Wallsendmag Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 It'll be interesting to see who would be interested in buying them. They've always made losses for as long as I remember and their fans only turn up if you let them in for nowt or next to nowt so other than TV money they don't really generate any other cash through their own merits so they need to be bankrolled just to tick along, which to be fair, is what Short has done by covering their massive losses year after year. No doubt some Saudi Billionaire who doesn't care about any of that that will come in and buy them now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 The issues with Pardew go beyond his capabilities as a manager though. I cannot remember giving less of a shit about NUFC than when managed by him, the whole period after finishing 5th was just a total disaster on every possible turn. Obviously that's Ashley, but he was fully on board with it. In terms of getting results there isn't much between them. Both were absolutely shite and had their sides performing far below what they should have been. Souness is a cunt anyway, fuck him. They're not even comparable. Even at a shallow level, and before what they're like as people, one was shit and sacked, the other was shit and told to carry on for another 8 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 They'll be fine when they sell Kone and Pickford for £75m+ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Chinese investors are interested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Hardly going to have players flocking to join them or sign new contracts, with the future of the club up in the air. Surely Short realises he would get a better wedge by keeping them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 They've got a poor squad but a big wage bill, have a small turnover in comparison to other teams in their league, are drowning in a mountain of growing debt and are bottom of the league and hurtling towards relegation. To top it off they play in one of the most deprived areas of the country. Any investor would need to have a screw loose to take them on if their end game was to make some money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Wallsendmag is so fucking bipolar. Well that's me finished with it all now. Season ticket holder for over 20 years up until 2009 when I couldn't afford to renew due to moving house and since then i've just bought tickets for (nearly every) home games match by match. If i'm not welcome at away games I won't be bothering to line his pockets by attending the home ones either and will copy of the Mackems and watch them in the pub. I remember the old saying, managers, players and directors come and go but the fans are there for life. Not with a lot of the modern day, cowardly type supporters that claim to support NUFC these days it would seem. I can't stand Pardew but I love NUFC more than I dislike him so he certainly won't be stopping me from watching my team next season should he still be here. Should push Pardew closer to the sack. 2nd derby in a row we haven't been up for it. Unfortunately he'll be here for the long term or if he was sacked an equally hopeless replacement would be brought in. So glad I didn't renew my season ticket. This club's going nowhere. I've packed in my season ticket that I'd had over 20 years and pay match by match now. Ill never buy another season ticket as long as Ashley's here because if we're doing well he'll cash in on it in January and leave the last 8 or 9 games as pointless kickabouts like last season. To me when I think back over the last 8 years all I get is Sports Direct, relegation, derby day defeats, Pardew's smug face, Kinnear in the dugout, Ben Arfa being drove out, Carver and then Jonas being told to f*** off despite saving the club from relegation again. Utter grim. Nothing nice or memorable at all. What a waste of 8 f***ing years. When the the history books refer to this chapter all it needs is a Sports Direct sign. There has been no football or football club. Its a shell of a club and the fans are not Newcastle United supporters any more, they are Premier League customers now there to watch a game of Premier League football. Cheers Mike! A very good summary Glad I wrapped in my season ticket so I'm not part of it anymore. I voted no but the more I think about it I'm starting to be swayed more to hoping we go down. I haven't renewed my season ticket so regardless of the league we're in I won't be watching anyway so it's really a choice of another season of trying to finish 17th in the PL and Ashley raking in more £millions or the Championship where I haven't got a clue how we'd get on but I do know Ashley wouldn't be making any money out of the club. I think I'd also take a degree of satisfaction watching the mugs that point blank refuse to stop going sitting through Rotherham at home on a Wednesday night in January. I would happily take a defeat if it meant that would be the last we'd see of Pardew in our dugout. I hate the bloke the same way as I hate Souness and Allardyce. Win, lose or draw on Sunday, it matters not one bit. We'll either be 8th or 9th afterwards which is where we'll be in May after 38 games Jacked his season ticket in, then went back, then jacked it in again because of Pardew (never going back remember) then comes out swinging at a) empty seats at other grounds and b) Newcastle fans who chucked their season ticket in because of Pardew. For someone who's obsessed with other clubs' attendances, it's amazing how many times he's said he's not going back to Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Must've spent all day doing that snowflake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 How many times have I got to say I hated Pardew! However he's old news and we've got one of the world's greatest managers in charge now, so 2 years since he left I find the obsession with him a bit weird. You must have a lot of time on your hands raking through so many old threads mind Living the dream eh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Took me about five minutes by using the search function. That's dedication. How does that compare with the amount of time you've spent studying and discussing Aston Villa's gates? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Wow! 5 years back to prove a point. Are you 10, Wullie? He's just accused me of "turning my stream off in a huff" when it was actually a case of giving up a season ticket of many years and dozens of points. He's flounced away from NUFC more than anyone on this forum and yet points fingers back at anyone not currently going to the match faster than anyone else. It's fucking weird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 We've all said contradictory and emotional stuff in the past, like. Edit: Didn't know the above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Wow! 5 years back to prove a point. Are you 10, Wullie? He's just accused me of "turning my stream off in a huff" when it was actually a case of giving up a season ticket of many years and dozens of points. He's flounced away from NUFC more than anyone on this forum and yet points fingers back at anyone not currently going to the match faster than anyone else. It's f***ing weird. It wasn't aimed at anyone particular. Just a throwaway comment. However since its meant you've wasted your day trawling through this site looking for my comments dating back 5 years I'm glad I said it. Now put your dummy back in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Wasted my day. Is that how long it takes you to use the search function? It is complex stuff tbf. Moral of the story is don't play the soopafan card if you keep packing the match in every five minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I can't even work out if those who go to the match or those who watch it on a river are scum now. The Rafa effect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 At least this is the most we have to argue over these days. Scumbag kernts the lot of you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Wasted my day. Is that how long it takes you to use the search function? It is complex stuff tbf. Moral of the story is don't play the soopafan card if you keep packing the match in every five minutes. Maybe not your entire day. Just 5 or 6 hours of it Either way you need to learn not to take offence on here so easily especially to a daft throwaway comment that wasn't even aimed specifically at yourself. Now go and have a nice cup of tea and calm down. It's only a daft messageboard after all. And I'm sorry for mocking you and your stream. No offence was meant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Back to sunderland... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 They're sh*t...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 how many seats are paid for on average in thier stadium? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag_in_NZ Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 They're sh*t...... On a good day! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubestationatmidnight Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 how many seats are paid for on average in thier stadium? About 25,000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubestationatmidnight Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Can't wait till they slip into obscurity in May with more empty seats than fans again like last time in the championship and no money or saleable assets Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Impressive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Impressive money hard to come by, giving tickets away, pissing money away on players. how can they keep going? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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