Greg

He did not.

The legal set up and rules of the Trust mean that any conflict or interest must be declared. I'll send you a PM on the specifics but happy to take this away and look in more detail.

Yes, and thanks.

I’ve been too busy to respond to this thread recently. When I get the time to do so I will. The obsession with Steve Wraith is weird mind.

He’s one of a board of many, people need to get over this obsession with him. His contacts and reach have been invaluable to the board over last six months.

Fuck off.

Some strategy decisions will be made by the Board, some will be put to members- and if you don't like what is being done you can vote members off the board at the AGM. You can't run a trust organisation with everything being done by vote of 5,000+ people, nothing would ever get done. That's why we have a board giving up a hell of a lot of their spare time to build a functioning trust. There is no crossover with the Board of the NUST and The Magpie Group, I resigned from TMG for a number of reasons and that was before I joined the board of NUST. NUST have a place on the pointless fans forum which have been very critical of but as NUST - nobody on the board has a role there in any other capacity. We have a good range of people on the board and so far it's working very well and really no ego issues (yes, even with Steve Wraith). Steve's contacts have been invaluable really in building the trust back up. Plenty of info on the website but I'm happy to answer any specific questions you have.

You couldn't be more wrong.

Boycott the club period.

RESET.

How I read his tweets was that Ashley wanted another £50 million up front so same price but they were obviously paying over instalments and they were paying maybe £100 million at first then £100 million a season for the next 2 years with a final £50 million payment (this is just an example I have no idea what any arrangement would be). But now he is wanting £150 million up front. Surely that wouldn’t be a show stopper for BZG if the reports of their assets are true. Would be if they didnt think it was worth that much. I can afford to pay £20 for a coffee but I'm not going to. Not really analogous given what he said was about payment structure not overall price/cost. True enough. I'd just skipped to the last post and assumed it was one of those "they can afford it so just pay it" type posts that regularly appear at transfer and takeover times.

How I read his tweets was that Ashley wanted another £50 million up front so same price but they were obviously paying over instalments and they were paying maybe £100 million at first then £100 million a season for the next 2 years with a final £50 million payment (this is just an example I have no idea what any arrangement would be). But now he is wanting £150 million up front. Surely that wouldn’t be a show stopper for BZG if the reports of their assets are true. Would be if they didnt think it was worth that much. I can afford to pay £20 for a coffee but I'm not going to. Not really analogous given what he said was about payment structure not overall price/cost.

Nowt new, just commentary on where things are.

He’s not in any way connected to the coaching setup. He’s just a friendly face to go check on the kids and make sure they’re being looked after etc. He was never on crazy money while he was a player. He needs to work like a lot of players at that level do when retired.. what’s he going to say.. Ashley is an arsehole on live tv? Yeah that’ll get him the job.. We’re supposed to be one of the best supporters in the country yet we turn on former players and on each other at the drop of a hat. It’s mental. How did we ever expect to force Mike Ashley out if we could never stay united on a single thing? The sooner this takeover happens the better, for our mental health if anything ? Shola is a comfortable millionaire, he doesn't need to work. He's a clever bloke, articulate and sensible. Good luck to him in his new role - he'll play an important role for those at the club in their early years of pro contracts.

Nothing has changed. This is his last power play to get the club to compromise. If they don't he has a decision to make on carrying on with the status quo or walking away. We're talking about a world class manager here, not Alan Pardew or Mark Hughes. If he walks no one can blame him. As Kevin Keegan said, you cannot work with these people. Some of those people may be gone but the incompetent common denominator remains.

We should know better as well. Sorry. As long as it's not Carlsberg. The new so called 'Pilsner' still tastes like p*ss water.

With cold cans?

Definitely happening now, just nodded off on the sofa while watching the New Zealand v West Indies game in the ICC Cricket World Cup and had a dream that I was in Waitrose and bumped into Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed Al Nehayan and Midhat Kidwai. Sheik Khaled didn't speak English but Midhat told me it was all done and dusted and announcement tomorrow. We exchanged business cards and he said they would be in touch.

The deal on offer is the status quo. Rafa is not happy with the status quo and neither should we be. Starting every season under cooked due to last minute signings. Ending each season needing to spend a significant amount of money just to maintain what you had, let alone improve (due signings key players on loan), is no way to run a club in the long term. Transfers taking weeks or months to get over the line, missing out on key time for the player with Rafa and the group. The lack of investment in faciltiies and the training ground. I could go on. If he leaves it is because this verion of Newcastle United has no ambition other than to attempt to stay in the Premier League to maintain SD advertising. It has no ambition for betterment and improvement. This is entirely on Ashley.

What a surprise. A massive Gammon.

Fixed your post.

Use the 'new' button, it's very useful.