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It will be interesting to see if the next 3 parts to this interview shed any light on the situation. After all, the club have been forthcoming with press releases when they have offered new contracts to players. I reckon Kinnear could have been told he'd potentially get a longer term contract in the summer. It makes little sense to go along with that though if the club has this "5 Year Plan". On the back of that though, however unpopular it would be, someone like Poyet, relatively young and unproven would fit in with this. One possibility would be to bring, say Poyet in as his assistant and Kinnear would happily play along as the mouthpiece whilst the real work is done by Poyet & Co, who would take over in his own right in a season or two. What's certain is any hope of an established top class manager on Premiership Player wages is nothing but a pipedream at the minute. The business model being followed tells you that

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2009/02/05/kinnear-contract-talks-on-ice-72703-22861295/ [/quote/] Hopefully a ploy to allow him to walk away with his dignity intact at the end of the season with a nice loyalty payment so he can save a bit face

Nah Ashley's gonna pick his footballing "brain" in readiness to run the thing himself ala Niall Quinn

It'll likely have the coca cola logo on the sleeve as well

On a charm offensive with KaKa's parents

Beg Venables to come till the end of the season, with a huge bonus if we stay up and don't even let Kinnear get on the coach back to Newcastle, the odious little cunt

we are fucking gash

More chance of Joe Pasquale tbh

Someone on Skunkers saying we've hijacked Stoke's bid for James Beattie. Hope to fuck it's a pile of shite

In all honesty, I really can't see Shay going to Citeh. Could sign a lengthy deal, still win Jack Shit and be no further forward. I believe he genuinely loves this club, the only way I can see him leaving is for a club with genuine aspirations for a title or a cup, and with Hughes, Citeh couldn't even beat Forest ffs. If one of the big 4 comes in, fair enough, he has a chance of some glory, but at Citeh, especially in the time of his career he's in, what's the point? Joining a club of similar stature to us makes no sense. He's a family man, his kids go to school up here and he loves it. The man will only leave for a genuine shot of glory in the 4 years or so he has left at the top, otherwise I reckpn he might just stay put. Better the devil you know........

One of the Sales Assistants at Sports Direct has offered to do it for the minimum wage

This is the first thread I have started on here, but with the lack of information coming from the club itself, does anyone seriously think that we might be saddled with Clown Kinnear longer than first thought?

It has crossed my mind. The lack of communication, the "manager", Barry Ferguson, Leroy Lita!!! On the other side of the argument, 100 Million plus is a huge price to pay to piss a few people off!! We'd be worth a lot less in the championship and I reckon that would make us a more attractive Long Term investment.

Do you need a hand to write your resignation letter?

Plus there's no mention of what type of deal they want to do with Ferguson. If he's out of contract and has indicated that he may move elsewhere, it may be a loan deal. I think any players we buy will be the pick of Wise and his cronies,whilst the loan deals will be JFK type players. If this happens, it's for the best really, as it would suggest that Joe will be sent on his way at the end of the season. JFK doesn't really tie in with Ashley's so called vision of buying young talent and nurturing it, so it would be silliness to let him blow silly amounts of cash on crazy gang type clodders

44 and safe, with a big run of losses

When he runs Thailand as corruptly as Thaksin and fucks off with all the money we know where he's coming!!!

That was always going to be the case though wasn't it? No decent manager will take the job knowing they'll likely be out as soon as new owners come in. Of more concern to me is this steadily rolling deadline, which leads me to doubt whether we'll be sold at all. The longer this drags on, the more relegation becomes a real possibility. If we're not sold before the end of the January transfer window, I don't think we will be at all. No new owner is going to risk shelling out £250 million for a club that could potentially be in the Championship come next season. This has to be something that Ashley realises too. If takeover talks have indeed stalled, he has to take stock, sit down with all concerned and see what the absolute minimum requirement would be in order to make a damned good attempt at avoiding relegation. If that means throwing shitloads of money at a more capable interim manager then so be it. My own personal feeling is that in order to preserve his investment, Ashley has to ensure that the correct structure is in place to preserve premiership status. This will likely involve taking the club off the market, either backing Kinnear to the hilt in terms of investment, or bringing in someone on a 2 year deal with the promise of a good bit of cash to spend in January, because if he doesn't we'll go down no doubt about it. Just from listening to him, I don't think even Kinnear would stand for Wises's meddling in transfer dealings, so we may even find ourselves in the position come January where the interim manager walks out for the self same reason as Keegan. The only other possibility is that Ashley has hated us from the start, and wants us to go down in total ruin so he can have a laugh with his mates, and isn't too arsed at the prospect of losing a few quid. Because if we go down I could quite easily see him refinance the debt within the club, getting his £100m or so back from that and selling us to some twat for a tenner!!!

Just found this on soccerlens: Nigerian bid to take over the toon Hello Friend, On behalf of my family, I would like to seek your advice and guidance, if you could perhaps assist us invest some funds into any profitable investment opportunities in your country. We would be delighted if you could please provide detailed information and procedures for investment. We would review your proposition and enter into partnership agreement with you or your company if only your proposition is satisfactory and acceptable. Firstly, I do not know if you are very familiar with my family case with the present civilian Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under President Olusegun Obasanjo. Following the sudden death of my late father - (Gen.Sani Abacha) on the 8th of June 1998 (Former Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria), I and members of my family have been thrown into a state of utter confusion, frustration and hopelessness. Our accounts in banks in Switzerland and other European countries have been frozen illegally by the Federal Government of Nigeria, allegedly us that the funds were siphoned away while my late father ruled Nigeria from 1993 until his sudden death in 1998. Our family lawyers are still on the case at the Supreme Court fighting to have some of the money returned to us. Pls check - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2492425.stm We have deliberated and resolved that part of our family substantial financial resources presently in a Security and Trust outfit in Europe be re-directed to you for a profitable investment in your country under the supervision of an able man power as we hope that you will be able to provide the needed services as regards the investment and management of the financial resources for the betterment of my family in good faith without prejudice. Furthermore, legal contracts, non-disclosure agreement documents, and partnership agreements shall be drafted in association with this transaction by our family attorney only when I am assured and convinced of your credibility and security of this brief under your a bsolute control. Thereafter, arrangement would be expedited to move the funds over to you for further action to be taken by your good self on our behalf and for the benefit of our both families. I thank you and look forward to a successful business relationship with you. I trust that you will enjoy and benefit from this opportunity to work with us. Though, I do not know you in person but I still maintain my father’s philosophy that business is people and contacts. Business is always based on trust and open mindedness and it is on this note I act. I await to hear from you. Yours truly, Mohammed Abacha House #4, Sani Abacha Crescent, Nasarawa G.R.A, Kano State, Northern Nigeria. Tel: +234 80-54004232 I reckon Ashley must want £400M for the sheer comedy value of the place!!!

Lets hope the players hate the cock eyed dwarf as much as we do. More likely scenario is Wise and Poyet in for us tbh. FFS this time last year they were playing catch up in league one, now they're behind most of the gossip at two of the biggest clubs outside the top four. And what have they achieved - not a fucking thing. As Greavsie used to say "Football's a funny old game"

Todays BBC Gossip - Mike Ashley has lined up Kenny Dalglish as the next Newcastle Manager So by that reckoning Ruud Gullit will be back in a job for our inaugral season in the Championship

I'm not saying we're too good to go down, but bearing in mind Mike Ashley's already invested the thick end of £230million, he either has buyers in mind, or he's trying to prove a point to us and say look - no one wants to buy the club so it's his way or the high way. Either way he has to protect his investment, and as a championship club we wouldn't be worth 10% of what he has currently paid. I'm sure we'll be fine!

Yeah something along the lines of Mike's gonna sell up

Venables anyone? He' s available, experienced and if he was offered the post under the premise that any new owners may get rid, he would know the expectations from the start. If I'm honest though I think there may be buyers imminent. Would be very bad business practice if there's not, as leaving hughton in charge could end up with us in the relegation shite, and that would dramatically lower the value of the club, to the point where ashley would be lucky to get half what he paid for the club back, let alone the debt he's paid off. Just can't see what he gains from going public without a buyer in sight