Is Mike Ashley the greatest hustler in PL football history?

[ArmaniArmy]

@Pirate

Was a total cunt drinking pints with Arsenal fans at Toons away end, he pissed Kevin Keegan off to the point of no return and tried to sell up after fans complaints....in a turn of events he's controversially bought in Pardew despite Chris Hughton promotion effort and mid-table football and is now in europe challenging at top 4, changed the name of the stadium to sports direct arena to garner £10m extra transfer funds brought in Demba Ba Cisse Santon the former being the best buys ever imo. Previously sold Andy Carrol for £35m and is looking to bring him back at a fraction of the price and I've read today he's trying to negotiate a deal with Rangers so he owns 10% of the club and can loan players out and have first option on talent

He doesn't give a shit

almost the Balotteli of executive suites

have I missed anything?

[Tony Starks]

He's on his job tbh

He's not an Arab Sheikh he's gotta look after his money, it's expensive to run a club especially when you're a fan of said club you can end up in deep shit. E.g Simon Jordan at Palace

[chris89]

He's done well tbh Newcastle should do well in the CL this season





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Will be interesting to see if Cisse can carry on his form, if not he's just Michael Ricketts

[MyLord]

lol at challenging at top 4

one good season and people go over board boy

mike ash >>>>>>>>>>>>

[ArmaniArmy]

so do you lot not seriously think they can challenge for top 4

[Jack 1017]

lol at challenging at top 4

one good season and people go over board boy

mike ash >>>>>>>>>>>>

Liverpool fans stay jelly

Can confirm they're squad is just as good if not better then Spurs tbh

[MyLord]

so do you lot not seriously think they can challenge for top 4

No tbh. I think last season they over achieved and won't do it again. Not hating, #justsaying . I'm willing to bet that Newcastle don't make top 4 with anyone on here

Liverpool fans stay jelly

Can confirm they're squad is just as good if not better then Spurs tbh

Piss off. I'm not jelly I just call it like I see it. They got some good players and have done good business but I just don't think that they are much stronger than us, spurs or Everton tbh but will see what happens with the teams at the end of the transfer window

[Pirate]

not going to lie, i was one of the 'taxi for ashley' guys back when he sacked keegan (and then hughton) but the man is the best thing to happen to our club in a long time. rate him highly.

[quality]

LOL at the pundits last season decrying letting Barton and Nolan go to bring in players "no-one" had heard of. Newcastle were in a relegation scrap apparently. Who'd have thunk it that a French international and Lille captain is better than Joey fucking Barton.

Still think they need another CB, they rode their luck at points last season with Perch at the back.

Ashley's business model is the envy of all other Premier League clubs. The problem starts when you have to either start playing these players big money or replace them again. Teams like Udinese and Dortmund have managed to do this really well.

[Kartel]

LOL at the pundits last season decrying letting Barton and Nolan go to bring in players "no-one" had heard of. Newcastle were in a relegation scrap apparently. Who'd have thunk it that a French international and Lille captain is better than Joey fucking Barton.

Still think they need another CB, they rode their luck at points last season with Perch at the back.

Ashley's business model is the envy of all other Premier League clubs. The problem starts when you have to either start playing these players big money or replace them again. Teams like Udinese and Dortmund have managed to do this really well.

yeah that would be the problem. but the players they signed seem to be quite loyal and not money grabbing, a few of the players have rejected clubs like Inter to come to Newcastle

[quality]

yeah that would be the problem. but the players they signed seem to be quite loyal and not money grabbing, a few of the players have rejected clubs like Inter to come to Newcastle

I'll use the Modric example. Came to Spurs on a low wage, of course eventually he is going to want to earn his worth in the (skewed) football market. It can be dressed up as ambition, but essentially it will eventually come down to money. In any job, if you knew deep down you were better than Person X who was earning more money than you, you'd be pissed. By joining Newcastle, these players have developed their career more than they would at a club like Inter. The next step is either a big pay rise or a big transfer once you're established.

Loyalty only goes so far (though with Modric I would question why he felt it was appropriate to sign a 6 year deal in 2010... he won't even hand in a transfer request because he loses money then).

[Bobby_7]

Liverpool fans stay jelly

Can confirm they're squad is just as good if not better then Spurs tbh

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[Hij]

Their's squads just as good if not better than Arsenal's tbh

[MoneyMan]

@Pirate

Was a total cunt drinking pints with Arsenal fans at Toons away end, he pissed Kevin Keegan off to the point of no return and tried to sell up after fans complaints....in a turn of events he's controversially bought in Pardew despite Chris Hughton promotion effort and mid-table football and is now in europe challenging at top 4, changed the name of the stadium to sports direct arena to garner £10m extra transfer funds brought in Demba Ba Cisse Santon the former being the best buys ever imo. Previously sold Andy Carrol for £35m and is looking to bring him back at a fraction of the price and I've read today he's trying to negotiate a deal with Rangers so he owns 10% of the club and can loan players out and have first option on talent

lol at them words together in the same sentence

cool 3rd division bros

[Zoffie]

Forget about Newcastle, look at Sports Direct all of his competitors are losing market share & their profit margins are continually getting hit.
Whilst Sports Direct is doing better than ever, he's become such an intrigue to me.
I'm a featherweight fan at this point.

Humans are people of habit & it's easy to see now why he is a billionaire.. coz he's a fucken winner that's why.