Unbelievable

Aye. Will be a long wait to ever see us back at a World Cup, if ever.

The day Ashley bought the club was the beginning of the end.

None of the France players wants to score the third it seems.

We're out. What a day to be alive

He was declining undeniably, but it's hard to argue the replacements have done a much better job. All our GK options are garbage really, and we may well pay the price big time this season.

Steve's had a quiet summer hasn't he?

I wouldn't be so sure.

This! *look look, we kept him despite massive offers" Completely this. Don't know, I could see them just selling him and not getting a replacement. Clear as day they don't give a f***. No idea why it's being dismissed out of hand like. Not like we don't have previous in this particular area.

The worse will happen, like a car crash in slow motion this club

Just think of all the profit

I will keep my user name and avatar as a reminder of happier days. Gosh, aren't my favourite team and country crap these days. Talking of which, Oranje will have to beat France in Paris tonight to have any kind of chance of making it to next year's World Cup

Did he bang your missus or something? I just don't rate him and think he's always had a reputation he's not deserved. His reputation was based on his early promise. Shame how it's turned out, for him and us. Still sad to see him go; one of my few fond NUFC memories was Palermo and seeing him break into the team and live the dream.

Unbelievable! I'll be leaving to a Brighton forum along with him. Catch you later fella's, enjoy the season

Good for him. Hope it happens. Last year of his contract isn't it, so could turn into a permanent deal if he proves himself?

Who's Colin Millar?

Can't be real, surely? So Rafa couldn't do anything until we're rid of the deadwood, and now we don't want rid of it? This club

Oh dear. They want a fee, that's us done

Colleague over here who is a Besiktas fan just told me we've apparently offered 12.5m Euros and it looks like the deal is on. He doesn't want to lose him, as they have to publish their CL squad tomorrow and he doesn't think there is enough time to find a replacement. Mid twenties and scored 20 goas for them last season apparently. Gayle replacement? What's his play style like? That's a key question. No idea

Just done a bit of Dennis Wise scouting and seen a goal that Tosun fella scored in last year's CL. Sign him up I'd say. Colleague says our bid is in Turkish press and we're currently outbidding WBA and Palace. Thread worthy?

Colleague over here who is a Besiktas fan just told me we've apparently offered 12.5m Euros and it looks like the deal is on. He doesn't want to lose him, as they have to publish their CL squad tomorrow and he doesn't think there is enough time to find a replacement. Mid twenties and scored 20 goas for them last season apparently. Gayle replacement?

We're selling our best striker!? Lot of pressure to bring in a better replacement before the window closes. What could possibly go wrong?

Get in! Crucial win to get us going. Let's hope Ashley opens the purse strings a little in the upcoming few days and we might be on our way to a calm season of lower midtable mediocrity.

Yes!

Please explain what is loan from club owner and why it has increased to 129m term loan + 33m further loan = 164m as per latest account A loan is money owed (to Ashley), which needs to be paid back at some stage and is interest bearing (we pay for it in free advertising). It is not the same as putting money in and expecting nothing in return. The debt was 70m when he bought us (mainly related to late 90's stadium extension as a 57m mortgage which had to be repaid in the event of a change in ownership). He then added 29m to pay off existing player transfer fees that were spread out in one go, another 29m as the cost of the first relegation (his mistake) and another 33m after the second relegation (again his mistake). He also profits from this loan fiscally as he offsets it in his holding company, hence paying less tax over his profits. So in short: no, a loan is entirely different to putting his own money in (as most other club owners have done by the way). Give me examples that a normal club in EPL would have an income item called "owners donation". Most if not all owners have put money in or converted loan into equity (efffectively writing off the loan unlike how our clown claims to have done). It's not hard to find many examples using any search engine. Do some research.