NJS 1633 Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 Yeah maybe on re-reading they are over-emphasising that game in the scheme of things - fair enough. I don't think they are "forgetting" all of the other issues/factors in saying that but still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 Yeah maybe on re-reading they are over-emphasising that game in the scheme of things - fair enough. I don't think they are "forgetting" all of the other issues/factors in saying that but still.... In fairness I don't think they are completely forgetting everything else either but it's the air of superiority and opportioning of blame to the fans for that result which I find sickening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 13298 Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 it's the air of superiority and opportioning of blame to the fans for that result which I find sickening. Aye, coupled with the 'we've repeatedly turned down media requests because we don't claim to speak for the fans' bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 5020 Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 Got back from holiday at Gatwick yesterday, picked up the Times, flicking through saw us yet again in the front pages with a piece by George Caulkin. Words literally fail me, just when you think Ashley can't make things worse, he does this. I think its the final straw for me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 Got back from holiday at Gatwick yesterday, picked up the Times, flicking through saw us yet again in the front pages with a piece by George Caulkin. Words literally fail me, just when you think Ashley can't make things worse, he does this. I think its the final straw for me now. Hope you had a great time. It's a little known FACT! that Ernesto 'Che' was a Newcastle United supporter. That's what I was told, anyhoo. (some of the above may be slight boolsheet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 I had all the time in the world for our new boss... then he came out with things like playing down the renaming of St James Park and how the fans protesting could hurt the team. It strikes me he's sold his soul for that permanent deal, he's nothing more than another one of Ashley's cronies for me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordiejihad 0 Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 TBF Hughton has always been a lick spittle say nothing do nothing how high would you like me to jump Mike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Got back from holiday at Gatwick yesterday, picked up the Times, flicking through saw us yet again in the front pages with a piece by George Caulkin. Words literally fail me, just when you think Ashley can't make things worse, he does this. I think its the final straw for me now. What the fuck you doing holidaying at Gatwick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 I had all the time in the world for our new boss... then he came out with things like playing down the renaming of St James Park and how the fans protesting could hurt the team. It strikes me he's sold his soul for that permanent deal, he's nothing more than another one of Ashley's cronies for me now. To be fair to Hughton, what is he supposed to say? He's got the manager's job - admittedly through sheer luck - at one of the biggest clubs in England. Whatever he privately thinks, there's no chance on earth he's going to publicly rubbish the owner's decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordiejihad 0 Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastl...61634-25111367/ FUCK OFF HUGHTON ...I mean just fuck off you stupid daft cunt ...try reading what YOUR BOSS has said on the matter , you thick cunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 2517 Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Picking up Ashley's poisoned chalice Nov 11 2009 By Andrew Hebden, The Journal GOOD luck to Ampersand, the Merseyside-based PR and marketing company that has landed the job of selling Newcastle United sponsorship to a global audience. They'll need it. What would until fairly recently have been seen as a fantastic commercial opportunity is now regarded by many as a poisoned chalice such is the animosity towards Mike Ashley’s regime. Perhaps it was the extent of local anger which prompted the club to look so far afield for help in finding a new sponsor for its iconic shirt and famous stadium. After all, Ampersand has hardly impressed so far with the firm refusing to talk to our reporters about the precise nature of its involvement at St James’ and given the fact its own website is not functioning yet. (Apparently the new-look site launches in November 2009 – which is an interesting promise for a PR and marketing business to be making on November 10, 2009). While Ampersand scours the globe for potential backers, the club has now infamously taken the decision to rename its ground in honour of Mr Ashley’s own sportswear company. Apparently, this is an effort to showcase the potential of this marketing opportunity – or in other words to highlight just how hated your brand can become by aligning itself with the current Newcastle United regime. Many commentators have questioned just why Mr Ashley’s running of the club as a business has been so pitiful given his impressive record as a major high street retailer. The answer, as with so many other businesspeople who indulge themselves by buying a football club, probably lies in the fact that running a sports club is a quite different proposition to any typical business. Yet the club’s recent efforts to market itself to potential sponsors is even more difficult to explain. Mr Ashley is, if nothing else, a successful salesman, so it does make you wonder why he should embark an a strategy which apparently involves upsetting as many of your most loyal customers as possible. Winning back their goodwill is a size that is surely beyond him now. And transforming the image of his regime is surely beyond the finest PR brains that Merseyside can offer. Ashley's astonishing conveyor belt of poor appointments goes on. He must be the luckiest man in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 It'll be one of his mates who owns the company at a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 1021 Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 It'll be one of his mates who owns the company at a guess. I wonder if they have their own cab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 This just adds further weight to my belief that Moat is just an Ashley rent-a-gob. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_5696881,00.html Barry Moat admits he too would consider selling the naming rights of St James' Park were he ever to complete a takeover at Newcastle United. Current owner Mike Ashley has taken the Championship club off the market after he could not find anyone willing to meet his £80million valuation, with local businessman Moat known to be interested. Ashley's controversial tenure has come in for even more criticism over the past few weeks after he took the decision to rename the club's home ground sportsdirect.com@St James' Park, with Sports Direct being the sportswear firm he owns. Although it was another hugely unpopular move by Ashley in the eyes of supporters, Moat insists it is something which most clubs have to consider. He told Sky Sports News: "I think you have to explore things like naming rights, you have to do that. "Unfortunately we live in a world where football is big business, and the gap between the Championship and the Premier League is getting bigger all the time. "So you have to do things to close that gap. We need to get back up to the Premier League as quickly as possible. "I think if you have to do some of those things, by taking the commercial benefit of a sponsor, then as far as I'm concerned if that gets the right players on the pitch, gives you the right entertainment on a Saturday, then where do I sign?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timnufc 0 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 This just adds further weight to my belief that Moat is just an Ashley rent-a-gob. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_5696881,00.html Barry Moat admits he too would consider selling the naming rights of St James' Park were he ever to complete a takeover at Newcastle United. Current owner Mike Ashley has taken the Championship club off the market after he could not find anyone willing to meet his £80million valuation, with local businessman Moat known to be interested. Ashley's controversial tenure has come in for even more criticism over the past few weeks after he took the decision to rename the club's home ground sportsdirect.com@St James' Park, with Sports Direct being the sportswear firm he owns. Although it was another hugely unpopular move by Ashley in the eyes of supporters, Moat insists it is something which most clubs have to consider. He told Sky Sports News: "I think you have to explore things like naming rights, you have to do that. "Unfortunately we live in a world where football is big business, and the gap between the Championship and the Premier League is getting bigger all the time. "So you have to do things to close that gap. We need to get back up to the Premier League as quickly as possible. "I think if you have to do some of those things, by taking the commercial benefit of a sponsor, then as far as I'm concerned if that gets the right players on the pitch, gives you the right entertainment on a Saturday, then where do I sign?" Indeed, brilliant timing Barry to say something now isnt it? Happy to be a puppet for Ashley to take the heat off him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timnufc 0 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 (edited) "My bitch is doing well" Edited November 16, 2009 by timnufc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyff 0 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 "Smile Barry!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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