Even if all that were true, Ashley should still have stuck his fat paw in his pocket and bought us a few more players to protect his investment. Staying in the premier league is worth so much to us and him financially that it is fiscally irresponsible to gamble like this, not to mention the outright lies he told Rafa to keep him here. Rafa has been insulted, he will probably walk and we will be left with a shellshocked squad who will be engaged in a tough battle against relegation, led by whatever past it donkey of a manager with no self respect that Ashley can dig out of retirement. I have defended him in the past, but at this stage I feel like it's nothing to do with financial responsibility, and more like Ashley hates us and is wilfully ruining our club just because he can.