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Possible spoiler but he does. He says pardew never left him out of things when he was injured and when he made his comeback in the cup v Man City he was last player back to the dressing room and pardew had got the whole squad to go mental and sing his chant when he got back to the dressing room. I suppose that’d mean a lot to him

Really good listen this. Covers a lot of stuff including scoring in the derby, coming back from injury, what Ben Arfa and sissoko were like, Colo’s party and carroll smacking Steven Taylor

Losing

You’re making him out like he’s a reputable person with in depth knowledge on everything. The bloke was banned from the BBC and even the Chronicle took down a podcast they had did with him when it was found he was talking shit. I’m not making him out to be anything. I don’t know the guy. I can only go from what i watched last night. Much like that Keith guy, mimms, bet365 guy, I take what I hear with a pinch of salt. I’ve said for ages and I maintain we will only really know the direction this is going in when it happens. Anything else is pointless speculation

Btw I think he also said last night that he’s previously done work for PIF in the past

Honestly? I’m more inclined to believe Ben. He came across well & balanced and even on twitter he acts professionally where as NCLS.....

No but Bin Salman put himself forward for the test I don’t think it’d be an issue but he won’t That’s the whole point of the arbitration. If in legal terms it is found that PIF and the Saudi state are separate then why should he. I’m aware of that

No but Bin Salman put himself forward for the test I don’t think it’d be an issue but he won’t

I agree no one knows. I’ve been banging that drum for weeks. Interesting to get another perspective on it that’s all. Just fed up hearing “but but we have the Messi of sports lawyers” like the actual strength of the case we actually have doesn’t even matter

That’s me now till Saturday.

We know there are a few on here that are convinced we’d win the case because ‘just look at the people Ashley has hired’ and I’ve tried to say this a few times that it’s not as cut and dried as this. The PL must believe they have a strong case and if Jacobs is right that PIF didn’t fully answer the questions put to them then not sure what they’d expect to happen. He also said something along the lines about the separation that PIF has a government website and has government employees so a bit of paper from the Saudi government stating pif is a separate entity might not mean much in U.K. court Our best hope is an amicable resolution/settlement

He really came across well and balanced. He reckons if it goes to court the PL would win but can see an amicable resolution. He said he knows Newcastle fans are confident because of the legal team representing the club but he believes the PL have a stronger case.

Maybe the wrong thread but by sounds of it it’s certainly not cut and dry that things will be sorted after bein is allowed back in to Saudi. Jacobs reckons the separation issue is still the first hurdle and would have happened regardless

Jacobs also said that he could see some movement on bein being allowed back in Saudi within 4-6 weeks but it’ll take time as discussions need to be had He also said the club legal case could be concluded before the bein/Saudi situation is sorted because the time it will take to get bein back might take longer than the arbitration case Reckons PIF didn’t answer all the questions the PL put to them

Jacobs did say the premier league waited for the WTO report about beoutQ so piracy was an issue as well

Kinda only half listening but Ben jacobs saying the Saudi government injected a load of cash in to PIF to bail them out after covid started and that raised a lot of questions for the PL

Klich & mili cards 22/1

It really is mad how differently some refs apply the laws to other refs

Not on him but how does ramsdale not get carded there?

Note of caution Kevin friend has one of the worst card rates in the league. Averaging around 2 per game

Giroud to score & Norwood carded 9/1 Norwood & azpilicueta cards 45/1

Thiago & rodri cards 19/1

Barnes to score & semedo card 30/1 Willian Jose & Barnes 2+ sot 13/1 Choudhury & kilman cards 31/1

Was there yesterday for our game but took an age updated them. Technical issues would be my guess