Then only thing Newcastle fans are worried about right now is if and when Mike Ashley is going to sell the club and get out of Toon.
Mike Ashley and Barry Moat – in happier times
There doesn’t seem to be too much new news on that today, and it looks like Newcastle businessman Barry Moat is still trying to find the funds necessary to buy his local football team from Mike Ashley.
Moat was said to be unhappy when his interest in an acquiring Newcastle was made public a week or so ago.
And Moat is still working diligently with lawyers to prove to Ashley that he is indeed a serious bidder, who can provide the club with a convincing financial package and a good and effective action plan to move forward.
It looks like Mike Ashley may believe he is in a better position than Barry to do just that, over the next two years, and therefore he has threatened keep to keep the club and bring in David O’Leary, before trying to sell it again either next summer or the year after.
At that time presumably the club’s financial books will be in better condition, and we may again be a Premier League side again.
But the scenario of Mike keeping the club will send shivers through the vast majority of Newcastle’s world-wide fan base, who are hardly pleased that Ashley has wrecked the club, during his short two year stint as owner.
As we reported yesterday, Moat’s bid is believed to include investment from Collingwood Insurance’s CEO Alan Beenshill, but the bid is still short of the £100M being demanded by Ashley.
Ashley is now saying that no deal will be done before the Reading game on Saturday, so that means Newcastle will have at most just two weeks to strengthen their squad, and rid themselves of more high wage-earners, to get the wage bill down to something that is affordable.
And news today that Newcastle’s financial controller, John Irving, has been in central London over the last seven days working with potential investors, so we think the deal is still potentially possible, if only Barry can get enough investment to close the deal.
If any fans had thought this would be the situation at the club after almost 12 weeks since we were relegated – nobody would have believed it. – nobody.
But that’s only because we were not clear on the depths of the incompetency of Mike Ashley in football ownership. The man has no right owning any football team, when he acts the way he has this summer.
Mike’s actions are completely consistent with being spiteful towards both Newcastle’s players and the Newcastle fan base.
And that’s not meant to unduly criticize or attack Mike – it’s simply the truth – and based on events of the summer.
Comments welcome.
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86 responses so far ↓
1 Steve_48 // Aug 13, 2009 at 11:42 AM
Seems to me like he bought the club in almost the blink of an eye, and is being a pain in the arse when it comes to selling it, just sell it, move on and never come back to the North East again – no longer welcome.
2 RyanToon // Aug 13, 2009 at 11:43 AM
boring
3 lesh // Aug 13, 2009 at 11:44 AM
SNAFU….. is there no end to this saga?
4 Fostino // Aug 13, 2009 at 11:47 AM
tune into SSN, there heading to newcastle to talk about their first home game of the season
5 spiderpig // Aug 13, 2009 at 11:53 AM
hey ed.where has all this nonsense about oleary come from,its almost as if you say the name all the time eventually it will come true.its made up crap which winds folk up,especially me.as for the sale.i do not care who actually owns the club,its the people he employs to run it.as far as i am concerned ashley has the most money out of all the potential owners,otherwise it would be sold by now.100 mill is a snip for any billionaire.ashley should get rid of llambias.surround himself with decent football people who can work within his budget,people who the fans can respect.let them do all the communicating and the hiring and firing of managers/players.get back to being a real football club instead of this circus.
6 AussieToon // Aug 13, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Fostino or anyone can you pass on what is being said, to us unfortunate souls living a world away?
Much appreciated.
7 Davy Craig // Aug 13, 2009 at 11:54 AM
A few fans warned last season that boycotting the club and Ashley’s businesses may lead to him being spiteful towards everything black ‘n’ white.
It seems to me that this indeed has come true because a businessman who had the ability to earn over a billion pounds does not suddenly turn into a complete numpty. (He has quite obviously made some huge mistakes which have all been listed many times before).
I think he’s decided that it’s his ball and he’s taking it in the house.
8 cam_toon // Aug 13, 2009 at 11:55 AM
He don’t care about Shearer,
He don’t care about the fans,
Newcastle United, is in the wrong hands.
Says it all… Cheers DamToon. Ill be singin !!!
9 Fostino // Aug 13, 2009 at 11:55 AM
well that was shi*e, they just said nicky butt and barton are back training and the match is live on ss1 on saturday…yawn!!
the sun is also linking us to tommy smith of watford
10 Davy Craig // Aug 13, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Spiderpig
I agree that if Ashley stays he should get rid of Llambias and build a whole new team of people who know what they’re doing. However, there are many things that Ashley should do but he has become so obstinate and seems to refuse to do what’s right!
11 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Er,
hasn’t it been ‘reported’(?) that there will be no sale before this weekend anyway?..
…& the last time i looked, it was thursday today & the weekend doesn’t actually start ’til friday at the earliest & then goes on thru saturday & sunday…So, isn’t this a bit premature?..
…Or is it just me?..
…Maybe the EU, US, NATO, the Gov, or maybe wikipedia have changed the rules on when weekends start & i’ve missed some important announcement!?!..
12 AussieToon // Aug 13, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Thanks for that fostino
No news is good news?
13 premier // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Moat bid ditched
14 ginkoh // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:06 PM
This story will be the most tragedy epic I ever seen in my life. 1 year after begining and still go on without any sign for the end.
But I ensure that after we pass it, We will be stronger and won’t do the same mistake again.
15 Big Gaz // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Listen lads… Ive got a little bit of overtime coming through this week.. anyone else fancy chipping in and clubbing together and getting that fat arse out of our beloved club once and for all..
He calls himself a buisness man ?? the old wife who runs the sarnie shop near mine could run it better than him.. Why does he not p**s of back to cockney land and do something usefull like wash his mams car and take his stupid specky arse side kick with him…
16 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:08 PM
sly sports are only gonna be at SJP ‘cos they might witness the locals in a state of unrest, it’s got ball all to do with football, it’s about tryin’ to find a ‘sensationalist spectacle’ to ‘report’…
…They love our very public demise & the idea of watchin’ us eat ourselves & then further demise…craploid wa**ers!..
17 Big Gaz // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:09 PM
I hope you are reading this Mike Ashley.. you have ruined what was once a wonderfull club… you do not belong here..
Please go away…
18 AussieToon // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:10 PM
premier – where did you hear that?
19 Fostino // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:10 PM
SSN have just said again that they will be with us again as we prepare for our first home game of the season…there’s nothing being mentioned about the sale of the club tho!!
20 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:12 PM
premier is a wum aussie,
obviously from spuds etc…
…Ignore!..
21 Bill F // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:14 PM
David Craig, do you seriously believe that? He might be an arrogant petulant SOB, but to deliberately throw money away out of spite!
I have a sneaking suspicion that he still hopes to own a successful club but he is struggling to finance this aim. The crunch has hit him hard.
The Moat deal I reckon is a dead duck, if he is struggling to find the funds (as many others have already mentioned) Then how will he fund essential new player buys. The last sentence also is probably Ashleys dilemma.
22 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:14 PM
premier (ship/league?)…
oh how ‘very’ internecine!..
23 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:16 PM
It’s ALL specujcture, ALL of it!..
…No point in beatin’ ourselves up about ANY of it!..
24 magforlife // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Premier is a wind up, posted the same yesterday, the name suggests gloating lucky mackem.
25 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Maybe, just maybe, Moat is THE Geordie investor that ashley wanted all along & they’re workin’ out some joint venture?..
…Just as good a chance as any of the other bullsh that we’ve been fed for the last couple of months, huh?..
26 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:20 PM
mag,
it dwells in s*land, so not that lucky!..
27 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Or maybe tottingham, ouch!..
28 Fostino // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM
im sick of all the speculation, why cant the club just update us regularly instead of fueling the amount of stories being written about us in the papers, which drives us fans mad!! having said that, some of the stuff lambias is coming out with is in par with the tripe joe kinnear mustered up
29 Fostino // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:23 PM
‘we will be hearing from the NUFC camp soon on SSN’
30 Davy Craig // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Bill F
Ashley suddenly had a huge windfall of over £1 billion. He’d have been been forced to pay tax on that (40%) so rather than give it to the tax man he had business advisers looking for investments. He would end up being able to gamble with that money instead of simply writing it off. He also invested in Adidas and Lonsdale to name but a few. His gamble with NUFC has failed so he has decided to cut his losses and get out taking as much as he can as possible with him. If he has thousands of people boycotting his assets then he’s not exactly going to be bending over backwards to throw more money into this venture to help them (us). This explains it all for me I’m afraid.
31 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Fostino,
probably ‘cos they ain’t allowed mate & also, the media spins everythin’ it gets it’s slimly paws on!?!..
32 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:27 PM
I very much doubt that people who have that sort of wedge ever pay the regular tax rate, or even have the money in the uk, that’s what tax havens are for after all…The most crime is where the most money resides!..
33 RyanToon // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:32 PM
fostino
it will be just hughton press conference
34 AussieToon // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:34 PM
lol
There is no way known Ashley a)pays the tax rate on his funds, and b)has that much in cash funds anyway.
He would tie most of it in investments and as punk skunk said overseas banks….he of course would have a good accountant. His investments that were tied to the share market including shares and property is where he has lost most of his worth!
This was always a play thing for Ashley. He isn’t to bad out of it.
35 Bill F // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:35 PM
David Craig ok, thats a fair comment but what is his current worth, all of his assets have been hit hard. I still find it unlikely he is ruining us out of spite. I think it’s more of a runaway train aspect and he just cannot get off it.
36 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:35 PM
For accountant, read, highly paid, highly trained robber!..
37 Davy Craig // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Bill F
I think that you’re right in your assessment as well and that it’s sadly a bit of both.
38 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Most of his losses will be theoretical for now, he’s probably got loads tied up in property, business, shares etc…
…When everythin’ turns around he’ll be sorted again, people like him just need to hang fire for as long as poss & ride the storm…Financial things are already on the turn!..
39 sahota // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Such is the situation that I can not think positive. I can still see us discussing same old story of who will be taking over on Monday. I just hope we win on SAT.
40 lesh // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Spiderpig@ 5
Totally agree with the sentimentys about getting rid of Llambias – in fact I said that last season when I’d suggested that a man with Ashley’s interests does not personally manage his subsidaiary companies – he employs Managing Directors to do that!
In this case, I am just astonished that he’s retaind faith in Llambias who one would assume was appointed to make a success of Ashley’s investment.
He’s hardly done that and I’m surprised he’s not been sacked!
41 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 12:59 PM
We will be sahota, simply because nothin’ will happen ’til monday at the earliest!..
42 Davey Falcus // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Rumour has it Ozzie Ardilles wants to manage us again.. I bloody hope not he was terrible last time around.
As for the sale, whichever idiot thinks MA is ruining us out of spite is a complete turd. Of course he isn’t doing that because in doing so he’s costing himself money, which as we all know is not a good thing, the man has already lost over half of his fortune in the past 2 years, he probably, as incompetant as he is, is putting the club first, i would prefer to have Ashley in than some consortium that can’t string together the extra 10million they need to buy us. if Ashley does decide to keep us by this weekend then I am almost certain we will have a manager in Monday/Tuesday and we will become fairly active in the transfer market, because Ashley will know that he can double his money by getting us promoted this season and that is what he will try to do.
43 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Lesh, mate,
People in ‘top’ jobs don’t get sacked man (bankers etc), even if/when everythin’ gans tits up…
…Now do they?..
44 lesh // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Fair does Punk but he wouldn’t be the first to leave a top job to pursue other another challenge or spend more time with his family would he?
Spend more time with his family? Maybe Ashley has got a heart after all and has spared his family that dubious pleasure.
45 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Lesh,
funny as mate…
…Bang on the money, as it were, there man!..
…Well if ashley’s bairns are Toon fans, he won’tbe allowed back, now that would be funny!..
46 Nobby_Long // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Sports Direct already owned the Lonsdale brand before Ashley floated the company.
Ashley invested in Umbro as well as Adidas.
As for his net worth, he lost money on shares – I think it may have been HBOS or RBS – a couple of hundred million was quoted.
However Ashley bought a lot of shares back when the SD shares fell through the floor. He therefore owns a lot more of the company now circa 70% than when he floated (57%) – so if SD profits rise he stands to gain a great deal in his personal wealth.
He may have less cash, but it all boils down to the fact that he is a huge gambler & risk taker, not an astute business man.
He would have been much better off putting more cash into NUFC rather than bank shares, he was just too stupid to see it.
47 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Swings & roundabouts, time will tell tho’!..
…All share dealin’s IS gamblin’, the stock market IS a casino!..
48 lesh // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:18 PM
As is SJP a casino Punk?
49 Toon_Factor // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:19 PM
punk skunk
Is it really necessary for you to put those stupid dots in every sentence?
50 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Is it offendin’ your sensibility mate?..
…Hey, i’m an individualist bro’, personal freedom ‘n’ all that!..
…Live ‘n’ let live is what i say!..
51 Ratfink // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:26 PM
If he stays the most important thing he needs to do is appoint an experienced football club chairman to handle the day to day running of the club and get rid of Lambias who just isnt qualified.
Any half decent manager and 10-15 mil investment should see us with a good chance of us going up.
Why does he need to put the club up for sale publicly, he should do what everyone else does, business as usual but open to offers.
52 punk skunk... // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:27 PM
I’ll get into it with you later bro’, im off to rehearsal right about now!..Later!..
53 chuck // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:27 PM
There`s not going to be a sale, so lets not run any more blogs on that particular premis, it just bores everyone to death.
Soh !
Whats next ? O`Leary ?, think not, we dont want him and we have had enough of the revolving door syndrome of management.
I mean there are decent people out there who would do a good job and we could use a bit of stability, combined with a long term business plan (axe Llambias) and untill that happens the club is going to drift like a rudderless ship, wallowing in the lower division(s)
It`s essential to spend a few pounds in order to rebuild a crap side and regain top flight football and be back where there`s money to be made, that plus the overall value of the club will increase.
Get it Mike ?
54 Toon_Factor // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Ok quick question for everyone, fantasy football, Milner or Fellaini? Who’d you pick?
55 gozzie4 // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Do you think Shearer has spoken to Moat at all in these last few days? If they are friends then surely Al would be ringing him up saying ‘please buy club (or words to that effect)… and get me in as manager’…. what ppl think?
Also find it strange how our scout was in Oslo last night (according to chronicle)… why would we scout players? Unless something was very close to happening….
56 gozzie4 // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:31 PM
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http://www.premierleague.com
someone fancy setting up a private league??
57 magforlife // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Chuck – Ashley listens to his inner circle of cronies and thats it, he couldnt give a toss about the fans.
Look at his sports direct shops and see the similarity to our once proud club, thats the now and the future with him in charge.
58 magforlife // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Gozzie – the scouts are window shopping only as they have to money to buy anything.
59 dave 1961 // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:34 PM
MIKE ASHLY IS PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETT WITH THE FOOTBALL CLUB he does not want to wreck Newcastle he just finds fighting relegation as exciting as winning but its’ a lot cheaper, it really is that simple. he’s not a lifelong fan, he just likes football when he purchase nufc he did it thinking that it was 138 million, just to find it had massive debt, just like most football clubs have. He was in a hurry to buy the club, as john hall told him at the FA cup final that he had to make his mind up quick as he had other offers, and he needed to decide fast, that’s why he did not conduct due diligence as he feared someone else was closer to making a purchase. When he finally found what he had purchased he was horrified to find all the debt was secured against winyard property, and the loans had to be repaid if the hall were bought out. In short he was conned and feels he owns a lame duck, so he is trying to turn the club into something more affordable, and as long as we are fighting something that ok by him, I think it frightened him the game against boro, was an eye opener does he, spend more cash to reach the heights that game suggested we could reach, or take the other route i.e. (kinnear/odreary) and stop the investment, if he’s relegated again he walks away & offsets it against tax. He came with good intensions but feels he was conned.
60 RyanToon // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:34 PM
felliani 100%
61 cam_toon // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:35 PM
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62 THE MAGPIE // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:35 PM
According to all the spiel no one was allowed to look at the books unless they proved they had 100m, so has Moat not even done due diligence yet?
Ashley will never get rid of Llambias-he is a friend of his and his record in other businesses shows he never employs anyone he doesnt know.
There might be a few loan signings but no money will be spent.
O’Leary looks a good candidate for Manager from Ashleys perspective because he is desperate to get back into football like Kinnear was therefore he will do everything he is told to do. Shearer on the other hand would stand his ground on certain issues and they dont want another Keegan type episode
63 cam_toon // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:36 PM
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64 lesh // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Why were the scouts in Oslo? Cos that’s what theyr’e paid to do.
The question I have is if we’re STILL scoulting these guys and they’re any good, why haven’t they been snapped up by Newcastle United before the bigger boys move in?
Dithering, as usual I’d say.
65 THE MAGPIE // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:41 PM
If you buy a club for 134m and it has 100m debt its worth 134m, if you repay the debt its worth 234m-Ashley has only lost money because he made some terrible decisions as he himself has admitted.
If he had invested 10m in players we would have stayed up-the club would be worth 234m and he wouldnt have lost a penny.
All it proves is that a bloke can be a multi millionaire in one type of business and be a complete idiot in a different type of business.
66 Trent Toon // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Newcastle United have become a soap opera. I bet tomorrow the deal with the singapor consortium gonna be back up with a 100% confidence that its gonna sell. Then they are gonna play down the bid-again. Then Moat will rise up and saying a deal will be done by Saturday. Offcourse saturday comes, we lose and the club isn’t sold. Ashley will then go back on holiday, and leave his phone at home. Soon again shearer will whinge that he is limbo and then reports that ashley travelled to singapor to talk to the consortium whilst on his holidays. Then David O Leary will deny newcastle job. Kinnear will have said he could get the club promoted but his health is holding him back. Soon Lliabias will say that the prospects of the club will be sold are still 50-50. Then Ashley will hire dennis wise to be manager. Soon after that he will fire wise and then put hughton to cover for a bit, then kinnear, then hughton, then shearer, then hughton, then Kevin Keegan. After he fires Moat Ashley will become manager, which when the club will be worth 5 mill and then Coloccini will buy the club with the money we paid him. It never will stop.
67 lesh // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM
O’leary’s attractive cos he’s a friend of Llambias and he’ll not rock any boats.
But and I’ll ask the question again….. has Ashley ever wondered why O’Leary’s not had a management job since 2006.
Or for that matter, a similar question about Kinnear, Curbishly, Strachan, Ardilles and others that’ve been floated.
68 premier // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM
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69 cam_toon // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:51 PM
@Prem…
Thats why its the exiled 11 smart arse.
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70 dave 1961 // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Or look at it another way kinnear was given 5million and got Taylor & Nolan would you have trusted him with ten million of your cash, but that saying, he did want to make him permanent boss, and seemed to confide in him (what was going on in his business life) as we were told mike was hit hard by the financial crisis, what frightens Ashley was, with one head shearer was a force to be reckoned with, with 52,000 heads he was untouchable, he is afraid to give shearer the job, because he could not fire him when he has an army behind him.
71 RyanToon // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:57 PM
premier
fuc* of* you cu**
72 BigB75 // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:57 PM
We should of gotten R. Martinez when we had a chance i think he will be a terrific manager.!!!!! and i think he’s got an eye for players and plays great football
73 RyanToon // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:58 PM
@66
wouldnt be suprised
74 Dennis Twice // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Ashley go please enough…..burn in h*** you dirty b******
75 BigB75 // Aug 13, 2009 at 1:59 PM
He will have Wigan play some good ball…..this season…..then i could be totally wrong!!!!!
76 RyanToon // Aug 13, 2009 at 2:00 PM
newcastle evening chronicle are a joke
77 Bill F // Aug 13, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Ed just as a matter of interest, to what happier times are you referring in the caption. Have I missed something.
78 BigB75 // Aug 13, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Guys so here is my NUFC ” WET DREAM” so say MA stays on but, gets rid of all the dirty trash we currently have……then give/sale a precentage to Mr. Dave Dien to come on as owner/ Chairman….then go through this season and clean house and have him set up the proper football system that we need, then at the end of the season go after Wenger as i feel he will be pushed out of Arsenal if they are not top 4. i think both gentlemen are ready for a new project!!!!anyway just a thought/ Dream!!!!!!
79 Sav // Aug 13, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Llambias is staying as long as Ashley is in charge. Get used to it. Listening to the blather on here is a bit like listening to ‘Ryan Taylor is going to drive us to the top’ headlines in the Chronic. (Not unless he’s retiring to become Toon coach-driver, he’s not).
I agree with Ed’s diplomatically expressed, “Mike’s actions are completely consistent with being spiteful towards both Newcastle’s players and the Newcastle fan base.” I’ve said the same thing here before. My only hope, consistent with that view, is that the O’Leary deal is just a bluff to upset the fans into putting pressure on the Barry Moat consortium. Anyone that knows him or his milkman must be saying,”For Pete’s sake, Barry, pay Ashley what he wants, buy the club, and save us all from an even worse fate.”
80 repo // Aug 13, 2009 at 4:17 PM
And news today that Newcastle’s financial controller, John Irving, has been in central London over the last seven days working with potential investors, so we think the deal is still potentially possible, if only Barry can get enough investment to close the deal.
where the link to prove to me thats this true..
81 magpies1 // Aug 13, 2009 at 4:29 PM
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82 Solaidback // Aug 13, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Well if Moat is looking for an extra £10m, maybe he should ask Shearer who’s personal fortune is approx £17m at present & he could double that if he puts it into the TOON & then gets us promoted to the PL again
83 Solaidback // Aug 13, 2009 at 5:03 PM
I take that back, he was worth £17m back in 2001, he’s now worth £32m according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2009
So he could afford £10m to buy a stake in the club he loves so much
84 HarryWorth // Aug 13, 2009 at 7:22 PM
“so we think the deal is still potentially possible, if only Barry can get enough investment to close the deal.”
ED says “WE” but really means “I”.
85 chestnut // Aug 14, 2009 at 3:58 AM
i dont want to sound like an ashley supporter.. but what the heck has the guy done to suddenly rise everyone against him? what precisely is it? is i because the club was relegated?.. if we had no player of calibre, i can accept the crap ashley excuse, but the players were the ones “directly” responsible for losing every single game they played. Is it because teh team had no game plan, hence losing every single game they played? .. that is the job of the previous managers to sort out, not crap ashley.. so the blame lies squarely on kinnear and shearer! the blame is also on the egoistic keegan who had no patience with himself, unlike kinnear who could work well alongside the hated ex-director of football. Alan shearer is no god, he is human just like you and me. he makes mistakes too, and he made plenty during his 8 games stint. ACCEPT THAT AS A FACT. Ashley was hailed as toon saviour after he bought out shepherd and hall family. now because all these so-called geordie “messiahs” failed miserably, the toons are trying to put the blame on anyone but the “messiahs”. so there is no one else on the block except poor crap ashley. My real prediction (which always comes true) is if another messiah such as shearer is appointed as manager, any failure in the future would not be blamed on him or his players, but the owner. If i was a potential buyer of a football club, i would not even consider owning newcastle utd unless ..
86 telsave // Aug 14, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Spot on Chestnut so many people on here are so blinded by hatred for MA they cannot see past their noses. MA has made massive mistakes in thinking that he could run a football club the same way as his retail outlets, the main difference is that the competitors in retail have the same products so it is a bit of a price war in football the competitors have better products (i.e players) they have a better management set up and they appeal to their customers (fans) by communicating with them just as they do in the retail world (advertising, etc.)
Why doesn’t Moat and MA get together, MA always said that he wanted another investor. Put some money into the club to stabilise it and run it like a real business. Get rid of the hangers on (Lambias, etc) and make real business decisions. As far as Shearer for manager is that the real solution to our problems? He can be a good manager but will need to be given time and a great backroom staff to help him, he in turn needs to listen.
We the fans need to get down from cloud seven and get behind the team and whatever structure is in place.
Football is a transitional business the fans are permanent, players need to plunge their hand into a bucket of water pull it out and see what size of hole they leave behind to realize that life goes on with or without them. If they want to stay and fight for this great club they will not have their heads turned by offers on the table and if they want to stay they are under contract and all they need do is to refuse to move. The trouble is the rubbish we have will stay becuase the competition (other clubs) are only interested in the better players of course, they are the ones you need to keep and if Moat and MA were to joint invest we could afford to keep the better players even if they are on premiership wages.
Can someone at NUFC please be sensible about this whole mess it is in their hands not the media not the fans, stop speculating and wait for decisions to be made. And if MA does attend tomorrow cut out the crap and suppport the team ignore his presence otherwise you are playing into his hands.
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