Wandy

One year to the day that last year's bullshit takeover farce kicked off. https://www.newcastle-online.org/forum/index.php?topic=99882.msg6996473#msg6996473 I feel sorry for all of us once again just reading the excitement of the first 24 hours compared to what eventually transpired.

If it's still not done by this time next week Edwards' tweets are really going to go nuclear.

I always remember Keys on a prime-time evening, weekly Sky programme called "The Footballers Football Show", where there were footballer guests and a studio audience, after NUFC had done something, or bought someone (can't remember what) Keys said (with belief) "Are Newcastle United now the biggest football club in the land, even bigger than Manchester United". He has sunk since then !! I always remember Keys on a prime-time evening, weekly Sky programme called "The Footballers Football Show", where there were footballer guests and a studio audience, after NUFC had done something, or bought someone (can't remember what) Keys said (with belief) "Are Newcastle United now the biggest football club in the land, even bigger than Manchester United". He has sunk since then !! Definitely. He really was a fan of us back then. Which makes his current u-turn even harder to fathom.

I always thought it was Andy Gray. My memory might be playing tricks on me but I always remember it being after that Oldham match, when we beat them in style and Andy Cole truly introduced himself as a top class striker. When Keys was doing his summing up towards the end of the programme he just came up with the tag "The Entertainers", mainly due to the rip-roaring way we had been playing in that first part of the 93/94 season and especially in that game.

The strange thing about Keys is that in the 90s he was very enthusiastic about us, and it was him that tagged us with the "Entertainers" label. Pretty sure it was after the Oldham away game in November 1993 where we won 3-1 live on Sky. He was actually likeable back then when he was Sky's frontman.

Their Mackematics are incredible. Apparantly "The River Tyne is a natural geographical barrier".... hence the excuse given for their lack of support north of the Tyne. So why is it then that NUFC have so many supporters south of the Tyne? Pretty much all of Gateshead is black and white, together with half of Durham and significant numbers from Darlington & Hartlepool. Also, their claim that South Tyneside is 50/50 is a total fantasy. It's at least 65/35 in our favour, and that is being generous to them. They just can't accept that both clubs have access to the same catchment areas, but we are simply more of a draw than them. Love too how they say that the takeover won't have a big effect on our fortunes as the top players "won't want to come to Newcastle", then in the same breath say that we get better crowds because "newcastle is a major city that has the pulling power of any other major city". They really are all over the place. Can't wait for them to invent the "2020-er" phrase soon.

Assuming that this is true, maybe the PL have given the buyers a verbal notification ...via a phone call?....that the tests have been completed successfully but this needs to be submitted in writing before being classed as officially tied off.

According to the all knowing Mackems this Paul Smith bloke has been outed as a bullshitter and was peddled by The Sun a few years ago... https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/march-to-may-2020-newcastle-ufc.1507830/post-31691560 Very seldom I agree with them but they're probably right about this one.

Ha. Wow. That’s your shortest post today. I’m claiming that as inspired by me. I know you know it’s on last page and many times before. So I’ll make you a counter offer, just to you... I’ll give £1,000 to the food bank if we get taken over before 15/6. You give £500 if we don’t. That’s only half a fixture in your new box ;-) Out of interest, why do you think it will not go through before then? And does this mean you don’t think it will happen at all?

A club as opposed to prospective owner or director? Yeah sorry, that should have said buyer...not the club. I guess this is the only thing that can stop it now.

Nobody commenting on NUFC.com’s latest update? Apparently the leaked document that has put this thing back highlighted a possible breach of the rule that says a club should not provide false, misleading or inaccurate information....

Grim.

Feel a bit calmer after listening to that. The only caveat I would add is that if the rumours of this last minute document are true then nobody knows what is in it.

Here is a question for our legal experts. If the deal is rejected and the buyers take legal action, does Ashley have to wait in limbo ie not allowed to sell to anyone else while the appeal is conducted?

If this one falls through then the takeover that actually happens at whatever date in the future will be exactly like Ashley said...ie come from nowhere and announced as done. The thing is though nobody will give a shit by then anyway as hoardes will have walked away from NUFC for good.

Great post, and sums up where I am at too. Only difference is that I am 48 and therefore was lucky enough to experience the highs of the 90s. On the flipside though I also experienced the heartbreak of that era too and the feeling that it wasnt NUFC's destiny to be a top class club. That nagging feeling has remained throughout ever since, that somehow the footballing gods are against us, which is why...even in the face of logic...its impossible to escape simply assuming the worst will happen and this takeover will all turn to dust again.

This line of thinking keeps being peddled but where is the evidence that there would be legal ramifications if the deal is blocked? It just seems like the whole legal thing is something that was mentioned by one person and everyone else has gone along with it because it sounds very reassuring. Even if its true I dont see how it helps us as fans as it would merely be a compensation battle between the PL and the buyers. Meanwhile the deal would still be in tatters and we would still be stuck with Ashley.

I think we can safely assume that there isn't gonna be an announcement this week. Over to you, House of Saud.

nufc.com have given another update. Basically they now dont have a clue what is happening.

So what time is tonight's doom-laden post/link that sends everyone into meltdown? I'll go for 9:34pm.

What are fans of other football clubs talking about on their forums? At least we have the takeover to discuss. Everton fans are talking about our takeover a lot and, my word, they absolutely f***ing hate us. If it goes through then, with the Mackems out of the picture, we have a new enemy. In fact their board members on Grand Old Team are uncannily similar to those on RTG. Bitter doesnt even come close. Do you have a link? https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/forums/world-football.4/# We are always near the top. You will need to register an account to view the thread though.

What are fans of other football clubs talking about on their forums? At least we have the takeover to discuss. Everton fans are talking about our takeover a lot and, my word, they absolutely fucking hate us. If it goes through then, with the Mackems out of the picture, we have a new enemy. In fact their board members on Grand Old Team are uncannily similar to those on RTG. Bitter doesnt even come close.

If it is now going to be rejected then this newly emerged evidence must be pretty seismic, considering just 48 hours ago every man & his dog in the media was saying the deal would go through before the weekend.

Christ, you are relentlessly pessimistic LOL, only over the last few days bud. I was actually super-optimistic until this latest story broke. Could be paranoia of course but 35 years of NUFC near-misses & disappointment tends to take it's toll. I'd imagine a lot of my generation are feeling something similar right now after this latest twist.

If this new evidence has come from Sky then I think we are screwed. I have a really bad feeling about this now.