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Mike Ashley Takeover …Ready and Waiting (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Nov 17, 2022
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skyblu3sk

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #386
Saddlebrains said:
Must say I'm in total shock hes still not brought us, everyone on here and twitter claims its a done deal.......
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I don't think i have seen many posts saying it's a done deal at all. Most people are saying it isn't a giant leap given the derby move.
 
Last edited: Nov 22, 2022
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Rosco19

Active Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #387
Cant help who bought us......but i've watched us since 1972 and seen plenty highs / lows mainly lows

Hope to see you back in the premiership in a few years and apprecaite that Fat Mike might be the answer but if it is him.......keep an eye on him because he's a slippery lying bastard
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #388
Rosco19 said:
Cant help who bought us......but i've watched us since 1972 and seen plenty highs / lows mainly lows

Hope to see you back in the premiership in a few years and apprecaite that Fat Mike might be the answer but if it is him.......keep an eye on him because he's a slippery lying bastard
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Regardless, he's still preferable to your current owners.
 
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Rosco19

Active Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #389
You have been warned about him.......he runs a football club like his shops "pile it high sell it cheap" with minimal costs, if he takes you over in 10 years time you'll be begging him to sell up

Its like selling your soul to the devil
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #390
Rosco19 said:
You have been warned about him.......he runs a football club like his shops "pile it high sell it cheap" with minimal costs, if he takes you over in 10 years time you'll be begging him to sell up

Its like selling your soul to the devil
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The irony.
 
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Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #391
Rosco19 said:
You have been warned about him.......he runs a football club like his shops "pile it high sell it cheap" with minimal costs, if he takes you over in 10 years time you'll be begging him to sell up

Its like selling your soul to the devil
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My friend , welcome to the site .

We have been through more than any club of similar size or larger in the the last 15 years .. no club comes close ..

Mike ashley would struggle to be worse , good luck for the season
 
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CDK

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #392
The Philosopher said:
Rightly or wrongly the idea of having a stadium at Warwick Uni was the least crazy of the SISU plans.

We’ve talked about it on this forum: having the best of the student footballers, our players getting decent education for when they retire (some kind of course they could do outside of training), being able to get around the visa system and attract foreign players on a student card (yep - think about that angle) physio courses etc. I could go on and on.

I thought and still think it can be done in 8 years.

If the Uni was going to part fund then great.

However, at that time we were playing at StAn’s and being back in at the Ricoh / CBS looked dubious.

It’s all about money. Land for distribution has rocketed over the years. Just in time working practices, the cost of fuel / haulage meaning that location is everything. Just off the M6 bang in the centre of the U.K.?

I think it highly unlikely that the cost of building a stadium at Warwick Is Uni (£100m?) could be offset by the value of the CBS and Arena Land, but I must say this whole thing has been unpredictable.

If I were to learn that MA brought the land, the club, was moving to Warwick Uni and the CBS area was going to be a Fraser distribution and warehousing hub and the Council were chipping in £50m (they were giving the Wasps £30m?) to create 2000 jobs at Rowleys Green, well, it seems mad, but…..
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The uni site will be interesting to here this mentioned when king gets approval as a fit and proper person.as the uni site didn't know if that was just hot air.
 
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slowpoke

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #393
Interesting comments though from Rosco19. This ccfc takeover is still a wait and see for me, like a lot I assumed MA would takeover the football club once the ground issue was finalised, now I don’t know, is King a sisu guy, genuinely on his own or here on behalf of others who might not want Ashley to have the club.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #394
slowpoke said:
Interesting comments though from Rosco19. This ccfc takeover is still a wait and see for me, like a lot I assumed MA would takeover the football club once the ground issue was finalised, now I don’t know, is King a sisu guy, genuinely on his own or here on behalf of others who might not want Ashley to have the club.
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What’s happened to your inside info and it’ll be a good Christmas stuff?
 
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slowpoke

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #395
Wait till Christmas by the sounds of it at least Sepalla will be gone let’s celebrate that
 

Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #396
slowpoke said:
Wait till Christmas by the sounds of it at least Sepalla will be gone let’s celebrate that
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Will have less power with only 15% definitely
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #397
Sick Boy said:
Regardless, he's still preferable to your current owners.
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Nah - they guys got it right, give me Saudi Arabia owning Cov over SISU, Ashley and King any day of the week
 
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clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #398
Rosco19 said:
You have been warned about him.......he runs a football club like his shops "pile it high sell it cheap" with minimal costs, if he takes you over in 10 years time you'll be begging him to sell up

Its like selling your soul to the devil
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If its a devil that doesn't take us out of Cov twice then we're in a better position than with our current owners.
 
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Sbarcher

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #399
Rosco19 said:
You have been warned about him.......he runs a football club like his shops "pile it high sell it cheap" with minimal costs, if he takes you over in 10 years time you'll be begging him to sell up

Its like selling your soul to the devil
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Chop chop.
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #400
Sick Boy said:
What’s happened to your inside info and it’ll be a good Christmas stuff?
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It's usually vibes cobbled together from posts he's read on here
 
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OyJimmy

Member
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #401
Ashley still hasn’t said he’s not interested in buying Coventry. I wonder why or if any journalists have asked him the question. For legal reasons he’d struggle to buy Cov in the next 12 months if he ruled it out. So his silence is important
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Nov 21, 2022
  • #402
fernandopartridge said:
It's usually vibes cobbled together from posts he's read on here
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That's a shock!
 
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Deleted member 5849

Guest
  • Nov 22, 2022
  • #403
fernandopartridge said:
It's usually vibes cobbled together from posts he's read on here
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I think somebody tells him things for a laugh, see if he actually repeats them on here
 

Flying Fokker

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 22, 2022
  • #404
I think somebody tells him things for a laugh, see if he actually repeats them on here
 
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Gibbo

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 22, 2022
  • #405
Senior Vick from Alicante said:
Your failing to understand the premise of what Grendel is saying. Forget Newcastle and other premier league teams for the time being. The scenario is this and its also an IF, There are very few clubs outside of the Premier league that could be bought for a relatively modest amount and taken to the next level. If you look at us we have a massive catchment area, great fan base, potentially a great stadium, above average team and manger, young squad and a brilliant academy. If you were looking to get a football team to do that then we look like a very good choice. The If in this is does MA want to do this?
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I'd challenge the size of the fanbase thing. Newcastle is one of only three clubs in the whole North East, Leeds the only big club in West Yorkshire. But both have struggled in normal circumstances (i.e. no Saudi money) to get above EPL relegation fodder. We compete with at least 3 other clubs for fans outside the City. And have had bugger all for younger fans (who can now support any club they like) to cheer about. One cup win and a couple of promotions since 1967. I believe Derby get bigger crowds that City.
 

Skyblueweeman

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 22, 2022
  • #406
Sick Boy said:
The irony.
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I wasn't sure about MA but now a Newcastle fan has come on and said twice 'you've been warned', I now feel incredibly uneasy

And they're now supported by a regime who are trying to sports-wash their way out of situations like the execution of Jamal Khashoggi. Yeah sure, SISU and MA are worse than that. FFS...
 
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Esoterica

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 22, 2022
  • #407
I don't even believe it's a Newcastle fan. Will just be another Boosh/troll account.
 
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You'll Never Beat McPake

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 23, 2022
  • #408
Ashley to bid for Manure maybe. Use CBS for reserve matches
 

The Philosopher

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 23, 2022
  • #409
You'll Never Beat McPake said:
Ashley to bid for Manure maybe. Use CBS for reserve matches
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I just think they’ll be a bit expensive.

Quick google (caveat here: I’ve been caught with that before and the sarky-twats on here got all giddy about it) says they are valued at $4 billion.

Their squad and ground aren’t worth that obviously- the rest is brand value. CCFC has brand value (some shirts will sell, cups and trinkets if you stick the badge on, plus league status - brand value if you like). So does Wasps. So does New York Cosmos (different story that).

I only mention that because when anyone suggests that CCFC was £60m on SISU books and it’s made up of squad value, property and brand value, you’ll get “duh you don’t have any idea, Cov ain’t worth that”.

Man United. $4bn. See how it works? What was Newcastle, 10% of that? What is Cov worth? 1.5%?

Anyway. Ashley is a billionaire but that level of risk doesn’t seem to fit his normal investment strategy.

Unless Man Utd totally collapses but then you’ve got outliers like Beckham who could front some kind of consortium

Ramble over.
 

Esoterica

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 23, 2022
  • #410
The Philosopher said:
Ramble over.
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You should put that at the end of every post
 
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SBT

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 25, 2022
  • #411

Sports Direct owner buys historic Savile Row tailor

The boss of Frasers Group said the move secured "a long-term future" for the 250-year-old Gieves & Hawkes.
www.bbc.co.uk

It's all starting to come together now.
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 25, 2022
  • #412
SBT said:

Sports Direct owner buys historic Savile Row tailor

The boss of Frasers Group said the move secured "a long-term future" for the 250-year-old Gieves & Hawkes.
www.bbc.co.uk

It's all starting to come together now.
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Need someone to provide suits for the players.

 
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eastwoodsdustman

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 25, 2022
  • #413
SBT said:

Sports Direct owner buys historic Savile Row tailor

The boss of Frasers Group said the move secured "a long-term future" for the 250-year-old Gieves & Hawkes.
www.bbc.co.uk

It's all starting to come together now.
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Wonder if They'll be stocking the super sized mugs?
 

the rumpo kid

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 25, 2022
  • #414
eastwoodsdustman said:
Wonder if They'll be stocking the super sized mugs?
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Andy thorn isn't coming back is he ?
 
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SBT

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 25, 2022
  • #415
shmmeee said:
Need someone to provide suits for the players.

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Moss Bros forums full of people convinced that he’s only buying G&H because he really wants to take them over as well - it’s too good an opportunity to turn down!
 
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Esoterica

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 25, 2022
  • #416
shmmeee said:
Need someone to provide suits for the players.

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Can't wait to see Fadz leading us out for the play off final at Wembley!

 
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robbiethemole

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 25, 2022
  • #417
Over a week and still nothing from the horses mouth.
when can we expect something concrete to bicker about??
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 26, 2022
  • #418
robbiethemole said:
Over a week and still nothing from the horses mouth.
when can we expect something concrete to bicker about??
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Suggestions for best mix for 2.5 inch concrete, it for cellar to use as light storage, My guess would be to use smallest ballast or pebbles with sharp...
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wantageskyblue

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 26, 2022
  • #419
SBT said:
Moss Bros forums full of people convinced that he’s only buying G&H because he really wants to take them over as well - it’s too good an opportunity to turn down!
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Moss Bros has forum(s) - wow!
 

skyblueeyesrevisited

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 27, 2022
  • #420
wantageskyblue said:
Moss Bros has forum(s) - wow!
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What league are they in?
 
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