I coulda been a contender instead of a bum!
Posted on September 15th, 2009 | 94 Comments |
Firstly, many thanks to bowburnmag and workyticket, for granting me authorship on this fine site…I promise to blog responsibly, visually and as often as I can.
The illustration is an old image of mine, appropriate for this week as KK’s battle begins, and shows Big Al triumphing over “The Chunky Cockney Monkey”…with KK looking on as referee.
I’m with BBM on this issue; the more pressure brought to bear of this rotund fool, the quicker he’ll want to sell. I’m for censuring the man but supporting the team. Difficult I know, but external forces are being marshalled to help us. The Mirror reported Keegans claim, this morning, as being something that could facilitate a quicker sale of the club. Any prospective new owner would not want their first act to be shelling out £10m for KK’s compensation. An out of court settlement (after a withering judgement from the Premier League this week), could see Barry Moat’s bid accepted…finally!
Our old friends the Serious Fraud Office are putting their wagons in a circle, and calling Ashley out for a fight! Charles Sale (Daily Mail columnist) reports today that “sources” close to Ashley say, he does not want the “distraction” of “running” Newcastle United (sorry, I wasn’t aware that the club was being run by anyone) while simultaneously fighting a lengthy, costly and (potentially) ruinous court case. In which case, a quick sale seems on the cards….I know, I hear you laughing when I say “quick”. The sooner this ‘incompetent’ is out of our lives, the sooner the healing can begin…and, god knows, we’ve a lot of healing to do.
Our magnificent start to the season has glossed over the core instability, which has plagued the Ashley regime, since he fired BSA. There are some people who would have us believe that Ashley is an innocent abroad; a mere victim of circumstance. A good man who tried his best to curb the “outrageous” expectations of “unrealistic” fans. A man who wanted nothing more than to implement his “Five year, Arsenal-on-a-budget” plan, and was prevented from doing so by fans vitriol, and economic disaster. Now, I’ve no wish to alienate fans, we need each other now, more than ever but that is not the conclusion I draw from two years of uninterrupted HELL!.
I’ve argued, too many times, over Ashley’s moronic, mean-spirited, incompetent behaviour…and that of the idiots he employed! I had thought his stupidity had become self evident by now (especially after his blustering, end of season statement in which he condemned himself, in his own words)……but, I think, the definitive statement on this matter is yet to be made. It will be made, not by us, but by the Serious Fraud Office! When that day comes, I won’t feel much like saying “I told you so”…….but I may not be able to help myself!
Excelsior Out!
DING DING….TIME GENTLEMEN PLEASE !.