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Anyone is better than Oyston. He'll bleed that club dry before he's done with it.
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What a sad state of affairs Blackpool find themselves in.
This is the kind of ownership that requires a Newcastle type protest, not Ashley. For all Mike's fault's (and there are plenty), he looks like a quality owner compared to Oyston!
Btw Fryer Tuck , that post is exactly why I think you're the best poster on here at the moment.
No doubt. But Newcastle aren't in a terrible situation. Perspective can sometimes do the world of good.As was pointed out when you compared Newcastle to Portsmouth, you don't have to have the worst owner to have a bad owner.
No doubt. But Newcastle aren't in a terrible situation. Perspective can sometimes do the world of good.
Yeah that's why we kicked you out the mod team, you made the rest of us look bad!Leicester bias. We all know its me.
You're agreeing with me right now..... (I said something similar in the matchday thread last week)Btw Fryer Tuck , that post is exactly why I think you're the best poster on here at the moment.
Yep, that's the other side of the coin.They are in a pretty shitty position relative to where they should be. If one season Arsenal suddenly dropped to battling relegation because their owners stuffed them over that would be relatively poor for them but better than, say, Blackpool.
First off, a negative example. No, I am not doing Newcastle, we all know there’s someone far more qualified than me that can tell you all about it.
Instead, I’m going to do Blackpool and Karl Oyston, one of the richest men in England at 100 million pounds
As we know, they are the first team this season to be relegated, but relegation is just a result of what the heck is going on with this club this season:
First order of business, their pre-season. They actually had no goalkeepers, and just seven (later eight in the article) players left on the books: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/meet-only-8-players-books-3873056 Yeah, as if they didn’t flirt with relegation last season, having only eight players from the previous season stay on with the club, just the thing you need when you’re their first overseas manager, and the third full time manager in two years. As if that wasn’t enough, Jose Riga and Oyston were in a lock between transfers. It’s only been a few days, and already the new manager and owner are in a fight over filling in the basics. Never mind decent transfers to save Blackpool this season, they just needed players to make a squad. It needed the president, Valeri Belokon to demand the owners to not only fund the club for transfers, but for the stadium and training ground (we’ll get to this later.) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...arachute-payment-team.html#i-23c3a36ffb9aabb9 Only then were Blackpool able to sign 14 players in time before the season started.
Now, Karl Oyston… say what you will about Mike Ashley, but at least he spent some money on the stadium… even if it is for that hideous advertising. Ashley’s earned the hate of the Newcastle, Oyston is considered the worst owner in Britain, and has been hated since Blackpool’s relegation in their one season in the Premier League. Ashley may ignore the fans, but Oyston replies to them… and boy how he does…
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-31451475
http://www.thefa.com/news/governance/2015/mar/karl-oyston-charged (Oyston called the fan a ‘massive ******’)
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/s...-comment-more-shame-on-blackpool-fc-1-7016260
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30581633
Blackpool fan petition: https://www.change.org/p/karl-oyston-resign-as-chairman-of-blackpool-football-club?just_created=true (Supported by the Blackpool president)
A quoted text message: "So let me get this straight, you think that despite knowing and being friendly with other chairman in the FL and PL, venture capitalists, bankers, entrepeneurs, very successful businessmen, government ministers, MP's and a whole host of notable worthies, that I should single out a fat flaccid painter and decorator/consultant whose crowning achievment is taking his poor family on holiday to Orlando for three torturous weeks a year? really? I suggest you slip discreetly back into whatever foul pond you emerged from. Crack on as I am enjoying myself. you are on toast and are too simple to realise it. In fact you have cheered me up no end and made me realise I am right to completely ignore the influential fans so cheers." Karl Oyston.
Apparently he even made posts on a Blackpool fans forum, just to get into fights. Yeah, that's how low he will go.
Now, stadium and training ground, remember how there was a demand from the president that Oyston should put funds into the pitch?
This was in the match against Nottingham Forest, and yes, this was the actual pitch they played on. Do remember Blackpool is a Championship team, at least for this season. The FA demanded an explanation for the pitch. Oyston's response? He took a three week holiday. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/blackpool-fc/clark-casts-doubt-of-blackpool-future-1-7133498
As if that wasn’t enough, what happened last week?
Before I forget to mention: Newcastle’s not the only one that is sponsored by Wonga, and considering how this story is going, you know it’s bad news when Wonga sponsors you.
Do you see that? That is Joe Lewis wearing an autographed shirt. Why? According to Andrea Orlandi:
"Before starting the game I noticed Joe Lewis's shirt. It was signed and I thought he was going to do a raffle after the game (something quite common in England).
"It turns out that no, he had not even noticed or knew anything about it and when he tried to get another one he was told there were none left.
"It was funny because he tried to put a plaster over the writing to cover it and it looked even more funny."
Further reports have actually suggested that Blackpool have fired their kitboy. Blackpool as a club is skint. The owner has money, but it's clearly not going into anything at the club.
Perhaps Newcastle have taken note, but Blackpool fans are not amused:
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/n...rests-after-pool-fans-angry-protest-1-7209064
http://www.espnfc.com/blackpool/story/2385056/blackpool-fans-pelt-directors-box-with-eggs-and-flares
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/s...ay-it-all-as-blackpool-run-on-empty-1-7161593
This is clearly an owner that simply doesn't give a toss about his club. Do remember that Blackpool was once a Premier League team, and they still had their last year of parachute payments this season. This isn't a club that's just going to get relegated to League 1, this is a club that will fall further than this, not unless something is done.
They may not be as highly noted as Newcastle, but there is some disturbing actions going on with how some clubs are handled.
No doubt. But Newcastle aren't in a terrible situation. Perspective can sometimes do the world of good.
Essentially you're a better off version of Leeds.I'll readily admit that our plight is nowhere near as bad as Blackpool's - and it seems a shame that there probably hasn't been as much coverage/focus of what Oyston is doing to the club.
That being said, if fans become completely dejected/disillusioned with their club to the point where they have literally no enjoyment, passion or optimism anymore, wouldn't that be considered 'terrible' by most standards too?
12 odd years ago, the club was playing in the Champions League and regularly pushing for Europe, fast forward to today and the most exciting thing to happen to the club is the seemingly first organised effort by the fans to try and eject the owner from the club.
There is no more dreams of European glory, or a cup success to end our trophy drought. Heck, we can't even relish our derby anymore or hope to see a Toon side playing entertaining football and having a genuine crack anymore. There are no heroes for the fans to worship and adore - what's the point? They'll be sold off anyway. Everything that was once special with supporting Newcastle (and probably for any other team) has gone under Ashley.
The day Ashley came in was the day that Newcastle United stopped being a football club and became an empty, soulless money machine to promote Sports Direct and profit the owner.
League position has nothing to do with ownership last time I checked.
What a silly statement.
It isn't harsh at all. Ask any Arsenal fan.
Club was content with fourth, maximising profits wherever they could and having the highest prices in England.
chef
Its not hard to be self sufficent, when you spend a billion pounds straight up
Yes it is. Being self-sufficient requires constant management.
im sorry, but i reckon this is crap.
Chelsea already were a decent side before Roman bought them.
You buy two world class players for every position. The like of Deco and shevchenko.
You buy half the best young players in the world.
And ten yyears later declare its a very well run club
Lol. Come on.
I got nothing against Chelsea. In fact I quite like them. JFHbank etc.
But this delusion the fans got is funny as
Not the thing to look at IMO. Unless you are talking about squad cost.There's a direct correlation between squad value and who wins the title. It is nearly always the most expensive squad.
Essentially you're a better off version of Leeds.
Without a billion pound investment, it doesn't happen
Leeds or hull would be the same if they had that stepping stone
BerlusconiChelsea was the first billionaire owner as far as I know
He's also a lot richer than other owners due to exploiting the downfall of the USSR
Not all owners spend 50m pound if they fancy a striker