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nah, he's played us before and not got into bother. its not his first match against us since he left.

in the mirror also. i dont really see anything corrupt in there at all tbf. just 2 parties trying to find a solution. no dirty tricks. Damning messages revealed that confirm Tory lies over Newcastle United's Saudi takeover Documents show Lord Gerry Grimstone, a former Barclays chairman, spoke with the league's then chairman on several occasions - despite Boris Johnson saying on record that government had no role in controversial Saudi takeover ( Image: Getty Images) NEWS POLITICS FOOTBALL CELEBS TV Alan SmithFootball News Reporter 16:39, 26 Sep 2022 UPDATED16:51, 26 Sep 2022 | COMMENTS The takeover of Newcastle United by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund was assisted by an intervention from a Tory minister who spoke directly to the Premier League's then chair Gary Hoffman, according to a Freedom of Information act requested by Open Democracy. A series of now public messages from Lord Gerry Grimstone included asking, in August 2020, for the Premier League's stance on a "way forward" with the deal to purchase the club from Mike Ashley stalled. On another occasion he wrote in a memo about finding a "solution" to the impasse over the piracy issues relating to streaming service BeoutQ which threatened to derail a takeover. The revelation comes despite former prime minister Boris Johnson insisting that his government had no role in the deal. Johnson appointed Grimstone as minister for investment in March 2020. An internal memo composed by Grimstone on 22 August 2020, which copied in British ambassador in Saudi Arabia Neil Crompton, referred to a communication he had with Hoffman in which they agreed on the piracy issue being solved before talks around a takeover of the club would restart. Hoffman stepped down from his role at the beginning of this year. “Gary said the EPL would like to find a solution and he is very sensitive to the wider considerations surrounding all this in respect of relationships with KSA. We agreed that any process should not restart until a clear way through is on the table as any new 'failure' would be highly embarrassing.” Later that day Grimstone, who is a previous chairman of Barclays bank, sent Hoffman a WhatsApp which read: “I think for all our sakes we need to try and bring this matter to a conclusion as quickly as possible. "As discussed it would be helpful for you and I to have a view from your QC as to what in his opinion it would take to achieve this. I can then confirm from the highest levels of the Saudi Government whether this is deliverable and we all will then know where this stands.” Boris Johnson had previously claimed the Conservative Government had no involvement in the takeover ( Another memo sent by Grimstone 11 days previous, again with Crompton copied, said that he held a 45-minute conversation with Hoffman. “We established clearly at the beginning of the call that my only role was to facilitate the passing of ideas between the EPL and PIF and that in no way prejudiced the EPL’s complete autonomy in this matter," Grimstone wrote. In response to a parliamentary question from Newcastle Central MP Chi Onwurah in April, Johnson said : “These are commercial matters for the parties concerned. The Government was not involved at any point in the takeover talks on the sale of Newcastle United.” Since the takeover was completed on October 7 last year, Newcastle United and the Premier League have maintained an insistence that the PIF is separate to the Saudi state.

we were a lot closer to winning it than that if he had grown a pair of balls and been more pro-active with his subs.

needs to work on his kicking.

playing players that are out of form. playing players who arent match fit due to lack of game time for their clubs. playing players out of position. and just being fucking negative in general. should have got rid after that abomination of a managerial performance in the euros final.

and that Eddie isnt stupid.

#worchants, you say?

i'm sure Eddie and his team will be looking at this just as we are.

not a pelanty box predator. number of times he got dragged out towards the wide man rather than racing into the box.

SO STOP THE FUCKING BOOING AND THE FUCKING PANT-SHITTING! we're on the up!

yeah even BDB mentioned the lack of flags affetcting the atmosphere. obviously must really gee up the players.

there you go, said what i wanted to say. people changing their expectations for this season. but we all knew it would happen. all the reasonable "i'll take mid table consolidation next season" is rapidly disappearing. yes i thought we'd win 2 or 3 nil and was disappointed at full time, but couldn't even be slightly angry with the Howe and the players. match day is something we all look forward too again. and the fucking boos at full time - wtf? i know they were quickly drowned out, but that was idiotic. what does it achieve? we need to be in this altogether. we need to be an attractive club to sign for. no negativity please in the ground.

i wouldnt. the whole of derby week is too bloody stressful. and there's always the chance they'll fluke a win. cannit be risking that.

Foster opened up on how Newcastle manager Eddie Howe was willing to meet his sizeable wage demands to bring him to St James' Park, after the Magpies were left light of options in goal following Martin Dubravka's loan departure to Manchester United and the injury suffered by Karl Darlow. However, the former West Brom shot-stopper decided against the move to Tyneside as it is a four-hour car journey from his family home in the Midlands, where he lives with his wife and two children. Foster admitted the exciting project at cash-rich Newcastle "was really interesting to me" and confessed he was somewhat surprised when his lofty wage demands were met. However, he added: "I just didn't want to do it. The wrench of it was I'd have to move away from home and that would kill me. "If I'm in an apartment in Newcastle away from my family by myself, I don't think people can understand, that's really hard to do. Especially at the age I am and everything I've got going on. "It would be incredible [to work with Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope], Popey is the man. I love Nick Pope, their goalie coach [Adam Bartlett] is a top man, they've got a British core of players, the gaffer, I know for a fact if I'd have gone there I would have had an amazing time. "The lads would have been brilliant and I would have buzzed off the stadium, the fans, all that kind of stuff. The overriding sinking feeling was I don't want to do this. That gut feeling, you know when people say you have to go with your gut feeling and I had this feeling deep down, I just don't want to do it."

garang kuoli, kuoli, kuoli, kuoli, garang kuooooo!

i bet there's a few " i was there..." moments like when gyan fluked an equaliser in the last minute against the mags to snatch an undeserved draw.

other than the minutes silence , that is absolutely horrific. how can they get it wrong so often? i'll be singing the "Eddie is our King" anthem instead.

i watch adam p like i watch david brent. no harm done.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001c1c1

get an Uber yout tight git. whats another £200?

battered them but Nick Pope made an immense save to keep them out.

top news for bournemouth fans. bank holiday weekend in the toon. woohoo!!!!

probs distant relatives.

home game on a bank holiday weekend would be perfect.

"show must go on."