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Newcastle United & Mike Ashley
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Great post, thanks for the imformation.
The club deserves so much better.
Yeah, the five brand has its own page on the website.
I normally enjoy listening to Rio, but his comments (and then his follow up tweet) were just stupidity.
Ok not as stupid as Richard Keys but Rio lost a lot of credibility.
Very nice post, thanks. I read a little bit of my uncle's copy of Kevin Keegan's recent book at Christmas and it's clear he loves Newcastle but can't stand Ashley and his mob. He snook in around the back once for a special occasion to honour someone (maybe Bobby Robson?) but other than that he can't go back. Rio's talking through his arse about matters he doesn't understand here.
Ferdinand has no leg to stand on. It's an open secret the club has been up for sale for nearly four years. Any one who has a clue about finance will tell, you keep as much cash as possible prior to a sale.
Ashley is not going to allow Newcastle spend any money.
Ashley is not going to allow Newcastle spend any money.
Mike Ashley is the sort of bloke that could sell his own mother. Look at the shit he pulled with the MPs over warehouse conditions.
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Yeah and he surely knew people would call him out on that.
Cracking posts by the two Newcastle posters in here.
Ashley has ripped the heart and soul out of a region and Ferdinand’s support of him reflects very poorly on him personally.
Ashley has ripped the heart and soul out of a region and Ferdinand’s support of him reflects very poorly on him personally.
Rio now on twitter pretending he was on a WUM.
He's had a bad weekend of it has our Rio
He's had a bad weekend of it has our Rio
Totally agree with the Newcastle lads. The club ARE a sleeping giant. They have a huge local following who live and breathe the club. To suggest that nobody really supports them outside the North East may be true, but who supported City or Chelsea before they won things? You can bet your life that a club like Newcastle winning the Prem would lead to their shirts being seen in Africa and Asia, same as every other successful team. Ashley is a fat boorish cnut.
It's kinda crazy to think they didn't win a single trophy in the 90s despite being the biggest spenders
Not the best club owner but credit to him for attempting to rescue another high street store.
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He's all heart.
Make no mistake, he's not doing it out of sympathy.
HMV already is the Sports Direct of music stores, have you been in there? Absolute jungle.
It's a shame the Virgin stores closed, recreate that then maybe onto a winner but then the landscape has changed.
It's a shame the Virgin stores closed, recreate that then maybe onto a winner but then the landscape has changed.
What does HMV sell nowadays? Does anyone buy CDs, DVDs or Blu Rays?
I used to love going into a HMV, Borders or Virgin Megastore and browsing the films and CDs but don't think I've bought a CD in the past 10 years.
I used to love going into a HMV, Borders or Virgin Megastore and browsing the films and CDs but don't think I've bought a CD in the past 10 years.
All three of the big North East clubs should be completely overhauling their youth programs and investing in their academies to make the most of the huge catchment area they have but of course that takes money that their owners aren't willing to put in.
It's been said in the past that it's hard to attract big players to them because of the 'who the hell would really wanna live up there?' attitude that definitely exists (and I mean, Newcastle is okay and the surrounding richer areas quite nice but Middlesbrough and Sunderland are genuine shitholes and lots of the North East is very deprived) so if they went after youth and really developed them instead they might have more success.
Ashley just needs to cut his losses and go because it's not helping him or Sports Direct, let alone Newcastle themselves.
That said, I hate their fans and don't like them as a club so I don't really care all that much.
It's been said in the past that it's hard to attract big players to them because of the 'who the hell would really wanna live up there?' attitude that definitely exists (and I mean, Newcastle is okay and the surrounding richer areas quite nice but Middlesbrough and Sunderland are genuine shitholes and lots of the North East is very deprived) so if they went after youth and really developed them instead they might have more success.
Ashley just needs to cut his losses and go because it's not helping him or Sports Direct, let alone Newcastle themselves.
That said, I hate their fans and don't like them as a club so I don't really care all that much.
Sunderland have developed Jordan Henderson and Jordan Pickford. They just get sold on. Its easy to say "develop youth", but when you havent got the power to hold onto them, you're pretty much not going to get much out of them on the field.
I'm well aware that they've developed one or two players of note (same for Middlesbrough, much less so for Newcastle) but for the size of the area that the clubs have to pick the local talent, it's nowhere near enough.
And I'm also aware that if they can't hold onto them then it means they won't get much out of them on the field but if they're good enough it'll help them temporarily lift themselves up and then they can reinvest the giant fees they can command for great players to sustain a better position.
But it does require the owners to commit to it and that isn't the case.
Poor bastards. Get took over by that fat fecker and trolled in the process.
I haven't paid much attention here but why doesn't he let the club spend more money? On the outside he must be one of the worst owner a club can have.
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A good thread on the interview, lest anyone be on the verge of being conned by Ashley. The bit a lot of people don't get when Ashley tries on this "poor me" routine -
Caulkin gets stuck in too. Absolutely absurd attempt at spin/damage control from Ashley & co.
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How the feck can we not get Longstaff from this mire?
For anyone that follows financial news, sports direct are currently in the shit for repeatedly delaying their accounts. Having to squeeze a 700M Belgian tax bill past GT (their auditors) at the last minute
I like Mike Ashley. If I was a businessman and had temporarily lost my mind and bought a football club then once i had regained my sanity I would run it almost exactly as he has run Newcastle.
Football fans are a weird breed who lose all grasp on reality when it comes to how football clubs "should be run".
Football fans are a weird breed who lose all grasp on reality when it comes to how football clubs "should be run".