Jump to content

Badger or Bust - NUFC episode


Guest Invicta_Toon

Recommended Posts

Guest Invicta_Toon

Big Sam's job safe

 

Jun 17 2007

 

By The Sunday Sun

 

 

Sam Allardyce will be told this week by Newcastle's new owner Mike Ashley that his job is safe - despite him being named in the Quest report.

 

Sam Allardyce

 

But billionaire Ashley is also poised to appoint a full-time troubleshooter at United to oversee all aspects of club business.

 

A source close to Ashley last night revealed Allardyce is to receive firm guarantees over his future at St James's Park.

 

That comes as Allardyce anticipates being cleared of any wrongdoing by an internal club inquiry at Bolton into every deal he did while manager there.

 

The Quest team are still studying the role played by Allardyce's son, Craig, in three transfers involving Bolton while Big Sam was at the Reebok Stadium.

 

And Ashley - having completed his purchase of chairman Freddy Shepherd's United shareholding and boosted his own stake to 77.06 per cent - is set to launch his own probe into all aspects of the club's business this week.

 

But Newcastle's new benefactor is intent on keeping Allardyce as manager.

 

"Mike is supportive of Sam and his team in terms of taking the club forward," the Ashley source told the Sunday Sun.

 

"There is no great change of mood towards Allardyce because of the (Quest) inquiry. He will be allowed to get on with his job.

 

"Mike is fully supportive of everything Sam has done and met him last week to tell him that."

 

And the source added: "The club are on the brink of an appointment that will see someone have the power to go right through the club and look at everything.

 

"It will be a senior role. They will be a full-time employee of the club. A strategic review will be undertaken to see how the club operates - at every level.

 

"There will be a myriad things to look at but the person who undertakes it will report back to Mike Ashley and he will then act on the findings.

 

"They will have a bird's eye view of the club. Nothing will be left to chance.

 

"There is about to be a long, hard look at the way Newcastle United is run."

 

 

 

 

 

 

GO BADGER!!!!

Link to post
Share on other sites

He and Ashley are supposedly friends and neighbours...

 

Yeah there have been rumours that Dein was the man Ashley wanted to run the club, mostly based on the fact that they know each other and live near each other.  But his love for Arsenal makes it unlikely IMO, hope I'm wrong though.

Link to post
Share on other sites

His love for football will be a factor considering he doesn't own any more shares in Arsenal (sold to the Stan bloke, innit?) and isn't exactly loved by the Arsenal board.

 

When the original rumour was posted here a few people seemed to think he hadn't yet given up on the club being taken over by the consortium he was backing before he left.  Who knows if that was based on anything solid.  But if that is the case he'd take some persuading to take another job if there's any chance of being reinstated at Arsenal.  But as I said, I hope he has given up on that idea and that Ashley has approached him and convinced him that his future is at Newcastle.  I'd piss my pants with excitement if that happened to be honest.

Link to post
Share on other sites

His love for football will be a factor considering he doesn't own any more shares in Arsenal (sold to the Stan bloke, innit?) and isn't exactly loved by the Arsenal board.

 

When the original rumour was posted here a few people seemed to think he hadn't yet given up on the club being taken over by the consortium he was backing before he left.  Who knows if that was based on anything solid.  But if that is the case he'd take some persuading to take another job if there's any chance of being reinstated at Arsenal.  But as I said, I hope he has given up on that idea and that Ashley has approached him and convinced him that his future is at Newcastle.  I'd piss my pants with excitement if that happened to be honest.

 

He might just want to retire.

 

He could though be the trouble shooter, coming in for a few weeks to give a review of the club, sounds very possible. Good idea if so.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Thought BS and him didn't get on, or did i dream that

 

Read the same somewhere too.

 

Wet myself if we got someone of his calibre though.

 

Edit: link

 

'However, if Dein was to take charge of Newcastle, it would place a further question mark against the future of new United boss Sam Allardyce.

 

During his days at Bolton, Allardyce was fiercely critical of Dein's influence within football.'

Link to post
Share on other sites

Thought BS and him didn't get on, or did i dream that

 

Read the same somewhere too.

 

Wet myself if we got someone of his calibre though.

 

Edit: link

 

'However, if Dein was to take charge of Newcastle, it would place a further question mark against the future of new United boss Sam Allardyce.

 

During his days at Bolton, Allardyce was fiercely critical of Dein's influence within football.'

 

Maybe that's the reason why he's felt the need to come out and say Sam's job is safe publicly, beforehand?

Link to post
Share on other sites

That article was before this one though?

 

Sorry just realised that what I wrote is confusing.

 

When I say beforehand, I mean before the appointment, not the article.

Link to post
Share on other sites

That article was before this one though?

 

Sorry just realised that what I wrote is confusing.

 

When I say beforehand, I mean before the appointment, not the article.

 

Oh right. Yeah.

Link to post
Share on other sites

We've all known the club has needed a serious shake-up for years now, it's almost unbelievable how well things seem to be going right now at almost every level.

 

Convinced there's gonna be a horrible twist at some point in all this, if only because I'm cynical. :lol:

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...