mouldy_uk

Ameobi getting praise, this must be a parallel universe I've slipped into....

Does this circus never end

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2009/08/18/ashley-at-training-ground-but-not-for-takeover-talks-61634-24469291/ Ashley at training ground but not for takeover talks Aug 18 2009 by Lee Ryder, Evening Chronicle Add a comment Recommend TOON owner Mike Ashley has flown into Newcastle United's training ground but rumours that a deal for the club was imminent have been played down. The Chronicle understands the sportswear chief's appearance was just a routine visit to finalise some paperwork ahead of the home game with Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow. A United source said: "It is nothing to get excited about, it was a routine visit, Mike was here to sign some paperwork relating to Damien Duff's transfer and the launch of the third kit. "It is not the first time he has been at the training ground recently, and it won't be the last." Caretaker boss Chris Hughton said: "He came in, wished everyone the best for the Sheffield Wednesday game, and just wanted to tell people he wouldn't be at the match." But on the takeover Hughton said: "We want it resolved, if it's not it's news every single day." Some reports had suggested the visit meant talks over a £100m deal for the Magpies were nearing a close, but Ashley's PR spokesman Jonathon Brill added: "There's no D-Day tomorrow as far as I'm aware." Fans have been desperately hoping for news on the sale of the club with tycoon Barry Moat still in the running. Speculation he was ready to take control only increased when he was spotted sitting next to Ashley at the Reading game on Saturday. But a club spokesman refused to comment on that matter when quizzed after the 3-0 victory. Meanwhile former Rangers and Tottenham star Graham Roberts claims he is spearheading a takeover of the Magpies on behalf of little known supporter group Fans 410. The Glasgow-based 50-year-old claims that Toon fans would have to "get involved" in the takeover via the Supporters Trust and that mystery funds worth £100million would be made available if they are successful. However, early indications of the mooted takeover have been ignored by Seymour Pierce indicating they have a little chance of being contenders. Roberts said today: "We want fans to get involved and we are looking forward to meeting each other. "We want to make it a debt free club, I can't go into real detail at the moment, it's ongoing. "We have tried Seymour Pierce and Mr Harris would not even come on the phone. "One of the directors of the company I am helping has Derek Llambias' number and he will contact him." Yet this audacious claim has already been privately played down by the club.

Really. Would be pretty happy with all of that

Unfortunately all evidence points to 'No'

Nothing is ever straight forward, that's gotta be at least another week of Ashley trying to play them off against each other to get the best price.

Really struggle to think of anything he did that lived up to his prior reputation and wages. Good riddance.

I'd be interested to know as well as I've always understood that an overdraft is probably the most expensive type of loan/finance, so surely any sales revenue into the club would be put directly into clearing the overdraft.

Thought he worked for ITV? Thought they liked viewers?

Hang on mate, im just letting yous know what iv heard - would you rather me not say anything? -what reason would i have to lie? Because no-one lies on the Intraweb

An owner the communicates, that will never catch on

Well at least we aren't boring like most clubs. Dunno how fans of teams like Wigan can be arsed, there is rarely much going on there. Agreed, but a bit of boring would be nice occasionally!

Agreed, but if he is going to stay (which I hope he aint), why doesn't he just declare this to at least remove the uncertainty, or is he holding on for that last minute juicy bid.

I think Thomo was/is pretty genuine with his info so he doesn't deserve the level of crap he's getting off some people. People just need to learn to take any ITK info with a huge pinch of salt, and assume it's probably not gonna happen so they aint so pissed off in the end.

The size of this thread really shows the lack of transfer activity, only 22 pages

God at this rate we aint gonna have enough to put a full eleven out.

What's the number for the RSPCA

:-[ :'(

Potentially the best news of the summer (after a takeover), just like a new signing

Tell me about it I think we need the poll on this thread reset to do you think Ashley will be in charge come Sept 1st, or whenever it is that the transfer deadline comes in.

There's only one way to help the page/post count increase.... Press Conference at 4pm

Krul for no.1

New season, same old shit. Houghton out!!!!

At least we haven't lost the art of hitting the first man at corners, it's a real skill that we have perfected over the years

Cuz we're s*** damn, forgot about that :-[