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Guest HTT II Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 My friend is a Derby fan and I’ve told him, you don’t want Ashley, and he knows as he’s a Toon sympathiser and a top bloke. I wouldn’t wish Ashley on even the mackems. He’s the worst type of owner any club could ever have, we should know, we had 14 years of it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Derby fans are gonna be happy to get rescued. But it's basically being scooped from the middle of the English Channel by Hanibal Lecter. Sure, you're not gonna drown anymore in the short term, but you aren't gonna enjoy that future in the pit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I can see why they want him but the tags of us being deluded etc are uncalled for. Just admit that you don’t want your club to go bust and you are prepared to have 15 years of Ashley ownership to prevent that. The thing is they think he’ll either save them this season or bring them straight back up and then have them competing to get in to the Premier League. As we know he promised to turn us into a competing force in the Premier League, like we were a few years before his arrival. We all know now that he effectively turned us into a yo-yo team. Derby fans thinking he’ll push them on are mistaken, he might save them financially (which will be paid back to him and be over their head for his entire reign), but from that point on they will just become a Championship club who may or may not spend the odd season in League One. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Stifler said: I can see why they want him but the tags of us being deluded etc are uncalled for. Just admit that you don’t want your club to go bust and you are prepared to have 15 years of Ashley ownership to prevent that. The thing is they think he’ll either save them this season or bring them straight back up and then have them competing to get in to the Premier League. As we know he promised to turn us into a competing force in the Premier League, like we were a few years before his arrival. We all know now that he effectively turned us into a yo-yo team. Derby fans thinking he’ll push them on are mistaken, he might save them financially (which will be paid back to him and be over their head for his entire reign), but from that point on they will just become a Championship club who may or may not spend the odd season in League One. Well that's what they are anyway. Edited October 10, 2021 by TRon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesy Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Should never be allowed near professional football again, regardless of the division. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 As others have said, 17th in the PL and yoyo’ing between the divisions was never acceptable to us, but would be like winning the CL for Derby where they are now. His ceiling matches theirs, it’ll probably end up being a good match based on that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 My favourite post on that Derby forum was this one “You know what this might be good, problem is the toon think they should be winning the Prem because they came close 20 years ago, if he could achieve a fraction at Derby what he did for Newcastle (a stable mid-table Premier League club) he would be considered one of our greatest ever owners.” Ignoring the ridiculously wrong myths about us expecting to win the league. When were we ever a stable mid-table PL club? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christ Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Why is the assumption is that he’d elevate them to the level he had us? Everything we know about Ashley’s approach is that he’ll find the club’s natural level, do everything he can to maintain it while insulating himself from any risk. There’s more chance they’ll end up bouncing around the bottom of the Championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Mike Ashley is going to buy Derby County and use his tried and tested football business acumen to guide them from League One to the Premier League. We're the deluded ones are we? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I for one reckon that Mike Ashley definitely has the best interests of rock bottom Derby County at heart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 34 minutes ago, Fantail Breeze said: As others have said, 17th in the PL and yoyo’ing between the divisions was never acceptable to us, but would be like winning the CL for Derby where they are now. His ceiling matches theirs, it’ll probably end up being a good match based on that. How is that his ceiling though? His ceiling is 50% below whatever was the ceiling before he started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 16 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: How is that his ceiling though? His ceiling is 50% below whatever was the ceiling before he started. He’ll still want his cheap shite empire being broadcast in the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 He should just buy some sponsorship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Ashley going to Derby will mean 2 things. 1. They are never in risk of liquidation. 2. They will never be in risk of showing any ambition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) You never know until you experience it. The contempt, the callousness. Rangers have, we have. He’ll makes a team ‘stable’ on a spreadsheet and everything else is a skip fire. Stadium name change. Signage. Club shop rinsed - the lot. Sadly it takes time to truly know. Edited October 10, 2021 by Darth Crooks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, ManDoon said: I think people see our easy promotions to the PL as something he cleverly orchestrated. When in fact neither of the squads should have gone down. He just fell into 2 managers to get us up. Hughton wasn't even offically manager until end of October. Then he hit the jackpot with Rafa somehow approaching us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InspectorCoarse Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10077071/Mike-Ashley-celebrated-selling-Newcastle-United-tipping-barmaid-5-Soho-pub.html Stay classy Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I’m more surprised he’d leave a tip at all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Is Rooney still at Derby? Can't see Ashley liking the size of his salary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Just now, Sima said: Is Rooney still at Derby? Can't see Ashley liking the size of his salary. Can’t imagine Rooney will make a very good yes man either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 £5. Must be the tightest billionaire ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Ashley needs somewhere to put his Sports Direct signs and Derby will be fine, nice and close to his head office. He loves to buy businesses that have gone tits up because he gets everything at way below the going rate. Derby County will be perfect for him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Bruce will be at Derby quicker than you could say "bacon, chips n beans Risotto" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 25 minutes ago, Northerngimp said: Bruce will be at Derby quicker than you could say "bacon, chips n beans Risotto" I'd eat that tbh, sounds mint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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