To me, it seems he's victimised by Geordies for two reasons. Sacking King Kev and for being prudent with money.
Any other set of fans would be pleased with these actions. King Kev is the man who won jack-all in the 90s despite monopolising the transfer market. So he's not going to be much good when he actually has to work within a budget.
And what's bad about Big Mike being prudent? By banking the 35million from Carroll and not offering his players big contracts, he is ensuring the survival of your club. Remember when you went down you had the fifth highest wage bill. Mike is ensuring that never happens again; he knows you're a mid-table club who dont win trophies so cannot have a Champions League wage bill.
He doesn't seem a bad chairman. He just doesn't spend money the club doesn't have, and ensures he has a manager who works within these rules. Geordies are unique in that that cannot see the importance of their club living within its means. I can assure you it is very important; hopefully one day you'll come to realise that.
Is Mike Ashley unfairly victimised?
posted on 3/8/11
Pardew came out last season and said the money from Carroll sale would be for new players. Well not so, we now we have underground eating at training ground which must have cost a fortune.
Joey was wrong to air dirty laundry on twitter but like a lot of fans he is fed up being lied to the management.
Best outcome would be for Ashley to sell the club before he kill's it.
posted on 3/8/11
Some people think he is getting the club ready to sell. I.E. no big earning players on the books. But surely if you are selling a club you need it to be in the best possible state, which would mean having the best players in your club? Maybe not. Although who is to say that Ba, Marveaux, Cabaye, Abeid, Ben Arfa, etc. aren't better than those we have sold?
posted on 3/8/11
I understand the terms Geordie and Mackem very well thanks, unlike you it seems.
The definition of a Geordie is someone who is born on Tyneside..As this includes Jarrow, Hebburn South Shields and Gateshead which are towns with an awful lot of Sunderland fans in them, I would say that I was right to say that there are thousands of Sunderland fans who are also Geordies.
Mackem, was originally a derogatory term created by Newcastle fans towards people from Sunderland regarding the accent difference: eg For the words make and take, Sunderland people will generally pronounce Mack and Tack, whilst North Tynesiders will pronounce those words in a way that doesn't readily equate to the English language. However, Sunderland fans in general didn't really mind being dis-associated with people from Newcastle in particular and adopted the term Mackem themselves...
I hope this lesson has been of some help..
posted on 3/8/11
Mike Ashley publicly stated he wants to run his club in Arsenal's model - i.e. self sustainable business model.
If Alan Pardew keep getting good results and keeping you in the PL, then Ashley would be a hero.
posted on 3/8/11
comment by STRUTH! (U2530)
posted 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
I understand the terms Geordie and Mackem very well thanks, unlike you it seems.
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What you don't seem to understand though is this:
A person who supports Sunderland is a mackem. Ergo, he cannot be a Geordie. A Geordie would never support Sunderland.
Hope I have enlightened you.
posted on 3/8/11
comment by the-boss (U6967)
posted 5 hours, 12 minutes ago
Pardew came out last season and said the money from Carroll sale would be for new players. Well not so, we now we have underground eating at training ground which must have cost a fortune.
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This is a new one on me, why is he making the players eat underground?
posted on 4/8/11
comment by Gluteus Maximus 1892 (U7825)What you don't seem to understand though is this:
A person who supports Sunderland is a mackem. Ergo, he cannot be a Geordie. A Geordie would never support Sunderland.
Hope I have enlightened you.
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I'm sorry, i didn't realise that I was conversing with someone who is mentally challenged...
I must be more careful in future eh!
posted on 4/8/11
a geordie historically is someone who fought on the side of newcastle in the civil war against the people of sunderland who fought against him. You have the mackem thing right though. It was ma'kem and ta'kem they used to say wasn't it?
posted on 4/8/11
The battle you mention was not fought between Newcastle and Sunderland, but was part of the English Civil War where the forces of Charles the 1st, backed largely and based in Newcastle were soundly beaten by Cromwell's Parliamentarians (backed largely and based in Sunderland, at The Battle of Boldon Hill.
This however had nothing to do with the terms Mackem or Geordie which came much later, especially Mackem whic is a recent term.
The term Geordie is widely thought to have come from Tynesyde's close association with King George the 3rd, who granted them rights of coal passage at the expense of other North East rivers.
posted on 5/8/11
Bloody laptop heating the training ground.