[Albion] Dan Ashworth joins Newcastle

[Creaky]

That would be just silly.

If they wanted to do that sort of thing, they might have given it to charity, or diverted it on bloc to Albion in te Community. But the club was only reacting to what the player wanted to do.

I agree that “would be just silly” - no sillier though than all the comments on this thread that state that DA is taking “blood money” by going to Newcastle.

 

[Springal]

Maybe Weir doesn't have the same expertise as DA but he'll have worked closely with him and understand his plans and maybe know some of his contacts. Eg the contacts that have been scouting South American talent. It will also mean that Weir can start straight away building these key relationships while DA is on garden leave. Bring someone else in with experience and they will take some time to bed in and may have a notice period themselves.

Winstanley was here before Ashworth & Weir… I wonder what his thoughts on it all are

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

Sorry, I do not know the precise hour the planning started. Is it THAT important to you?

No, I just thought it a bit of an odd suggestion to think that since day 1 the club had been planning for a man to leave 3 years into a 5 year project.


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[Guinness Boy]

I agree that “would be just silly” - no sillier though than all the comments on this thread that state that DA is taking “blood money” by going to Newcastle.

It's pretty simple.

Whenever we take money FROM a bad owner it's a slug of money they don't have any more.

Ashworth will be working to make a disgusting regime even more filthy money.

Not hard to understand.

 

[Creaky]

It's pretty simple.

Whenever we take money FROM a bad owner it's a slug of money they don't have any more.

Ashworth will be working to make a disgusting regime even more filthy money.

Not hard to understand.

I thought one of the accusations was that DA was only going for the money - in that case isn’t he doing exactly as you say, taking money FROM a bad owner - just a matter of scale.

 

[Guinness Boy]

I thought one of the accusations was that DA was only going for the money - in that case isn’t he doing exactly as you say, taking money FROM a bad owner - just a matter of scale.

If his remit is to lose them all their money then I'm all for it.

Godspeed, Agent Ashworth.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

He’d be in breach of his contract and we could take disciplinary action. Of course I get your point that communication could and probably will take place. However, he would need to be careful that nothing could be traced back to him.

Which means that it won't be possible to unsettle our players in the interim.

I would be completely astonished, however, if Newcastle don't now make massive play for Potter in the summer.

The #Potterout contingent must be rubbing their tiny shrivelled hands together at the prospect.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Which means that it won't be possible to unsettle our players in the interim.

I would be completely astonished, however, if Newcastle don't now make massive play for Potter in the summer.

The #Potterout contingent must be rubbing their tiny shrivelled hands together at the prospect.

Tony will know this. I'm sure he already has a plan.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

Which means that it won't be possible to unsettle our players in the interim.

I would be completely astonished, however, if Newcastle don't now make massive play for Potter in the summer.

The #Potterout contingent must be rubbing their tiny shrivelled hands together at the prospect.

They just gave a 2 and a half year contract to a young coach who is well thought of having over achieved for a few years at a small club.

Why would they make a massive play for a different young coach in the summer?

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[Justice]

I keep hearing the Brighton project is not finished yet, and that's why people are disappointed with DA leaving.
The club is currently in 9th position in the Premier League, so I'm not sure how much more progress the club can make in the next few years.
Maybe DA thinks like this as well ?

It can make a lot more progress with the right investment and I guess that will always be the stumbling block as we don’t have Oil billions to buy players with. This season is a slight improvement on last season as we’ve turned some of the losses into draws. The worrying time will be when we sell the best players and don’t replace them with players of equal quality.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Which means that it won't be possible to unsettle our players in the interim.

I would be completely astonished, however, if Newcastle don't now make massive play for Potter in the summer.

The #Potterout contingent must be rubbing their tiny shrivelled hands together at the prospect.

Again, I disagree.

They've come after him once and he's said no. Presumably in the summer he'll be looking at either the same offer but for a Championship team or for trying to work with Ashworth again, sans Bloom and Barber and trying to integrate several £40-£80 million galacticos with a broken youth system and the Longstaff brothers.

Maybe he doesn't want to move his wife and kids to the other end of the country (again). Maybe he doesn't like the owners. Maybe - and this'll be a kick in the teeth - he'll have MORE freedom and creative licence under the new bloke.

But, if it happens, the club is bigger than either Dan Ashworth or Graham Potter and, I suspect, we'll live.

 

[Justice]

That would be just silly.

If they wanted to do that sort of thing, they might have given it to charity, or diverted it on bloc to Albion in te Community. But the club was only reacting to what the player wanted to do.

Didn’t Burn say he would be happy to go and equally happy to stay and said he would leave it for the club to decide?

 

[Justice]

Which means that it won't be possible to unsettle our players in the interim.

I would be completely astonished, however, if Newcastle don't now make massive play for Potter in the summer.

The #Potterout contingent must be rubbing their tiny shrivelled hands together at the prospect.

#Potterout so last season

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

They just gave a 2 and a half year contract to a young coach who is well thought of having over achieved for a few years at a small club.

Why would they make a massive play for a different young coach in the summer?

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Apologies - I was under the impression that Eddie had a contract only till the end of the season. I assume I am mistaken.

 

[portlock seagull]

No, I just thought it a bit of an odd suggestion to think that since day 1 the club had been planning for a man to leave 3 years into a 5 year project.


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Always a Plan B. The unexpected is expected.

 

[Lethargic]

I think a couple of posts from [MENTION=30752]NooBHA[/MENTION] were quite telling regarding Ashworth's influence on selection and squad make up. It might just be that Gpott gets on far better with the successor. Let's see.

The biggest risk to us is Ashworth stealing the plan and culture and giving it to owners who don't seem to know the difference between a free kick and a sausage. The hope there is that their hubris dilutes it utterly.

I can't see Smug Eddie lasting to the end of the calendar year. If they go down he's toast. If they don't they'll have bribed some big name to take over by December.

I am not sure this is really an issue he can steal all the procedures and processes he wants but the real difference is Tony Bloom which is no big secret and I suspect they wont be trying to recruit him.

 

[dazzer6666]

Apologies - I was under the impression that Eddie had a contract only till the end of the season. I assume I am mistaken.

Means he’ll get more money when he gets fired when their real manager comes in for next season

 

[dejavuatbtn]

The club has £13m of tainted money as you put it sitting in the bank account how is that any different to Ashworth having his fingers in the same pie?

Well I guess we could have let BDB go to the club of his dreams for nothing. Not sure if there was much of a choice as far as TB is concerned.

 

[um bongo molongo]

The words 'extremely disappointed' jumped out at me saying he's really, really ****ed off.

Yep - I’ve had to write a lot of ‘leaving announcement’ emails over the years and those words jumped out to me as well. He’s hacked off.

 

[Danny Wilson Said]

No evidence, but just thinking out loud: did that limp performance at Tottenham play any part in making up Ashworth’s mind? Coincidental timing of the announcement? Or did he think that our project wasn’t going anywhere fast enough for him?