EthiGeordie

I wonder is Moat is wacthing the game again?

It is ironic David Craig broke the story on even before the offical site....

We removed some cancerous cell from our body...

Barry and Mike watch the game together.....

I'd imagine he has the backing in the medium to long-run (or he wouldn't have SP's blessing), but needs cash up front to satisfy Ashley who wants to cut all ties immediately. I believe the main point of the problem is the current overdraft in which Ashley refuse to finance since the end of last season. I assume reading the article and based on my finance classes that over draft is a separate issue than the 100 million Ashley required. I think the 100 million deal is done and dusted but they have to figure out how they fianace the rest 40 million if they come up with some sort of agreement the deal will go through on Thursday other wise it will be squre one and one more season with Ashley and JFK.

Very sensable article Moat is the only option yet he don't have te whole money. He needs some debt from the Barclay in order to finance the deal. Even though he waits the answer from the bank Ashley is giving him some time. As the same time Ashley is preparing for the worst case scenario if the club is not sold he has to hire some one and that some one is not a sheet metal son.

It is amazing how the directors leak a story only for SSN....... If we are sold or taking of the market Sky will be the first one to break the news....

Decent article from the soccernet Norman Hubbard http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=666992&sec=england&root=england&cc=5901&cc=5739 O'Leary the talk of toon With the obvious exception of Sunderland supporters, Mike Ashley's continued ownership of Newcastle United is benefitting few people. Maligned managers, however, are an exception. Ashley has revived interest in forgotten Anglo-Irish bosses, whose years in London mean they may qualify for membership of his Cockney Mafia. First Joe Kinnear and now, it seems, David O'Leary. GettyImages David O'Leary gives the orders at Aston Villa The latest twist on Tyneside this week was the suggestion that the former Leeds and Aston Villa manager would be appointed to try and guide Newcastle back to the Premier League, possibly so Ashley could sell a top-flight outfit for a higher sum. It would be a remarkable appointment for any number of reasons: the chaos at the club, the consensus that Alan Shearer is the most credible candidate with players and supporters alike and because it would catapult O'Leary back into the spotlight. This is the strange case of David O'Leary. At one stage, he appeared among the outstanding managers of his generation. Yet he has had three years away from football and has barely been missed. Indeed for much of that time, he has rarely been mentioned, apart from a suggestion Celtic wanted him in the summer; instead, they paid compensation to take Tony Mowbray from relegated West Bromwich Albion. O'Leary surfaced in an interview a few weeks ago to announce he has been offered several jobs, without naming them, and suggest that his admirers include both Fabio Capello and Jose Mourinho. He has never suffered from low self-esteem and absence, it seems, has not made O'Leary any more modest. He also drew an unflattering comparison between Martin O'Neill's record at Villa Park and his own. There was something undignified about O'Leary acting as his own cheerleader, but perhaps the shame is that he needs to mount his own PR campaign. His reputation was tarnished during Leeds' hasty descent down the divisions. The spendthrift who precipitated administration could not repair his standing at Villa, either. His detractors outnumber his supporters in both West Yorkshire and the West Midlands. Now he can appear a prototype for Phil Brown, initially admired for his media-friendly approach but swiftly ridiculed for his comments. An inability to distinguish charm from smarm meant his platitudes and obvious insincerity riled ever larger numbers of people. A decade on, a mention of "my babies" in a cod Irish accent automatically brings O'Leary to mind. Yet none of that means he is a poor manager. He has made mistakes - the signings of Robbie Fowler and Seth Johnson, the decision to write a book about the time when Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate were in court, and to allow the publishers to title it 'Leeds United On Trial', the one-dimensional tactics that marred his final months at Elland Road, when a reluctance to use substitutes suggested that he was unable to amend his game-plan - but he is not alone in that. Nor is his perception as a chequebook manager entirely accurate. O'Leary took the side he inherited from George Graham to fourth in the Premier League and then, after a summer when the principal transfer was the sale of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, to third. It should be an endorsement of his management that many of his Leeds charges have struggled to recapture the same form elsewhere, and several of them were players he developed. GettyImages The fans send a message to O'Leary In his first year at Villa, he steered them into the top six on limited resources and he has only once, in his final season there, finished outside the top 10 of the Premier League. View in it a certain light and O'Leary's record compares favourably with those of Harry Redknapp, Sam Allardyce or, at Villa Park, O'Neill. And none, of course, can match his European exploits. Leeds are rarely mentioned without the 2001 Champions League semi-finals, partly because it is a reminder how far and how fast they have fallen. Nevertheless, it was a remarkable achievement at a time when Premier League clubs were not accustomed to progressing that far. Homegrown managers still aren't: the last schooled in England to reach that stage in Europe's premier club competition was Joe Fagan, a quarter of a century ago. Yet in the three years since O'Leary became the final victim of 'Deadly Doug' Ellis, there has not been a clamour for his appointment anywhere. His image means he is unlikely to become a cause celebre, and the Newcastle United Supporters Club have voiced their opposition to O'Leary. He has won more football matches than popularity contests. Admittedly, some of his players are thought to have taken a dislike to him at both of his former clubs and man-management is an issue to address if he returns to the dug-out, but public approval matters less than results. In that respect, it might take a man as impervious to received wisdom and as unaware of the views of the masses as Ashley to plump for O'Leary. It is a decision others appear reluctant to take. A select group of friends include Gerard Houllier, Tony Adams and Niall Quinn, but the last has appointed three managers during O'Leary's extended sabbatical. In his most recent interview, O'Leary said, somewhat strangely: "I know Niall too well to work with him. I know the real Niall." It was a reminder that he has not helped himself, but the real David O'Leary, despite his flaws, is a manager of genuine ability. Quite when and where he will have the opportunity to demonstrate that, however, is part of the mystery of a very unusual career.

No wonder he have no luck with trophys after born in the 13th.... Happy Birthday Sir....

ethi i love the way you start everything one space in from the edge. i love these little quirks. takes me back to the days of elliswills for those old enough. Thanks Madras :-)

I wish it is true no matter what I don't like him. For me he is not a footballer...

Just spotted that I hate that kinda person I remember when he was at Villa he was refferring to James Milner and was saying James wants to play for me.... Not Villa just for him. a prick. Also he sign so many bad players for Leeds the likes of Johnson from Derby whom he sign for 7 million. I remember we sign Jenas that time for 5 mil we got a lot for the money Sir Bobby spent for Jermaine..

whos said that?

One thing I agree about is whatever the decision is we need a deadline more than anything else. I wish I wanna know what Shearer said to him in that meeting after our relegation? I am sure it was not pleasent and thats why he can't get back to the job while Ashley is here....

Both of those articles written on the basis of assumpiton rather than actual facts.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/aug/11/newcastle-united-takeoner-barry-moat Bery investigative type of work here by them...

That was awesome. Cheers Mate.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/newcastle/article6790784.ece O'Leary.... My current Night mare....

I just can't see how on earth O'Leary can become a leading containder is beyond my belife.

I would be happy to invest that kind of money but it has to have a phiscal address and everything. Aclub like Newcastle should be run like this. Just like Real Madrid and Barcelona. Just because the club is in England it doesn't look like it is viasable idea.

Ashley is a joke. I wonder how such a clueless incompetent person can become a billionaire???

Thomo do you think the orginal idea is still there the middle east option? Or we are all set for Moat?

why not proven managers like Hollier and Raniery? is it has to be Irish??

Since we lost Bassong I think we have to stick with him I wish we sold him and kept Bassong but the Argies are better than the French

Surprised there is no speculation about us on the Sunday papers