Mattoon

Wish I never asked, grim

We can't afford to keep Bruce for long after a takeover, can you imagine having him in charge of any transfer window? We need someone to take the club forward, not further back!

Oh it'll of been real, I can just imagine him coming out with that. Fuck knows what's going on with the invalid tweet id's though. What was it, I can't see anything?

Has to be Rafa, deserves another bite at the cherry with some ambition and financial backing, he has unfinished business here.

Pretty much how I see it from my post a couple of pages back. Save the righteous indignation to those who battle it every day, it's not like any of us were up in arms about Sheffield Utd, Man City or Chelsea so why should we treat our club any different? As long as the club and region are treated with respect, invested in and taken forward then that's all that really affects us

Personally don't think I'll be supporting us much, but won't blame anyone that will do that. Just hope it doesn't come to Newcastle fans trying to justify things that the regime do, like some Man City fans do This is certainly what’ll happen. Yeap, it'll how people will forget or completely ignore ridiculous human rights violations, carpet bombing in yemen etc just because their football club can sign a player for £100m. But where does the righteous moral outrage stop? When we're carpet bombing the rest of the middle East, the fact that we supplied half the bombs being dropped on Yemen? I'm not saying we should accept what they have done, but if you're going to jump on your soap box then where does it stop? In the large scale of things people don't care about what doesn't happen in their own back gardens, if SA were carpet bombing British territory then people would be up in arms, just like (but to a much lesser extent) Ashley's business practices towards his workers in this country hits home much more for people than if he had a sweat shop in China. I'm not saying this is the right way to think but I can certainly understand it being that way. I'm not sure how I will feel as Ashley has taken a lot away from me over the last 13 years, I'm not sure that love lost is reconcilable. Unashamedly I have said, tweeted, FB posted and ranted on here about Ashley's business practices, but I won't be doing the same about these guys unless they muck it up, we use whatever ammunition we can to take down the people we want to. Does that make me a hypocrite? Aye, probably, do I care? No, because it was a means to an end and I don't really care what some stranger on the internet thinks of me. This club has affected my emotions for a long time and for the last 13 years it's been mostly negative, so selfishly, whatever it takes to improve that, bring it on.

I'd rather someone beat him tbh Stop trying to push to the front of the queue

This is going to turn into a staring contest isn't it? I know they have the money but rich people don't get/stay rich by paying over the odds. Ashley will want to come out looking the winner but how much of a beating does SD have to take before that becomes second to him?

As much as I don't want to get sucked in for the 10,000,000,000th time it seems now is a must for him, he's no longer a billionaire, his company is falling apart all around him, he could take his beloved SD back private with the money he gets from us. It all adds up, given the financial climate, falling profits and bank balances, we're the first thing he'd jettison to save his ass. Sack it #Cans

It says in the Caulkin piece that the price has dropped significantly, can only see SD plummeting value being the driver to that, Ashley will be in full on panic mode if his baby falls to its knees.

So after quoting one piece to try and play down the takeover, the chronic have now used the Athletic piece to print that it's closer than ever, such a joke of a paper man

They knew what he was like, they knew what was coming, all they had to do was cancel the direct debit. A million percent there will be no compensation for games missed either if it's cancelled or played behind closed doors and they'll all be "shocked" again, idiots!

Ashley's been practicing social distancing with the diameter on those jeans for years, he'll be fine unfortunately

He'll be crocked before we kick a ball again

Exactly. PFMism at its worst Quality Emperors New Clothes journalism at its best

I've been racking my brains trying to remember which film Bruce's water fetish reminded me of. Thank you!

got to be getting close to 8 hours without a PL goal now

How's the bacon did you say?

Deserved red, that was horrific

The apathy in this thread is palpable

He's such a man baby it's hilarious, the problem being a lot of our so called fan base are 100% on Bruce's side on this one, it's shameful.

Could be a negative for perpetuating the club's agenda machine. What's Hope got to lose now? Hopefully he'll report without shackles on. He's going to come out swinging and it'll be a sight to behold

Mike Ashley has BANNED Craig Hope from SJP

Wat? Where's this from? His quotes really sound like he's putting the boot in and blaming Matty for not signing whatever crap they've thrown in front of him "I gave him his debut" and "It's on his toes too" cabbage head