BottledDog

Leon Best to the mackems for £6m would make me go 'wow'.

Would have him here in a heartbeat. Abso-fkn-lutely. /getting on a bit and needs to take a 90 percent pay cut like, but still.

Lock. This. Thread.

i really like that 2nd design you put up, i've just altered it slightly, swapping the blue star to the other side of the chest, making it slightly smaller and bringing the city crest in http://a.imageshack.us/img9/5835/sbr3.jpg Sorry Nobby, making the blue star smaller just turns it into a big ol' nipple tassle from where I'm sitting.

Aye. What a monumental fuckup by Evertons board. I can't even imagine the outrage on here if our lot had done the same. If we can offer him first team football then why not indeed.

Worth signing him just to play against Stoke, A.Faye had a mare against him a few seasons ago. Not a great reason. Faye ain't a stoke player anymore. Ab Faye not Am Faye. Bah.

Worth signing him just to play against Stoke, A.Faye had a mare against him a few seasons ago. Not a great reason. Faye ain't a stoke player anymore.

Like it.

Shuddup man. Great bit of business. Hope to fuck this goes through!

heres the article in question http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-Arsenal-s-Henri-Lansbury-set-for-Newcastle-article502351.html also linking us to welbeck weiss wilshire and cleverly as potential loans and allegedly we're expected to sign jls in next few days http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9qCa6pf_u-4/SxRpG4MiwQI/AAAAAAAAAFg/K-vpTKjz-S4/s640/christ_on_a_bike.jpg We may be becoming a feeder club to big clubs :-[ What a load of bollocks.

There is no suggestion that we do have money. No offer was made.

We've just basically gone back to where we were pre 92/93, a yo yo club with no ambition. How do either of you manage to drag yourselves out of bed in the morning? This. I cannot quite fathom how those with such a negative outlook get through life. Has to be some kind of defense mechanism. I can imagine at the end of each day a yelp of "Wahoo!, survived another day against the odds!"

Genius! :lol:

Which? Which areas?

Yup. Only from dullards like you who didn't know ambition when it was staring you in the face. Ah fuck.

Do they? I'm not saying you are incorrect, they could restrict the land to be used as a football stadium only. That would increase risk but not to the point where it is impossible to lend on. It would appear that Ashley has expoloited this by using the stadium as a degree of collateral. The LTV ratio and the interst will be variable as to the risk but there is still no real reason why any owner would not mortgage the stadium. (of course none of us have seen a copy of the terms and conditions) Also the ability to dictate use of a site will not necessarilly be a factor in risk, for example the Local Planning Authority dictates what sites should be developed and how. The valuation of the site will take this into account, the valuation of SJP will take the fact it can only be a football ground (for example) into account but it doesn't give rise to a situation whereby it is that great a risk where no bank would loan against it (particularly in the care free lending period that existed whilst Shepherd and Hall were in charge). And with all that in its favour Shepherd and Hall didn't borrow against it. Why do you think that was the case? From what you have said it would seem that future season ticket, hospitality and broadcasting income would present a greater risk to a bank - how much of that could the bank be sure of receiving in the event of the club going bust or even being relegated? Yet they loaned against that and not against the stadium. In all likelihood it's simply just as Matt said above that there was no NEED to mortgage the stadium, not because it was impossible to do so. If there are other options - as there plainly were - mortgaging the stadium is the last resort. I really don't comprehend why anyone would think there is zero collateral value in the stadium. If NUFC goes completely out of business there are 2 options. 1) United of Newcastle FC is formed, starting at the bottom of the league structure, but still with a massive level of support (or maybe Gateshead would be adopted as the successor to Newcastle and offered the facility of SJP). The ground would be massively under utilised for a number of years but would still generate revenue for the owner of it. 2) No-one wants to bother with starting a new football club in Newcastle (), in which case what is the council going to do? a) Put it's foot down and just let the the land rot with an ever dilapidating stadium standing on it as a massive eyesore? b) Allow it to be used for other purposes - a massive concert/random sporting event venue. c) Allow it to be knocked down and allow a hotel or shopping centre to be built on prime land? It wont be option (a) for long that's for sure. If we started again at the bottom of the league structure I think we'd have to move. I reckon that your idea that the ground would still generate money for the owner is pie in the sky; It would struggle to generate anywhere near enough to even cover the upkeep imho. In you second option, ultimately when it does turn into a hotel after the council allows the change of use, how do the banks see any return on their cash? Auction the fixtures and fittings?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/02/newcastle-debt-banks Hoping this insight doesn't mean that we're more fucked than we might have believed?

Let's forget about the damage it has caused the bid and the whether such damage for no benefit should play a part in whether to run a story. A personal conversation where the bloke is trying to impress a lass should be reported on regardless? How is that in anyones interest? The daily mail clearly cannot moderate themselves well enough, so it's great to see clubs like ours doing their small bit to nudge them and others away from this negative culture of sensationalist and damaging bullshit.

Let's ask Jose Enrique again shall we. Jose, What's the gaffer like? “The training with the players is very different with him and I like him because his training sessions are so good. “I cannot believe how hard he works. “He seems to spend 24 hours every day at the club. “He is so dedicated to the job and gives his all. “He is thinking about the games all the time, watches the videos and is so thorough in his preparations. The players respect him so much.” Thanks, for clearing things up, sorry for having to drag up old articles. Cheers Jose.

Down from 4 to 6 due to player confidence issues if the rumoured shirt is real.

He's a one off like. Not a fan, but can't help but be impressed with the guy.

Bollocks was it a home game debut, bollocks were there ever any protests, and I'll be buggered if Chopra isn't an "Asian British" [sic] success story.

True. The arses who photoshopped that lovely design and the other beauties in this thread have unforgivably now damned us to never set eyes on the like in real life!

I'm not sure I believe you. /70 pages worth of interest in the new kit. It's actually pretty impressive in a loony kind of way.