ewerk 26540 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 IMO a more sensible strategy would be for NUST to call for a compromise whereby any renaming to be a prefix only, retaining the name but also allowing him to raise the revenue. That would still be unacceptable to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6308 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Great artice from Simon Bird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 No. A compromise on this is not a compromise, it's a surrender Indeed sir, there is no 'compromise'. The fans of NUFC have been 'compromising' since Ashley took over, this is a step too far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 (edited) "Which ones Simon Bird?" "Me" "You're a bloody lovely chap" Edited October 28, 2009 by Ketsbaia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 "Which ones Simon Bird?""Me" "You're a bloody lovely chap" He's certainly spot on with his column today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordiejihad 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 "Which ones Donald Stott?" Donald , "Me" "Youre a cunt" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Chronicle reflect fans opinion... http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcas...72703-25031025/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 (edited) Ryders blog... "We need to make Coors Light Park a fortress" The above title of this blog entry are the words that are enough to send shivers down the spine with the latest outrage of Tyneside the bright idea to rename St James's Park - to even imagine a future Toon player uttering such words will make many physically sick. You can see it in years to come perhaps a more experienced Haris Vuckic saying: "We need to make Coors Light Park a fortress." It's been clear for months that Newcastle were struggling to find a buyer for the club and on the day that Chris Hughton was appointed as boss, it might have been an idea for the current board to let people get their heads around how things will pan out between now and the end of the season. Renaming St James's Park is simply bad taste in the eyes of most Geordie fans - and many will feel that even the injection of silly money to do it will do nothing to make up for another piece of heritage being ripped away from the Tyneside streets. On the back of Newcastle Broon being brewed in Tadcaster, this is another slap in the face for Toon fans. Had Newcastle built a super stadium before they decided to rebuild St James's Park in the 1990s perhaps there would be no complaints when it came to naming a new building and cashing in the situation. And there have been many stupid names for football grounds such as the Emirates, the Madjeski Stadium, The DW Stadium, Reebok, KC, the Walkers Stadum and the Fitness First Stadium - the USA it's common place with Pizza Hut Park, Dick's Sporting Goods Park and Toyota Park all on the list of your average MLS fan. Yet they are all brand new stadiums. You just could not see big clubs like Barcelona, Man United, Real Madrid or AC Milan even contemplating changing the name of their current home. Even little York City got stick for renaming Bootham Crescent to KitKat Crescent but that's a club that is on its knees financially. Renaming St James's Park to Coors Light Park, Bwin Park or even the McDonalds Arena shows that Newcastle's top brass have again got it so seriously wrong. I wonder if the print story will be as strong. Edited October 28, 2009 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26540 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Chronicle reflect fans opinion... http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcas...72703-25031025/ Thanks be to Christmas Tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 You can see it in years to come perhaps a more experienced Haris Vuckic saying: "We need to make Coors Light Park a fortress." Aye like Vuckic will be here long enough for that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyff 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Get in contact with Moat? If he has £80M to buy the club, then perhaps he can stump up some money to buy the naming rights and keep the name the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26540 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Get in contact with Moat? If he has £80M to buy the club, then perhaps he can stump up some money to buy the naming rights and keep the name the same? It'd effectively be throwing money down the drain for him though. At least with buying the club he would have an asset that he could sell on at a future date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Get in contact with Moat? If he has £80M to buy the club, then perhaps he can stump up some money to buy the naming rights and keep the name the same? That'll be Ashleys next statement...."if the fans don't like it, they can pay for the naming rights themself". The cum farting pig fucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Sir Bobby must be turning in his grave with all that's going on, as if it hadn't been bad enough in the last 18 months of his life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6434 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 anyone have Tony Blair's email address? We could do with someone very famous making a statement against this. I have emailed the two previously mentioned fwiw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 (edited) anyone have Tony Blair's email address? We could do with someone very famous making a statement against this. I have emailed the two previously mentioned fwiw. Sadly, celeb types wouldn't want to get involved I should think. Edited October 28, 2009 by Armchair Pundit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6434 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Possibly not AP, but once again is it not worth trying? I will gladly spend 10 minutes sending an email to arguably our most famous fan. It may be borne of frustration and fury but having a crack is almost always better than not having a crack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKev 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 For the first time in my live, I actually have the desire to kill one certain person. Shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 (edited) I can't e-mail Blair. Whinging to a war criminal about our wideboy owner seems a bit daft. Edited October 28, 2009 by Ketsbaia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6308 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 More the point than anything else is that it'd have fuck all effect. Even if Blair did speak, Ashley wouldn't give a fuck. I'm still hoping the OFT fuck him over - seize all his business interests and lock the fat cunt up - now THAT's karma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6434 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I take on board the 'it'll do nout' and he's a war criminal and all that shite, but I ahve done it anyway. so fuck yas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 (edited) Remember when he spoke up about Diedre Rashid being wrongfully imprisoned? She's free and easy now. It might just work. Edited October 28, 2009 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I'm telling you man, General election and loads of local councillors up for the chop next spring, hassle them and they'll make a masive song and dance about it. It's better than nowt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffidae 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 yeh, I’m seething about the thought of Ashley changing the name, but I’m more concerned about how he’s going to remedy the overall situation. Now he’s not selling the club (and as he’s someone who has admitted that he’s never been an “expert at running a football club” — ha, the understatement!) you’d think the penny would’ve dropped by now. The main priority has to be getting someone in who knows how to run a football club — as they clearly haven’t got a clue. He’s messed up so badly it’s cost him a fortune and caused massive rifts between them and us the supporters (who are his customers), so now should be the time to rally the troops, fans, et al. But, oh dear, that ‘press statement’ is another example of contempt which only reiterates that they’re complete piss taking idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKev 0 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The Gallowgate End will be renamed in ''The Mike Ashley Stand'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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