Chris_R Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Douglas Adams provides the solution, apologies to all for adjusting the original text slightly.... 'You hadn’t exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them had you? I mean like actually telling anyone or anything.’ 'But the signs were on display…’ 'On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.’ `That’s the display department.’ `With a torch.’ `Ah, well the lights had probably gone.’ `So had the stairs.’ `But look you found the signs didn’t you?’ `Yes,’ said Arthur, `yes I did. They were on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet, stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying “Beware of The Leopard“.’ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maze Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Every time I open this thread I hope his obituary is posted. Oh well, not today… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnbull2000 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Small snippet in the Sunday Times Business pages - they claim Ashley failed to pay the Sport Direct advertising for the the 2 years prior to takeover. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/01/24/derby-county-administrators-set-crunch-talks-football-league/?utm_content=football&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1643042012 Former Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has a strong interest in buying the club, with representatives from his group shown around the Pride Park stadium and training ground this month. It is understood that Lee Charnley, who was a managing director and the chief executive at Newcastle, has been lined up to take a similar role if the Ashley bid is successful. Bruce will have a job lined up I'm sure... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 8 minutes ago, nbthree3 said: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/01/24/derby-county-administrators-set-crunch-talks-football-league/?utm_content=football&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1643042012 Former Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has a strong interest in buying the club, with representatives from his group shown around the Pride Park stadium and training ground this month. It is understood that Lee Charnley, who was a managing director and the chief executive at Newcastle, has been lined up to take a similar role if the Ashley bid is successful. Bruce will have a job lined up I'm sure... Nah Bruce was simply a troll job by Ashley on NUFC. It will be Pardew! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10483113/Mike-Ashley-feels-Derby-Countys-administrators-NOT-want-buy-crisis-club.html Mike Ashley feels Derby’s administrators do not want him to buy the club and is considering investments elsewhere while their lack of co-operation persists. The former Newcastle owner’s advisors have made no progress with administrators Quantuma in recent weeks and, as one source said: ‘He is stood at the gates with his cheque book but they’ve locked him out. They have made him feel like a pariah.’ Ashley - who sold Newcastle for £305million in October - is said to be looking at alternative ventures in the EFL, county cricket and The Hundred franchise. A source added: 'He wants to invest in something where he can make a difference, have a bit of fun and promote his brands. There are too many outstanding issues at Derby right now, but he can't get any answers from the administrators anyway.' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfmk2 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 They'd have more joy going bust and then rising through the leagues as a phoenix club than being a semi-conscious brand zombie for his tat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterofawe8 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 The Sun says Ashley has withdrew his bid, whatever that is worth. Here is to hoping Derby County get good owners, and that Middlesbrough and Wycombe withdraw their claims on them to make the process go quicker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMLeazesender Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 What if he ended up buying SAFC? The Daily Mail article says he is looking at EFL clubs......and I bet their owners would be open to an offer......and if they can get a decent crowd for the return of a 39 year old former player Ashley might be seeing the pound signs!! Little investment resulting in big crowds - sounds exactly up the fat cunts street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 "Make a difference", what an utter cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterofawe8 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, DMLeazesender said: What if he ended up buying SAFC? The Daily Mail article says he is looking at EFL clubs......and I bet their owners would be open to an offer......and if they can get a decent crowd for the return of a 39 year old former player Ashley might be seeing the pound signs!! Little investment resulting in big crowds - sounds exactly up the fat cunts street. Maybe if they stay in League One again, and Kyril Louis-Dreyfus gets annoyed with his club not going up. I don't really trust an 25-year old billionaire who already has a stake in Marseille to hold on for a long time with Sunderland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMLeazesender Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 minute ago, masterofawe8 said: Maybe if they stay in League One again, and Kyril Louis-Dreyfus gets annoyed with his club not going up. I don't really trust an 25-year old billionaire who already has a stake in Marseille to hold on for a long time with Sunderland. Exactly, plus the club is in perpetual chaos, disgruntled fans etc...... I think they might be open to an offer. And SAFC as a business would suit the fat cunts business model - huge League 1/Championship support for minimal investment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Teasy said: "Make a difference", what an utter cunt. To be fair he made a difference to us. Took over a club that regularly played in Europe and turned us into perennial relegation candidates. That's quite a difference. Did it all without even spending any money, too. Edited February 7, 2022 by Chris_R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Why does this cunt always go crying to the media when he doesn’t get his own way about something? Like the other party is always in the wrong. He’s such a repugnant baby. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 It must be a shit offer from Ashley for the administrator's to turn it down, they have no personal ties to the club at all and only deal in facts and figures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 5 hours ago, Sima said: Why does this cunt always go crying to the media when he doesn’t get his own way about something? Like the other party is always in the wrong. He’s such a repugnant baby. He's the thinnest skinned man alive. But we've known this for over a decade. Total child. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 What an image he paints - standing at the gates with his cheque book, massive jeans flapping in the wind ?. I'd turn a water hose on him if I was one of the administrators. He'd be the perfect owner for SAFC mind. Run them sensibly marra. Not like that lot up the road. Well, except he wouldn't get a transfer for a 39 year old striker 'over the line'. Or put up with Roy Keane for even ten minutes. I think the real barrier to him buying them is that he only ever buys distressed assets, where he has, e.g. the administrators over a barrel and can squeeze them for every penny. That's what he really enjoys. That and hanging round the whoops aisle in supermarkets. This French child might want out of Sunderland (like everyone else) so he can spend his money on sweets instead, but I expect he won't be held to ransom to sell in quite the same way as a business that's in the late stages of going bust. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Sunderland’s stadium and their training ground/academy are a burden financially to a League One team. I can’t see him wanting to buy another club that he has to actually loan money too instead of the fake loans he would make to us in order to take more out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesy Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 He's clearly got some psychological issues. His behaviour and the fragility of his character is not fucking normal at all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejeck Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Two of my personal favourites: Turning off the TVs on the concourses during the 11 minute walk-in protest so that those taking part in the action couldn't watch the match. Also, his obsession with suing every fucker and, in particular, doubling down on this incredibly obvious and juvenile gesture (which he supposedly didn't do) by threatening to take legal action. However, the Newcastle owner released a statement on Thursday saying: "I did not make a 'V-sign' to anyone. To suggest otherwise is both inaccurate and irresponsible. The matter is in the hands of our legal team." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big River Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 can't wait until this cunt dies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 13 hours ago, masterofawe8 said: Maybe if they stay in League One again, and Kyril Louis-Dreyfus gets annoyed with his club not going up. I don't really trust an 25-year old billionaire who already has a stake in Marseille to hold on for a long time with Sunderland. Why is this Louis Dreyfus perceived as particularly rich? Its well documented that he only has what his mother lets him, which is the interest on a trust fund which he has to share with his siblings. Mike Ashley makes him look poor in wallpaper terms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maze Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Dead yet? No? Damn… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Keith Bishop wheeled out on SSN to plead his case for buying Derby. "Mike loves his football." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 He loves his football in the same sense that the kids who take their ball home with them when they lose love their football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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