Dan Ashworth - Newcastle DoF currently tending to his garden
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I have a question about gardening leaving. Apart from work ethic what really prevents Ashworth to invite Jim to his garden, share some tea and talk football like old mates do?
Has there ever been a precedent that ex-employee was charged/ sued for such things?
Has there ever been a precedent that ex-employee was charged/ sued for such things?
Always one there is
See, I didn't have the cognitive capacity for that. Thank you for clearing that up for me!
Yeah, as you say self explanatory, but we don't have a similar expression in Norwegian for a leave - it would be more like a sabbatical. According to my friend Google:
The etymology of the phrase stems from (yes, we meant to) a semi-derogatory term used to evoke the image of British civil servants on suspension at home in limbo with nothing to do but tend to their gardens.
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Imagine choosing to go to Chelsea right now.
Yeah, must have been an incredible wage being offered.
Chaos is a ladder.
Seems like we’re after some fella from Chelsea anyway. Think he worked with Ashworth at Brighton.
Got an irrational dislike for that guy now. Doesn’t matter if we didn’t want him or wasn’t a serious link. Imagine going to Chelsea. Small time.
Who?
Macauley I believe
£30 mil or he's on gardening leave for the next 4 years.
It's a way of saying you've kicked them out of the house but not out of the property.
The data analyst? I heard that too. But think the press are just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks at this point.
4 years? You probably forced him into a life-sentence contract.
It's saying they will still technically be an employee getting paid but is being kept away from the business and not working so can spend time doing other things (i.e. gardening). I don't think it's kicking someone out of the house but letting them squat in the garden.
Sad for yet another one of our key non-playing personnel to leave, and once again to Chelsea, but I trust my club’s operations 100%. We’ll already have the replacement lined up, and his replacement when he leaves, and the next and the next.
He’s on gardening leave until November, or most likely until they pay compensation we both agree on.
Thanks Sam, let’s see who we upgrade to this time!
Absolutely nothing, it's not like Ashworth is going to be under surveillance (other than paps perhaps)
Just don't do anything stupid like meeting at a restaurant etc.All this gardening leave , contract talk etc is a load of nonsense.
it’s only official capacity and he can easily be working unofficially for United or there can be a loophole in his contract which means he can’t work for another football team but nothing about another industry which is common.
I imagine INEOS are only paying him off and willing to wait as a means of looking above board. They can quite easily just agree to this and then contact him privately just like they did before this all came out and have him consulting etc on phone calls.
he doesn’t need to be on site or on emails until
It’s official.
it’s only official capacity and he can easily be working unofficially for United or there can be a loophole in his contract which means he can’t work for another football team but nothing about another industry which is common.
I imagine INEOS are only paying him off and willing to wait as a means of looking above board. They can quite easily just agree to this and then contact him privately just like they did before this all came out and have him consulting etc on phone calls.
he doesn’t need to be on site or on emails until
It’s official.
Yeah I was wondering how gardening leave can be monitored. There's nothing stopping Ashworth from jumping into informal Zoom meetings with key stakeholders. Of course, they just wont have minutes or records.Absolutely nothing, it's not like Ashworth is going to be under surveillance (other than paps perhaps)
I mean, now is potentially the best time to go to Chelsea if he’s confident in his abilities, to be honest.
Been on gardening leave once for 3 months, at the start it's great but after a few weeks really starts to get boring all your pals/partner are at work so whilst the 1st few weeks are fairly productive towards the end it's a bit shit, I'd have liked to have just gone away for a large bit of it if I were single but the wife frowned upon me visiting my mate in Canada for a month
Change isn't linear - there is no guarantees.
Indeed not, but our hits to misses ratio is pretty spectacular. I have good grounds to back my club objectively, when its operations are the envy of so many.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cw950wvn1gro.amp
Short piece on our succession planning strategy. We’ve likely already identified his replacement.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dan-ashworth-manchester-united-newcastle-ideas-pn8dc7v5f
Sounds quite definitive.
One. Billion. Dollars.
The Zebra Camel. Ah yes they are less than delighted
newcastle are also unbeaten since he was placed on gardening leave. makes you wonder me just how much impact he has.
Indeed
Interesting I did not know that, you are right that your answer is more fun. Tough break for our guy Dan getting chucked out of the house.
The one you've been linked with was one of Potter's guys and followed him all the way from Östersunds to Swansea to Brighton to Chelsea. He stayed when Potter got sacked but without Potter I would guess his role/influence has taken a bit of a hit and chances are he's open to moving.
Can we sign up Monty Don to help out?
So a bit like a divorce where the man (usually) is allowed to sleep in the garage... Cheers
Cheers for the info.