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The talk on twitter is that its Choudhury.

He's such a fucking cheerleader Edwards. Cunt.

Yep - he's certainly been the number one NUFC covering journo since Bruce's arrival. He called it from day one like most of the sensible elements of the fan base.

Answered my own question: He's 6/4 favourite. Wilder, having a disastrous second season in the PL and nailed on to go down, is twice his price at 3/1. How fucking bad must Bruce be to be considered TWICE as likely to get the bullet as the fella rocketing down through the league with potentially a record low number of points.

What are the odds for Bruce being the next manager to go?

Totally agree. Positive and/or negative momentum is critical at this stage. You, generally, don't turn around either at this point without a change in personnel.

I really hope whoever that bunch is that they are now enjoying getting pummelled every week. Shelvey and Ritchie to name but two.

Nope.

El Cabbago.

He's done that a few times since his appointment Potter. I'm sure he's had fallings out with Maupay (and subsequently dropped him for a while) and a couple of others. Bit weird given how placid he comes across in interviews etc.

He's the worst this excuse riddled cretin.

I'm sick to f***ing death of his posts tbh. I'm cautiously optimistic but don't need the f***ing thing rammed down my throat every time I log in here :lol: . I’ll be doing plenty of ramming in this thread pal, just you fucking watch Like a Keith Pattinson inspired Bot.

I'm sick to fucking death of his posts tbh. I'm cautiously optimistic but don't need the fucking thing rammed down my throat every time I log in here :lol: .

What happened? Last time I listened it was mainly Caulkin avoiding any direct criticism of his pal Bruce tbh. He's been as weak as fuck in relation to Bruce's performance by the way and so has Waugh. The less said about that berk who facilitates it, the better. He's a total fucking doughnut.

True - shame he's not man enough to row back on his relentless support of the moron in charge of coaching the team though. Also, he's not very explicit on this 'new' takeover. Is he inferring that there's ANOTHER takeover party interested and could potentially do the deal in February? Or is referring to the Saudi deal being done then?

Can anyone post the Telegraph article here?

Rafa knew. Same with Ritchie.

I think he's utter dog shit.

1) If it can be proven the O&D Test was not applied in line with their own rules and regulations it's a very easy argument to make that Ashley has suffered a loss at their hands. 2) If it can be proven that loss was incurred because of the PL's failure then he will be entitled to compensation. 3) The amount of compensation would be directly in line with the impacts of the breach and Ashleys side would argue the PL's failure put him in a financially worse position and that, had the rules been correctly applied, he'd have been long gone and could not therefore have incurred said losses. I don't think it's beyond the realms of possiblity that this impending doom plays into Ashleys hands from a strictly legal perspective. I understand the argument but don't agree, the failed takeover doesn't stop him running the club. If I was trying to sell a car and someone wrongly prevented that sale you could try and claim compensation. If you then stopped servicing the car and it subsequently broke down you can't go back and blame that person. Unless the person preventing you selling that car is, in effect, a regulator I'm not sure the analogy works but it was just a thought anyway.

He wouldn't be suing them for the 'current league position', he'd be suing them for additional loss in the event of a relegation whilst he was the custodian of a club that he should have been allowed to sell last summer. I think that would be the crux of the argument. If Ashley cannot prove the PL failed in their duty to fairly apply the O&D test then agreed BUT if he can then I think he's fair game to make the allegation their failure has caused him fiduciary pain. Anyway, just a thought that it may encourage the PL to move quickly and get this one off the table asap if further financial recourse is hanging over them particularly bearing in mind Ashley has more wealth than them as an organisation.

I'd have to say no because we are only in the current position due to Steve Bruce. It's not the PL's fault that Ashley chose to allow Rafa Benitez to leave, and chose to replace him with one of the worst managers in PL history. Correct but his argument is that he wouldn't have been here to oversee the failure if they'd correctly applied their own rules. If he can prove they didn't then the Rafa/Bruce argument is irrelevant I think.

1) If it can be proven the O&D Test was not applied in line with their own rules and regulations it's a very easy argument to make that Ashley has suffered a loss at their hands. 2) If it can be proven that loss was incurred because of the PL's failure then he will be entitled to compensation. 3) The amount of compensation would be directly in line with the impacts of the breach and Ashleys side would argue the PL's failure put him in a financially worse position and that, had the rules been correctly applied, he'd have been long gone and could not therefore have incurred said losses. I don't think it's beyond the realms of possiblity that this impending doom plays into Ashleys hands from a strictly legal perspective.

Disclaimer: I've got no desire to get into a 'will it/won't it' happen with the various cheerleaders from each side. But on the wider subject, hear me out.........does this latest clusterfuck of form/ineptitude actually work in Ashleys favour in respect of the legal position? What I mean is, if he is in the process of suing the PL for the deal falling through because of their systemic failure to fairly apply the O&D Test, does the impending loss of PL status and thus increasing his loss due to their failures actually indirectly hurry them up to get to a resolution on the Saudi deal? If the PL can see the impending relegation and the compensation demand therefore going up in the magnitude of eight figures, surely they rush to approve the deal and have Ashley agree to waive any potential liabilities if we still drop?

Mate, I did the same thing on new years eve. I'd had a bad December and just felt myself getting a little too drawn in. Have never had an issue before and have gambled all my life. I lost a big wedge in December but nothing I can't afford however, it just felt a little 'unhealthy' if that makes sense. So I self excluded until end of Feb. Bloody typical though, I was backing Carroll in play for a booking every time the useless lanky bastard came off the bench and got fuck all back. He starts against Arsenal in the cup and gets booked first half. Gutted. I've had a few like that too, that I just know I would've backed but didn't. Need to remind myself that I don't see the losers I'd have backed too! :lol: .

Arsenal -1 at 6/5 is the bet I'd be placing but I'm having a couple of months off. Lost a load over Christmas.