Quote Originally Posted by darlomag
Nail on the head there swaledale mate. You found Ashley's favourite bit of vocabulary, the word' c-h-e-a-p'. His only plan for us is to push his tatty, tired brands and to sign cheaply in order to sell on. I'm sick of people telling me he's a marvellous businessman. If he is,then why does he allow his football club to run down? He has no plans going forward, other than to take the money. McLaren would be mad to work for him.
To be honest, anyone with half a brain cell could see it was a bad idea going to work for Doughty at Forest immediately after Billy Davies left first time around. There were so many cracks around the place I'm surprised Steve didn't fall into one of them on the way in.

But he did. Probably not the best at 'due diligence'.