Wandy

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.

Exactly where I am at. Can feel the anger starting to rear it's ugly head again tbh.

I have a feeling this circus will still be going on into the end of June/early July before probably not even happening If it rolls into next week I am officially switching to the "not happening" camp.

It's quite simple really. No announcement by Friday evening and there is something in this, and all bets are off.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8308801/Newcastles-300m-takeover-PUSHED-fresh-legal-documents-emerge.html Put the cans away for another week as its not happening by the weekend. Completely fucking bored of this now. Always felt too good to be true didnt it?

They seem rather rattled there. Best batten down the hatches then cos if they think this week is bad, next week will feel like The Alamo.

According to him a SAFC takeover will happen before ours as we wont be confirmed before well into June. I honestly think he might be one of ours on a wind-up.

Even if Caulkin knew that the tests were complete there is no way he would be telling anyone that this was the case, unless he had been given permission by Staveley to do so via one of his columns on The Athletic. Certainly not via twitter or DMs though. 5 crucial days coming up. If we are still sitting here this time next week with no news then it's time to panic IMO.

I think they will get their Dell takeover eventually but might have to wait a couple of years for it to happen in the current and near-future footballing environment. That will be the beginning of their upturn. In the meantime I hope they suffer as much footballing misery as possible. Starting from next week.

'kin hell.

I mean, it's perfectly plausible for the PL to think that MBS may one day do something like that. But are they really within their rights to say this is enough reason to block it? It's a sort of bizarre "pre-crime" situation that would surely hold no water if legally challenged. And if this was so important to the PL, why dont they just point blank refuse to let someone own a club if another family member has already beaten them to it?

It's not the piracy issue that might block this, it's sections F.1.2 & F.1.3 seen above in the O&D test, and whether they think MBS would be able to directly/indirectly hold power or influence over Sheffield United.

We'll not be exploding in the same way, it will be expected. Not sure I agree with that. When we got promoted in 93 there was a definite feeling amongst the support that we were going to take the Premier League by storm in our first season. And we did.

The Keegan era was even better. Absolutely magical, even though I rate Robson as a better manager. I think Keegan sold Newcastle to the whole world, beyond winning titles. It probably has a lot to do with the likes of Stavely and the Saudis seeing our potential with this current takeover. Oy yeah, great post Theregulars, agree 100%. Kevin Keegan created the modern-day NUFC and it's his work alone that has allowed the club to remain high profile & still be seen as a big club, despite all of the disgrace of the last 13 years. The fact that mid 1990s NUFC is still long remembered by football fans is a testament to how much good KK did for this club. Anyone who was following the club pre-1992 knows the profound change Keegan brought to Newcastle United. He's probably the most important person in the club's entire history.

Just put into context that all I've know between the ages of 15 & 28 is Ashley. Utterly grim. My condolences.

I just want today's kids in the 18-30 bracket to experience what we did from 92 to 97, where NUFC exploded onto the scene, coming from nowhere to becoming one of the highest profile clubs in the country. The buzz in the city was just fantastic. I feel sorry for the poor sods who have grown up in the Ashley era. An utterly depressing experience throughout. It's time for them to see what this club is really about.

Beautiful.

That doesnt sound good from our point of view. Is it the Sheff Utd angle that could scupper this? How could the PL prove that MBS could be in a position to inappropriately influence events between NUFC and SUFC? Surely they cant just say "we think you will influence SUFC to do stuff that helps the cause of NUFC...and vice versa"?

Hairy Hands Keys saying it wont happen as "momentum" is gathering against it.

Anyone who says they are not even remotely concerned obviously hasn't been paying attention over the last few years.