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Plus you just know as soon as we banked a large number to help PSR if that's the argument..you just know they will suddenly scrap it or something and then we'd have already lost the player without any benefit.

And say helping us get yet another CL campaign in that year their playing, yeah it’s a win all round for me.

Charnley communicative? Pull the other one

Imagine how long we'd take to replace them all. The polar ice caps would be a distant memory by that point.

Must have missed that I remember the club's representatives being either totally silent, or full of shit for pretty much the entire Ashley reign.

David Burt - as far as I’m aware, the only ex Newcastle player we have on this board. Would love to hear some more stories from him.

Why are we so fucking slow at doing things? If decisions can only be made after a carrier pigeon has flown all the way to Saudi and then has to fly back again with the result then it’s time to have someone permanently based in Newcastle who can actually make a yes/no choice.

It's also one thing to find a replacement - it's another to attract them to the club. And the pool isn't very big.

I don't think any amount of money is worth it, even with PSR in mind. I think a lot of people are undervaluing him (even at £200m), strikers like him don't really exist. If he stays fit, he will score 20+ goals in the PL, 35+ overall. The way I see it, is where do we find those goals if we sell him? We need to sign a high end striker at very least, and even with money in the bank - who do we buy? Not fussed about Osimhen, Ekitike, etc. Undoubtedly there will be some unearthed gems out there, but why risk it when we have the gem already? Anyways, I would say no regardless of cost unless he has downed tools and spat the dummy - then cash in.

I’ve seen quite many questioning the signing of Wirtz. Or people saying he has never impressed them and that they can very well see him being a big flop. You can never say never in football or take anything for granted. But judging by what I’ve seen I struggle to see him being anything but a massive success for years to come. It might take him a bit of time to settle before he hits the ground running. Despite the price I can see him being a bargain when you consider how much is being spent on some players.

Depends when it was his intention to leave really.

It’s an amazing idea but the purity of principle has been completely hijacked by avaricious shits like Infantino and his cronies and grim cunts like Perez and Laporta. Hence Inter Miami’s completely bent inclusion.

They must be too busy

We have money now apparently and seem to be still struggling to spend it

The appointment of the CEO is done by the board of directors.

Whose job is it even? As they don't seem to know

To be frank, the amount of time taken to find Eales replacement had been borderline negligent.

Exactly this. I could pass any number of board members in the street and not notice. They just never have any presence about them. Even the likes of Llambias and (shudder) Charnley were at least visible and communicative.

Vile is harsh but its pretty grim. Ive had to go there twice this year and there's an air of desperation about the place. The fucking pubs are all stuck in the 90s, everywhere seemed to have karaoke on fffs, the one place which had live music on had a cover band doing Oasis and Pulp. The mackems seem to think the place is in the midst of a renaissance when in reality there's the level of redevelopment going on every town was doing 25 years ago. That's how far behind they are. Also, the train station still stinks of piss. It really is a fucking real-time Beamish.

Don’t be silly, what do you think happens when the footballing worlds knows we have £200m in the bank. Think past the current NUFC tax.

Just imagine the PSR headroom we'd have if we sold Isak, Bruno and Tonali. The fanbase and club could be totally galvanized by the speculative PSR calculations that would be flying about.

Not for me - he is just too important

Whilst those facts are true, the feelings he talks about have some merit. Stavely and Mehdrad leaving has left a vacuum at boardroom level communication and it has been difficult for Eales to fill that void given his pending departure. You then add on the Ashworth and Mitchell issues, combined with the pantomime of last summer's transfer window, and things do 'feel' off. As an institutional investor, PIF understandably is distanced from the day to day, but it is on them to fill that void and I think it's fair to say that the leadership and vision of the club does not 'feel' as inspiring since Stavely's departure, despite out best season in decades.

I maybe, but it's business and unfortunately PSR seems to have priority on seemingly everything.