ianovthetoon
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NOLAN AND TAYLOR?!?!?!?!?!
BRING BACK KINNEAR!!!!
Be careful what you wish for
Rather stick with Hughton than go with that raggy haired cunt again
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2-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Just bought the Journal, they've got Jason Roberts as number 9 for us on the team sheet!?!!! wtf
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Ashley will stay, moat will come in as a partner
Would people be happy with that.
Same here, it's a win win situation. We should get the leadership and funds to move on, whilst Ashley can recup more of his losses at a later date. If he sells half at £50M, invests half of that back into the club, he should be able to sell the other half for £100M once we're re-established in the Premiership
If it meant Shearer in and funds being made available then i would.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8214686.stm
Really hope efforts are made to beam this back to SJP, it would be full
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Of course it could mean Shearer is gonna be manager and the takeover is on
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Who else is responsible for our remarkable start to the season?
Hear Hear,if he's shit, why are we third
Because we've only played 3 games against pretty average opposition and have managed somehow to stay injury free, something which is unlikely to be sustained with the present small squad. The squad is up for it against adversity and some are playing well to engineer moves away. Let's see where we are come September 1st
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Talksport reckon Sammy Lee is in charge tonight.
Hope they leave the cunt in charge all season and get relegated
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Wtf why? Last season they came the closest they've come in a long time to winning the title, now after 1 loss on the FIRST DAY of the season he's walked? Madness.
Probably more to do with lack of transfer funds if the papers are to be believed
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In all fairness, wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if this lot had the money. What they're proposing basically is similar to the way Real Madrid etc vote in a president every so many years. Yes, supporters will be allowed to vote on this, but rest assured you will have to pay for this. They'll charge membership annually, there will be no perks apart from being allowed to vote on club related matters.
If, for instance 50,000 people a year sign up for this at £100 per year, that's £5 Million a year. I would imagine there would be no limit to how many you could buy, so that figure could be quite conservative. This is how they will probably recoup a chunk of their investment as the vehicle for the voting options would no doubt be a seperate entity to the club.
I could be completely barking up the wrong tree, but I'd expect that it would be popular with a lot of fans as they'd be able to have a "say" in some club related matters. The worrying thing is though this works at Barcelona and Real because they are hugely successful generating far more money than we ever could in the present climate. Even back in the Premiership we'd still need a hugely wealthy benefactor to play catch up with even the likes of Spurs Aston Villa and the like.
Just can't see it working. The time to have done this was when we were riding high in the Premiership, playing Champions League football. We were generating good amounts of money, and had that been sustained this model would have almost certainly have worked. The fan bases are pretty similar in terms of passion, but Real and Barcelona have far bigger worldwide appeal, which helps them in terms of being self sufficient.
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http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3629/010278692439200.jpg
ARGY BARGY ... Colo and Jonas are soaked by mystery team-mate.
Looks like a young Graham Taylor
anyone know who he is?
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From Skunkers re Graham Roberts bid:
can't say much as have signed confidentiality agreements
its a hybrid real madrid model as i see it (not same as barca but similar)
will reduce debt to nil IF it works
as far as i know the funding model is in place and the intellectual rights to the model secured
I don't pretend to understand how the model works BUT fan representation is at the centre of it hence the involvement of the trust - there will be a list of members similar to barca/madrid
I understood they were speaking to harris last week thurs/fri BUT perhaps harris is trying to push the moat deal through - this might just spur things along
that's about all i can really say i think and that's probably too much!
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Why would an ex Spurs player with no connections to Newcastle want to buy us?
Mike Ashley asked him to?
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Sir Bobby Gets a Stand named after him, At Ipswich
IPSWICH TO NAME STAND FOR ROBSON
Ipswich are to rename a stand at their Portman Road ground in honour of former manager Sir Bobby Robson.
Ex-England boss Robson, who won the FA Cup and UEFA Cup in a 13-year spell in charge of the Tractor Boys, died last month aged 76.
Town chief executive Simon Clegg today revealed plans to rename the North Stand after him.
“We’ve considered all of the suggestions that we have received from many different sources for another permanent memorial at Portman Road to the greatest manager this club has had but above all, the thoughts of the fans,” said Clegg.
“The overwhelming majority wanted the Sir Bobby Robson Stand and with the North Stand being seen as the heart of the club and of the fan base, the fans feel this is the right stand to be renamed.”
It is hoped the official unveiling of the stand will take place before kick-off at Ipswich’s game with Newcastle on September 26.
Great gesture. He was their best ever manager so it makes sense.
Aye but its what we should have done before now.
Thing is there are other people in our history who should equally be recognised. I reckon naming the academy after him would be a much better tribute.
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Do you think moat would get rid of llambias?
Without a doubt
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Why would Ashley fly into the training ground?
It's a fair walk from the car park for him, to be fair
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One thing I've thought about though, although we'd be happy with Moat as owner, would we be equally as happy with him as Chairman. He has no experience of running a football club, and whilst he could hardly do any worse than the current lot, I'd like to see him install an experienced man at the top to ensure we are moving in the right direction.
Derek Llambias.
This Derek would do a better job
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The addition of the other 2 may well just be in case someone gazumps Moat at the last minute. It's probably pretty much a done deal with the paperwork being drawn up as we speak.
One thing I've thought about though, although we'd be happy with Moat as owner, would we be equally as happy with him as Chairman. He has no experience of running a football club, and whilst he could hardly do any worse than the current lot, I'd like to see him install an experienced man at the top to ensure we are moving in the right direction.
In addition, if Shearer does get the job, I hope he at least keeps Chris Hughton on as part of his backroom team. He's had to contend with a whole heap of shit, and should be allowed to at least see the season out
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We've heard all this from Llambiarse before. We had two £100m bids at the start of the summer apparently.
I think there's a big difference between that comment and this one to be honest.
Interesting they've chosen to specifically acknowledge they are in talks with Moat, but haven't named the other 2. Nailed on one will be Shepherd.
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Some footage of Mike Ashley deep in negotiations from last week
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Presumably, Moat would have to set a holding company up similar to the way in which Ashley did. This company would then have to apply for an overdraft facility in it's own right, given that the current OD relates to St James Holdings that Ashley owns. As we're not talking about a couple of quid here it's not like the manager of the Percy Street branch could simply approve it. There will be certain protocol that will need to be followed, and like anything this will take time.
As the OD allows the club to run on a daily basis whilst revenues for the year are collected in, I don't think it's that the money isn't there to buy the club or fund any transfers, they just need to be sure the bank are going to give them a similar facility to that Mike Ashley has been given.
Barry Moat might be a businessman, but he's also a fan. I don't believe he would go ahead with this unless he genuinely thinks he can take us forward. Similarly, for all Mike Ashley is a complete tosspot, I doubt he'd sell to someone who couldn't at least put right all the mistakes he's made over the last couple of years. The only way there will be any return on this investment is if we get back to the Premier League. To be honest, perhaps that is Barry Moat's gameplan, return us to the Premier League then sell on to someone able to take the club to the next level ala Man City, giving a decent return for the investors, similar to what happened with the Mackems
Once we're back in the PL we'd be in a great position for any wealthy benefactor to look at. Big Stadium, Good Support and world class facilities and we are known worldwide. It's been well documented that the Citeh Arabs wanted to buy Newcastle but Ashley turned them down.
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Family member works at BBC and they are looking to get a replacement for Alan Shearer for MOTD as we speak. Apparantly Garth Crooks, Andy Townsend have been contacted. He has confirmed that he is to leave. BBC have kept his position open for whenever he wants to return.
Thought he worked for ITV?
Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Newcastle - 22/08/09 - post match reaction from page 20
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He might think promotion is possible, but I think he will be told in no uncertain terms we need players as cover