OzzieMandias

Well, it's long looked like that was why Fat Fred had strengthened his shareholding to just under the point where he'd legally have to attempt a buy-out. If this is true, then the decision as to the future of the club will rest with the Halls. Will they sell to Fat Fred? Will they sell to someone else? Or will they not sell to anyone, and leave things the way they are? Looks like, if he was going to take the club private, FF would have to borrow really heavily. It would effectively leave us £40 million deeper in debt and under the complete control of someone who has taken us from challenging for the top to floundering at the bottom, and is clearly bereft of fresh ideas as to how to take the club forward. Relegation would of course reduce the share price, thus making it easier for FF (or another buyer) to buy the club out. On the other hand, the threat of it might mean the Halls selling out sooner rather than later.

As far as I remember, Man City were supposed to have offered him more money.

You think identifying Fat Fred as the architect of our club's slow demise is "anti-Newcastle shite"? And you expect me to take you seriously?

Bizarre. But they give no indication of how the ratings are arrived at.

I was right, you're definitely confusing me with Leazes the Parrot. Having problems answering the question I asked you, mate? Nope. And we know why. Zero credibility. bluesleep.gif

Was going to say the same thing. Once a bandwagon jumper always a bandwagon jumper eh..... It's losers like you posting shite like that who drag the forum down and turn it almost into a waste of space. Just jumping on your bandwagon, mate. Oh, I see, you were talking about yourself. Sorry, "mate".

I was right, you're definitely confusing me with Leazes the Parrot. Having problems answering the question I asked you, mate? Nope.

Was going to say the same thing. Once a bandwagon jumper always a bandwagon jumper eh..... It's losers like you posting shite like that who drag the forum down and turn it almost into a waste of space.

I was right, you're definitely confusing me with Leazes the Parrot.

Was going to say the same thing.

it probably backed Souness like you did as well Who's a naughty boy then? Pretty Freddy! Pretty Freddy!

Spitting bile? You're confusing me with your master-debater chum. How's it going, anyway? Either of you managed to win any new members for the Fat Fred Fan Club? Must get a little lonely, just the two of you.

Frankly, my Uncle Jim's parrot had a broader range of argument than you do.

The mackems? I'm quite sure the mackems must be very happy with the job Fat Fred is doing right now. Just like you are. well, I'm sure they were more happy with Souness, funnily enough, so were you. Frankly, a chairman so useless he can take a club with resources like ours from being one of the best and most attractive clubs in the country to being a laughing-stock floundering at the bottom of the table must have been beyond most mackems' wildest dreams before Fat Fred took power. I don't have any dirt to dish. I'm just a lifelong fan who would like to see the club succeed. But if fellow supporters can use the means to reply the next time Fat Fred insults their honest efforts on behalf of the club, I'll happily do my best to arrange it. Meanwhile, you can just carry on repeating the same old pathetic shite. I'm sure that'll do everyone a lot of good. wellll....if you are really a "life long supporter", I'm sure you will be aware that struggling in the 2nd division and selling your best players for decades is far more a laughing stock than appearing in europe on a regular basis and buying England internationals, I don't think many people consider us a laughing stock when we do this. Once again, you must be in a state of confusion, its the mackems who are a laughing stock, or maybe you are colour blind That's right. Just keep on repeating that same old pathetic shite, and we'll be back at the top of the table in no time. PS You're obviously unaware of how a laughing-stock looks like to most people. This is easily remedied. Just go and look in your bathroom mirror.

The mackems? I'm quite sure the mackems must be very happy with the job Fat Fred is doing right now. Just like you are. well, I'm sure they were more happy with Souness, funnily enough, so were you. Frankly, a chairman so useless he can take a club with resources like ours from being one of the best and most attractive clubs in the country to being a laughing-stock floundering at the bottom of the table must have been beyond most mackems' wildest dreams before Fat Fred took power. I don't have any dirt to dish. I'm just a lifelong fan who would like to see the club succeed. But if fellow supporters can use the means to reply the next time Fat Fred insults their honest efforts on behalf of the club, I'll happily do my best to arrange it. Meanwhile, you can just carry on repeating the same old pathetic shite. I'm sure that'll do everyone a lot of good.

The mackems? I'm quite sure the mackems must be very happy with the job Fat Fred is doing right now. Just like you are.

I see. So Fat Fred can use the wonderful local media which always takes the club's side to talk shite and diss supporters whenever he feels like it. Whereas looking for a right of reply for supporters making an honest effort to persuade the club to appoint a decent manager is "dishing the dirt to a scumbag cockney journo". Shows exactly where your priorities lie.

In other words, there was no need to strengthen the team in 2003 because we'd bought some players a couple of years previously. :roll:

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I'll answer that one for him. Under Fat Fred, we have not produced one single homegrown player of any real note.

Better question, why do we care? Signing all of the galacticos in the world but not having any real success, and forcing the club to go into debt - thats what you wanted? Is that what you think the fans want? Again, WE DON'T CARE, will we win trophies by FS being better than Doug Ellis (even that is fairly subjective)? We should be comparing our board to the boards of the teams we are going to compete with. Despite Shepherd being able to "back his managers" with money, how much of that money has actually been spent by the managers? I believe we are fairly unique in the sense that we are the only club where half the signings have nowt to do with who the manager really wants. Well, there's Real Madrid, who also did less well when the owner was handling the transfer policy.

That was my favourite Hugo moment.

Stanislaw Podbielski, Lofasz Asegedbe, or maybe Pablo Vaticani.

I tore a meniscus in my knee once. Was limping around for weeks, couldn't kneel on that knee, real bugger.

So Shephard has been chairman since 1992? http://vnuuk.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/red_herring.jpg No but NE5 loves to give Freddy undue credit even if it makes him look daft, such love and devotion to Freddy is admirable Well, to be fair, he could hardly post anything that makes him look even dafter than he does already.