manorpark

HOPE you are right. For me - for the first time - this week I have felt that is dead. And I am the 'ultimate optimist', it has just felt dead since the Masters letter.

It does seem like there is no longer any point here at NUFC. We sort of "had a taste" of what it could be like, those of us who came to believe that our owners were now Staveley/PIF/Reubens (it felt like it had already happened) and now we have been told that (again) our 'proper place' is . . . 1 - Ashley. 2 - Bruce. 3 - Relegation. Yes, so what's the point?

If it helps to track it down, the e-mail is timed at Friday 14 @ 21.01 Hrs.

Have I missed something? Are the Trust meeting the PL? ScottishMagpie[/member] Got my e-mail from NUST today.

Pretty certainly now, our future is three things . . . 1 - Ashley 2 - Bruce 3 - Relegation Our fabulous club now ceases to exist, in any real way.

I know you're wrong. Yes, of course he is wrong . . I'll stake my reputation on it !!!

Thanks, I'm 21 actually, you should know that Dad!

That is an important statement, makes all the difference. BUT, have they actually said that? We only have a newspaper report that says that, that has then got 'repeated as fact'. Do we know if PIF have actually said that?

It is possible though, that another Ashley/Bruce season will see us relegated. That is simply very possible. Will the Takeover still happen if we are in the 2nd Division / Championship?

I like this . . .

AND, after the 11.00 News !!!

Discussion about the Takeover is about to start, after these current adverts

Was always in mate . . . it's great in here, c'mon in !!

Closer to what? I’m not going to be tedious and claim to be ‘in the know’, but I’m relatively confident this takeover will happen. Maybe not this week as others have suggested, but certainly within the next two. So where's the confidence coming from then? Positive noise, really. I may be proven completely wrong, but I’m more confident now then I have been through the whole takeover period. Happy to hold my hands up and say my ‘confidence’ is shit in a couple of weeks if it’s proven to be, but hopefully I’ll be right. Ask manorpark[/member] where the positive thoughts get you. Positive thinking (reality, as I always felt it was) will prove to be correct in the end. My goodness though . . it is taking its time happening!!

Excellent, I know how strongly you feel about these issues and your enthusiasm, abilities and common sense would be very useful on the NUST Council. Good Luck.

Others may disagree, but I think that is an excellent letter, and (at last) someone has stopped "pussyfooting around" these EPL London and Top Six obsessed ("we are invulnerable") types. He will need to follow it up with the actual legal action of course, and if he needs financial assistance to do so, I'm sure that we and/or NUST, will be able to help him. I really enjoyed reading that letter !! I hope that NUST can support this letter?

Others may disagree, but I think that is an excellent letter, and (at last) someone has stopped "pussyfooting around" these EPL London and Top Six obsessed ("we are invulnerable") types. He will need to follow it up with the actual legal action of course, and if he needs financial assistance to do so, I'm sure that we and/or NUST, will be able to help him. I really enjoyed reading that letter !!

Who told you that?

True.

The nda ended when they pulled out surely. Why would anyone involved in this deal agree to an NDA with such an end date? It probably lasts for 2 years I imagine. However, any "NDA terms" if there are any, can be cancelled if all participants agree, ie PIF/Staveley/Reubens/Ashley - so the Premier League can have no reason to cling on the 'NDA idea' if none of those involved deem it necessary?

So true. Hope so. Our best chance to achieve things.

3000 new members in last 24 hours. Great stuff. Together we can be strong.

Except that, of course, if we don't do anything then there is no chance of avoiding disappointment, but if we support NUST then we are at least in with a chance. The old "you need to be in it to win it" philosophy, which is so true!

Greg, these are my ideas: 1. Ask the CMA to investigate anti-competitive behaviour by the PL and member clubs in colluding to prevent the takeover. 2. Create a stock email that members from throughout the UK asking them to support Chi’s correspondence with Masters and to support an investigation into the PL by the CMA 3. Actively engage Alok Sharma, Ed Milliband and Lucy Powell to persuade them to push the CMA to investigate the PL. be sure to point out that this issue creates a precedent which has ramifications for 90 other clubs, not just our own 4. Through the FSA engage with other supporter groups. Remind them of times that NUFC fans have helped out their clubs and then ask club groups to engage their own clubs to tell them that interfering in another club’s takeover is not cool. 5. Ask the PL whether they have investigated the information provided to them by C4 about Everton not disclosing Usmanov’s involvement in their takeover. 6. Engage with the Chronicle to run some highly negative stories on the PL on their front page. 7. Draw up a long list of ex-players in terms of their national stature and invite them to become involved in NUST and get involved in the critique of the PL. 8. Need some sort of responsible protest. A front door boo for the PL throughout Newcastle maybe? 9. Accept that moving forward it is going to be hard to run protests and constructively engage with PL and NUFC. Choose which you want to be an open the door for a non-affiliated group to take the other role. Excellent constructive feedback. I'll add them to the list. I’ve edited them slightly as a few typos and wasn’t clear on a couple of bits. Great points there. We have never needed NUST more than we do now, I am proud to be a member.

Been going to Newcastle United games since the 1968/1969 Season. Got my first Season Ticket for the 1969/1970 Season (the very first season I could afford one) and got called a "glory hunter" for doing that, because we had just won the Fairs Cup the previous season. Gave up my Season Ticket after Keegan left the second time, as I knew we were becoming a "nothing club" in most peoples eyes, under Ashley. Despite not having a Season Ticket I have maintained my interest and enthusiasm for NUFC, which is why I was one of the 'optimistic ones' (that I called the 'realistic ones' / the "Manorparkians") over on the Takeover Thread. NOW, for the first time in my life, since I was old enough to form a rational thought, I am giving up NUFC completely . . because there is simply NO POINT AT ALL in wasting my life on them any more. This was their chance, and it has gone . . so I am gone too. Very sad.