Tomthesuperking
13-01-2008, 16:07
From BBC Sport:
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has vowed to stamp his authority on his troubled club and run it the way he wants.
The billionaire, who has invested £250m so far, was speaking as he defended his decision to sack manager Sam Allardyce.
"I had to act, and I did what I should have done in the first place," he told the News of the World.
"I must admit that when I bought this club, my instinct was to bring in my own team to run it straight away, including a new manager," he said.
"That's no reflection on Sam, that's just the way I have always done things.
"But for once in my life I ignored my intuition and, looking back, that was a mistake."
He said he is desperate to bring silverware to St James' Park, but more importantly he wants to see exciting football at Newcastle.
He said: "I want a team that will go all out to try to give Chelsea a walloping, that will try to stuff Tottenham and that will be brave and bold enough to attack Manchester United."
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We don't have a manager. We don't have anyone that wants to be our manager. We have a shite team.
If he wants us to play exciting football he's going to have to spend big. Now way are the likes off Butt, Smith, Carr or Enrique gunna play exciting football. Put ******* Emre in the team...
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has vowed to stamp his authority on his troubled club and run it the way he wants.
The billionaire, who has invested £250m so far, was speaking as he defended his decision to sack manager Sam Allardyce.
"I had to act, and I did what I should have done in the first place," he told the News of the World.
"I must admit that when I bought this club, my instinct was to bring in my own team to run it straight away, including a new manager," he said.
"That's no reflection on Sam, that's just the way I have always done things.
"But for once in my life I ignored my intuition and, looking back, that was a mistake."
He said he is desperate to bring silverware to St James' Park, but more importantly he wants to see exciting football at Newcastle.
He said: "I want a team that will go all out to try to give Chelsea a walloping, that will try to stuff Tottenham and that will be brave and bold enough to attack Manchester United."
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We don't have a manager. We don't have anyone that wants to be our manager. We have a shite team.
If he wants us to play exciting football he's going to have to spend big. Now way are the likes off Butt, Smith, Carr or Enrique gunna play exciting football. Put ******* Emre in the team...