SAK Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 47 minutes ago, KaKa said: Ashworth has expressed to people a feeling of working in a highly pressurised environment and suggested he may not have left Newcastle had he known Amanda Staveley would subsequently depart. Howe’s strong relationship with Staveley, at the time a Newcastle minority shareholder and director, had been built before Ashworth’s arrival at the club and the Newcastle manager had always had a direct dialogue with her, so did not go via Ashworth. Ah regret, shouldn’t have thought the grass was greener on the other side. He’s not the cleverest, we could all see Ratcliffe was clueless about football administration and has a narcissistic personality. People In power who don’t know shit but are so far up their own arse are dangerous. He was straight in sacking employees and emailing staff that they were untidy compared to INEOS. It’s a toxic environment but he still chose to go there. Schadenfreude is great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 So rat face is a big baby shockingly. He's spent his money and he will have his say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 3 minutes ago, r0cafella said: So rat face is a big baby shockingly. He's spent his money and he will have his say. He honestly seems like a real piece of shit. Layoffs, telling IT staff they need to be in the office even though that is the one job you really don't need to be , just everything really. Not being from the UK I didn't know who he was but he seems to dovetail in with the Glazers who I do know, perfectly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 He sounds like he's exactly what that club deserves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 1 minute ago, Mike said: He sounds like he's exactly what that club deserves. It looks like he's chosen a cracking manager, however he won't stick around if he's not allowed to bring his own players in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe1984 Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 1 hour ago, El Prontonise said: I've seen £3m, £5m and £10m all mentioned today for how we got for him. Add them all up... £18m! Cheers Man U! We are just making figures up, right? 😄 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manorpark Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 24 minutes ago, Joe1984 said: Add them all up... £18m! Cheers Man U! We are just making figures up, right? 😄 £7M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 I don’t think the recommendation of Howe and Potter are that bad, if Man Utd wants a quick fix. Amorim needs a lot of time to implement his tactical ideas and seems the fans are not prepared for this as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 45 minutes ago, Mike said: He sounds like he's exactly what that club deserves. The club, yes - the employees, no Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 I don't really understand what he wants out of a job or why Man Utd were all in on him. Did they do any due diligence? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 (edited) 10 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: Ashworth will never watch it again. It would be like a shipwreck survivor watching Titanic Your entire idea was funnier than I gave it credit for due to the fact I had little sleep. I did find a place to stream it legally for free. Didn't realize it was from 1962. edit: I suppose there are plenty here who have no idea what the movie was. I saw it twice. Very campy. Edited December 9 by McDog Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 15 minutes ago, McDog said: Your entire idea was funnier than I gave it credit for due to the fact I had little sleep. I did find a place to stream it legally for free. Didn't realize it was from 1962. edit: I suppose there are plenty here who have no idea what the movie was. I saw it twice. Very campy. Yep, it is a gloriously camp film. The 1980s BBC TV series was much better quality-wise - but the entire premise remains joyously daft Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeT44 Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 Apparently a massive disconnect between him and the rest of the board. He wanted an English Manager like Potter, Howe or Southgate and they over-ruled and listened to Omar Berrada. He didn't want De Ligt or Zirkzee and instead Ashworth wanted to sign Jarrad Branthwaite from Everton. You'd think they'd have discussed philosophy and direction of travel during the recruitment process Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 That article really does make Brexit Jim seem even worse. Guy just can’t understand modern day rules and importantly, how football works. Literally appointed a manager based on charisma and nothing else. Yea, that’s going to end in tears and will be glorious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GideonShandy Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 Really seems as if the Triiffids are desperately spinning it that Ashcroft had to be fired because he was in favour of doing lots of things that the fans were against -- keeping Ten Hag, then replacing him with Southgate, Potter or Howe, signing Zirkzee, sacking half the club's employees etc -- when in fact the megalomaniac Ratcliffe just needed someone to lash out at after they lost at home to Forest. Comedy gold. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KetsbaiaIsBald Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 1 hour ago, Sibierski said: That article really does make Brexit Jim seem even worse. Guy just can’t understand modern day rules and importantly, how football works. Literally appointed a manager based on charisma and nothing else. Yea, that’s going to end in tears and will be glorious. Agreed. He also hired Ashworth not understanding what role he actually does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 2 hours ago, BlazeT44 said: Apparently a massive disconnect between him and the rest of the board. He wanted an English Manager like Potter, Howe or Southgate and they over-ruled and listened to Omar Berrada. He didn't want De Ligt or Zirkzee and instead Ashworth wanted to sign Jarrad Branthwaite from Everton. You'd think they'd have discussed philosophy and direction of travel during the recruitment process Yeah it’s a total fuck up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC91 Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 A don't really get the rat comments TBF, he probably got a big pay rise and was joing a bigger and more successful club, something we would all do in our personal jobs I imagine? And I wonder if there was fall out on our board he could see and thought time was right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 1 hour ago, Sibierski said: That article really does make Brexit Jim seem even worse. Guy just can’t understand modern day rules and importantly, how football works. Literally appointed a manager based on charisma and nothing else. Yea, that’s going to end in tears and will be glorious. Agreed, absolutely no reason why he couldn't have been sacked this morning, seems like Brexit Jim was making a statement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 For all I’m loving this story I don’t think it reflects badly on Man U nor will it be a bad thing in the long run for them. He’s clearly been found out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 Anyone recommending Southgate for job in management deserved to be sacked. Immediately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 9 hours ago, Sima said: We should be looking at our legal options if it’s an open secret that he was working during gardening leave. Unless we’ve signed that away with the settlement. Just because that scruffy old cunt thinks garden leave is daft doesn’t allow him to ride roughshod all over the concept of it. I wonder if we don't want to be opening that can of worms. Wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he immediately dropped us in it by saying he was in similar contact with us during his Brighton gardening leave too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 3 minutes ago, wormy said: I wonder if we don't want to be opening that can of worms. Wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he immediately dropped us in it by saying he was in similar contact with us during his Brighton gardening leave too. We’ve got our compo, let’s just let them all marinade in their juicy, juicy fuck up soup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 Maybe he'll come back here having learned a big lesson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 1 hour ago, St1pe said: For all I’m loving this story I don’t think it reflects badly on Man U nor will it be a bad thing in the long run for them. He’s clearly been found out. Except the same people who found him out appointed him. Man U can fail upwards. ££££ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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