Jinky Jim

Paper headlines for the next day cause panic at night, Caulkin and Shell calm everyone down the next day. Shampoo, rinse, repeat. Right I’m going to sleep all evening and enjoy my day of positive takeover vibes before going back to bed at teatime...shampoo,rinse,repeat

Why do i always feel good during the day about the takeover, then something/someone always comes along to spoil my evening and my sleeping patterns...could you not have waited to tell us this during the day to spoil my day instead of my evening

If you saw Jinky Jim play your grandad must be a canny age :lol: I'm 67 and saw Jimmy Smith play and I also saw him in the Cavendish night club on a regular basis His nutmeg was legendary

Grabbed this from reddit...absolutely love the idea of “Grandad” being the first to find out that Charnley has left Here’s to Grandad “Okay, so I know how this is going to sound, but here goes. My Grandad works as a steward at St. James', been working there longer than I've been alive. That should sort out credibility. He drove to mine to drop off birthday cards for my sister and said Charnley's office has been emptied. I asked if I could quote him on that, he shrugged and said, "furlough," so... #cans?! edit: Grandad is furloughed, doesn't give a shit.”

Ok, it’s only the chronicle but any positive vibes is welcome “Newcastle takeover news LIVE: Confidence remains high of progress Amanda Staveley, the Reuben brothers and the Saudi Public Investment Fund close in on deal that would see Mike Ashley's time at NUFC come to an end”

AV STILL GOT THE SCAARF And the T Shirt...Walking in a Keegan Wonderland

Registered: Tuesday 25 January 2005, 06:48:22 PM Total Time Spent Online: 206 days, 16 hours and 6 minutes. Total Posts: 263 posts Total Topics Started: 2 topics Number of Polls Created: 0 polls Number of Votes Cast: 21 votes That’s about a post a month for 15 years .....hardly prolific but I’m a good Lurker

I’ve got PIF tweet alerts set up and would have got an alert even if it was deleted. didn’t get one so that’s probably nonsense Of course it’s probably nonsense....but you never know....hence I put it in this thread...if nothing else you can smirk at the triviality of it.

Apparently this is a tweet from PIF Saudi which went up then was deleted almost immediately.Its about recent global acquisitions and has a picture of the statue of Sir Bobby.Someone on twitter thinks it is a premade tweet ready to go up about acquisitions and was supposed to be scheduled to go up but went live by mistake,hence it was taken down quickly....could mean an announcement soon....Really scraping the barrel here. https://i.gyazo.com/46c4ed36e3b7d13bd0aed268228b6581.png

Couldn’t resist putting this in here, even though it’s in the Other thread....from .com, and they’ve barely mentioned it at all in the past 5 weeks, so perhaps they’ve had some info that we’re not privy to...anyway see below:- Takeover: Last lap We understand that the much-heralded purchase of Newcastle United by a consortium comprising the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Amanda Staveley and the Reuben brothers will be ratified and announced before next weekend. That will follow the granting of formal approval of the deal by the Premier League - a process that has taken around five weeks, due in part to controversy over the Saudi involvement and efforts to restart the season.

A class find on twitter about the Hairy One

The Mighty Lee speaks..

Firstly, about 10 posts above the one I posted people were speculating saying “does anyone believe it’s done and just waiting for an announcement”. Then the post I quoted said “if it’s done”. I replied saying it isn’t done, and then proceeded to tell you the truth, as backed up by Wullie, about how I know beyond reasonable doubt that it isn’t done yet (at least not as of Friday night). There’s no claiming to be in the know...there’s just facts from the only journalists worth listening to. Fucking bizarre thing to get het up over when you have RS and other posters in this thread regularly spouting any old bullshit that have no basis in fact at all. But, go for it. Get pissy about someone sharing some info from a journalist. ? Put it in the Positive Optimism Thread....no one will have a go at you there.

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It’s from the Daily Star so it must be correct

Believe i read it was about 25th May...after that there is no compensation payable to Spurs

Reliable source or you actually know? From the risk team at Barclays. It's second hand info I concede but I 100% trust that I'm not on the end of a wind up myself. Reason they would be informed is in the covenant for the loan/overdraft - change of ownership in the business is a material event. Does nothing for the timing mind, still got to keep glued to SSN for that That timing kind of fits in with what I was told on Friday. Charnley I’m told rang the club on Friday after the PL meeting to say that it was all approved and that they were waiting for the rest of the funds to be released. I’m aware of who was told this by Charnley and it came to me via a chain of only 2 other people, no friend of a friend type of chain either. I’m still hoping we hear something this week but if Friday was the approval day then the money transfer may not have started any process until Monday. Here’s hoping, I’ll be gutted now if this gets stopped. Not doubting any of this, but wonder why Caulkin is still saying the PL is still looking at it and it’s likely not till next week....mind you even Caulkin won’t necessarily have any more ITK than anyone else..perhaps we are putting too much faith in Caulkin’s connections with Staveley....Here’s hoping Tsunami is found to be correct.

Translated if interested:- EXCLUDED - Mercato: Pochettino very close to Newcastle! Posted on May 6, 2020 at 7:31 p.m. by Alexis Bernard Priority target for the coaching position, Mauricio Pochettino would now be very close to the Newcastle bench! The Newcastle shortlist has been refined in recent days for the position of coach. And the names of Rafaël Benitez and Mauricio Pochettino were clearly the most advanced so far. Two profiles that appeal to English leaders and possible future new investors of the club (Saudi funds, with colossal means). According to our sources, a dossier is clearly gaining momentum and that is that of Mauricio Pochettino ! More than ever in pole position Free since leaving Tottenham , Mauricio Pochettino is Newcastle's priority for the position of coach. And according to the various sources that we have requested, the Argentinian technician would be very close to becoming the next Magpies coach. Negotiations are said to be at a very advanced stage, and unless the situation turns around, on both sides, Pochettino could resume service in the north of England. This signature would clearly symbolize Newcastle's new ambition. As revealed by le10sport.com, an XXL project is taking shape for the club of Allan Saint-Maximin . Recently, a contract proposal was sent to Kalidou Koulibaly, the Naples defender, with a salary of 12 million euros per season . A colossal amount which lets glimpse pretty crazy perspectives in a context of Covid-19 which plummets the morale of many clubs.

Yes, I well remember the winning "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup" run of 1968/1969. Then the "European Fairs Cup" runs over the following two seasons (1969/1970 and 1970/1971). Losing out to Anderlecht the previous season...losing the first leg 2-0 but 3-0 up late in the second half only for Anderlecht to score a late goal and winning on away goals rules....one of the worst feelings I’ve ever had in football. Yes, that Anderlecht Match. WHAT an atmosphere, so loud "United" / "United" / "United" endlessly. Then, we had it won until Nordhal swiped at the ball with the foot he normally only used to stand on, and we (the holders) were OUT. Me too, one of the worst feelings . . . If you can remember, in injury time The Mighty Wyn bundled the goalkeeper plus ball into the net...he was not in the air but standing on the line...I immediately looked at the ref and for a moment thought he’d allowed it....Ecstasy followed by depression in an instant.

But then the TV companies could argue they didn't get what they paid for. Not only missing out the title decider, but also promotion conclusions and relegation deciders as well. If you pay to watch a film, you'd be pretty pissed off if you had to leave before the end. Getting a discount off the next season isn't really a replacement. Also, the Premier League itself is going to have to pay for any discounts or refunds, so bottom line is, the clubs will end up paying it, and ultimately that has to lead to lower wages for players. What about allowing them to show more games next season and more games in the run in for the end of season......no discounts or refunds just extra games to show giving them more commercial tie ins for adverts etc Well, I'm sure you could come up with some creative solutions which might satisfy some parties. But there is also talk of West Brom and Leeds hitting the PL with a lawsuit if they are denied what looks likely promotion. There is a major headache here on a few counts if the season gets cancelled. There’s no easy answer...Damned if you do,Damned if you don’t....Personally like to see season scrapped..no relegations, top 2 of each division promoted...unfortunately i believe the PL rules don’t allow 22 teams.

Yes, I well remember the winning "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup" run of 1968/1969. Then the "European Fairs Cup" runs over the following two seasons (1969/1970 and 1970/1971). Losing out to Anderlecht the previous season...losing the first leg 2-0 but 3-0 up late in the second half only for Anderlecht to score a late goal and winning on away goals rules....one of the worst feelings I’ve ever had in football.

But then the TV companies could argue they didn't get what they paid for. Not only missing out the title decider, but also promotion conclusions and relegation deciders as well. If you pay to watch a film, you'd be pretty pissed off if you had to leave before the end. Getting a discount off the next season isn't really a replacement. Also, the Premier League itself is going to have to pay for any discounts or refunds, so bottom line is, the clubs will end up paying it, and ultimately that has to lead to lower wages for players. What about allowing them to show more games next season and more games in the run in for the end of season......no discounts or refunds just extra games to show giving them more commercial tie ins for adverts etc

Glad I grew up in the 60’s with Joe Harvey.....Wyn Davies and Inter Cities Fairs Cup Runs.

$$$ Exactly. The relegation threatened teams will obviously have selfish reasons to cancel the season, but ultimately they will be cutting off their noses to spite their face. Clubs, and their footballers have all grown massively rich on the back of tv deals, if the season gets cancelled the money to pay back Sky will have to come from somewhere. Not to mention it will mean a much lower value deal next time the rights are sold which will ultimately come back to bite all of these clubs and players in the arse. Not sure why they can’t offer Sky/Bt a better deal with regards to coverage for next season as a sweetener for them not to demand a refund for this season....There’s probably a reason why but if they don’t ask...

Well if nothing else the Saudis have suddenly taken a deep interest in some of our old highlights...this a few hours ago.