Mike Ashley

[Daniel]

Brukbar lønn for noen få måneders arbeid fra Keegan ihvertfall!

[Kristoffer]

Må jo vært noe i Keegan sak da siden de faktisk må ut med gryn..

[Joakim]

Som om vi noen gang har vært i tvil om det.
Når Keegan først går til sak, så sier det seg selv at han faktisk har en sak.

[Frode]

Da har jo Keegan fått reddet "bedriften" sin Soccer Circus som har slitt økonmisk de siste par årene.

[Asbjørn]

Da har jo Keegan fått reddet "bedriften" sin Soccer Circus som har slitt økonmisk de siste par årene.

Takket være Newcastles innkompetente eier og hans venner.

[ScandinavianMagpie]

Da har jo Keegan fått reddet "bedriften" sin Soccer Circus som har slitt økonmisk de siste par årene.

Syne det er greit at fotballhistoriens største sirkus - Newcastle Utd. "sponser" det lille foretaget til KK 

[Kristoffer]

Ordkrigen mellom Fat Mike-leiren og Fat Fred ser ikke ut til å ta slutt. Her er FFs reaksjoner på Llambias seneste sjarmoffensiv:

Michael Owen's £16million move from Real Madrid in 2005 is being used as a smokescreen to disguise Newcastle's crippling financial problems of 2009.

Former chairman Freddy Shepherd has accused Toon owner Mike Ashley and his board of trying to hijack the up-front funding of the club record Owen deal to deflect from their own financial inadequacies.

And Shepherd has blasted Ashley's net investment over four transfer windows as "a joke".

In a blistering broadside Shepherd has warned billionaire Ashley to "stop making excuses and blaming everyone but himself" and remember his own words to his unhappy Sports Direct investors about "acting like cry-babies".

Ashley's first balance sheet since his Toon takeover shows the Magpies parent company making a massive loss of £34m on 2007-08 and more than doubling the club's net liabilities to nearly £36m. The Magpies now owe Ashley, who paid £134m for the club in 2007, a staggering £248m.

Shepherd has taken off the gloves after Magpies managing director Derek Llambias described as "crazy" Newcastle's decision to pay for the Owen deal with sponsors' cash.

Shepherd said: "Newcastle bought England's top striker without borrowing from the bank or being landed with any interest charges. The fact we paid up front was the factor that allowed us to win the Owen race.

"It was a gilt-edged deal from a financial perspective, even if the injuries that have blighted Owen's time at Newcastle meant it didn't quite work out on the football front.

"The fee for a world class star like Owen was £4m a year over the period of his deal and with turnover in the £90millions it equated to less than four per cent of turnover.

"I think fans will question how such a miniscule proportion of turnover could spark a cash crisis in 2009.

"They are trying to camouflage the problems they have created and distance blame from themselves with a pathetic PR campaign.

"When we broke the world transfer record for Alan Shearer in 1996 the fee was £15m. We borrowed at high interest rates when turnover was much less so it was a far costlier and riskier deal in real terms than Owen's.

"I make absolutely no apologies for trying to bring the best to Newcastle. Shearer worked brilliantly, Owen didn't - but that is how football works.

"I'd challenge any one to compare the cash I backed managers with to the break-even transfer policy that now appears to be in place."

Shepherd believes many of Ashley's decisions have heightened the club's cash problems. He added: "He sacked Sam Allardyce, that cost £4.6m. They failed to back Kevin Keegan above and that's brought a legal claim for a reported £8m.

"They have lost the fans which has sent gates down to below 48,000 and cost revenue.

They've sold nearly £50m of talent they inherited and lost top players such as Shay Given, James Milner and Scott Parker.

"This comes at a time when the net spend on players is virtually invisible. The financial performance of the club is as worrying as what is happening on the field. My salary was criticised but it never matched the £1.35m it cost to bring Chris Mort in as chairman.

"Ashley's Sports Direct company advertising is plastered all over the stadium and the club publications but the accounts show that just £42,250 was paid to Newcastle.

"And what sort of business sells Shay Given to the world's so-called richest club, Man City, and has to to wait until the summer to be paid?

"When blame is being dished out for the present predicament I don't think too many people will be fooled by the excuses coming from the people who have been in charge for two seasons.

"I have been attacked for everything from the fact that Ashley failed to exercise due diligence to that I set up a deal to sign a world-class star without borrowing to do it.

"I wouldn't buy a secondhand car without checking it was road-worthy and whether there were any HP deals on it, so I don't see how it can be anyone's fault but his that he didn't look at the books before forking out £134m for a football club."

[Benson]

Mange gode poenger her. Sjønner godt Freddy blir småforbanna over det eineste Ashley gjør er og syte over alt som var gale i klubben og legge skylden over på alle andre enn seg sjøl.
"They are trying to camouflage the problems they have created and distance blame from themselves with a pathetic PR campaign. Treffer spikern her summerer opp det meste.

[lgrinde]

Mange gode poenger her. Sjønner godt Freddy blir småforbanna over det eineste Ashley gjør er og syte over alt som var gale i klubben og legge skylden over på alle andre enn seg sjøl.
"They are trying to camouflage the problems they have created and distance blame from themselves with a pathetic PR campaign. Treffer spikern her summerer opp det meste.

Sjølvsagt går Fat Fred ut og forsvarar seg og si styring. Og han har rett i mykje av det han seier. Men skal jo merka seg at han ikkje innrømme feil han sjølv gjorde, og dei var mange. For det første bidrog Fat Fred i stor grad til at vi skifta manager kvar sesong, og at vi sakte bevega oss mot der vi er i dag. Eg lurer veldig på kva Fat Fred hadde gjort med Big Sam, sidan å tilfredsstilla fansen er det einaste han teinke på, hadde jo garantert sparka han.

[Nico]

Vet ikke om det er skrivd her før jeg, men fra sommern av slipper vi den lille dvergen! Men ser da altså ut som Dennis Wise stepper av som director of football.

From The News of the World, Sunday:

Dennis Wise will end his controversial stay as Newcastle?s executive director of football in the summer.

Sport of the World has learned that the former Chelsea star is set to step down from his position at the end of the season.

[Thomas]

Vet ikke om det er skrivd her før jeg, men fra sommern av slipper vi den lille dvergen! Men ser da altså ut som Dennis Wise stepper av som director of football.

From The News of the World, Sunday:

Dennis Wise will end his controversial stay as Newcastle’s executive director of football in the summer.

Sport of the World has learned that the former Chelsea star is set to step down from his position at the end of the season.

Hvor bra kan dette være? Hvis Wise står bak noen av kjøpene våre har han gjort en utrolig bra jobb. Lenge siden sist vi har fått inn så gode spillere for så lite. Hva med å sparke Lambias eller hva han nå heter og få inn Chris Mort i stedet. Det er vi bedre tjent med, tror jeg.

[Kristoffer]

Få ut Wise. Han er neppe den eneste DoFen som kan skaffe oss unge talenter. Greit om vi da kunne fått en likanes kar også.
Forøvrig tror jeg ikke Sheperd ville sparka Big Sam slik tingene så ut den gang.

[lgrinde]

Få ut Wise. Han er neppe den eneste DoFen som kan skaffe oss unge talenter. Greit om vi da kunne fått en likanes kar også.
Forøvrig tror jeg ikke Sheperd ville sparka Big Sam slik tingene så ut den gang.

Det trur eg, med ein gong han hadde fått fansen mot seg. Og fansen gjekk mot Big Sam.

[Kristoffer]

Noen ja. Men Fat Fred har alltid gitt sine managere litt mer tid enn kun det. Stormet jævla lenge rundt Souness før han endelig fikk fyken. Roeder fikk sitte ut hele jævla sesongen sin. Så skal vi ikke glemme at Fat Fred var Sheperds egentlige førstevalg hele veien da Sir Bobby fikk fyken.
Så jeg tror ikke han ville fått fyken i nærheten så kjapt. Ting var heller ikke så fælt som enkelte skal ha det til. Langt derifra.

[Benson]

Noen ja. Men Fat Fred har alltid gitt sine managere litt mer tid enn kun det. Stormet jævla lenge rundt Souness før han endelig fikk fyken. Roeder fikk sitte ut hele jævla sesongen sin. Så skal vi ikke glemme at Fat Fred var Sheperds egentlige førstevalg hele veien da Sir Bobby fikk fyken.
Så jeg tror ikke han ville fått fyken i nærheten så kjapt. Ting var heller ikke så fælt som enkelte skal ha det til. Langt derifra.

Du har selvfølgelig rett i dette. Både Souness og Roeder fekk lengre tid enn Sam fikk under Ashley. I tillegg uttala han jo at Sam ikkje var hans type og vurderte og sparke han med ein gang men lot han få ein (halv)sjangse.