fecker took 4 years worth of Northern Rock sponsership funds.Whilst I cant stand the little ****** let's look at a couple of things he has said or done.He has had a go at Shearer,had a go at the club whilst taking a fortune out of it,has no time for the fans(scabs).Well fuck me,Ashley treat Shearer like shite,Ashley takes money out of the club and Ashley hates the fans(scabs)
So what is it exactly that the scabs are up in arms about.Just go out and buy his book because they buy Ashley's season tickets.
That was the start of end for Hall. He saw what was going on with Shepherd. Paying over the top for a player who was never going to repeat his earlier performances. Injuries had robbed him of that electric pace but Shepherd went ahead and bought him. Hall could see his investment in the NUFC PLC at risk and went looking for someone to buy the shares he had divided between son and daughter. He found a buyer and when the shares together under one name was enough to trigger a takeover and so began the rape of NUFC.
Shepherd was clever in building up his "blocking" stake at the expense of the club. I'm convinced that he was trying to do a Swales. i remain amazed to this day that Hall trusted Shepherd enough not to realise until it was almost too late. Sure, Hall got a small return on his investment. Shepherd made tens of millions.That was the start of end for Hall. He saw what was going on with Shepherd. Paying over the top for a player who was never going to repeat his earlier performances. Injuries had robbed him of that electric pace but Shepherd went ahead and bought him. Hall could see his investment in the NUFC PLC at risk and went looking for someone to buy the shares he had divided between son and daughter. He found a buyer and when the shares together under one name was enough to trigger a takeover and so began the rape of NUFC.
Yet Hall gets almost no shit slung at himself for selling up to a bloke he knew only wanted to buy the club to enhance his SD brand, the old ***** deserves a lot of stick.
Is it fact or assumption that Hall knew that Ashley was going to advertise Sports Direct to the detriment of Newcastle United??
Rarity Mac - but respectfully disagree with you on this. Hall knew full well the purpose of Ashley’s offer and his intentions. He admitted as much and I posted a quote some time ago. I don’t buy this due diligence stuff Ashley is allegedly not to have engaged in. Above all else - Hall owed a duty of care and perhaps should have done some due diligence of his own on who he actually was selling to when he did the dirty when Shepherd was in his sick bed.
The way I see it is that Ashley had a 'plan' to use us as a vehicle to advertise SD worldwide but I genuinely don't think his vision 12 years ago was how it actually is today
He has reactively stumbled from one bad decision to another during his time here and I still believe that lack of due dilligance in the first instance and Pardew finishing fifth that season and qualifying for Europe was a real turning point in Ashley not feeling the need to invest and accepting that PL survival was enough
I've seen a lot of people accuse Hall of selling in full knowledge that Ashley was going to take the piss - my opinion is that Ashley at the time didn't have any real plans to take the piss from the outset