TaylorJ_01 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 bad news this is extraordinary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Rob Lee on talksport now 'who else will work for Ashley' 'Pardew has had some undeserved stick' fuckthisshit.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 We had a good core of players the last time we were relegated. Along with the right manager at the right time, we made promotion look easy. I'm not so sure this time. I absolutely don't want this club to go down. Ashley wouldn't drop his asking price by much, we'd still be a very expensive club to buy even I'm the Championship. So likelihood would be we were stuck with him. Much better chance of him finding a buyer in the Prem, a buyer who wants to get the club into the CL and make money that way. Have to agree, I don't see how relegation this time has any positives. Except maybe Pardew going obviously. Folk can throw the word around like its no big deal, but relegation can be absolutely devastating to a football club. I don't want to chance that at all. I enjoyed our season in the Championship, mainly because we won most games, but the thought of spending anymore than a season down there is absolutely depressing. Imagine being one of the also rans year after year. Spending so much time in the Championship that even being a Villa or a Stoke would be an attractive proposition. Yeah, relegation is awful. I didn't enjoy the Championship at all, although it was probably a good way to get rid of all the baggage we were carrying. Going into that season after that Orient game in particular, it was terrifying. Another relegation looked more likely than a promotion at that stage. I think that gets forgotten, just how dark things looked for a spell before the points started rolling in. Yeah really dark days. If it wasn't for Hughton, Barton, Nolan, Harper, Smith and one or two others we would have been dead and buried. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Pinkman Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Starting to think Ashley realises he won't ever get it so good again and that he will never find a more loyal yes man than Pardew and that's the only reason he's staying, you got to remember this is the man who has hired Kinnear twice and the likes of Denis Wise who haven't been hired by anyone since. Ashley doesn't view things from a football perspective. I imagine he's made huge profits the last 3 or so years with Pardew in charge and probably realises he'll never get someone so weak again. Think he's just hoping Pardew keeps us up, so he can keep getting maximum profits without the demand for investment from the manager. The whole thing stinks, and to be honest I'm surprised the likes of Carr haven't walked either, he must see how the club is being run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Rob Lee on talksport now 'who else will work for Ashley' 'Pardew has had some undeserved stick' fuckthisshit.gif That's the exact opposite of the view he had on Pardew at a talk-in I went to about 5 months ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Worth remembering when talking about relegation that its not just the loss in TV money. Obviously we'd lose £70-80m and for two seasons parachute payments would cover £15 to £20m(?) of that. But you then have Football league financial fair play, which will fine you £1 for every £1 you lose. We'll obviously be in the red both seasons by £15-£20m, meaning even if we do come back up we then have a £30-£40m fine to pay. Parachute payments are for 4 seasons.now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I know Ashley doesn't care about normal football reasons, I've accepted that. But maybe he doesn't care about financial ones either. It beggars belief if he really doesn't think we'll go down under Pardew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Rob Lee on talksport now 'who else will work for Ashley' 'Pardew has had some undeserved stick' fuckthisshit.gif Surely all those ex-players coming out to defend Pardew recently could only be a PR stunt by the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Rob Lee on talksport now 'who else will work for Ashley' 'Pardew has had some undeserved stick' fuckthisshit.gif Said we had an organised defence in the summer. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Rob Lee on talksport now 'who else will work for Ashley' 'Pardew has had some undeserved stick' fuckthisshit.gif That's the exact opposite of the view he had on Pardew at a talk-in I went to about 5 months ago. In fairness he has mainly been slaughtering Ashley and the transfer policy but he has definitely avoided calling Pardew the useless sack of shit that he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Desperate stuff from NUFC and of course, Ashley is trolling us supporters. I actually believe at this point, he would take us being relegated just so he could give us another bloody nose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Rob Lee on talksport now 'who else will work for Ashley' 'Pardew has had some undeserved stick' fuckthisshit.gif That's the exact opposite of the view he had on Pardew at a talk-in I went to about 5 months ago. £200 cash in hand is enough for some people to completely sell out it seems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Rob Lee on talksport now 'who else will work for Ashley' 'Pardew has had some undeserved stick' fuckthisshit.gif Said we had an organised defence in the summer. :lol: As we looked like a pub side against Malaga wasnt it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Or they dont want to banned from the club. Stats are stats and pardew's record his shocking. The team looks broken and lost, cant score and cant defend. How anyone can logically comment on it any other way isn't bein truthful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Something weird happens when you get footballers on national media, they just lose any ability to think independently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 You want to look good in front of the owners in case there's jobs for the boys. Not too different from Barça, really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Rob Lee will want the exposure his TS call will bring in, and he won't burn any bridges with a fellow pro incase they find themselves booked for the same show, or the show refuses to have Lee on for slating the other guest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Something weird happens when you get footballers on national media, they just lose any ability to think independently. Like Ive said before the only pundit who has spoken about Pardew and not backed him, was John Hartson on Football Focus towards the end of last season during that awful run...which has continued. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Didn't Carr want to leave when Kinnear was hired and Ashley convinced him to stay? Not surprising if true. Carr goes and finds him these players we can get relatively cheap who will keep us in the league and then one or two can be sold on a few years later for a tidy profit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Or they dont want to banned from the club. Stats are stats and pardew's record his shocking. The team looks broken and lost, cant score and cant defend. How anyone can logically comment on it any other way isn't bein truthful. Lee was saying that largely due to us not buying 'Premier League players' as opposed to the godawful tactics and coaching Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 If thats the case, I can be manager. We dont need one. Just need to buy good players and kick back. Best job in the world Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 He's still right to an extent. Lee doesn't rate Pardew like, it's shit that he's backed him though. I'll have to have a listen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Or they dont want to banned from the club. Stats are stats and pardew's record his shocking. The team looks broken and lost, cant score and cant defend. How anyone can logically comment on it any other way isn't bein truthful. Lee was saying that largely due to us not buying 'Premier League players' as opposed to the godawful tactics and coaching I suppose the only way to prove this wrong is to have another manager have a crack at the team. Hopefully it wont be another scrap heap challenge manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 He's still right to an extent. Lee doesn't rate Pardew like, it's shit that he's backed him though. I'll have to have a listen. Not backing him, just making excuses to not slate him basically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Or they dont want to banned from the club. Stats are stats and pardew's record his shocking. The team looks broken and lost, cant score and cant defend. How anyone can logically comment on it any other way isn't bein truthful. Lee was saying that largely due to us not buying 'Premier League players' as opposed to the godawful tactics and coaching I suppose the only way to prove this wrong is to have another manager have a crack at the team. Hopefully it wont be another scrap heap challenge manager. Amazing how teams like Leicester manage to pull off good results with a squad of mainly Championship players mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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