Mike Ashley

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Yes because the mags hated him and didn’t rate the job he was doing.

And we would think the same if we had an owner doing similar things

 

[deleted user 785]

We call her Mandy
Ellis Short was 10x the owner the FCB was and he gets absolutely slated on here

Ellis Short, for all his good intentions was a terrible owner and Ashley is/was easily better.

And we would think the same if we had an owner doing similar things

We didn't and had an owner who took us to the 3rd tier

 

[Sons of The Wear]

And we would think the same if we had an owner doing similar things

Short was hopeless. Absentee landlord who had no understanding of English professional football.

Personal acquaintance of Methven thus the shady dealings that let the Oxford United supporting duo pour fuel onto the SAFC fires that were burning from Short’s reign.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Ellis Short, for all his good intentions was a terrible owner and Ashley is/was easily better.

We didn't and had an owner who took us to the 3rd tier

We didn’t criticise Short? We maybe didn’t act like weapons, but let’s not pretend anyone was happy

Short was hopeless. Absentee landlord who had no understanding of English professional football.

Not doubting it

 

[Jelly Belly]

Having just made a 70 million profit on a club he ran into the ground he probably thinks it’s easy to make money in football , buy Derby cheap now when they are on the brink of going bust , minimal spending on players etc but keep them ticking along and sell them for a profit in a few years will be his idea.

Ran into the ground????? f***ing hell man give your head a wobble

 

[king of the road]

Ellis Short, for all his good intentions was a terrible owner and Ashley is/was easily better.

That’s your opinion, you’d be wrong though. Purely on investment, Short put in way more. His managerial appointments were most lauded on here although he did tend to get rid of them too quickly. Or were they hounded out like Sir Bobby was?

 

[woodlebert]

We didn’t criticise Short? We maybe didn’t act like weapons, but let’s not pretend anyone was happy

Not doubting it

There was never any public outcry or protest or anything. Maybe a bit of a chant from a small section of the crowd (can’t remember)

 

[Secret Visage]

He’s from Bucks. Cockney.

So not a cockney.

FACT as the waiter used to say.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

There was never any public outcry or protest or anything. Maybe a bit of a chant from a small section of the crowd (can’t remember)

Indeed. But that’s because we’re not weapons

 

[deleted user 785]

We didn’t criticise Short? We maybe didn’t act like weapons, but let’s not pretend anyone was happy

Not doubting it

Absolutely nowt on the levels those fuck wits go on. In fact it was very tame. Very little at the match.

 

[DrewC]

Preparing 50 million bid for Derby you’d think he’d had enough of football

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Needs a little sports washing on his books

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Absolutely nowt on the levels those fuck wits go on. In fact it was very tame. Very little at the match.

Again, not doubting that. But it doesn’t mean he was this great custodian that this thread is implying. He did all sorts of shit

 

[deleted user 785]

That’s your opinion, you’d be wrong though. Purely on investment, Short put in way more. His managerial appointments were most lauded on here although he did tend to get rid of them too quickly. Or were they hounded out like Sir Bobby was?

I'm not wrong. We ended up in the 3rd tier man. That's proof alone I'm not wrong.

Engagae your brain

 

[king of the road]

He got plenty of stick on here, but agree not much vocal stuff. But he didn’t land you with Joe Kinnear. Twice.

There was never any public outcry or protest or anything. Maybe a bit of a chant from a small section of the crowd (can’t remember)

 

[The Rat]

Ellis Short, for all his good intentions was a terrible owner and Ashley is/was easily better.

We didn't and had an owner who took us to the 3rd tier

10 years in the top flight

way longer than any period since the 1950s

 

[deleted user 785]

Again, not doubting that. But it doesn’t mean he was this great custodian that this thread is implying. He did all sorts of shit

He had good intentions. No doubt about that.

 

[The Rat]

I'm not wrong. We ended up in the 3rd tier man. That's proof alone I'm not wrong.

Engagae your brain

You are wrong

Just by repeating your point doesnt make you right

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

He had good intentions. No doubt about that.

He had the intention of f***ing them off a lot. Which was pretty funny

 

[deleted user 785]

You are wrong

Just by repeating your point doesnt make you right

You seem to think it works.

 

[Roose Bolton]

That’s your opinion, you’d be wrong though. Purely on investment, Short put in way more. His managerial appointments were most lauded on here although he did tend to get rid of them too quickly. Or were they hounded out like Sir Bobby was?

His managerial appointments were fine, until we went down and he washed his hands & brought in Relegrayson (for all Ashley's faults, he always made sure you came straight back up each time).

It was the BTS appointments that were lifting and exposed the complete lack of strategy. I'll see your Kinnear, Charnley and Lambeezy and raise you Di Fanti, Byrne and Bain.