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The league is ran for greed, but I can't see this going on as surely all clubs are causing longer term damage as brands no longer will look to invest in the Premier League. It has been said by numerous sources that it is pretty much illegal, but you have to feel like some clubs are now trying to prevent others from commercial growth through other means to reduce competition. Independent regulation will come in at some stage and a number of deals will be looked at for "market value".

Interesting that out of the two lads with Morton it is McEntee who is deemed the more promising player as opposed to Tom Allan, who at 22, seems to have not even found his level in Scotland. Out of the players on loan listed on .com could only really see Vilca, Longstaff and Watts potentially get an opportunity longer term to prove their worth.

The issue is that the pundits are less likely to be objective either through personal relationships, business dealings or previous engagements with clubs. There is a cancel culture that exists, but you'll often have ex players move into the media as a means of making a living and as a result offer "expert" opinions on the game as they see it. Do I care what some will say about Newcastle? No, because their opinion has been influenced by a personal relationship as opposed to watching or understanding the current situation around the club. The downside is when they fall into the etiquette of assuming or an opinion that is outdated due to not having the awareness to do some research. I'm not suggesting that a pundit needs to research in depth all twenty clubs, but if the media briefed them on the hot topics and they spent a bit of time (not Twitter) researching it might actually improve. Steve Bruce has left, he wasn't successful with us during his time here, but it wasn't unexpected based on the information we had from his previous spells with clubs in the Premier League. With a backdrop of an initially failed takeover that promised the world and minimal transfer dealings from an owner that was hated it pointed towards a dismal job. Steve Bruce accepted the role knowing full well the expectation from the club on his achievements and by staying up he fulfilled those. The media will turn their attention to Ole now because that will be the hot topic and in a few weeks time I imagine it will be another manager that will be facing the heat. This is the "narrative" of the best league in the world.

Have we actually appointed Kuqi yet or is the role available?

Gio van Bronckhorst

Think we might have a DOF in before manager if Jones has two games?

Retrospectively will this not result in a number of questions about current Premier League clubs and their sponsorships related to their owners? I imagine the Crystal Palace sleeve sponsorship by FaceBank would be questioned based on the investor John Textor being involved in the club as would Everton, Leicester City and Man City. The game is long gone and now the pressure on Hoffman is being reported based on other clubs you'll probably see some awful decisions. Clubs voting that intended on creating a Super League 6 months ago to the detriment of those that have voted with them now.

Steve Bruce is not the right man to manage the team. Everything Redknapp is saying here are examples where Bruce falls down on.

If Al-Rumayyan does arrive and attend would expect a bit more movement. It looks like things are pointing towards the CEO/Sport Director decision first rather than a managerial change.

100% this - it has become a vacuum both good and bad. I'm not sure if this exists already in the podcast world, but there has been an intrigue why posters that aren't born in Newcastle (especially those not in the UK) have an affinity to NUFC. We've got fan clubs around the world - would be interesting to see what the reaction around the world has been like taking all the cultural considerations on aboard plus you're catering to a diverse audience. You could even review past NUFC European adventures linked to that country as a bit of a throwback before a hopeful return to the European days!

Some really good suggestions in here. I really like the thoughts of local businesses having the opportunity around food or drink, although probably should stay away from themes like " French Day" as can only see that going one way... The Fans Forum is a must to return and arguably has to given the need for the club to engage with fans and calls around transparency. I'd bin off the fan sponsor challenge at half time and bring back youth getting a 5 minute chance to show off (maybe link into the Foundation for participants to get opportunity to have a small kick about on the pitch). 100% half time hero needs to return - always used to be a boost and some learning about those players from 60/70s who made appearances. Is it worth adding a poll to this with some of the suggestions which have cropped up as might get more members see then vote so if you do put anything forward you're putting forward something that a few people have an interest in? If you go down the anonymous moniker for NO route you'd probably be onto something, worked a treat under umbrella movements like AshleyOut as more of a collective and less likely to have "a face". You also take away the narrative and subjective opinion i.e. if Luke Edwards wrote it then I already think it's not going to be very good because of xyz. Obviously goes without saying they would need to be vetted (no SaudiMags4Life movements)...

Sky Sports News a little slow with the catch up. 7pm story about Brendan Rodgers then denied by 7:15pm as breaking news.

I for one totally understand this and the damage this https://www.manutd.com/en/News/Detail/manchester-united-agree-strategic-partnership-in-Saudi-Arabia created for the Premier League in 2017. Obviously they learned their lessons following this foray into the Middle East https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/manchester_united_confirm_saudi_contract_renewal/ and have returned the £9.3m received.

I appreciate it is new ownership, but in 2019 we had Neil Redfearn and Ben Dawson overseeing things until Bruce arrived in arguably a key point of any seasons. They will need a plan, but I think if you signal Bruce has gone then you're going to have intermediaries approach similar to Rafa in 2016.

No doubt he would want to stay on as he has said previously, but he won't change anything. In fact you could argue he does more damage being in the dugout on Sunday as if we concede first it causes a pile on of abuse aimed at him. Its a no win situation for him, stinking the place out to get to that 1,000th game should he remain in charge.

Fair point from Vagabond. Who runs NUST? Each year the members given the opportunity to elect a board to represent them. Every member of the Trust has the same vote as anyone else. There are no majority share holders. There is an elected ‘Chair’ of the board who directs the board but the ‘Chair’ also only has one vote in any matter, the same as any member.

Arguably if you want a quick win with new ownership alongside the organisation aims not a better way to achieve it i.e. show St. James some love, ticket pricing, regenerating the area, loyalty points and community issues. Hopefully we see the return of the Fans Forum for some transparency.

The easy option probably would have been for NUST to communicate this to members as they have previously around board movement and if he was revoted on then fair enough. I'd argue the same for Heron though, he has taken himself off and really members should vote for him to either be re-instated or replaced by the person that had the next amount of votes.

Its an odd feeling looking back to July 2020 when the statement dropped from the consortium that they had pulled out. Everything has been a polarizing factor from the lows to the high throughout the last two years combined with a global pandemic - I'd actually like a bit of calm as things settle down and back to enjoying football again now this is resolved!

I thought this didn't happen as players have been off for last three days?

I was just about to echo this, he was one of the first to break the takeover talks. I could see Bruce announcement coming tomorrow or Tuesday morning with Jones taking training in interim for the Spurs match. They are going to meet the players tomorrow so would imagine a photo special and if Bruce isn't in them, rumours will start already!

"Well you know they play in black and white and as a young boy I used to wear the black and white...dream come true"

I'd imagine the £8m is the total fee to remove all the staff (minus Jones) - wouldn't be surprised to see a fee included around staying up and then being removed from the role hence a higher cost. Either way it is ludicrous.

It looks like it is still outsourced to Sodexo which was arrangement under Ashley, probably just good timing and with crowds likely to be at capacity well needed given issues on matchdays highlighted with lack of staff, food, drink and general 'commercial' presence.