Mick

Check the accounts for 2000, loss and dividend payment.

I thought we also paid dividends while making a loss.

I've seen something that mentioned Mort earning £1 million, he's replaced Shepherd, Douglas Hall, Bruce Shepherd and Hall's Sister, I think that lot were taking something like £1.25 million out so we've actually made a saving.

He'll have to put his own money in now because he'll have to pay to get in, for the first time in 15 years HIS money will be invested in new players.

He possibly was telling porkies unless somebody is staying in the background, which I doubt.

When Sir John sold out he said that Ashleys people (whoever they are) had connections with Newcastle, if so, who was he referring to?

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My guess is Dein is waiting until the Arsenal takeover is complete by the yank as he was a supporter of the yank takeover, and why he fell out with the Arsenal board. The latest name is Bernie Ecclestone for Arsenal.

David Dein still has his eyes on Arsenal by the looks of it.

You're just jealous because he has more money than you, I can tell these things.

Of Mongolia?

I wonder if he got his pay off or if he's done something honourably for a change. It really is now time to move on.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Newcastle. http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/2097/mournersgi4.jpg

I know about the others, it can become a pain when the same thing gets dragged from thread to thread. It's not easy to stop because a thread can be started for some reason then they move closer to what's being talked about in others, before you know it they're almost duplicates of each other.

I'll take your word for it, I just don't read threads that I'm not interested in, it's easy.

We are never going to agree on this. I think it's very unlikely that Ashley is going to try and run the club on a shoe-string and hope to make money but it is possible. You say nothing has happened that wouldn't have happened under the old board so far, I disagree to a certain extent because I believe that the club is being looked at from top to bottom with a view of running it in a more professional manner than previously, I could be wrong. Regarding the Allardyce comments, I'm not worried because I have no idea why these deals have failed, if they're a sign of things to come and a sign that money is not being given to the manager then yes. If it's because we're reacting too slowly then I'm not worried because the new people will learn, they’ll adapt. If it's us not being ripped off by clubs who now think we'll pay anything because of our new owner then they'll learn that this will not happen. I don't see why we should follow the example of Chelsea and throw money at anybody just to get them, it's a balancing act and it's a lesson that the new owners will have to learn, other clubs, players and agents will also have to learn that maybe we’re not going to get ripped off in future. I wish we’d used these principles while Souness was here, we might be in a better state now if we’d employed these methods.

Of course we can, while we're at it can we lock the thread about playing some football game tonight? It bores the tits off me.

It looks like we're playing a version of Internet snap now, if I say something it comes back like an echo. I have no judgement on anything yet you've just said that I'll get fed up somewhere down the line if the club don't tell me anything, would that not be me making a judgement? You have put forward a scenario and it could come true although it doesn't seem to be a scenario which is likely to happen.

Your first comment is pathetic, you're now predicting what I'm going do say or do in the future and using it against me, laughable. Do you think I'll claim that the mods changed my post and that I didn't say it? Regarding "Price Reduced," your actual comment I responded to was "he can make small profits without being hugely successful," now you seem to accept that he could sell at a reduced price, I wonder if that's how he became so rich?

Yes I have tried to sell a house, sometimes they go for less that you ask, have a look around and see how many are displaying "Price Reduced." http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8863/reduceduz9.jpg As for the rest of your post, it’s a load of rubbish. When have I ever said I wasn't happy with the takeover? Seriously, you're looking dafter with each post you make as you seem to be trying your best to make what you say look as if it's actually true. I have made very few presumptions other than we seem to have a better future as a club then we did a couple of months ago, even if some people are a bit nervous about the pace of change. As for being fed on information, I find it refreshing that we're not being fed on shit for a change, something else I find refreshing. Have you seen me complaining about the lack of information coming out?

Not being a Newcastle supporter might work in his favour as he'll be less likely to allow his heart to rule his head. As for just selling the club, you could be right but nobody knows if he'd find a buyer, two looked before him and walked away for some reason after looking at the books.

I'm not sure about that but you can't bring a player back until the loan is finished.

Grow up.

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