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Mike Ashley

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Jelly Belly said:
Ran into the ground????? f***ing hell man give your head a wobble
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Bought for 55, sold for 300. Made shitloads every year from Sky, free advertising for his businesses, very little other sponsorship, spent fuck all on the ground and other infrastructure. Absolute c*nt of a bloke. 2 relegations and content to aim for 17th every year with zero interest in the cups. Derby will seriously regret getting him involved.
 
Good luck to Ashley and Derby, done nowt wrong up the road and most clubs in the league would bite your hand off for what he gave them.
I don't understand and they are "more than a club" though :rolleyes:
 
The Rat said:
Great comeback. 10 years in the top flight for Sunderland is a success like. Not sure how any rational person can agree with that.
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I agree with it. I'm rational
king of the road said:
Bought for 55, sold for 300. Made shitloads every year from Sky, free advertising for his businesses, very little other sponsorship, spent fuck all on the ground and other infrastructure. Absolute c*nt of a bloke. 2 relegations and content to aim for 17th every year with zero interest in the cups. Derby will seriously regret getting him involved.
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Howld on he bought the New Vieira for a club record fee.
 
Roose Bolton said:
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.
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Fair points on the last paragraph but good management saw us come back up. He kept the core of our squads but that was cos he’d signed players on long contracts and no-one else wanted them.
 
king of the road said:
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?
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Sir Bobby was hounded out for finishing 5th. Whereas any manager that was “hounded out” can only think of Moyes who got any stick in recent times, were massively under performing at the bottom of the league.

That’s the difference, your lot think it’s your divine right to finish 4th or higher even though in your history you’ve won Jack shit. Now f off.
 
rocky said:
I agree with it. I'm rational

Howld on he bought the New Vieira for a club record fee.
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He did. And neither Benitez or Bruce wanted him. Great f***ing ownership.
Bears Beets said:
Sir Bobby was hounded out for finishing 5th. Whereas any manager that was “hounded out” can only think of Moyes who got any stick in recent times, were massively under performing at the bottom of the league.

That’s the difference, your lot think it’s your divine right to finish 4th or higher even though in your history you’ve won Jack shit. Now f off.
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Hounded out😀😀😀. Love it.
 
The Rat said:
Great comeback. 10 years in the top flight for Sunderland is a success like. Not sure how any rational person can agree with that.
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10 years in the top flight? But at what cost? The club nearly went under because of ES's mismanagement. The fact that we're still not back to normal now says it all.
 
rocky said:
I agree with it. I'm rational

Howld on he bought the New Vieira for a club record fee.
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Football isnt an exact science, the relegation to third division was a disaster but it wasnt for a lack of trying.

Everyone gets relegated from the prem eventually like, apart from the establishment. Even then he appointed Moyes, who is now 4th or 5th.

Good owner for me, and him writing off this debt is absolutely remarkable and doesnt get near enough praise on here

He didnt have to do that, but he did.
 
king of the road said:
He did. And neither Benitez or Bruce wanted him. Great f***ing ownership.

Hounded out😀😀😀. Love it.
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Agreed. He's now your best player and one of the greatest central midfielders in world football. Actually in the history of football
The Great MES said:
10 years in the top flight? But at what cost? The club nearly went under because of ES's mismanagement. The fact that we're still not back to normal now says it all.
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Wasting your time mate. Seriously
 
Very good businessman. Did a decent job at running Newcastle - nowt special mind.

Hardly the horrible Villain that the Mags make him out to be. If you listen to them, he'd taken Real Madrid and run them into bankruptcy.
 
Blue_Monday said:
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.
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The skunks were screwed before he took over, revisionist nonsense.
 
king of the road said:
Bought for 55, sold for 300. Made shitloads every year from Sky, free advertising for his businesses, very little other sponsorship, spent fuck all on the ground and other infrastructure. Absolute c*nt of a bloke. 2 relegations and content to aim for 17th every year with zero interest in the cups. Derby will seriously regret getting him involved.
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He paid a lot more than £55 million
 
Don’t think Ashley was nowhere near as bad as the mags made out just a shrewd business man. He put money forward and managers spunked the money on some shite
 
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