toontownman

It's time Skjelbred is coming!

Not when the transition has actually been happening behind the scenes the past three weeks!

Most excited to actually have investment in the academy and facilities and start seeing consistent quality youth coming into and through the academy/youth teams and to the first team.

This. In the least English football would be dead to me for sure.

Yes. Why don't they ask Sheffield Wednesday fans what they think good honest guy Bruce deserves. He will be given the last games of the season. That's overly generous already.

Mass organized playing of local hero everyone cranks up, opens all doors and windows and dancing in the street when this is announced.

Cant see Rafa not wanting to be on the training ground and go DOF yet. He has too much unfinished business. Wouldnt rule out someone like Gerrard joining his setup and a future transition though.

Would love to hijack kane and sancho going to manure.

Does look like boca built it around a high rise council estate. It's different I will give you that.

He literally did have a dossier and vision of how to build the club that he gave to charnley/ashley didn't he?

Read that as Skirge. Thought the return was imminent.

This. Like he has had much of a say anyway up to this point. It's quite possible they might want to keep bruce until the season is done officially as rafas contract will be cheaper to buyout each month they wait. Would be surprised if rafa didnt have a release clause though. Other managers in china have before. That 200m article is misleading. It says 200m over the next couple of years for building the club on and off the pitch.

Don't fuck this up premier league. Please. Cant celebrate til its confirmed. This is bloody glorious though.

The deposit being paid was established about a week ago, when companies house was updated, was it not? Looks like a nothing article. Perfect. Missed that. Simply put if Ashley pulls out (which would be suicidal with the chaos it would cause) its major lawsuit territory. Just down to the fit owner test going through and this should be done. I was wondering why it has leaked so early if it's another 3 or 4 weeks but I guess maybe it puts public pressure on Ashley not to be mike ashley and fuck it up

Deposit paid and deal signed according to the daily fail. Just waiting for the go ahead from the league (three/four weeks).written by Mike Keegan so has to be solid. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8234989/Newcastles-300m-Saudi-led-takeover-gathers-pace-deposit-buy-club-paid.html

All anyone really wants to know is whether this means the installation of slides outside the ground are back on.

Also some complete guesswork from the Chronicle here too: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-director-of-football-takeover-18096336 Ferdinand would be an easy 2+2 given the Reuben links at QPR and being an ex-player. Fact he was basically tweeting Reuben good luck with the project likely rules him out though.

Nikos Dabizas linked the other day (I posted a link below). I also thought I read another article elsewhere since that had more of a headline implying he was just interested in being DOF rather than he was the one lined up. https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/04/18/report-prospective-new-newcastle-owners-have-identified-a-former/

Damn right. They knew from the start they wanted Rafa so sacking Bruce on day one cannot be considered knee jerk in anyway.

Is the Hitzfeld campaign dossier still widely available? needs dusting off if not.

This. The first thing I’d do, on my very first day, at 9am, is call that disgusting fat twat into the office and give him his P45. Stick with him and there’s not a shred of doubt that we’ll be scraping to safety. The players won’t play for him as they’ll know he’s on the way out one way or another in a few weeks anyway. Amen. What's the point in being nice. Fans will be onside regardless. Until it turns out pardew brokered the deal and he is back.

Is keeping Bruce for 5 points really worth it??! Just get rid. It would be such an anti climax to have him lead us out for our first game under new owners. He should be consigned to the history of Ashley's era. If I was Bruce I'd be sounding them out for an early exit. Tidy sum in his pocket for leaving and also avoids the chance of still getting relegated with the last games being played. Head held high. I am sure we will hear lots of "I have no doubt I am still the man for the job", "I'm going nowhere","the be owners have full faith in me" "getting on with the job" quotes soon. It really depends when the ownership is finalized in relation to the season restarting/ending. If they take over in May and season doesnt re-start until mid to late June (likely earliest) why waste a month or two that the new manager could use? Just to be nice to Bruce? Fuck that. It could be more of a potential risk.

Mirror all in with 200m earmarked for Bruce to spend. #warchest While it's all bollocks imagine if the new owners stick with Bruce and let that nugget spend the money!

Provided this goes through, surely there is no point keeping Bruce until season end (if its even played). Infact it could be potentially damaging. If Rafas coming back there is a portion of the squad whose morale will hit the floor (shelvey, ritchie all the others that have got nice and snuggly with Bruce's do what you want approach). I dont think they have the spine or interest to "do it for bruce" to give him a good send off if he gets until the end of the season. Just get Rafa back in to undo the mess pronto. If it's a completely new manager (Poch or Allegri) the same is likely true with why wait. All the players are likely to at least try though to impress the new boss.

Allegri's style isnt that dissimilar to rafas is it? Although he will switch tactics a bit more readily. Likes high press, conserving energy and hitting on the break or slower methodical build ups. Players are always very well organized. He would bring a huge resume and likely following of players. He is untested in the premier league though. Poch would be a better fit to the playing style most fans romanticize about and is a huge proponent of bringing through youth. I worry he doesnt have the extra ability to close out games when it counts but he would give the majority of fans good football to watch. More than that he has something to prove in the premiership. We know Rafa works. His only question marks are his transfer record with money but we know what we are getting, it's almost impossible not to want him back. He knows and gets the city and club, desperately wants to win the league and wants a legacy project. Can only see them getting someone else if he isnt interested in returning. Allegri and Rafa are the only two that have been heavily linked so I'd expect it to be one of them.