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After Ashley's public interview, the most obvious thing I expected him to do was to bin this bald f*** and Carver and appoint two new qualified people for the roles. But his mention of Charnley kind of blew his whole 'second chance' bullshit and I think has showed him once again for what he is: clueless about football. I wonder if he hires incompetent, unqualified people to run his business.

 

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It is understood no appointment is imminent, with Lee Charnley, the managing director, being prepared to wait a few weeks to secure the right man. The plan is to have him installed by the time the players return to pre-season training in early July. Along the way Charnley is expected to reconsider the credentials of John Carver, the interim head coach, as well as those of McClaren, Garde and Laudrup.

 

Yeah, no rush pal.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/26/newcastle-united-managerial-shortlist-steve-mcclaren-remi-garde-michael-laudrup?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

Beyond belief, Just beyond belief.

 

We have less than 80 days to be ready for the new season, and this crock of shit still needs another 14 days to think about it.

 

 

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As long as we get the right man in, before they return to pre season training I'm okay with that. But tbh, it won't happen imo. You can never second guess who it will be, sadly we just have to #wait and see.

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think I need to walk away from this (football) board for a few weeks, the thought of this useless fucking turkey stumbling around for weeks to make what will inevitably be a shite decision is starting to get too much for me already

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Despite Carver’s collection of four points from the team’s final 11 games leading Newcastle into a relegation skirmish, Charnley believes there are mitigating factors and has not dismissed the 50-year-old’s candidature

 

If that's even close to being true that is fucking disgraceful

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It is understood no appointment is imminent, with Lee Charnley, the managing director, being prepared to wait a few weeks to secure the right man. The plan is to have him installed by the time the players return to pre-season training in early July. Along the way Charnley is expected to reconsider the credentials of John Carver, the interim head coach, as well as those of McClaren, Garde and Laudrup.

 

Yeah, no rush pal.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/26/newcastle-united-managerial-shortlist-steve-mcclaren-remi-garde-michael-laudrup?CMP=share_btn_tw

Clearly a stalling tactic to get more season ticket money.  So many people must be ready to cancel as soon as they name Carver.

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Still don't see how he can realistically appoint Carver without becoming an enormous figure of ridicule throughout the entire sport. He came out in January and said they have received 80 applications and he ignored all of them and went with Carver. We all saw the car-crash coming and it duly did. He almost relegated us with the worst run of defeats in the club's entire history in his 5 months in charge.

 

Option 1: If Charnley chooses to make him permanent he'll be rinsed by everyone. 

 

Option 2: If Charnley is forced to appoint him because he can't find/convince someone better to do the job he'll get rinsed twice as much.

 

The way I see it he simply must appoint someone else to avoid looking like the biggest mug on the planet. Who'd be a bigger mug - Carver or the sackless cunt who makes Carver permanent? He's got to go with someone else, he just has to. :lol:

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As I see it, Ashley has a credibility problem (hence his sky interview Sunday). If he's prepared to shelve his tacit stance after 8 odd years, then he clearly knows there's a storm on the way that he needs to head off. Regardless of the 'I don't pick the manager' routine, he will be acutely aware that the world and its mother know that Carver is a busted flush. He must also accept that he (and the other back room staff on long contracts) may cost him more to be retained as employees should he have a repeat of last season.

Furthermore, I reckon that distancing himself from making key 'footballing' decisions allows him room for manoeuvre should Charnley make another pigs ear of things though I doubt he would jettison him without good reason as he presumably sees him as his eyes & ears link to the locals. Can anyone give any other credible reasoning behind promoting someone so ill equipped to run a premier league club (other than the obvious-he's cheap).

For these reasons I'm cautiously optimistic about the summer without really buying into his three minute manifesto.

My monies on One or two 'statement' signings, McLaren as manager & another slightly less shite season to come.

 

 

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I just can't believe that (although he sounds it) Mike Ashley is as thick as he comes across by some of his appointments. I really don't see how hard it can be to be aware of the obvious faults at this club, or in fact how easy it would be to get things running smoothly. Why does he insist on surrounding himself with incompetent staff who clearly have less of an idea about how things work in the footballing world than he does? It's not rocket science that you would employ a general manager/chairman with previous experience of running a football club or at least knowing how it's done effectively. Charnley in fact has a testicle for a head, all in all he is just a walking bollock with zero ability in a sporting environment and even less where football in concerned. You'd think Ashley would have learnt from the shit-storm that Llambias created or the wank mess that 'Boggle-eyes' Wise was involved in.

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It is understood no appointment is imminent, with Lee Charnley, the managing director, being prepared to wait a few weeks to secure the right man. The plan is to have him installed by the time the players return to pre-season training in early July. Along the way Charnley is expected to reconsider the credentials of John Carver, the interim head coach, as well as those of McClaren, Garde and Laudrup.

 

Yeah, no rush pal.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/26/newcastle-united-managerial-shortlist-steve-mcclaren-remi-garde-michael-laudrup?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

"In a rare interview last Sunday Ashley pledged to invest heavily in new players next season"

 

I may have to listen to it again but I don't think he pledged any of the sort, did he?

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It is understood no appointment is imminent, with Lee Charnley, the managing director, being prepared to wait a few weeks to secure the right man. The plan is to have him installed by the time the players return to pre-season training in early July. Along the way Charnley is expected to reconsider the credentials of John Carver, the interim head coach, as well as those of McClaren, Garde and Laudrup.

 

Yeah, no rush pal.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/26/newcastle-united-managerial-shortlist-steve-mcclaren-remi-garde-michael-laudrup?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

"In a rare interview last Sunday Ashley pledged to invest heavily in new players next season"

 

I may have to listen to it again but I don't think he pledged any of the sort, did he?

 

No, I think his wording was he will continue his policy of investment... which to my mind means he'll be putting in bugger all and selling anything that he thinks will make him a profit.  :hmm:

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It is understood no appointment is imminent, with Lee Charnley, the managing director, being prepared to wait a few weeks to secure the right man. The plan is to have him installed by the time the players return to pre-season training in early July. Along the way Charnley is expected to reconsider the credentials of John Carver, the interim head coach, as well as those of McClaren, Garde and Laudrup.

 

Yeah, no rush pal.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/26/newcastle-united-managerial-shortlist-steve-mcclaren-remi-garde-michael-laudrup?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

"In a rare interview last Sunday Ashley pledged to invest heavily in new players next season"

 

I may have to listen to it again but I don't think he pledged any of the sort, did he?

 

No, I think his wording was he will continue his policy of investment... which to my mind means he'll be putting in bugger all and selling anything that he thinks will make him a profit.  :hmm:

I think it is also the section where he admits we may need some luck today (last Sunday) but that we won't be in this position again. I think an admission that the quality of the squad, and hopefully the coaches, isn't right.

 

I wonder if the new ambition of the owner has caught Charnley on the hop and maybe he has to find a bigger budget for the new coach than he originally planned.

 

Apologies for the optimism in the comments, I do think it will be McClaren but the problem with the summer months is that small ray of hope that usually lasts until 1st September.

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Nice one Lee! Great to see you've been busy since the end of December!

 

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/lee-charnley-draw-up-head-9334427

 

Mike Ashley has handed full responsibility to managing director Lee Charnley and Newcastle United’s “football board” ahead of what many at the club feel will be the busiest summer of the Toon tycoon’s ownership.

 

The process to decide who will be the next head coach and confirm the list of summer transfer targets is expected to get under way today, with Charnley meeting up with board members to thrash out a plan of action.

 

It is understood that Ashley wants a “hands-off” role when it comes to making football decisions, but the owner spoke to Charnley and John Carver about his relief after the 2-0 win over West Ham.

 

Newcastle will lose one board member – financial guru John Irving – in the near future.

 

And it remains to be seen whether they add to the “football board”, which Ashley spoke about in public on Sunday, by bringing in a football consultant-style director in due course.

 

That was Ashley’s course of action the last time United came close to relegation in 2013.

 

However, the ill-fated decision to bring back Joe Kinnear backfired when the ex-Wimbledon boss failed to clinch a single permanent signing – despite making a huge sales pitch to Ashley that he would be able to reshape the club’s football operations from top to bottom.

 

For now, Charnley will continue to work with chief scout Graham Carr and head coach John Carver as the club look to make better decisions than in seasons gone by.

 

Carver will go away on holiday soon but has so far been in charge of structuring pre-season dates and friendly options, which will begin in mid-July.

 

Players are expected back for pre-season training on July 1 but those involved with international matches in mid-June will be afforded extra holiday to get the required rest period in before the new season starts.

 

Meanwhile, it is believed that there is continued interest from Crystal Palace in Newcastle goalkeeper coach Andy Woodman.

 

Alan Pardew has always taken Woodman with him during his career, but the former Palace keeper opted to stay on Tyneside in January.

 

 

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"Lee Charnley to draw up head coach shortlist after being handed full control of search"

 

Shortlist, that's a canny idea. Wonder how long it took him to come up with that one.

 

Pretty sure they said the same thing when Pardew left :lol:

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