David Icke - Son of God Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 The only thing that will get to him is a concerted attempt attack by NUFC fans on Sports Direct. That's the only thing he cares about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBingo Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Might have been posted already, but this is spot on.... https://www.football365.com/news/newcastle-the-club-where-tomorrow-never-comes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTom Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 He's trolling the supporter base, with his choice of wording/analogy which stinks of irony. Major trolling points awarded to him. Or he has actually realised that low budget shops only have so much milage in them then they trail off eventually. Especially with his online business, there is far more choice for on-line shoppers. Where the high street is a bit more limited to SD or JD. That, but don't you think it's funny that he didn't stick to expressing the company's 'new' direction strictly from a retail perspective. The bloke imho is taking the piss & trolling the supporter/fan base (of NUFC). Clearly taking the piss, but then again he has been for years and still a sizeable proportion of our support base doesn't accept this to be the case. Full on Stockholm syndrome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Do people here shop at Sports Direct? Genuine question. I haven't since Keegangate, and I know it has no effect in reality but I just couldn't give money to this cunt if it could be avoided. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Nah, I don't even go inside it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 He’s playing Moneyball with the Premier League and has been for some time.. spend more money on a manager, less on the squad. He knows Rafa won’t let us go down despite virtually no financial input of any meaningful way. granted i've only seen the movie but moneyball is not what he's doing at all like, the point of that was to get a club that can't compete to be able to compete he's doing the fucking opposite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiesteve710 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 He's trolling the supporter base, with his choice of wording/analogy which stinks of irony. Major trolling points awarded to him. Or he has actually realised that low budget shops only have so much milage in them then they trail off eventually. Especially with his online business, there is far more choice for on-line shoppers. Where the high street is a bit more limited to SD or JD. That, but don't you think it's funny that he didn't stick to expressing the company's 'new' direction strictly from a retail perspective. The bloke imho is taking the piss & trolling the supporter/fan base (of NUFC). Clearly taking the piss, but then again he has been for years and still a sizeable proportion of our support base doesn't accept this to be the case. Full on Stockholm syndrome. A not-insignificant element of our fanbase still think he somehow saved the club financially ffs!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Who remembers curry-gate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 It'll probably only kick off at the final home game when everyone realises Rafa is going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiesteve710 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 It'll probably only kick off at the final home game when everyone realises Rafa is going. I don't think it will. I think in this scenario everyone will be intent on giving rafa the sendoff he deserves. Over the following summer, some will drift away without making too much of a fuss and others will renew regardless. As long as we're in the premier league I don't think Ashley will be too fussed either way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Correct me if I'm wrong here, but has Ashley actually lost any money due to previous relegations? The club certainly has, but Ashley 'lends' the club say £30 million to cover losses and adds it to his 'loan'. The club owes him more money, payable upon a sale no doubt (although didn't he even take some back a while ago?). Every relegation increases the debt to him, increasing his selling price to even more ridiculous levels. He'll keep us until he's taken all his 'loan' out and then sell an empty shell probably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 It'll probably only kick off at the final home game when everyone realises Rafa is going. Small pockets of the stadium, sure.. but people hoping for a full on protest or 'revolt' or whatever are gonna be disapponted. Way too many people at the games happy just to be going and seeing Premier League football and see the event of going to the game every week too big/important to turn on Ashley for just because Rafa leaves. There'll be other managers and those people don't or won't see the importance of Rafa. When I go to home games (maybe 5 per season) I sit all over and those types are everywhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Do you think Mike is the most hated person in Newcastle? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Do you think Mike is the most hated person in Newcastle? People really need to get over the Liverpool thing. He was just a naive guy from across the pond. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiesteve710 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Do you think Mike is the most hated person in Newcastle? People really need to get over the Liverpool thing. He was just a naive guy from across the pond. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Correct me if I'm wrong here, but has Ashley actually lost any money due to previous relegations? The club certainly has, but Ashley 'lends' the club say £30 million to cover losses and adds it to his 'loan'. The club owes him more money, payable upon a sale no doubt (although didn't he even take some back a while ago?). Every relegation increases the debt to him, increasing his selling price to even more ridiculous levels. He'll keep us until he's taken all his 'loan' out and then sell an empty shell probably. Hence why I don't think it matters if we go down or not; he'll "loan" the club money to be promoted again and the cycle continues. We're doomed whether he's here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 It'll probably only kick off at the final home game when everyone realises Rafa is going. I don't think it will. I think in this scenario everyone will be intent on giving rafa the sendoff he deserves. Over the following summer, some will drift away without making too much of a fuss and others will renew regardless. As long as we're in the premier league I don't think Ashley will be too fussed either way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemagpie Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 It'll probably only kick off at the final home game when everyone realises Rafa is going. Small pockets of the stadium, sure.. but people hoping for a full on protest or 'revolt' or whatever are gonna be disapponted. Way too many people at the games happy just to be going and seeing Premier League football and see the event of going to the game every week too big/important to turn on Ashley for just because Rafa leaves. There'll be other managers and those people don't or won't see the importance of Rafa. When I go to home games (maybe 5 per season) I sit all over and those types are everywhere So how does turning on Ashley stop people from doing that exactly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 It'll probably only kick off at the final home game when everyone realises Rafa is going. Small pockets of the stadium, sure.. but people hoping for a full on protest or 'revolt' or whatever are gonna be disapponted. Way too many people at the games happy just to be going and seeing Premier League football and see the event of going to the game every week too big/important to turn on Ashley for just because Rafa leaves. There'll be other managers and those people don't or won't see the importance of Rafa. When I go to home games (maybe 5 per season) I sit all over and those types are everywhere So how does turning on Ashley stop people from doing that exactly? It doesn't, but singing a song saying you think he's a cunt and waving a banner isn't going to do anything while you're still there putting money in his pocket Defeats the whole point of fans turning. Unless the "turn" is actually doing fuck all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElCid Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 It'll probably only kick off at the final home game when everyone realises Rafa is going. Small pockets of the stadium, sure.. but people hoping for a full on protest or 'revolt' or whatever are gonna be disapponted. Way too many people at the games happy just to be going and seeing Premier League football and see the event of going to the game every week too big/important to turn on Ashley for just because Rafa leaves. There'll be other managers and those people don't or won't see the importance of Rafa. When I go to home games (maybe 5 per season) I sit all over and those types are everywhere So how does turning on Ashley stop people from doing that exactly? West Hams fans certainly showed the way maybe a tadge too much but it certainly got the message through and a bit more venom than the pointless FCB chants Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemagpie Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Plenty will stop going when Rafa goes. He is the last manager in the mould of KK and Bobby that many of us are likely to see here. It's a tough call as to whether or not to enjoy as much as possible this last year of such a manager. I caved and renewed my ticket but don't make the first payment until 15th August. I will probably keep it for this one last year but this depends on how bad things really are come the end of the transfer window. I'm not holding my breath on a good outcome though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Heard it all before. Hardly anyone will walk away if Rafa goes and those that do will see their seats filled very quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I think a continuous version of Chubby Browns "You fat bastard" would catch on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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