Ashley's Modus Operandi

[ghostrider]

I bought a house, not an old castle. I could afford both, but the castle is way too expensive to run...

Ashley however bought an old castle, and hes letting it fall to pieces - as he can't afford to fix it.

They say hes good with money and investments... I think hes sh!t!!

Not quite true to be fair.

He bought a reasonable but badly looked after castle and made sure it didn't crumble into non-existence.
The problem is, he refused to furnish it with the quality that we all believe it deserved.

The man is and has been, naive and has played the prince and the pauper in his decade of tenure, as well as Mr pork pie seller in between playing a small Santa Claus role.
Basically a mixture of everything right and wrong that any football club owner could possibly achieve, in terms of a club of this stature and following.

The real issue is very simple in what we feel he can provide and what his goal was and is.


1.10 years he's been here and we are back in the premier league.
As bad as that appears, as in 2 relegations, the reality is, it's far from being run into the ground.
Amid all anger, I'm sure people can see that.

2.He has his own interests on top of the club, as we all know, but he's letting those who know about it all, run it whilst taking the few spoils he can from the use of his club for advertising his other interests.
Nobody has to like it and I'm not asking anyone to...but the reality is, it's not going to destroy this club and nor is having his adverts covered up for others going to aid in us adding any quality to the squad in this transfer madness.

3.He's not the best owner for the job but he's certainly not the worst, either...by a long way...but he is as far as throwing away good money is concerned on players, because he will not be ripped off, whether we want that or not.

Some say he's bleeding the club dry but that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

He's royally messed up in his time, no doubt about it but I honestly do not think he did it deliberately. I seriously believed he could do what he thought he could do in building this club on a long term plan but basically didn't bank on the reactions to his extreme mistakes in hiring and firing and telling porkies.

What we have to ask ourselves from this point on is, what do we all actually want from any owner of this club, should Ashley vacate?

I'm unsure what I really want, seriously.
What I mean is, I'd love to compete in the champions league and push hard for the title and also the cups. This would be my dream and in a way it would excite me no end in one respect, but in order for this to happen we would have to get in a PSG like owner, because no amount of sensible ownership of this club will achieve anything like what I've just said.
It means that I also have to discard my real morals of being a fan of Newcastle United football CLUB and basically just jump on the giddy train to wonderland, until that giddy train derails and leaves me sitting among crowds or a few thousand in a near empty stadium, watching rough and tumble football.

Or I could just keep watching us try to compete against the teams that are trying to compete against the teams that are already in the position that I wonder about, whilst bemoaning the bad days and smiling at the good days, in a never ending circle of life as a Newcastle United fan, who's unconditional love for his club will only remain whilst the club remains just that.

I dread the day we lose it, regardless of the dislike of Ashley.