about. It was the same as Hall's spending etc. the say the same with managers, how much Mourinho spent etc. No one thinks it's actually their personal cash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Another day where we've been strung along. "Well we tried" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Yeah that really makes up for our glaring shortfalls. How hard was it to get a left back in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 It was pretty obvious when we tied up the Doumbia signing tbh. I doubt we'd have bothered with him if we really thought Berahino or Remy was arriving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Another day where we've been strung along. "Well we tried" You don't think the Berahino offer was real or a decent offer ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I hope no one touts that "biggest spenders in January" nonsense. It'd be one thing if we were in the top 10 and making a concerted push to achieve something. It's a meaningless tag that is only an indicator of desperation when the squad has been neglected for years and we're stuck in the relegation zone in February. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 It is his cash. They are his player registrations and his trademarks. The seats in SJP all belong to him too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElCid Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Another day where we've been strung along. "Well we tried" You don't think the Berahino offer was real or a decent offer ? No, one don't one you don't email a bid and then two you don't then wait for a reply all day load of bollocks as usual from these muppets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Another day where we've been strung along. "Well we tried" You don't think the Berahino offer was real or a decent offer ? I think it was both. But he hasn't been for sale for months so we should have been looking elsewhere just in case. That and not trying to sign back every LB we've ever had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Another day where we've been strung along. "Well we tried" You don't think the Berahino offer was real or a decent offer ? I think it was both. But he hasn't been for sale for months so we should have been looking elsewhere just in case. That and not trying to sign back every LB we've ever had. no disagreeing they fucked up (I think Doumbaia was the back up option aswell) but thats different to being strung along. FWIW I think they'd have sold if we had been safely in mid table but if we were we wouldn't have been buying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Another day where we've been strung along. "Well we tried" You don't think the Berahino offer was real or a decent offer ? I think it was both. But he hasn't been for sale for months so we should have been looking elsewhere just in case. That and not trying to sign back every LB we've ever had. On the last point, I think that indicates we are not as attractive as once upon a time, fair doos on the shelvey Townsend but again lads desperate to get put of their clubs, same with Berahino. We chased players who were in holes. To me that says we got plenty of knock backs. Bet number one choices were the likes of Lacazette Batshuayi, but not a chance, so we chased another guy desperate to leave his current team. Still think we have bought well, but would have gone all out for a Lb and Cb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jong24 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Perez 'announcement' said it all for me. Two weeks after the lad hinted at it on Twitter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElCid Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 All the people on here trying to stick up for Ashley give your heads a shake man will you. Has he resolved the issue with a guaranteed goalscorer to get the goals to win games no he has gambled again and has he resolved the issue of a defence that leaks goals for fun no he hasn't. He has has two windows this year and I would argue the last four years to resolve these issues and failed at every hurdle and that's why year after year the club is fighting relegation. If you can't score goals and you let goals in for fun then you don't win games as I keep saying it's not rocket science. What he does is get his bunch of muppets to look for bargains and gambles and end up spending millions upon millions on French dross. To enforce the absolute crazy transfer policy he continues to appoint some of the worst managers possible. Are you people just plain gullible? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 All the people on here trying to stick up for Ashley give your heads a shake man will you. Has he resolved the issue with a guaranteed goalscorer to get the goals to win games no he has gambled again and has he resolved the issue of a defence that leaks goals for fun no he hasn't. He has has two windows this year and I would argue the last four years to resolve these issues and failed at every hurdle and that's why year after year the club is fighting relegation. If you can't score goals and you let goals in for fun then you don't win games as I keep saying it's not rocket science. What he does is get his bunch of muppets to look for bargains and gambles and end up spending millions upon millions on French dross. To enforce the absolute crazy transfer policy he continues to appoint some of the worst managers possible. Are you people just plain gullible? Aye there's fucking loads of people here sticking up for Ashley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Who is sticking up for Ashley ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 That cunt on SSN right now, for one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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