Wandy

Well MoneyMike did say that TV rights would play a big part in getting the takeover passed......

This is now the only thread I click on within the football section of this forum. I'm already about 90% withdrawn from being a follower of NUFC and the wider game. Apart from Wilson (who is pretty much impossible to ignore) I couldn't tell you a thing about players signed in the summer or what they even look like. Dont follow match threads, dont listen to anything Bruce has to say in interviews and havent watched a single minute of our games this season. Havent watched MOTD once this season and got no interest in the other PL teams. The takeover is the final thread keeping me attached to NUFC and is the only thing about the club worth still taking an interest in.

Same here. I'm basically at the point where I'm sticking my fingers in my ears to the pessimism and am blindly assuming that the deal will happen. Because if it doesnt then that's me properly done. And not simply because we didnt hit the jackpot, but more because corruption within football beat us. For now though, negativity & pessimism are off the menu altogether.

There's not a chance of the Gallowgate being mirrored up with the Leazes once this office block development is finished. That ship has sailed I'm afraid. If the takeover goes through we will need to revisit the idea of building a new stadium on or behind Leazes Park if we want to properly and seriously expand.

Good old William sticking the boot in again.

I wonder where rock-bottom really lies for these clowns? Seems like they still haven't got there yet.

This also backs up Staveley's reveal about how the PL were giving her assurances that the takeover would go through early on, only for them to do a u-turn in May. Pretty obvious now that the dippers & Manure stuck their oar in & Masters & co are terrified of them. In a way this also gives credence to the theory that the PL want the takeover decision taken out of their hands by a court.

So who is the club in 10th place for consecutive PL seasons?

It truly all makes sense now. Anyone now still want to say NUFC fans were just paranoid that the big six were trying to block the takeover?

Aren't NUFC one of the nine teams with the most seasons in the PL?

The absence of fans in stadia is going to make this a bonkers season. The summer month of crowdless football was an interesting novelty but its going to cause havoc with this season's league placings. I am dreading the emerging possibilty of Everton winning the league. Absolutely detest the bastards as they have nothing but contempt for us.

Nick thinks we should be classed as one of England's six biggest clubs.

That's the MMA we all know and love.

I dont think I can let this thread go now, its too addictive. Even though I know its 100% dead I will still be here 10 times a day for the next 9 months F5-ing for the latest bullshit tweet.

No reason for the twitter warriors to stop their PL spamming. If anything they should ramp it up. We know who the real enemy is now and its not Ashley.

I'm thinking that there might actually be something in this now. Why else would they try to continue this farce?

If there was no evidence that could be used to link the Saudi state with piracy then I still dont understand what the problem would have been with saying that MBS had ultimate control? There's nothing in the test that says a state cant own a club is there? Anyway, yeah this takeover is dead. Will still be interesting to see if Ashley can sue for damages though. We have been shafted, and there is no reason why the spamming and various assaults on the PL's brand should not continue.

Wouldn't surprise me if the buyers have weaponised us just to get their deposit back. Once that is done, off into the sunset they go.

I dont understand the paragraph below? "If an arbitrator had ruled in Newcastle’s favour, the Saudis would have been required to go ahead with owner registration. This would have given the League the right to call Newcastle’s ownership to account over TV piracy by network beoutQ." If the arbitration decision went in the Saudis' favour, why would that then allow the PL to link them to piracy?

Just read it. So basically the PL tried to set a bear trap for the Saudis. No wonder they declined the independent arbitrator.

Penn comes in here with the attitude that we are all idiots for ever believing this deal was ever going to happen and mocks people for offering ideas as to what is going on. What Penn has failed to do on several occasions, is offer an opinion on why, if the deal was so clearly never going to happen, they think the PL has not rejected it outright. Fair enough. I'm not the defending the bastard, by the way. Just think that, unfortunately, he will probably proved to be right once again with regards to the current state of play.

Redbird capital though Good point. He was full of shit with that one.

What has he said that has actually been true that couldn't be achieved through guesswork? Doesnt really matter if he was just guessing though does it? At the end of the day that is all that anyone of has been doing. And are continuing to do. We are all basing our logic on scraps of information and our own personal bias of how we feel this will go.

People can slate Penn all they want but the simple fact is that he has been proved to be correct all the way through this nightmare. I remember scoffing to myself at a comment he made back in early May when he said that the deal wouldn't be done by June 1st. I am on board with the idea that this may yet still happen but I think we have to be realistic. The chances of that are about 5/95 against IMO. I am still in for the 5% because I simply have nothing to lose and this will probably be the last time I am fully invested in NUFC. I have already checked out of football in every other way. Not interested in the game at large whatsoever now and also not interested in any NUFC team news or transfer activity. The only thread I am now checking is this one and a couple of other takeover-related ones on other message boards.

Works for me.