AyeDubbleYoo

On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being hysterical and completely unreasonable, the speculation and rumours surrounding this club have now reached about 75. Everyone needs to use some common sense and chill the flip out.

It's insane, I don't think it's true - but I can't help feel a little bit sick about the mere possibility. And I want the club to make a statement - even though I've already explained why they won't! It's mad...

Emergency meeting or planned?

5 Live are known to have become more tabloid and dumbed-down in recent times though, the fact they are reading out annonymous messages about this confirms that fact. Keep the faith everyone, this isn't going to happen.

The way they've reacted to the sensible spending we have done is a good indication.

Very dissappointed with them if they are putting it like that. Still nothing coming out of any reputable sources.

Let's make no mistake, under the previous regime we were in dire financial shape and in danger of a relegation that could well have damaged this club beyond repair. I can remember the good times under Hall/Shepherd, the signing of Shearer, the first KK era etc, but it had one badly of the rails and we were headed only one way - down.

Call a big press conference on Keegans Future..... Keegan and Ashley sat side by side. Terry Mac brings in 2 pints of Broon Ale. KK and MA down pints in unison, stand up and walk out. Job done Ever thought of a career in PR? That's class!

He probably doesn't even know this is going on. If he does I would be surprised if the club call a press conference to respond to baseless media speculation. That would only give attention and credibility to the story. I would like to see them side-by-side giving a statement, but even that would be turned into something it wasn't. They can't win either way.

I was just about to create a thread exactly like this, well done sir. We are in a much better position than at any time in the last few years. Yes, we aren't back to challenging at the top, but our club has been taken from terminal decline into hopeful progress. I've not felt better about being a Newcastle fan for a long time, I'm just embarrassed at some of my fellow supporters at the moment.

Can we all agree now, THIS ISN'T TRUE?

How does that work then, it would pay out if anyone else leaves their job first?

I bet Kev's tucked up in bed now to be honest, after all he was up until the early hours having a UFC-style cage fight with Mike Ashley, while Wise, Vetere and Jimenez booed and pelted him with rotten fruit. That sort of thing would take it out of anyone, especially since he needs the energy to through a hissy fit and 'storm out' later today. © The Daily Mail

Will you stop it!

I've never seen the big problem with them being 'London based' (boo, hiss), as if being based in London is inherently evil or something. I doubt they're signing many players from North Tyneside, I think they would spend a lot of time away from the city anyway. And as for them not being good at their jobs, I'd say the players we've brought in so far suggest otherwise. It isn't their job to identify Robinho etc, anyone can do that from the comfort of their front room. We're digging deeper to spend more sensibly.

hallelujah

Where did you get that from? My imagination Ah, I thought so! This whole thread comes from the imagination of a Daily Mail journo anyway, so you're in good company.

Where did you get that from?

Whatever say he has, nobody really knows. It is easy for the tabloid press to print these conflict stories as we're not used to a recruitment setup like the one we have, where bringing in players is a team effort. They also don't like the fact tahat Newcastle now have a successful English owner and a much more professionally run club. The only thing that is certain is that the players that we ended up with look quality. I'll base my speculation on that for the moment.

Spunking massive amounts of money on dodgy signings didn't exactly guarantee Europe though did it? Alternatively we could have 'spunked' massive amounts of money on good players? We could have done that in the past as well, but we rarely did. Maybe that suggests it is very difficult to do.

Today's Daily Mail as well.

Does it? Which posters were in the office with Ashley and KK then? I imagine Ashley was off doing something else entirely, having already agreed a budget for the recruitment team to use.

Spunking massive amounts of money on dodgy signings didn't exactly guarantee Europe though did it?

Maybe there are some players that might have helped us, but since when could we just buy any player that was available? Every other club is trying to do the same you know. We are adding quality and removing dead wood, it won't happen in one season but I can't believe people are anything other than happy with the new regime and the way they have conducted their business.

OK, this is not going to happen, so what I'm going to say is purely hypothetical. If KK was to walk out now after a row and what he might consider to be a poor window, then I would blame him completely - and he would show himself to be less of a man and manager than I had thought. He would need to put his days of mood swings and inexplicable depressions behind him. That said, I have absolutely no reason to believe this is true.