I just dont trust this man to be any good, perhaps I am too scarred to believe any hype anymore.
Dan Ashworth - Newcastle DoF currently tending to his garden
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You couldn't be more wrong if you tried, I have a cousin who had drug addiction problems and he hid it for nearly five years until the COVID lockdown tied him down and he couldn't fund his addiction. If a person and his inner circle want things to stay hidden they can and no prospective business partner would think to do extensive background checks like that because there is a certain level of professionalism you would expect from a person at a certain level.
Suppose you hiring a Finance Director who has been a Managing Partner at Enerst and Young. You would never think they are a pedo because you would assume they wouldnt survive that long to reach to the top of their industry with such a dark lifestyle. This is why it takes the police to sniff things like this out. Imagine you are signing Mbappe and his friends tell him that Private Investigators were asking about him? You ask scouts, coaches and others within the game but they only see him at training not when he is doing his thing at midnight.
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Just absolute bollocks. You can very much hide addiction. As someone whose parent died from an addiction and was an addict themselves you very much can hide addiction from people. In terms of gambling surely you’ve heard of stories of spouses suddenly finding out their partner has gambled away their savings without knowing. There are a lot of high functioning addicts. You only really see it when they’re on the way to hitting rock bottom.
This is mad. Addicts hide their reality from their inner circle EASILY. The trust they have makes it simple. Some people do it for years. I’ve seen it. People have confessed 3-7 year addictions to me. Had no idea.
It seems like we'll have all the pieces in place before the summer. I'm optimistic.
Wilcox confirmed. Berrada already confirmed to join in the summer. Ashworth seems like there's progress.
Wilcox confirmed. Berrada already confirmed to join in the summer. Ashworth seems like there's progress.
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Straight swap for Murtough?
Just to corroborate, Ornstein said more or less the same thing regarding Ashworth in a Q&A yesterday. They've hired headhunters and are at an 'advanced stage' I think it was, with their stance expected to soften once they had someone lined up.
This kinda makes sense but also it doesn’t. The man is on gardening leave so has as good as left NUFC already, they are effectively without a DOF so why would they need a replacement before the ‘impasse’ is broken? Or is this more BJ waffle?
It's extremely common practice, so much so that I don't know why you're even questioning it.
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Newcastle hiring headhunters means they plan on poaching Dans replacement off another club. You don’t need a headhunter to hire a fella without a job.
I wonder how much gnashing of teeth there will be about them throwing their weight around again.
I wonder how much gnashing of teeth there will be about them throwing their weight around again.
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No way have they only just started interviewing candidates for a vacancy they've known about for months
They’ve probably been holding and trying to flex their (in their head) muscle and assuming United would fold to their £20m ask.No way have they only just started interviewing candidates for a vacancy they've known about for months
Now they’ve realised thats cutting their nose off to spite their face as THEY need to plan for Summer as much as we do, so they’re cracking on.
Even after we appoint someone what makes you think we will let him go without the required compensation? The self entitlement of you lot is staggering.
Might be common practice, but I agree with questioning the logic behind it.
They don't have access to his expertise either way. What difference does having a replacement lined up make?
I'm sure they would have sounded out candidates at the same time. There's no chance they were just sitting doing nothing when he was put on gardening leave.
So many posters twist words to their viewpoint
Because an ask a few months before the Summer and an ask nearer it are two different things. It’s basic negotiations and business…
… unless a club/company wants to pay two people. If so, crack on else negotiate compensation… you can even call it “required” compensation if it makes you feel better. No one said United won’t pay compensation
Remember Newcastle are an autocratic nation state pretending to be an English football club. It went like this; “oh esteemed and honourable great leader, but some other club are seeking to get our important staff member…?’ ‘No’. ‘I know, your ineffable excellence, but he says he’s going’. ‘Well, stop him, then, you snivelling wretch”. “But, your excellency….” Etc etc
And your lot are bonkers if you think anyone is paying 20m for a DoF
Because whatever you ask for the club your trying to take someone from will ask for the same, oh you want 20 mill for your DoF well to get ours it will also be 20 mill thank you
Surely you can see the irony here talking about self entitlement.
When has 20m ever been the cost for back room staff?
It is unreasonable and Newcastle throwing their dummy out of the pram
Because eventually you will need to be reasonable and be seen to be reasonable. These things have a way of coming back to haunt you when you least expect them to because everyone else watching and someone will remember and base their choice against joining you on the reputation you would have created for yourself over nothing more than hurt pride.
We want and need him in but not to the extent of paying outrageous sums of money. We have made a contingency plan for the summer, it's in action and we can roll like that for however long you intend to hold him to his notice. We will be OK, Dan Ashworth won't die from getting his pay whilst tending to his roses and the world we will Newcastle for the small time wannabes that they are.
Football is increasingly like level tech industry where there are a few individuals with skills desired by many rich employers. The distribution of these skills is just random, take for example Woodward being a fool is the reason why Klopp joined Liverpool not us and this decision has seen us toil in mediocrity whilst they have won the CL and PL.
Watching how City were gracious with Berrada and how Newcastle are throwing their toys out their pram like little brats; if both clubs go for a top level coach like Alonso, who is hot property now, who has designs on a future role at Real for example, who is he going to choose? There is a cost that comes with throwing your wait around unnecessarily and it will hurt them, in this industry where your prospective hires are already millionaires public perception matters.
Watching how City were gracious with Berrada and how Newcastle are throwing their toys out their pram like little brats; if both clubs go for a top level coach like Alonso, who is hot property now, who has designs on a future role at Real for example, who is he going to choose? There is a cost that comes with throwing your wait around unnecessarily and it will hurt them, in this industry where your prospective hires are already millionaires public perception matters.
Yes it’s a dangerous precedent to set
Newcastle are not expecting 20 million, they just want more than you've offered.
You'll eventually pay more than you first offered (but not 20 million) and both sets of fans will pretend that their side "won" this negotiation.
You'll eventually pay more than you first offered (but not 20 million) and both sets of fans will pretend that their side "won" this negotiation.
That £20m figure was just plucked out of the air by Martin Samuel anyway wasn't it?
With supposed cause of injuries being intense training, will Ashworth mediate in this disconnect between the medical staff and the coaching staff?
Ashworth describes himself as the middle of the wheel connecting the spokes. Will he be able to get the 2 parties into a room to sort out the issue?
The actual cause of our injury crisis is not actually known. I imagine people with no experience of dealing with football injuries think a top doctor can just magic them away.
Ashworth describes himself as the middle of the wheel connecting the spokes. Will he be able to get the 2 parties into a room to sort out the issue?
The actual cause of our injury crisis is not actually known. I imagine people with no experience of dealing with football injuries think a top doctor can just magic them away.
It's difficult to know what actually happened but ETH took the team to their limits last season and burn out could be a factor.
The real winner of course being Todd Boehly.
Yeah definitely feels that will happen
Beginning to have my doubts if the guy doesn't know what a hub is.
Horsechoker is a charlatan
He turned himself into a charlatan!
This was peak comedy
Deal is done
Announce is soon
Announce is soon
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