Makes you sick doesn't it. What a shambles the club is. We are falling apart but Keegan could see it years ago. Barton, Nolan et all all knew it as well. Even Jose Enrique has come out and said it was because the club was a mess he left. The last 10 years have been absolutely garbage!
Maybe KKs revelations explain why as fans we've been left scratching our heads at so many 'done deals' and 'non deals' at SJP?
made me sick reading that like. Good on KK for having the balls to chuck the towel in and walk away. I could see a way back for him at some point but not a hope in hells chance as long as that fat fook is at the helm. 12 seconds to drink a pint tho....really? He'll need to half that at least to EVER be one of us (which he never will)
Having read through that I have come to the conclusion that Joselu’s dad must own Fun88 but someone forgot to tell Rafa he didn't have to play him.
Sylvain Marveaux, Romain Amalfitano, Facundo Ferreyra, etc must be similar deals as our scouting can't be that poor!! cough *several of the current first team squad* cough cough!
It also highlights just how much Ashley's attitude toward expenditure at the club has changed........................ from throwing millions around to 'do somebody a favour' to scrimping and saving where ever possible. I remember reading once that Ashley's intention when he first bought NUFC was, along with the free advertising, to have some fun with it and he thought that he could chuck £20m of his own cash a year into it to do that. And to be fair he did seam to enjoy himself at the start, getting pissed up with he fans etc. I do sometimes wonder if the atmosphere had not turned so toxic towards him would his outlook towards the club be different? A lot of his actions appear to be almost vindictive now rather than based in any sort of good, solid business principles .................................like having Penfold as MD for a start!!
Makes you wonder what other dodgy dealings, legal and illegal, have been going on before and since. Not a big fan of Keegan, but fair play to him here.
I don't think its right but lets not pretend this doesn't go on. All clubs do commercial deals to secure beneficial transfers or sponsorship etc. Right now Mike is breaking the asian market, we sign Muto and Ki? Call me cynical but... Were they really Rafa signings? You assume so the way he talks but it does seem coincidental they were deemed the two possible from his lists. Other clubs do it also. However they do it in a more professional way. They sign players who are at least a little bit useful. Off the back of them they get rights to future deals. They invest in projects in South American etc, then lo and behold get first dibs on the top talent. We seem to have done a typical Ashley bargain basement arrangement like a load of wide boys.
Probably minority here but I though Marveaux was excellent and criminally underused and mismanaged...
Actually agree with this. If he didn't have a lifetime ticket for the infirmary he was a very good player with a good football brain.
He was a crock Talented though but everyone in Europe knew he had a chronic groin/hernia issue. Hence Liverpool batted him back at the medical.
Keegan told us years ago that we where going no where with this shower of **** owner and today we are showing what a shambles that far ****er has made us. We are a complete and utter embarrassment and you know what..... Rafa can do one aswell. His tactics are prehistoric at present. I know we have ****e players but watching that team play is like watching a ran over rabbit dying slowly. We are proper and utter ****ed.
He had attitude/professionalism problems too by all accounts. Personally, I never saw him making it in the premier league even when he was fit.
