Northern Red Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Every time people get done by this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Just now, BrizzleRed said: Me for sure, but trouble is, you could just hear him saying it. Top job by the person who did it though Well , it was a bit over the top even for MA and the bit where it said . It’s not nice hearing a grown man cry and begging me to change my mind , referring to Lansdown kind of give it away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Absolutely no way Mark Ashton would ever have said something like this. Great hoax though and whoever made it up might have made an interesting point on our recruitment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephjnr Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 That level of bus-chucking was too marvellous to be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 First paragraph got me as it did sound like him! Deteriorated quickly though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Cheered me up on a monday morning. Great work. This is the line that cracked me up it’s never pleasant to hear a grown man crying and begging for you to change your mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Priceless. It had me, right up until the mention of managing emotion... Not quite up with Rob F’s genius Carl Heggs scam of 20 years ago (a few of you might remember what I’m talking about) but not far off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter1450 Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 No wonder the country’s going to the dogs, op should get a job with the Bristol Post, although it’s too well written for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 @CodeRed genuinely magnificent. I was completely taken in until the list of players. I was amazed at “grown man cry and beg”! Probably my favourite ever OTIB post. And my god the responses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampshire reds Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Mark Ashton is far to intelligent to write that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Caught a few today then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizzleRed Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said: Well , it was a bit over the top even for MA and the bit where it said . It’s not nice hearing a grown man cry and begging me to change my mind , referring to Lansdown kind of give it away Tbh, reading it quickly, I thought he was referring to LJ, not SL. Still fair shout to Code Red, caught me hook, line and sinker there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 minute ago, hodge said: Caught a few today then That's what happens when you fish in ponds, rivers and lakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 The intelligence of some defies belief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City oz Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 45 minutes ago, CodeRed said: Mark Ashton speaks to the fans Following the departure of Head Coach Lee Johnson I felt it important to communicate with our supporters and let them understand the direction of travel that the club is taking as we continue to make progress towards our mission goal of bringing Premier League football to Ashton Gate. Let me begin by paying tribute to the hard work Lee has put in on behalf of this football club, I have worked successfully at the top level of the football industry and it is never pleasant when a colleague has to move on but the football club must move forward, and I felt that this football club had stopped progressing under Lee, and if you don’t progress you go backwards, and I will never allow this football club to move backwards. The most important aspect of my role as CEO is managing emotion. Emotion of the staff, fans, manager, board and owner while trying to steer a very steady ship through these difficult waters, Our owner Steve Lansdown was very saddened when I informed him that Lee’s time as Head Coach was at an end and, frankly, it’s never pleasant to hear a grown man crying and begging for you to change your mind but the change had to be made for the benefit of this football club. I worked very closely with Lee on recruitment and he had the benefit of my extensive network of contacts and the world class scouting database that I introduced. By virtue of my relationships in the Premier League and throughout Europe I was able to support Lee by obtaining the loans of Tammy Abraham and Afobe and the contracted signings of Webster, Nagy, Diedhiou, Massengo,Kalas and DaSilva. Lee made a telling contribution himself as he identified and signed the likes of Marionovic, Watkins, Adam Matthews, Hegelar, Engvall,and the loan signings Ryan Kent and Lois Diony. So you can see we have built the squad together. Finally as we continue to progress I assure supporters that I am leaving no stone ,rock, or pebble unturned in my search for the next Head Coach and I continue to fish in ponds, rivers, and lakes to ensure the next Head Coach has the right credentials to build on the progress I have made in developing the stadium, training ground and infrastructure, and lead this football to the Premier League where I truly believe I belong. That’s bloody embarrassing to say the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, City oz said: That’s bloody embarrassing to say the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRoss Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 This is brilliant just for the responses pure gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, City oz said: That’s bloody embarrassing to say the least You're not wrong.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 I wasn’t caught out but sympathise with people who do as last week a poster on here said “The Leeds fans are booing Bielsa” - I believed it and thought what a bunch of knobs and realised I was the knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRoss Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 33 minutes ago, Sandhurst Red said: If True... That statement is outrageous. Far too many 'I' comments for my like when it is 'our' club and we are fans. No one man is more important than this club. My estimation of Mark Ashton has gone down massively with this awful piece of self-PR. To reveal that LJ cried and pleaded to retain his job is disgraceful. Things like that should be kept in private. Secondly - this man clearly believes in himself. It is borderline narcissistic in its nature. The way he outlines how HE has built the talent from HIS contacts, could not make it any more clear that there was no unity. The fact that LJ's list of players compared to MA's list is quite telling. Though what he outlines in this may be true - how you handle yourself, tends to speak volumes about who you are. For me, MA has shown himself to be what others have felt for quite some time. He may help US achieve success - but by gosh won't we all know about it when we do..... This is brilliant for ME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverRed Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Let's be clear; I'm only replying here so that I can be a part of this classic thread in the making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 57 minutes ago, CodeRed said: Mark Ashton speaks to the fans Following the departure of Head Coach Lee Johnson I felt it important to communicate with our supporters and let them understand the direction of travel that the club is taking as we continue to make progress towards our mission goal of bringing Premier League football to Ashton Gate. Let me begin by paying tribute to the hard work Lee has put in on behalf of this football club, I have worked successfully at the top level of the football industry and it is never pleasant when a colleague has to move on but the football club must move forward, and I felt that this football club had stopped progressing under Lee, and if you don’t progress you go backwards, and I will never allow this football club to move backwards. The most important aspect of my role as CEO is managing emotion. Emotion of the staff, fans, manager, board and owner while trying to steer a very steady ship through these difficult waters, Our owner Steve Lansdown was very saddened when I informed him that Lee’s time as Head Coach was at an end and, frankly, it’s never pleasant to hear a grown man crying and begging for you to change your mind but the change had to be made for the benefit of this football club. I worked very closely with Lee on recruitment and he had the benefit of my extensive network of contacts and the world class scouting database that I introduced. By virtue of my relationships in the Premier League and throughout Europe I was able to support Lee by obtaining the loans of Tammy Abraham and Afobe and the contracted signings of Webster, Nagy, Diedhiou, Massengo,Kalas and DaSilva. Lee made a telling contribution himself as he identified and signed the likes of Marionovic, Watkins, Adam Matthews, Hegelar, Engvall,and the loan signings Ryan Kent and Lois Diony. So you can see we have built the squad together. Finally as we continue to progress I assure supporters that I am leaving no stone ,rock, or pebble unturned in my search for the next Head Coach and I continue to fish in ponds, rivers, and lakes to ensure the next Head Coach has the right credentials to build on the progress I have made in developing the stadium, training ground and infrastructure, and lead this football to the Premier League where I truly believe I belong. Just brilliant! Are some people really buying into this, oh my! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Quality. @CodeRed take a bow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, RUSSEL85 said: I wasn’t caught out but sympathise with people who do as last week a poster on here said “The Leeds fans are booing Bielsa” - I believed it and thought what a bunch of knobs and realised I was the knob. I got caught out by the last Mark Ashton one (was that CodeRed too?) and read it out to people at work thinking it was real... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Just for all of you that think this is a hoax, @CodeRed is Mark’s ghost-writer....honestly!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 @CodeRedwere you inspired by my Oxford screenshot yesterday?. 1 minute ago, mozo said: I got caught out by the last Mark Ashton one (was that CodeRed too?) and read it out to people at work thinking it was real... Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Come on people, I’ve just awarded the ‘on fire’ reaction. We only need a ‘confused’ and a ‘Robin’ to get to a Full House that @CodeRed deserves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 27 minutes ago, CyderInACan said: Cheered me up on a monday morning. Great work. This is the line that cracked me up it’s never pleasant to hear a grown man crying and begging for you to change your mind You can imagine it in a Mitchell and Webb kind of way… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soultrader Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Quality Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted July 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, RedM said: Just brilliant! Are some people really buying into this, oh my! I'm afraid they really are. The level of thick is off the scale @Davefevs made a sort of request the other day and I couldn't disappoint him after all the top analysis he does on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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