WANTED - Newcastle fans make their feelings plain about Mike Ashley and Dennis Wise

BUY ME OUT, SAYS MIKE ASHLEY

Newcastle chief's astonishing offer to fans

UNDER FIRE - Mike Ashley would sell Newcastle to the fans

By ROB BEASLEY, 13/09/2008

MIKE ASHLEY is ready to tell Newcastle fans baying for his blood: Give me £1,000 each and you can run the club yourselves.

There was a massive fans’ protest against the under-siege millionaire Toon boss during yesterday’s disastrous 2-1 home defeat to Hull.

READ: Mike Ashley to sell Newcastle

And last night a close friend of Ashley said: “He’s a big boy and won’t go anywhere he’s not wanted. If the fans continue to say ‘stay away’ he could do just that.

“They say there are 400,000 Newcastle fans in the area. If they all put in £1,000 they can buy the club and run it themselves.

““They can have a website and vote for the manager. They can pick the team and choose the players they buy and sell. They can do it all.”

Only managing director Derek Llambias braved the baying Geordie mob for Newcastle's 2-1 home defeat by Hull on Saturday, sitting alone in the directors’ box as the St James’ Park crowd screamed: “Sack the board.”

Ashley, director Dennis Wise and vice-president Tony Jimenez all stayed away on police advice on the day the Toon Army turned on their own.

‘Cockney Mafia Out’ one banner read. It was one of the more savoury ones.

The club’s billionaire benefactor was ridiculed as a “fat greedy b******” and “too fat to wear the shirt” by thousands of protesters outside the main Milburn reception as an ugly, angry mood enveloped the stadium.

Wise was mocked as ‘rat face’ and ‘a dwarf’.

There was even a Wanted poster: Mike ‘Fattyboy’ Ashley and Dennis ‘Ratface’ Wise for crimes against Newcastle United.

The defeat to a Hull side which had been thrashed 5-0 at home by Wigan last week added to the bile and bitterness.

Marlon King scored twice for the visitors, with Xisco grabbing a late consolation for United on his debut.

The “Ashley Out” campaign will have registered with the Sports Direct chief even if he was nowhere near Tyneside.

Ashley is a self-made man and proud of it. He has invested £250million into the Toon and has a five-year plan to turn the club from also-rans to challengers for honours.

But, after scenes unprecedented even among the Geordie hordes, there was a real doubt a to whether he will have the heart to carry on in the face of such abuse and hostility.

An Ashley ally was quick to respond to a dark day on the Tyne. He said: “Mike is determined not to be deflected from his aims for this club.

“He didn’t buy the club on a whim and he won’t want to sell up on a whim either.

“But he clearly has a big decision to make now. Equally, he will feel very frustrated at the way things have developed.

“He truly wants what’s best for Newcastle United and their fans. He has put a proper business plan into place and he believes it is the best way forward for the club.

“But it seems the fans would much rather have a Thaksin Shinawatra figure come in and spend £200-300m on players in the hope of buying some instant success rather than a proper, shrewd businessman who can build a new club with a real prospect of sustained success.

“That’s the route Leeds United followed and look what’s happened to them. They kept splashing the cash on big name signings on big wages and ended up massively in debt.

SPLENDID ISOLATION - Derek Llambias (in dark glasses) sits alone in the Newcastle directors' box

“To save the club they had to have a fire sale — all the big stars went and where are they now? In the old Third Division.

“Is that really what Newcastle fans want? If they do, why don’t they do something about it?

They can pick the team, they can choose the players they buy and sell.

“They can have it all and they can do it all. I bet you it doesn’t happen. It’s just so much easier to stand on the sidelines and moan and complain and point the finger.

“It was the same a while back at Manchester United when the Glazers took over. The fans were revolting in just the same way. Funny how it’s all gone quiet now United have won the Premier League and Champions League double! That’s how fickle fans are.

“It’s been a bad couple of weeks for the club and for Mike Ashley. But everyone is hoping a few wins will help steady the ship and change the mood.”

Aggravate

The only worry is whether Ashley will have lost faith by then.

However, his no-show yesterday was not his idea. He was keen to face up to his detractors in person but was warned against it.

Our top Newcastle source added: “Mike and the boys were advised not to go so as not to aggravate what was a highly charged situation.

“Police feared if he was there it could incite the protests still further.”

So the lone figure of Llambias was left to represent Ashley and the board. And he did so with a smile on his face, with fans sparing him the torrid time they no doubt had reserved for the club’s owner.

One wag quipped: “Llambias got an easy ride because no one knows who he is — he is faceless and hopeless.

“The club’s a laughing stock, a joke up and down the country.

“And just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse — we lose at home to Hull and have Danny Guthrie sent off into the bargain. It is dismal.”

Your comments

I`d like to make an offer for the club.
I would like to offer the same amount as Ken Bates bought Chelsea for some years ago, £1 no more no less!

By David. Posted September 15 2008 at 12:13 PM.

I was at Saturdays game and not only were the Players pathetic, so was the behavior of the Fans. The so called boycott of the NUFC franchise sales actually comprised of a core of mindless idiots standing around the outlets abusing and threatening anyone who wanted to buy a cup of tea. They were also abusing and threatening people who had any form of Southern accent as being one of Ashleys men. I also saw stewards being abused for doing their job as they were also being classed as Ashleys muppets. A number of these so called loyal fans have shown themselves to be nothing more than bigotted ignorant bullies.
Although they may have a right to protest, they have no rights whatsoever to threaten others including Ashley and even more shamefully, his family.

By alex. Posted September 15 2008 at 12:01 PM.

if mike ashley wants to quit nufc we will have him at sheffield wednesday and will make him welcome

By MDB. Posted September 15 2008 at 2:05 AM.

Have any of the ignorant cretins posting bile and nonsense about Geordies actually been to Newcastle lately? The reason fans are able to show up to demonstrate at their football club is because they actually give a ****... how terrible... and unlike most fans of the 'big four' they live in or near Newcastle. It would be a little tricky for all the fair weather Man U, Arsenal and Chelsea fans to make the trip from Milton Keynes at such short notice. And as for the 'unemployed' jibes...I mean please...more stereotypes anyone? And these people claim to be more educated than us Northerners? Didn't anyone teach you that the North East has moved on from cloth caps, whippets and coal mines? Not sure what Geordies have done to attract such bile...other than love their club and their manager. You might not agree with us, but less of the Northern gibes....they are so old, so lame and actually not true anymore, so, welcome to the 21st century!

By Emma. Posted September 15 2008 at 1:30 AM.

know one blames keegan for walking on tyneside. if you cant make your own signings, your own decisons then whats the point in staying taking the flack for other peoples wrong doing. this opinion is supported by bobby robson, alan shearer, roy keane and various other former pro's and managers in the game. would ferguson, wenger, benitez tolerate players forced upon them and being told certain players were being sold ? i dont think they would. alan curbishley left under the same circumstances and know ones calling him a quiter, kevin keegan raised the profile of the club, put bums on seats and had people smiling on his two previous stints at the club, thats why he gets reffered to as the messiah, newcastle fans dont shit on there hereos, if he was left alone and given the time he would have taken the club forward and played good football and maybe have won us a cup

By liam. Posted September 14 2008 at 6:27 PM.

Lool Newcastle fans are the dumbest in the world...in all honesty, whats wrong with this people? They act like there whole world has gone under since Keagen left, Keagen is a quiter and he will always leave when it gets tough, and he never won anything. The guy is a loser, plain and simple.

By Abs. Posted September 14 2008 at 4:51 PM.

Season Ticket holder for over 25 years. Stick with Ashley he is a billionaire not self made millionaire a Billionaire. Any man who can make this sort of money from nothing should be respected.. We cannot compete with the big 4 & City as yet but who knows in 5 years....Mr Ashley give me a call I'll buy you a pint & you may find there are lot more out there who feel the same.Mark my words.

By MTMilan. Posted September 14 2008 at 3:59 PM.

The fans at NUFC are just cannon fodder to the owners-and always have been.They help to pay the weekly wages.How much influence did they have on FS before? They will fare no better with Ashley!

By Charles. Posted September 14 2008 at 4:04 PM.

Newcastle fans - be careful what you wish for. You all wanted Keegan back. It was a ridiculous appointment. Everyone outside football said he would be gone in under two years. He has gone now while he can blame the board. He would have gone anyway - he does not want to manage a football club. Was it the board's fault he walked out last time? Was it the fault of the Man City board he walked out of there? Newcastle fans all wanted their last owners gone and now it seems they want the same for the current. You cannot surely think that Ashley does not want the club to succeed. And that he is working very hard with a committed long term view. You can't guarantee that with any future owners. Be careful what you wish for.

By Des Ryan. Posted September 14 2008 at 3:29 PM.

Why is everyone slaggin KK on here? he hasn't done anything wrong, he's left because the board were trying to sell players he didnt want to sell, buy players he doesnt want, why should he have to be dictated to buy ashley and that thing we call wise, he is the manager and should have full control which i'm guessing he was told in the first place!! Ashley has made a mug out of newcastle, sitting drinkin in stands and makin it out were all dumb by sayins its non alchoholic, blowing 5mil in a casino in one night but won't hand out extra to KK. As for the idea of selling the club to fans, how thick is that idea, and the idea of turnin into leeds coz he spends a bit money when he has a personal fortune of over 1billion is a mad idea aswell, and to take the mick out of geordies who actually have passion for there club and turning up to voice opinion there is no need to say its all down to people now working and being on benefits, at least were proper supports who dont boycott our club just because there now playing well you bunch of idiots!!

By MR T. Posted September 14 2008 at 2:00 PM.

It annoys me to read peoples comments about us Newcastle folk, I work hard for a living often working 50hr weeks and I love my club, everyone is entitled to there say but to call a whole city is ignorant, yes I don’t agree with the whole bring back kk but its what it symbolises that counts, since MA took control there has been little communication between the club and fans, all it would of took was for MA to come out last week and spoke to the cameras and to the fans and explained in person what had happened and what he planned to do but no he choose and chooses to say nothing, if it were your club am sure you would do the same, rant over

Ps this cockney thing is because of MA links to spurs,

By birketts. Posted September 14 2008 at 2:00 PM.

Ashley may be a big boy but he sounds like he is the one running away and failing to get to grips.
Do you think this is any way to run a club? Keegan was doing a decent job but was clearly shafted. We have all read the club's 'It is a fact' statement.
Big boys, my backside.
On the contrary, this buy it yourself if you think you can run it better is rather pathetic. I note Ashley paid 135mil, claims he paid unforeseen debts of 100mil (which presumably do not equate to an actual asset) and now wants 400mil for it from the fans. that is a tidy profit for 18 months of misrule.

By Sav. Posted September 14 2008 at 12:40 PM.

Daza, you took the words right out of my mouth. Keegan was never the right man for the job.
The " Cockney Mafia out" sign was a typical geordie classic. They seem to think anyone from below Sheffield is a Cockney.

By Ben. Posted September 14 2008 at 12:39 PM.

I come home from work check the footie news as u do and there up in newcastle are hundreds and hundreds of fans screaming moaning my guess that must have been morning time or early afternoon....in other words dont any geordie work!!! for a living i tell you something any of those fans on sick benefit better hope no investigation officer was watching ******* unbeilivable! theres me with a life weekends come out with my boy and the missus, and then youve got these 'football fans' licking asses of premier league footballers who lets face it dont give a **** about 50,000 strangers shouting at them wether its their own support or not at the end of the day that is their job and when they go home the switch off win lose or draw

By Mathew Newman. Posted September 14 2008 at 12:15 PM.

Just a line to the Sunderland fans who think they have something to shout about, your club is the biggest joke in football. No top six finishes since 1930's, never beat Newcastle on your soil for 28yrs. They think they have cracked it because at last they have spent a few quid, what a pity they will still finish below Newcastle.

By S Callaghan. Posted September 14 2008 at 12:15 PM.

Having lost face here we have another PR stunt.

Ashley has brought nothing but ridicule to Newcastle United. Had any Fan been cau

ght drinking alcohol as he was, the fan would have been immediately removed from the ground and charged.

I have never ever heard a Newcastle Fan say "We are looking for a Fairy Godfather" as reported,and this is not the argument.

The debate is. Give a Manager the right to Manage.

Which includes buying and selling players and Managing the players that he wants in his
Team. No interference from other parties and let the Manager stand or fall by the results.

If the owner does not agree to that then he should go elsewhere and invest in something he knows about Ashley and his cohorts obviously looking for
glory but know little or nothing about football clubs

Just let them sell up.

I am not a season ticket holder

By lescav. Posted September 14 2008 at 12:11 PM.

The chickens came home to roost yesterday, a few injuries and a team like Hull, that will surely be relegated, beat Newcastle at home. No left back the reason for the second goal, no wide players. As for Ashley, any business must listen to its paying customers they want Keegan. I don't care what fans from other clubs think about Keegan, he brought Newcastle the best team I have ever seen in Black and White stripes. He would do so again if left to get on with the job. Wise what the hell has he done in management to advise Keegan?

By S callaghan. Posted September 14 2008 at 12:08 PM.

It shows how desperate nufc fans are,when they welcome back kk as their saviour when he had been working for 7 years running a kids soccer school in scotland.Mike ashley has bought a hot potato that is not going to be happy until they see some sort of success,get rid of ratface wise as he is upsetting everyone by just being there,forget a comeback by kk,look for a manager who can bring hope to the fans.Nufc should go all out for someone like gus hiddink or donadoni to steady the ship,get shearer involved in calming the fans,they will listen to him,good luck to all you need it.

By john. Posted September 14 2008 at 12:05 PM.

The Natavity scene. starring The Messiah, a Wise Man, and all those Donkeys on the Pitch, Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday

By andygirling. Posted September 14 2008 at 11:37 AM.

sad dilluded geordie muppets!!!
Keegan was NEVER the right man for the job but YOU the fans wanted him back, YOU the fans wanted the messiah, what ever that means.
Wise is an irritating git, no doubt about that, but it aint his fault.If you were payed handsomely to do a job you'd do it.He was told what to do by Ashley simple as that.Ashley is the problem.Personally as s Sunderland fan i think its brilliant!!! The circus is back in toon!!!This 'BIG CLUB' has been brainwashng its fans for years and you sad muppets all follow like lost sheep.Have some bottle and vote with your feet.Anyone can stand and chant 'sack the board', dont go to the matches!!!

By Davo. Posted September 14 2008 at 11:33 AM.

Another article with quotes from unnamed sources. Faceless, just like the board at Newcastle.

If any of the above quotes are true it just shows how arrogant he is. Everyone fork out a grand and run the club!

He may be a successful businessman and pulled Newcastle out of a hole, but his lack of understanding of the club has resulted in an even bigger hole which he will struggle to get out of.

By Darren. Posted September 14 2008 at 11:29 AM.

What a stupid comment by Ashley's advisors about the Glaziers, they didn't leave there manager with a threadbear squad and sell one of there best players on the last day of the transfer window, they invested and left Alex in charge.

If he has a business plan he should come out and explain to the fans, not put up this deafening wall of silence.

By DMan. Posted September 14 2008 at 11:16 AM.

400,000 fans to buy him out...lets say 50% of them are Giro claimants! Start saving your Giro's lads and lasses!

By Kev. Posted September 14 2008 at 11:15 AM.

I was at the match yesterday and what i saw on the pitch was terrible. There was no cheering for the players and even the Hull supporters were louder than the toon at times!! We need more direction and I'm afraid to say, we need to move on from this and the Keegan era and look forward to the future by getting a quality manager and board room.

By steve. Posted September 14 2008 at 10:58 AM.

I welcomed the Ashley era with open arms.Pleased he got rid of Sam, he was never an answer for the Toon. Overjoyed when Keegan arrived, but the joy was short lived when i realised he was not simply coming in to see the season out and we could get a "proper" manager in the summer.
To give KK a 3 1/2 year contract was madness. Love him as i do he is flawed as a manager and has only had success at the lower levels with Fulham and then getting City back up. In both cases swelled by the coffers of wealthy backers. Importantly ( as with his first time at the Toon) he was the biggest buyer with the biggest budget. Frankly i reckon I could have had that success as good players will beat inferior palyers with or without tactics. A gameplan of go out and score more than the opposition can work against less able teams, but against the likes of Man U and Aresenal who understand tactics , no chance.
I agree entirely with the anti Wise campaign. Ask any Leeds fan,they hate Wise, love Poyet. Look at the results of Leeds when Poyet went to Spurs.
Poyet will not come to the Toon after yesterday for love or importantly, for money.
What we needed was a period of calm reflection.
As for the medias talk of demanding instant success, less said best mended, 50 years and they think we expecy anything instant ??
Let's show the rest of the world what we do best, support the team, love the club and hopefully we can get a decent manager who can come in and "feel the love" and lead us onwards.

By Tony Appleton. Posted September 14 2008 at 10:43 AM.

WISE- JUST LIKE WHEN HE PLAYED FOOTBALL
A DIRTY WEE BAW JAW

By tokes. Posted September 14 2008 at 10:28 AM.

Newcastle have been struggling for years now,and is it any wonder?im a Liverpool fan,and have seen how internal battles do nothing for the team,but can also be used as a smokescreen for any bad result too!Ive no love for Wise or Ashley,but Keegans reputation as a motivator doesnt cut it at the highest level,where passion is a poor relation to technical nous!Added to the fact is that the players must be the poorest ever to wear the Geordie shirt,after i witness two of the easiest matches Liverpool faced last season against them!I was ashamed for the fans who have to pay good money to watch overpaid 'superstars' like Geremi,and Joey Barton trod around the pitch taking the cash and giving nothing but excuses!I hope that the fans can come up with a solution,Liverpool fans have a similar idea to buy the club,and get Newcastle some pride back!

By steve. Posted September 14 2008 at 10:13 AM.

I though it was a big mistake to fire Sam Allardyce - should have given him more time...

By CWW. Posted September 14 2008 at 9:54 AM.

Ashley was the wrong man for the club and always was. He complained that the club was more in debt then he realised. What sort of useless business man buys something without knowing EXACTLY what state it is in? Then he promises a big name signing and dosent deliver and then he disgracefully treats both Sam A. and Kevin Keegan. No wonder the newcastle fans are turning against him. If it is true that the Arabs that have bought Man City wanted Newcastle first and he wouldnt sell then that makes him even a more laughing stock.

They will never get anywhere or win anything with Ashley as Chairman and especially with Denis Wise running things - believe me - we didnt want him at Leeds either.

By Ken Edwards. Posted September 14 2008 at 9:39 AM.

As a Newcastle fan i did actually have shares in the club before Ashley came along and bought them all As for kk aka the Messiah not !!!. i believe this was the wrong appointment from the start as was dw this was also not wise foundations need to be built and growing is not an easy process what is required is for the so called (real fans) to step back and look further ahead , NEEDED IS A GOOD STRONG MANAGER and with this a strong backroom staff with support from the board not undermining him or his team i feel it was right not to give kk to many funds i wondered when he'd walk as much as it hurts me watching a club i love rip itself apart to evolve we have to move forward as for m.a. he needs to be more involved if he is to stay and fetch people in with the club as there first thought , Lets move this forward and heal this

By ray humpphries. Posted September 14 2008 at 9:02 AM.

It is all well and good people coming on here and criticising the Toon Army for the way in which THEIR club is being run but the truth of this matter is that this entire episode has been a PR disaster from the outset. Ashley may have a long term strategy but what is it? He has treated the supporters and the players with utter contempt. Having promised a "wow" signing in August - his words not mine - that never materialised he then puts the whole sqaud up for sale without any explanation and the communication between Ashley and the public has been non - existent. Tourists visit Newcastle more often than Wise whose credentials in football management are pathetic at best. I can assure you that any supporter who feels passionately about their club would act in the same way as the Toon Army are doing if their club was being mismanaged in the same way.

By Rob. Posted September 14 2008 at 7:59 AM.

As usual the media attempts to simplify things by the use of stereotypes. Yes NUFC fans do want Ashley out, yes they support Keegan to manage the club, however they are realistic about the club and where they see it going. We aren't demanding instant success, we realise that success comes when you have stability. However, and it is a big however, we have had more lies and deceit from Ashley and his cronies in 12 months than Fat Fred and Dougie managed in five years.

I never thought I would see the day when NUFC had an owner who had LESS professionalism than Dougie Hall and LESS finess than Freddie Shepherd.

Examples of Ashley's Lies: "Keegan has final say on all transfers", "we want to keep young talent at the club", "there will be a WOW signing by the end of the transfer window", "We have money to spend in the transfer market" "no one makes decisions about players other than Kevin". This is why we want Ashley out.

Would you buy a used car from this man?

By timbo. Posted September 14 2008 at 8:05 AM.

The key to any successful manager is long term strategy. Unfortunately "king" Kev as he is likened to be called is as far away from a king as possible. I am a Liverpool fan and we still have a lot to do. I love the Keegan days as a player but as a manager. No success. NUFC earn almost as much as LFC a year. LFC with 18 leagues, 5 European cups(etc), TV rights across the world. LFC are the 8th richest club in the world. Newcastle with NO success are 14th. What I am trying to say is the size of stadium, the weekly turnout, fan loyalty shirt sales etc make NUFC a great club with great fans who do deserve more. It is not going to be a quick fix. Spending big does not always bring results. Look at Madrid and the Galacticos. Spend big, put the club into MASSIVE debt. Sell your training ground for £400m and still be in debt. Then fire a manager every season if they could "only" win La Liga!! What NUFC need is some one sensible at the helm. They need a proven manager who doesn't run away when the stress looks too much. You need some one, sharp, ruthless and with long term vision. Ashley has that if you give him a a chance(and he is English). He needs the right people around him and a great manager and a fantastic youth program. Don't expect fast results because as we see with the credit crunch. What goes up fast will come down fast. Long term sustainable growth is the key. As with rugby. Sometimes you must go backwards before you can go forward.

By John. Posted September 14 2008 at 7:06 AM.

By John. Posted September 14 2008 at 6:50 AM.

Mike Ashley is a business man, why would he just hand Kegan 200 million to spend on players with no re-sale value like Beckham & Henry and a huge wage bill. The Necastle fans loyalty to Kegan is totally blinkered and misguided. Why do they think their a big club just because they have a huge fan-base. What the fan's did yesterday has caused massive damage to the club, what manager would want to take that on. I feel it's going to get a lot worse before it get's better.

By Bob Masters. Posted September 14 2008 at 6:24 AM.

I think every club up and down the land would love to have an owner like man city have just got, as money talks but not every club is going to be so lucky!! I'd settle for having a billionaire owner any day of the week who genuinly loves his club. To that I don't agree with the way business has been done recently but everyone makes mistakes. I believe ashley should conduct himself better at games, I know he's a fan but to start throwing ale down your kneck in the fashion he did recently is no way to gain respect and I'm sure its not how we want english football to be portraid. As for the treatment of keegan; I belive there's more to this than meets the eye, keegan is very good at minipulating a situation and i'm sure there's an element of this here somewhere. If I were a newcastle fan I'd want rid of keegan, purely for footballing reasons. I would want a manager who has technical ability not just passion and keegan does not have technical ability. This has been proved time and time again so I think this is a great opportunity for the fans to force the board to make an appointment of a better manager with better footballing knowledge.

By pete last. Posted September 14 2008 at 5:11 AM.

Chuffed with the Geordies for standing by Keegan. He took a lot of stick last season when Newcastle where strggling, turned it around and had a foundation to build on.
This wise guy, not got a clue, nasty peice of work, with all his experience of beating up old taxi drivers, he is now going to tell Keegan who to buy and how to manage a team, priceless !
Stand your ground lads, proud of you.

By Paul McMahon. Posted September 14 2008 at 5:02 AM.

Why would anyone touch this poisoned chalice. No Sheik, no Russians, no yankee doodle, no Richard Branson, nobody. Damned if you do. Damned if you don't. Let the geordies buy Ashley out. It will be tough times in the Byker corner shop as all that hard earned housing benefit is fluffed on NUFC. What a buch f***wits.

By PhiLM. Posted September 14 2008 at 4:46 AM.

why is it when something goes wrong with newcastle united, anyone who is not a geordie always has to bring gazza and jimmy five bellies into it...

Bring back Kev

By geordie. Posted September 14 2008 at 4:23 AM.

its not just wanting kk back, its how he was treat with contempt. he was trying to do a job and being continually undermined by wise and co.
what is ashleys 5 year plan, well on the last day before the transfer window closed he was willing to sell anyone, with nobody coming in.
thats a plan to take us into the championship.
our squad is paper thin and his cronies stood by and let it happen.

By davy jenkins. Posted September 14 2008 at 4:20 AM.

Hull played well today, but really at home we'd want to be beating them. I reckon they'll do OK but everyone wants to win at home against the newly promoted club.

The main problem Newcastle fans have is that Ashley thinks he can play the 'real fan' card by sitting in the away end with the proper supporters, then stifle any progress the likes of Keegan wanted to make. The man's just cheap.

And as for Wise, what is he doing at Newcastle? he's a rubbish manger who was only ever made to look good by Poyet and he's no businessman either.

Ashley's got the wrong people in to manage the club and doesn't understand that all the fans want is someone who'll represent them as proper supporters. We DON'T think we're a big club and we're embarrassed by how we're portrayed, but thats the London press for you.

By Dan. Posted September 14 2008 at 3:18 AM.

Supporters buy the club, best idea he has had.
I believe we have around the 400,000 supporters, however we would only need 750 quid ($1,500 canadian) each.

I am game for that., whats is his number and I will give him a call

White Rock Magpie

By David Forster. Posted September 14 2008 at 2:35 AM.

When will Geordies get it into their thick skull that Keegan is not the messiah. He's a terrible manager with no ideas.
At least the Geordies used a spellcheck this time and didn't have any 'boycoutt' episodes ha ha

By Yiddo. Posted September 14 2008 at 2:05 AM.

You are living in cuckoo land Newcastle fans.Kevin Keegan did not even see a game for three years the last time he walked out.He is a bottler when the going gets tough.Get a life Geordie fans.

By DANNY KING. Posted September 14 2008 at 1:57 AM.

I don't vent my anger at Mike Ashley, I vent it at the fact that he brought in "Ratboy" he does more damage than good. I personally blame him for the sale of Milner, we've lost a very good player because of that.

Maybe Keegan should come back I no he's the messiah and all but how long would it be before he was to walk out again if he couldn't bring in the players he wanted? Fair do's he should have had 100% control on who he signs and sells, but then again there was a promise of money but he didn't get hardly any!

I say new owners, completely new manager, new faces in January, get rid of the crap (Ameobi, Barton and Geremi) and hopefully start afresh.

Toon4Ever even thru the tough times

By Kevin Aldworth. Posted September 14 2008 at 1:24 AM.

The fans singing fat greedy bastard made me laugh. Like all the Newcastle fans are adverts for weightwatchers. They all look like gazzas mate - Jimmy ten bellies.

As far as I recall Ashley stepped in to save the club which was in financial trouble. Shows what thanks he gets.

By jon. Posted September 14 2008 at 12:33 AM.

What’s so wrong been beaten by Hull, a great start to the season and we have a manager who does not walk out every time something goes wrong. Kegan is a spoilt brat.

By daza. Posted September 14 2008 at 12:49 AM.

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