Zappa 0 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Just don't call it AOL (Ally Oot Loyal) or you might get sued. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 I may be wrong but I thought they were set up in reference to Boardroom and Shareholder matters. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,255 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 History mate. If we had listened to Sheffield Fans about Green. Listen to Newcastle Fans about Ashley. Why do we not learn ? Realistically, what could "we" have done about either Green or Ashley? Can you envisage a fan protest in front of D&P offices or at Ibrox with say 5k people involved? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltersgotstyle 297 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 The NUFC fans weren't complaining when he was throwing cash around chasing the dream. He could have Rangers dominating Scottish football for the price of one big EPL signing. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,255 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Reading between the lines ... he wants to rid himself of Newcastle United for quite some time, but no-one is willing to pay is "reasonable" asking prize (200m). By the looks of it, we won't meet his current club until summer 2016 at the earliest, where any "ownership" issues might become a problem ... should he actually get a major stake at Rangers. And before I have a look at the UoF stuff, maybe we wait another 24 to 48 hours to find out whether this is actually more than just a rumour. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmu 0 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I may be wrong but I thought they were set up in reference to Boardroom and Shareholder matters. Agree they are not set up not comment directly on allys performance, however.. They always bang on about where is the big investment coming from. I would respect them more if they "demanded" , as is their wont, that this board made some major cost cuts across all the business and actualy run our club within its means. This should have been easy peasy these last two years if there had been 1. No excessive board room money grabs 2. A manager on a contract a quarter of the incumbent 3. A football player budget a quarter of the current We only ever hear about point 1 from uof. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 In what way is asking an existing investor to underwrite a share issue, a "short-term, desperate measure"? Why would Mr Ashley underwriting a share issue be any more desperate than the UoF's preferred candidate? The UoF are in no small way responsible for the shortfall in ST sales and now they derride the Board for asking an existing investor to underwrite the necessary share issue? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangersitis 0 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 In what way is asking an existing investor to underwrite a share issue, a "short-term, desperate measure"? Why would Mr Ashley underwriting a share issue be any more desperate than the UoF's preferred candidate? The UoF are in no small way responsible for the shortfall in ST sales and now they derride the Board for asking an existing investor to underwrite the necessary share issue? It is the share issue itself which is short-term and desperate. Allowing Ashley to underwrite it would be another story, especially as he was the beneficiary of one of those onerous contracts dished out by the bad 'old board'. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangersitis 0 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 The NUFC fans weren't complaining when he was throwing cash around chasing the dream. He could have Rangers dominating Scottish football for the price of one big EPL signing. NUFC have a profit of £24m in transfers since Ashley took over. In what way does that suggest that he was 'throwing cash around'? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 It is the share issue itself which is short-term and desperate. Allowing Ashley to underwrite it would be another story, especially as he was the beneficiary of one of those onerous contracts dished out by the bad 'old board'. A share issue is not a short term measure, it is a means of medium to long term financing. Also there is no way of knowing how many shares would not be taken up by existing shareholders and hence how many Mr Ashley would acquire in the underwriting. Who else do you have in mind as an underwriter? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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