steve_69

That Xisco deal! WTF?!

Disgraceful treatment of Shearer Disgraceful treatment of Keegan Disgraceful treatment of Hughton Disgraceful treatment of Jonas

It's going to be such a strange feeling supporting a properly run football club again. Every year of my 30s Ashley has owned the club and i've gradually given less of a s*** with each passing year. It'll be nice to spend my 40s watching us build again with genuine excitement. The same as me, feels like 12 years just vanished from NUFC history. There were a few decent points during that time, I really enjoyed the season when we signed Cabaye, 11/12? Watching Benny when he was on form, watching Wijnaldun score 4 and then of course when Rafa arrived and then stayed. The problem was that Mike Ashley often fluked his way into a half decent situation.. then would realise this and then purposely fuck it all up.. just because he could. It will be a joyous occasion when it’s finally all done. The two promotions (caused by reckless ownership), the season of finishing 5th but after that its been a pretty miserable time for NUFC fans. Wasting the talent of Ben Arfa when he gave the supporters so much joy was a fucking bitter pill to swallow. Rafa brought the feel good factor back to an extent but you knew Ashley was going to fuck it up. The Wor Flags stuff whilst Rafa was here was absolutely tremendous as well but it felt more like a show of defiance against Ashley rather than a Borussia Dortmund style celebration. Hopefully under the new regime we can actually enjoy those things without feeling like we're going to get screwed over when the next opportunity arises.

Pardew man! They were some bleak times

It's going to be such a strange feeling supporting a properly run football club again. Every year of my 30s Ashley has owned the club and i've gradually given less of a shit with each passing year. It'll be nice to spend my 40s watching us build again with genuine excitement.

Just been told by who Greg, that’s the important bit? If it’s your mate Gav, it means fuck all. If it’s Amanda Staveley then you’re the man. Name your source!

If I was making a £300m investment, the first thing i'd do is make sure it was being managed by someone with the credibility and credentials to do it properly. It's a total no-brainer. The only way i can see Bruce staying on is purely because the new owners have to wait until their own man is available. Either way he's a dead man walking.

The fit and proper owners test contains nothing about human rights. If they blocked it on those grounds they would face legal action. If it can be proven that our new prospective owners are DIRECTLY involved in content piracy then there might be a case for blocking it there, but if they're not directly involved, it has nothing to do with the fit and proper owners test.

Funny that the hairy prick has never mentioned anything about this before. Point or no point, this has only become his new obsession since the Saudis have been linked with us.

Frasers Group reveals that it is not eligible for the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mike-ashleys-frasers-group-settles-18143177 I reckon he's under some serious financial pressure

Can we add Jetro Willems to that list? I know he's not ours but i still want us to keep him.

Fuck, i got a bit choked up reading that. What a top lad!

Thing i'm looking forward to most if this goes through is just seeing the stadium without all his tacky shit plastered over it again. The rest is just icing on the cake.

That pissed me right off. I had no idea. Hristo Stoichkov was another one like that - played for Barca!

Good thread. Surely if you have a legally-binding Fit & Proper owners test based on a set list of requirements, you can't just change it because a TV channel wrote you a letter?

Poch almost won the league with a very unfancied Spurs team, achieved a CL spot in successive seasons with a Spurs team that had previously struggled to break into the top 4 and then took them all the way to the final of the Champions League. This after overachieving with Southampton prior to that. To suggest he doesn’t have any pedigree because he hasn’t been won anything is ridiculous. He’s still in the early years of his managerial career ffs! Does his track record suggest he has the credentials and skills to win something in the future? Undoubtedly! Given the shit we’ve had to swallow over the past 13 years, us turning our noses up at Poch is just laughable. That said, I’d rather have Rafa.

Good! Get in the bin.

In fairness to Keys (yeah, I know) he just seems to have beef with Saudi Arabia full stop, mainly as he accuses them of stealing and showing BeIN sports streams. It's a bit rich to be taking the high ground on morality Keys you Harambe-looking hypocrite.

That's hilarious!

All they need to do is set him some reasonable objectives, as you would do in any other business Finish in the top 10 Joelinton to score 10 PL goals Get to the final of the FA Cup Stop saying 'back to basics' He fails to meet any of them and we sack him.

That seems to be the problem. You get your front line or defence sorted first and then your midfield is poor - i started with defence and then gave up. Maybe starting with the midfield is the best approach.

Best world 11 that have played while you've been alive. No two players can be from the same country or have played for the same club (at any time). This is not easy!