Mike Ashley (former owner) (still alive)

[Guest]

Still 2,700 there cheering on his players and manager, he’ll be laughing his tits off. There’ll be the usual disenchantment on social media for the next week and then another 45k will show up next Sunday and a few thousand at Stamford Bridge after that and the cycle will continue.

 

[mickthemagpie]

Apart from the selling Rondon bit couldn't disagree with a single word of that.

[Wallsendmag]

Seriously though what's an acceptable valuation of NUFC as it stands?

 

I know £350m seemed to be the ball park figure but that was when we had Rafa Benitez as manager, a solid mid table PL team and 52k sell out crowds every week.

 

Now we have Steve Bruce, look like relegation certainties and the stadium is probably 70% full at best despite the club pretending it's fuller than it is.

 

I'd be genuinely amazed if he could get £200m in its current condition!

[Guest covmag]

Seriously though what's an acceptable valuation of NUFC as it stands?

 

I know £350m seemed to be the ball park figure but that was when we had Rafa Benitez as manager, a solid mid table PL team and 52k sell out crowds every week.

 

Now we have Steve Bruce, look like relegation certainties and the stadium is probably 70% full at best despite the club pretending it's fuller than it is.

 

I'd be genuinely amazed if he could get £200m in its current condition!

 

 

It’s notfor sale, it’s obvious

[Scoot]

Wonder what the update will be tonight. Kenyon steps up pursuit? Club sold before Christmas? Ewok's set to submit late bid?

 

What update? What's happening?

[sbnufc]

Wonder what the update will be tonight. Kenyon steps up pursuit? Club sold before Christmas? Ewok's set to submit late bid?

 

What update? What's happening?

nowt, as usual

[Rafalove]

When/if we go down should be interesting as we won’t have the same assets to sell this time.

[Big Geordie]

When/if we go down should be interesting as we won’t have the same assets to sell this time.

 

He will seek to peddle Dubs, Lascelles, Schar. Longstaff and probs Almiron/Joelinton. There will still be cash for him to make from a relegation.

[LV]

Guy on 606 was great, calm and collected but nailed Ashley.  Well done if it was anyone on here, there was a hysterical nutjob before him tho!

 

 

 

wonderful. nailed it.

 

Brilliant call. Great stuff. If it’s someone off here, you’re a legend.

[Wilson]

Yeah, nailed it.

 

However I'm also fine with Bruce taking pelters in the crossfire, and anyone else working for fatty.  They shouldn't be given a free ride just because they aren't the cause.

[LV]

Yep, I’m with you on that too.

[Robster]

Yeah, nailed it.

However I'm also fine with Bruce taking pelters in the crossfire, and anyone else working for fatty.  They shouldn't be given a free ride just because they aren't the cause.

100%

Whoever takes this job on now should be given pelters from the moment they walk in the door. Make the job as toxic as possible so that literally no one wants it. At that point, it gives Ashley a real problem.

[huss9]

even if we get relegated, bruce will be here next season.

[Robster]

even if we get relegated, bruce will be here next season.

Good. Keep us down there.

[Guest chopey]

If we keep playing like this he'll be gone after the January window.

[Consortium of one]

There's no hope while Ashley is the owner.  No one with any reputation or potential will come to the hot, steaming mess that is Sports Direct FC.  The deck chairs have been rearranged, all the lifeboats are in the water and the band is playing.  All that is left is the slow descent to the bottom.

[Doctor Zaius]

Bruce gone by December I think. Allardyce paid an absolute fortune to come in and attempt to save us. Wild celebrations from the SJP loyelest supportas as we scrape 17th on the final day of the season. Fair play to big mike for acting when necessary, credit where credits due, pass me a season ticket renewal form.

[Taylor Swift]

He's about to risk 50m for us to come straight back up. Hope he fails. This relegation might cost him 150-200m.

[Guest neesy111]

even if we get relegated, bruce will be here next season.

 

This.

[Conjo]

If we go down, keeping Bruce is a good thing. Improves the chances of not getting automatic promotion. Ashley will spend to get us up. If crowds and ST goes down significantly then the second season in the championship will be even harder as Ashley will most likely have to sell players without buying unless he gambles and puts his own money into the club. With the tragic investment in youth there won't be many, if any, youth players that will be able to step up either.

[Chris_R]

Where's this "He'll spend if we go down" rhetoric come from? Last time we went down, we made a surplus of over £30m on transfers.

[Conjo]

He still spent more than the rest of the league (bar Villa maybe?) on new players regardless of how much we got from player sales last time we went down. That's pretty normal for any club that gets relegated since the best players wants to remain at the highest level and the club is usually not able to justify having players with such a high wage in a lower division.

 

The previous relegation he spent in January to secure promotion even though we probably wouldn't have needed to do so.

[Taylor Swift]

We made 30m on transfers last time we went down, but the club still lost money because of high wages. This time even if we make the same amount on transfers, it'll cost much more in wages. And if we don't come up the first season, he's going to have to pump in something like 100m to keep the same players. Either way, if we go down this time, it's going to cost him much more than it did last time. And if we don't come back up, it's going to cost him a shit load of money. Sincerely hoping this happens because I think this will be the only way he'll sell.

[toon25]

They’ll be hard to pushed to sell any of this lot for a profit that’s for sure.

[Taylor Swift]

The best part about how thin our squad is right now is that there's really nobody he can sell for a profit. Maybe Almiron. No one is paying 40m for Joelinton. If ASM is injured all season, we'll be lucky to recoup what was spent. Longstaff might go, but in his current form he's not a premierleague player. Our good CBs like Fernandes and Schar will have 0 and 1 year left on their deals at the end of this season, Yedlin will have 1 year to go. This relegation will cost Ashley real money.