Do you know what? This is horsesh!t. We spend hours on here moaning and moaning, so why the fck don't we do something about it? A lot of you lads on here are people of actual influence - you sit in a fckin seat, for chrissakes! With the internet age and the standard of individuals you now get bantering online, surely there's the opportunity for change? Surely collectively there can be a coming together on this?
I remember being as depressed when Shepherd was here and many peeps - myself included - got really, really vocal with their dissatisfaction - emailing, protesting, and so on. it may have been coincidence, but it wasn't long after a lot of the failings were consistently and regularly brought to light that things changed. So much so the bastad sold up, and boy didn't he leave us up poop creek without a paddle; parting shot from Fat Fred, perhaps? Don't forget, he knew what he was hiding - whether we attack for Ashley for not doing due diligence, I can guarantee messrs Shep and Hall did an awful lot of clever hiding before putting up the "For Sale" sign.
Here's a few steps that I would propose;
1) A petition, online, demanding the removal of Ashley and everything connected with him and the club - this obviously includes Pardew and Kinnear.
2) An open letter to be signed en mass and sent to Mike Ashley @ Sports Direct, to Mike Ashley at NUFC, to Lee Charnley, Joe Kinnear, Alan Pardew, Wendy Taylor, Lee Marshall, The Chronicle, The Journal, The Shields Gazette even the FA - everyone, bar Mr. Ashley, has an easily reachable email or postal address. The journo's would buy in.
3) Consistent badgering and releasing of associated Twitter accounts - Wendy and Lee M both have one, Lee M also has a LinkedIn profile
4) Drumming up of support via every known website calling "all hands" to stand against the "regime".
It cannot be allowed to go on - this is not a retail business, it cannot be run like one. This is about legacy, history, loyalty and it cannot, must not, continue to be abused. It's one thing doing it on a matchday, but as we know Ashley just sits back, laughs and counts the numbers of bums on seats. As has been said earlier, he literally has the fans down as guarantees. He saw what happened when we went down, he's managed to appoint Kinnear twice, sack Hughton, fall out with legends Keegan and Shearer yet still he remains?
Either this IS a retail business and the fans continue to sit and do nothing, or we should all realise this is much more than that and stand up for it. It's ours, surely - not fcking his.
I remember being as depressed when Shepherd was here and many peeps - myself included - got really, really vocal with their dissatisfaction - emailing, protesting, and so on. it may have been coincidence, but it wasn't long after a lot of the failings were consistently and regularly brought to light that things changed. So much so the bastad sold up, and boy didn't he leave us up poop creek without a paddle; parting shot from Fat Fred, perhaps? Don't forget, he knew what he was hiding - whether we attack for Ashley for not doing due diligence, I can guarantee messrs Shep and Hall did an awful lot of clever hiding before putting up the "For Sale" sign.
Here's a few steps that I would propose;
1) A petition, online, demanding the removal of Ashley and everything connected with him and the club - this obviously includes Pardew and Kinnear.
2) An open letter to be signed en mass and sent to Mike Ashley @ Sports Direct, to Mike Ashley at NUFC, to Lee Charnley, Joe Kinnear, Alan Pardew, Wendy Taylor, Lee Marshall, The Chronicle, The Journal, The Shields Gazette even the FA - everyone, bar Mr. Ashley, has an easily reachable email or postal address. The journo's would buy in.
3) Consistent badgering and releasing of associated Twitter accounts - Wendy and Lee M both have one, Lee M also has a LinkedIn profile
4) Drumming up of support via every known website calling "all hands" to stand against the "regime".
It cannot be allowed to go on - this is not a retail business, it cannot be run like one. This is about legacy, history, loyalty and it cannot, must not, continue to be abused. It's one thing doing it on a matchday, but as we know Ashley just sits back, laughs and counts the numbers of bums on seats. As has been said earlier, he literally has the fans down as guarantees. He saw what happened when we went down, he's managed to appoint Kinnear twice, sack Hughton, fall out with legends Keegan and Shearer yet still he remains?
Either this IS a retail business and the fans continue to sit and do nothing, or we should all realise this is much more than that and stand up for it. It's ours, surely - not fcking his.
