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Random name-dropping establishes a stable of supposed "interested parties" -> Positive articles build up hype to a fabricated deadline -> deadline arrives with reports of some non-confirmable progress -> articles are published that start shedding doubt on the process -> when they've decided they can't lie anymore, they finally cook up some story about a dramatic breakup in the talks. All the while, newspaper sales rise.

By Asian qualifying round standards, yes. Would probably be playing in a better standard league if he wasn't... well... North Korean.

Very happy for North Korea, they're one of the most underrated teams in Asia right now. The lad who runs their midfield (plays in the Russian second division I believe,) and the one who plays up front for them alone is class. Unsure how far they'll get in the finals with their "ten behind the ball, hoof it to the pacy striker up front" approach though. Barring a miracle things could get very, very ugly. Nevertheless, a very happy day for my people. Hopefully they'll do well at the World Cup and it'll be some catalyst for some political change up there.

I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record with this now but... If these "four parties" actually exist, I'll be genuinely and pleasantly surprised

Alright then, at least I now know when to be prepared for the first round of "Newcastle takeover talks collapse" stories. I won't believe any of this for a second untill it actually happens. It just seems too suspicious that not a single source from any serious bidder has actually confirmed their interest. Yes, I've turned terminally negative.

hate how we never get to play in this because we haven't been Champions of Asia for about a bazillion years.

Arabs->Asians->Geordies->Americans... It's blatantly obvious they're just pulling names out of hats. We'll probably have some Eastern European interest before the end of the week and then we'll be back to Arabs by next monday. And after all is said and done, Mike Ashley will still stand prepared to lead us to League One glory on September 1st.

Arsenal £300m debt Man Utd £700m debt Obviously for some people Championship football with no debt is better than challenging at the top with debt. Obviously some people haven't noticed that we're no longer even in the same league as Man U and Arsenal, never mind the same level

I come by here about as much as I used to but I find myself with absolutely no desire to comment on anything. What kind of interesting things can you say when you're watching a massive train wreck in slow motion with a dozen of your friends and family on board?

alright then, time to go back to mode.

Where the f*** is he anyway? He hasn't been on for ages. Does he have one of those 'lives' or something? Last Active: Today at 01:27:28 PM Last post: Yesterday at 12:41:34 PM I'm still around, but graduating from college and being on a plane for 20 hours in the past week may have something to do with my relatively low activity. That and the fact that even thinking about Newcastle induces projectile vomiting. This news certainly makes me feel a bit better though

fucking hell I saw the preview of the thread title and it only showed up to "100m" so I hoped to see "100m asking price met by unnamed party." This is just.... There are no words. Fuck life.

Might as well start preparing for League One now. Apathy has seriously set in for me. We're not getting sold, not getting a manager, and certainly not getting promoted. I don't even come on here much anymore because I'd just rather not think about it. Feel like I should just come back and check in August.

He'd be rampant in the Championship I reckon, assuming that Shearer wises up and plays him up front.

http://greg.org/archive/team_america_kji.jpg I wov the toon! Come to think of it he'd be an awesome owner. Can you imagine him doing transfer negotiations? "We want Jermaine Beckford for free or we'll develop nuclear weapons."

Watch it turn out to be wor Kim from N Korea. That might be worth it just for the comedy value. If other fans hated us for Bowyer and Barton, they'd f***ing love us with wor Kim in charge. I'd laugh at my own club and be perfectly happy about it. It will probably be the most entertainment NUFC has ever given me.

Watch it turn out to be wor Kim from N Korea. That might be worth it just for the comedy value.

I don't class myself at naive but I'd rather not have this Sultan person as owner if all the stories are true. Supporting NUFC is difficult enough without having a criminal and evil dictator as our owner.

Is that really that big of an issue? Aside from the top four and their foreign imports, I'd not think that the average standard of reserve team youngster would be that different between Premiership and Championship teams.

Could make us a hell of a lot more attractive. I'm inclined to think he'll take what he can get especially with wages running so high (money that has to be found every month) till they are shifted. Might not be so easy to shift either. Aye, the wages until Owen/Viduka/Cacapa/etc f*** off are just dead money now the season is over. The quicker he gets out the better for him. If you think about it (assuming Owen is on £105,000 a week as many papers and FM document) then from the final day on May 24th, Owen will make £525,000, over half a million, from simply going into training for a couple of days and then sunning it and watching racehorses, in 5 weeks. There will probably be some excessive loyalty bonus for him seeing out his contract too. He should be made to work by NUFC until his contract expires in my opinion. what do you want him to do like? work in the ticket office sorting the season ticket renewels out? A job that forces him to be on the phone with fans for several hours a day? ...That would actually be brilliant.

You know, if the asking price gets any lower Shearer could probably just go buy the club himself

Ashley will no doubt drag on this sale for the next decade or so, and we'll end up with a brand new incompetent owner who'll take until August to appoint Paul Jewell. ....

Because for the past year at this club, the worst case scenario has steadfastly never failed to come true.

So worst case scenario: Ashley fucks up the sale, no prospective buyer in sight, Shearer walks, club goes into administration, docked 10 points, all the players are sold, relegated to League One. And there's not a fucking thing we can do about it. I hate life.

f***ing piece of s*** idiot. I should go just shoot him in the head. It would be worth it. Never mind goodbye Premiership football, we look set to wave goodbye NUFC.