Mike Ashley

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  1. shed131

    shed131 Well-Known Member

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    Would you accept him buying these owners of ours out ....now that he's sold Newcastle.......he's been on record previously saying he wants another club....
     
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    Absolutely detest the bloke and wouldnt want him near the club - but he would be better than the current lot they way they are treating fans is worse than Ashley treats his staff
     
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    I know you’re directly affected by this but Sports Direct staff had a really, really rough ride. This West Stand debacle doesn’t have any positives from the club’s perspective, but it’s moving seats in a stadium as oppose to having a baby in a staff room because you’re too scared to ask for time off.
     
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    Yes, definitely.

    Rich people generally don't make their money by doing adorable things.

    So long as the owners of the club, have the club's best interests at heart, then the source of their funding won't keep me awake at night (within reason.)
     
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    I'd definitely take him over these shysters but then I'd take a consortium of Rolf Harris and Gary glitter over them too
     
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    R&G Media Group.
     
  7. Loko the Tyke

    Loko the Tyke Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    You know when I said the other day to step away from the keyboard and take ten? This would be a good time to have done that.
     
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    Oh well. I'm sorry that I don't share your love for our owners Loko. They are ripping apart the club that I love just as they've been doing since the moment they walked in the door with their decisive statements and actions, their refusal to do as they stated, their constant threats of legal action and their general disgraceful attitude towards the fans of the club.
     
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    Fair point on the fact that his treatment of staff is a different level to mistreating football fans he is an obnoxious guy and I wouldn’t want him near the club
     
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    He's another employer that treats his workers like 5hit. So no, I wouldn't have him within 50 miles of Oakwell.
     
  11. Loko the Tyke

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    I’m not sure that being against Rolf Harris and Gary Glitter becoming our owners is evidence of having love for the current ones.
     
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    Kin ya tull wud id iz yit? (It's a closed stand!)

    Do you wanna be in my gangway? Not possible - they've moved me to Row A of the Ponty.
     
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    I'm pretty sure you knew I wasn't being entirely serious about that
     
  14. Loko the Tyke

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    Honest answer? I don’t know what to believe anymore. You went on a five minute aggressive splurge replying to every thread, that included; chasing the owners out of town, telling them to stay at home, and recommending a couple of convicted paedophiles for running the club instead of them.
     
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    I'd like to see them run out of town, I don't want them anywhere near the club I love as they are greedy ******** who will stop at nothing to make a few quid. That isn't Barnsley FC it's franchise FC. It's not what you or I love and people with those intentions aren't welcome as far as I'm concerned. That said I wouldnt want Rolf and Gary here. Wouldn't mind one of Gary's songs but that's as close as I hope they ever get to the town nevermind the club
     
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    Well I'm not in favour of sanctimonious others preaching to others about how they should "take ten" before they post.

    Who are these God type creatures who know better than the poster, as to when they should press "post"?

    If you feel it, post it.


    Ignore the condescension of anyone who tells you otherwise.
     
  17. shed131

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    I think these owners of ours must be sex mad .....because from where Im standing they appear to be shafting everybody
    Mmm does that mean I'm dogging....lol
     
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  19. Loko the Tyke

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    It’s been a while.

    Not sure on your own definition of sanctimonious, but mine doesn’t show any moral high ground when suggesting putting convicted paedophiles forward as better options for my club probably needs to be stepped away from.

    I’ll take ten myself and reflect on how to really take a superior moral high ground next time.
     
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    I'm blathering on about a growing tendency on here to assume some kind of superiority and tell others that they should think more along the lines of the one who's telling them to think again.

    If I post something that you don't like the look of, do you tell me to "take ten"? Do I get to the point, in a discussion with me, that you are able to pull out that as a trump card?

    Or do you actually bother to respond to what I've posted? And argue /discuss about what I've actually put to print?

    Would you like it if I was in a discussion with you, and then suddenly I posted "take 10"?

    I would be posting basically that "you're talking ballox and you need to think about what you're saying"

    Yet who am I to post that? I need to address what you've put to me. If it's crap, I'll try to shoot it down. If it's just your side of a discussion, I'll put forward my own. If you're right, I'll tell you.

    Belittling someone with your own apparent superiority - in other words "go away and think again"- is patronising and plain wrong.

    You might not be the principal culprit, but if you approve of this tactic to shut people up, then I don't agree with it.
     
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