[Albion] Dan Ashworth joins Newcastle

[Nobby Cybergoat]

What’s your view on RDZ ? 7 clubs in 10 years

I think the bloke is a bloody hero

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Man United trying to appoint him as Sporting Director and Ashworth open to the move apparently. With the opportunity to join arguably the biggest club in the world that is now being run by people who know what they’re doing and knowing how ruthlessly ambitious Ashworth is, I would expect this to happen.

Don't the Glaziers still own 75 percent of the club? Not sure the new investors will have much of a day on the big calls.

If Ashworth goes, money on Potter joining in the summer.

 

[Justice]

This might be totally harsh, but i've got an impression of the fella, that he's on his 5th wife having previously left the other 4, every time for someone slightly younger and slightly more attractive.

Of course the slightly younger lasses aren’t interested in money whatsoever. They love Dan for Dan

 

[Justice]

Don't the Glaziers still own 75 percent of the club? Not sure the new investors will have much of a day on the big calls.

If Ashworth goes, money on Potter joining in the summer.

For the mug punters maybe.

 

[Stat Brother]

Don't the Glaziers still own 75 percent of the club? Not sure the new investors will have much of a day on the big calls.

If Ashworth goes, money on Potter joining in the summer.

That's exactly what they're buying.

All the overall shite stays with the Glaziers but the players and staff come under the remit of new man.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

For the mug punters maybe.

Ratcliffe wanted him at Nice, he's said he wants to return to the days of having a British Manager and British core of players.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

That's exactly what they're buying.

All the overall shite stays with the Glaziers but the players and staff come under the remit of new man.

He will still be massively restricted by the Glaziers mortgaging the club against shopping malls.

 

[Stat Brother]

He will still be massively restricted by the Glaziers mortgaging the club against shopping malls.

Ratcliffe hasn't been restricted by money for a very long time.

I'd imagine he'll chip away at the Glazier's owning percentage over the course of x years with further playing investment as Utd transform into less of a laughing stock.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Ratcliffe hasn't been restricted by money for a very long time.

I'd imagine he'll chip away at the Glazier's owning percentage over the course of x years with further playing investment as Utd transform into less of a laughing stock.

I can't see them selling more stock till at least after the US World Cup and Launch of the club World Cup to boost the value.

Guess we will see!

 

[Brian Fantana]

This sounds likely to happen. What I do wonder with Ashworth, is that once he’s set up his “wheel” with him in the centre, what does he do in the months/years where nobody is leaving their position?

I mean, great work if you can get it, but surely this is the type of consultancy role that owners should bring in on a fixed length contract to get set up, and then know themselves what they need in each role when somebody moves on.

I think the key element is that the wheel is always turning in that sometimes a) your strategy needs to be pivoted in a different direction (as clubs are finding with FFP rules being more stringently applied and b) the job of constantly monitoring potential candidates for all important roles in the wheel will never stop.

With a role like DA's if you sit back and do nothing for a while then you'll fall behind as a club.

 

[Stat Brother]

I can't see them selling more stock till at least after the US World Cup and Launch of the club World Cup to boost the value.

Guess we will see!

Sure, all options are open, but you don't amass Ratcliffe money by playing second fiddle to professional remortgagers.


Utd fans being as they are, if they win something they'll be having 'Glazier In' protest marches from the nearest pub to the place they're all going to anyway.

 

[A1X]

Man United trying to appoint him as Sporting Director and Ashworth open to the move apparently. With the opportunity to join arguably the biggest club in the world that is now being run by people who know what they’re doing and knowing how ruthlessly ambitious Ashworth is, I would expect this to happen.

And to think Newcastle fans were so overjoyed when he signed thinking he would be turning Newcastle into a club as well run as Brighton with the addition of several billion in the bank. This is tremendously funny.

I wonder how many of those Toon fans who convinced themselves Ashworth was entirely and solely responsible for us not being a basket case of a club are now going to perform the requisite mental gymnastics to dismiss him as rubbish and bid him good riddance?

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Don't the Glaziers still own 75 percent of the club? Not sure the new investors will have much of a day on the big calls.

If Ashworth goes, money on Potter joining in the summer.

Radcliffe's lot are also taking over the day to day running of the football side.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Ah, the thought of their fanbase coming to terms that they are still a stepping stone is glorious.

One quote I found from the fanbase

“If true, he’s treated us like dirt on ya shoe”
(Say it in a Geordie accent for maximum effect)

 

[Hamilton]

This might be totally harsh, but i've got an impression of the fella, that he's on his 5th wife having previously left the other 4, every time for someone slightly younger and slightly more attractive.

This comment is useless without pics!

 

[Uh_huh_him]

His reputation seems to be much higher than his actual achievements warrant.

I remember him as a fairly inconsequential PE teacher at Darrick Wood school.

 

[METALMICKY]

Don't the Glaziers still own 75 percent of the club? Not sure the new investors will have much of a day on the big calls.

If Ashworth goes, money on Potter joining in the summer.

Not a chance Potter goes there. He will have had enough of that level of pressure which arguably is more at United than it was at Chelsea. He doesn't need the cash so I'm convinced he'll pitch up somewhere like Palace or West Ham where the expectation will be less but the patience far greater.

 

[sydney]

And to think Newcastle fans were so overjoyed when he signed thinking he would be turning Newcastle into a club as well run as Brighton with the addition of several billion in the bank. This is tremendously funny.

I wonder how many of those Toon fans who convinced themselves Ashworth was entirely and solely responsible for us not being a basket case of a club are now going to perform the requisite mental gymnastics to dismiss him as rubbish and bid him good riddance?

yeah ....but he's a bit of a whore though eh..??

 

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Should we be concerned for the knock-on effect opportunities for David Weir?

 

[Stat Brother]

Not a chance Potter goes there. He will have had enough of that level of pressure which arguably is more at United than it was at Chelsea. He doesn't need the cash so I'm convinced he'll pitch up somewhere like Palace or West Ham where the expectation will be less but the patience far greater.

There is one way he arrives at OT.

GPott absolutely speaks Brailsfordese.
If his agent can get him into an interview with Dave, Potter will deliver the best interview.