SweMag Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Owns Bordeaux, right? How’s that going then? They own 14% of Bordeaux. Ok, but the chairman and CEO of GACP, Joseph DaGrosa, seems to be the president of Bordeaux. Yes true, they front the club. I think they bought the club with King Street (owning 86% of the club). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Sell the club fat fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 I remember being livid when Sir John's attempts to build a bigger stadium on the town moor were blocked by the tree hugger lobby, but as I've got older my mind has changed somewhat. The stadium itself already towers over the city centre skyline, and football stadiums aren't exactly the most aesthetically pleasing architecture on the eye. Obviously while it's there you would like it to be as big as possible, but I think we will always have trouble trying to extend bang in the middle of the city centre. That said, the proposed buildings look like a massive eyesore so it's a double whammy. Ashley has done a proper number on Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50047230 Looks like he'll have to sell more Donnay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam1 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50047230 Looks like he'll have to sell more Donnay. Always thought JD already owned Footasylum anyway tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Mike is just pissed that Nike and Adidas refuse to allow him to stock their best gear. He has seen how well JD have done with the premium gear and wants a piece of that action. And why would a respectable sports company allow their best gear to be sold in a shit hole shop? He has built an empire on cheap tat and now he has to live with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Mike is just p*ssed that Nike and Adidas refuse to allow him to stock their best gear. He has seen how well JD have done with the premium gear and wants a piece of that action. And why would a respectable sports company allow their best gear to be sold in a s*** hole shop? He has built an empire on cheap tat and now he has to live with it. This is exactly it, I’m surprised by his outburst and he’s currently spending a fortune upscaling certain stores to try and get in on the action. I wonder if his plan has gone tits up and he’s decided to press the nuclear button. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Mike Ashley, the owner of Newcastle United, had his hand outstretched and a grin on his face. Manchester United were in town and Ed Woodward, the club’s executive vice-chairman, had just appeared in the boardroom of St James’ Park. Ashley went over to greet him and his opening line was probably an accurate reflection of the state of the two clubs. “The most unpopular man in football meets the second most unpopular man in football,” he said. At least Woodward could see the funny side. Ashley then introduced him to one of his associates, who turned out to be a Manchester United supporter and wanted to know why the club kept announcing “all these noodle deals” rather than player signings. Woodward’s explanation was that the two could go hand-in-hand and, without the “noodle deals”, it would be a lot harder to make the signings. Which sounded fair enough — and a line, almost certainly, he has had to trot out many times in his encounters with supporters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montey Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Mike Ashley, the owner of Newcastle United, had his hand outstretched and a grin on his face. Manchester United were in town and Ed Woodward, the club’s executive vice-chairman, had just appeared in the boardroom of St James’ Park. Ashley went over to greet him and his opening line was probably an accurate reflection of the state of the two clubs. “The most unpopular man in football meets the second most unpopular man in football,” he said. At least Woodward could see the funny side. Ashley then introduced him to one of his associates, who turned out to be a Manchester United supporter and wanted to know why the club kept announcing “all these noodle deals” rather than player signings. Woodward’s explanation was that the two could go hand-in-hand and, without the “noodle deals”, it would be a lot harder to make the signings. Which sounded fair enough — and a line, almost certainly, he has had to trot out many times in his encounters with supporters. ewwwww, the dicks touched! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Should be worth a listen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooonDoom Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Should be worth a listen I’ve thought this for a while. - Spurs valuation is 1.6 million ours 350 million*. - Kenyon believes he can bridge the gap through properly running the club. - Kenyon does not have the money to buy. - Ashley does not have the skills to run the club and he cannot sell the club. - His primary/only motivation for owning the club is sport direct. Sport direct will benefit more with a successful Newcastle. Why would he not look to someone like Kenyon to run the club, maybe with some outside investment? Potential the club adds a billion to its valuation. Sports direct gets positive press and coverage. As much as I hate the bloke I don’t go along with the line that he’s an utter moron or that he despises us and is punishing us. He likes a gamble this seems like a decent one to me. Edit - basically say Kenyon has 50% of the money through backers. In effect Ashley could say I’ll in effect be the other 50% of the backers. He get 175 million now. The group own the club and run it. Maybe his 175 million turns into 500 million. * https://www.forbes.com/teams/tottenham-hotspur/#6aa109f453ed https://www.forbes.com/teams/newcastle-united/#6e8aaf94733d Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Should be worth a listen I’ve thought this for a while. - Spurs valuation is 1.6 million ours 350 million*. - Kenyon believes he can bridge the gap through properly running the club. - Kenyon does not have the money to buy. - Ashley does not have the skills to run the club and he cannot sell the club. - His primary/only motivation for owning the club is sport direct. Sport direct will benefit more with a successful Newcastle. Why would he not look to someone like Kenyon to run the club, maybe with some outside investment? Potential the club adds a billion to its valuation. Sports direct gets positive press and coverage. As much as I hate the bloke I don’t go along with the line that he’s an utter moron or that he despises us and is punishing us. He likes a gamble this seems like a decent one to me. Edit - basically say Kenyon has 50% of the money through backers. In effect Ashley could say I’ll in effect be the other 50% of the backers. He get 175 million now. The group own the club and run it. Maybe his 175 million turns into 500 million. * https://www.forbes.com/teams/tottenham-hotspur/#6aa109f453ed https://www.forbes.com/teams/newcastle-united/#6e8aaf94733d Mike Ashley runs the club purely for the benefit of sports direct. He has no intentions of seeing the club progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Should be worth a listen Every above average player that never went on to do anything more in the game other than appear on talkSport: "Ashley is a good business man". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Should be worth a listen Every above average player that never went on to do anything more in the game other than appear on talkSport: "Ashley is a good business man". Yeah I’m listening to this now and it’s full of inaccuracies Very poorly researched and trying to create Balance where much doesn’t exist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Should be worth a listen I’ve thought this for a while. - Spurs valuation is 1.6 million ours 350 million*. - Kenyon believes he can bridge the gap through properly running the club. - Kenyon does not have the money to buy. - Ashley does not have the skills to run the club and he cannot sell the club. - His primary/only motivation for owning the club is sport direct. Sport direct will benefit more with a successful Newcastle. Why would he not look to someone like Kenyon to run the club, maybe with some outside investment? Potential the club adds a billion to its valuation. Sports direct gets positive press and coverage. As much as I hate the bloke I don’t go along with the line that he’s an utter moron or that he despises us and is punishing us. He likes a gamble this seems like a decent one to me. Edit - basically say Kenyon has 50% of the money through backers. In effect Ashley could say I’ll in effect be the other 50% of the backers. He get 175 million now. The group own the club and run it. Maybe his 175 million turns into 500 million. * https://www.forbes.com/teams/tottenham-hotspur/#6aa109f453ed https://www.forbes.com/teams/newcastle-united/#6e8aaf94733d You forgot to factor in the most important thing: the bloke is an absolute control freak. There is no way he wants to hand over any meaningful shareholding where he won't be the absolute dictator having his say on every player signed and every penny spent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 He can't see beyond the nose of his face. He's too shortsighted and too impatient to build the club properly. Let's say he passes on Joelinton and spends 16M on Rondon and then puts 20M to advance the youth setup and training facilities. Let's say he opens the advertising to something other than SD and realizes say, 10M instead of 2M. Let's say he did this 10 years ago. Where would the club be? Much better place IMO. 350M? Who know, maybe 700M because we're fighting for top spots instead of settling for (maybe) not getting relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johneddy Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Why are we still debating this cunt he played his cards with Keegan Lying conniving twat who has duped 40 odd thousand fans to accept us as an advertising slogan for a shit sportswear company Cant believe that people still turn up when in fact it is in our power to lose the fukker within months ...ashamed of it all and could happily twat everyone who still attends knowing all that we do - NUFC matchday fans have no principals or determination Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johneddy Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Sadder than the mackems everyone who supports this man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Wonder how different our history under him may have been had he appointed someone who knows about football after Mort (ie, Kenyon)? If early on we’d started making money as well as have his SD tat everywhere and ran it like a normal football club, he might have done things differently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Wonder how different our history under him may have been had he appointed someone who knows about football after Mort (ie, Kenyon)? If early on we’d started making money as well as have his SD tat everywhere and ran it like a normal football club, he might have done things differently. He’d be a different person if any of that was relevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Reckon he'll gan for it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 It’s total shite, so possibly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Yimentov Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Why are we still debating this c*** he played his cards with Keegan Lying conniving t*** who has duped 40 odd thousand fans to accept us as an advertising slogan for a s*** sportswear company Cant believe that people still turn up when in fact it is in our power to lose the fukker within months ...ashamed of it all and could happily t*** everyone who still attends knowing all that we do - NUFC matchday fans have no principals or determination This is the worst part about it. It's easy to get shot of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johneddy Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 No chance that platinum club will ever support this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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