HaydnNUFC Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Is he referring to the thing in the Echo (?) which said Bournemouth were waiting to pounce if we're not going to offer Ritchie a new deal? Nah, article in the Mail saying we're not offering him a contract after he asked for one due to his age in addition to the Ryan Fraser link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Don't think we care that much about keeping him either way. I think the player age thing is going to be a deal breaker. We have had an aversion to spending money on older players since Fat Sam was sacked, I don't think Ashley will want to compromise there. If you want an optimistic viewpoint, could be Rafa's way of pushing Ashley to sell up if there is still a buyer assuming we stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 The aversion to signing older players is so weird now that we hardly sign any players at all. At least 6-8 years ago there was a plan to develop and sell those younger players for more money. We don't even do that, now. Once again, Ashley makes no sense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I assume the policy is just to spend as little as possible, regardless of age. Not sure that resale value thing is actually in operation any more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I assume the policy is just to spend as little as possible, regardless of age. Not sure that resale value thing is actually in operation any more. It just a way of spinning a spending nowt policy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 'Immanently' doesn't look right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Quite telling what manky little cunts got invited to this sitdown, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I assume the policy is just to spend as little as possible, regardless of age. Not sure that resale value thing is actually in operation any more. If that were the case Ashley would have no problem paying £10m for 33 year old superstars. You could build a big name team for relative peanuts. Obviously resale value matters otherwise you could have a worthless squad within two years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Can we get excited again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Quite telling what manky little cunts got invited to this sitdown, like. Is Herpy Herp an aforementioned? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Quite telling what manky little cunts got invited to this sitdown, like. Is Herpy Herp an aforementioned? Bird, Coverdale, Hope and Ryder from what I can tell so far. No Caulkin or Edwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Ryder Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Break transfer fee? Easy when they spread it over 5 years like car finance or something. 50m to spend as well? Tell them to fuck off Rafa! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Can we get excited again? Nah, from reading that tweet it sounds like they're starting to shift the blame on Rafa if he doesn't sign. 'We were so determined to keep Rafa, we turned down approaches from several world class managers. With no time left to secure our number one target (Rafa) we were left with no other choice than to appoint Sammy Lee as first team manager. We shall now get behind Sammy, just like we know our world class supporters will. Season tickets still on sale'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Quite telling what manky little cunts got invited to this sitdown, like. Is Herpy Herp an aforementioned? Bird, Coverdale, Hope and Ryder from what I can tell so far. No Caulkin or Edwards. Aye but I didn't think Hope was manky? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 He's the most in the pocket one of the lot, isn't he? :: Always seems to get "exclusives" from Ashley's side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Spose. Just remember him calling out McClaren. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 3 years is a long time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 You couldn’t pay me to go back to SJP, would take Ashley selling up and even then I don’t think I could bear sitting beside the kind of fans that inhabit the place for 90 minutes every week. Do us all a favour mate, and keep your promise to stay away - Ashley or no Ashley You contribute f**ing nothing - to this forum or to the club. I struggle to see from your craic on here what you can possibly offer to wider society. Even sat whining in your easychair, you're a waste of the stale-fart air you breathe. I could be wrong, but isn't HTT pretty much the reason that this forum exists in the first place? Proud to say I played a big part, but only one part as many others did too like Toontastic, that was following the (illegal) shut down of the old nufc.nu and old Toontastic.net boards which merged into this place of course. I’ve not been involved in the running of here for over a decade though I think, Dave and all the fine mods/admin are to blame since... N.O is what it is (great) because of the members, and there are so many top people on here, not just me. Cheers for the love from some of you btw, much love back. But I can see why people would be riled so much by the kind of comments I’ve made about fans like Majorie. In general as much as I loathe most of our match day going fans, I kind of also admire them for their unconditional support of the club/team even when their support is undeserved and doing so helps no-one but Ashley and just helps fuck the club. C'est la vie! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 The story is literally "we don't want to comment." That paper is the worst. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I'd be very very surprised if he decides to stay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Going to miss him so much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest godzilla Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Always said Rafa has not a cat's hell chance in staying with Ashley in charge. The quotes being thrown around by the absolute clown (who unbelievably doubled his wage :lol:) fully illustrates the reasons why he won't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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