levelsevenlee
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Looks like we may well be stuck with fat c~#*t for another season with no new players....great....! We are doomed...
You're missing the "selling the few players we do have who can play football for buttons on transfer deadline day" part from your assessment there.
And
coming back.
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just watching this on sky+ - doing exactly the same mate!Weeping like a baby here. What a man.
I've just got something in my eye. Ahem.
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25k is pretty good considering. Especially since I heard reports of figures sub-15k.
I wouldn't be surprised if the number of tickets actually sold is about that (~15k) - I reckon the rest will be 3 year sentence servers.
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From tonights Ronnie.
Llambias to miss friendly amid talks on takeover
Jul 9 2009 by Lee Ryder, Evening Chronicle
NEWCASTLE United managing director Derek Llambias is expected to steer clear of the Magpies’ first friendly of the summer as he focuses on the sale of the club.
Toon tycoon Mike Ashley is also not expected to be present in Dublin, where the black-and-whites will be represented at boardroom level by football secretary Lee Charnley.
United are understood to be working with the Malaysian consortium who visited Tyneside for a second time this week.
But despite the fact that the start of the Championship season is less than a month away, the pace of the sale is expected to continue at a lethargic rate.
Ashley’s PR man told the Chronicle today: “It has been well documented that bids of £100m have gone in and that we are still in the hands of lawyers.
“There continues to be interest in the sale of the club.
“And Keith Harris at Seymour Pierce is working very hard to go through the process of selling the club.”
Fans cruelly had their hopes raised in the last 24 hours after an internet hoax got out of control last night. It was claimed that Hong Kong-based investors were ready to bring in Gianluca Vialli as director of football and Alan Shearer as boss, along with a string of other exciting incentives.
However, this has turned out to be a complete wind-up which was first generated in cyberspace on Saturday night.
That did not stop some national newspapers falling for the trick although club sources confirmed today that there is no truth in the claims whatsoever.
What the fucks taking so long? If the bids match the selling price, surely Harris just has to advise Ashley which one to take. He's had nearly a month to check out the consortiums so he should have a good idea who the best ones will be.
Did a double-take on that last bit. Would be proper funny if Lee Ryder just went postal and put something like that on the back page of the Chronicle.
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Oh fucking hell, I really hope we get this guy.
I can't escape the feeling that Useless Mike might just choose the worst consortium out of those bidding as a final parting "gift" for us. You know, the one that's barely got enough to buy the club, no cash to invest.
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http://www.newcastle.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=158310
Probably a load of shite, but what the hell it's a glimmer of hope
So he's holding out for the money he put in to buy the likes of Taylor, Nolan, Smith and Colo. Any chance we could net off the money he made by selling the players that actually could play football!?!?
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if they thought kinnear was a credible manager then my money is going on tommy cassidy.
Wait a minute.... what's Jack Charlton up to these days?
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Well it looks like Joe isn't going to be back to "steady the ship" as a full time manager any time soon, but the report does say that a "credible" manager has been sounded out to step into the breach.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/mar/30/newcastleunited-mike-ashley
If it's not Venables then who could it be? My money's on Curbishley.
The "credible manager" lined up seems to be Steve Bruce which would mean that it's an appointment that won't take place till next season by which time we might already be in the Championship. That would explain partly why Ashley has been so reluctuant to hire a fire fighter short term.
But that's the bit I don't get - fine, if we've got Bruce lined up for the summer, I'd take that. But that doesn't mean we couldn't get in Venables or someone like that on a really short-term basis with the promise of a big bonus if we're kept up?
Or should we just stump up the £3m compen to Wigan and have Bruce now??
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Do you think the fact that Shay handed in a transfer fee affected the bid from Man City?
How much do you think Shay was due in loyalty bonuses had he not requested a transfer?
Maybe this lowered the fee from City.... I am just guessing here....
But how come we get more cash and a player in exchange for Insomnia? Who, at best, we can categorise into "has potential" - as opposed to "is one of the best keepers in the world"? And has probably done more antagonising for a move than Given!
I just don't get it.
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If I had a cap, sir, I would doff it to you.
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: About time someone told these fuckers what most of us think of them.
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So, to summarise, nothing was Freddy's fault, it was the Halls, Souness, Mike Ashley, Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy.
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Zico and Terim have shown interest.
I think that they probably would have done *if* Shy Mike wasn't selling up. I can't see anyone wanting to come here with the very real possibility that they'll be out on their ear when/if the sale goes through.
Except David frickin' O'Leary
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Zico and Terim have shown interest.
I think that they probably would have done *if* Shy Mike wasn't selling up. I can't see anyone wanting to come here with the very real possibility that they'll be out on their ear when/if the sale goes through.
Except David frickin' O'Leary
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As the title says really. We've protested and forced Ashley to try and sell but now it seems he won't be selling any time in the next month or so atleast, no decent manager will come here with the instability and Ashley not funding us anymore likely means no major recruits in January.
Have we massively overplayed our hand and put ourselves in a situation where we really are in deep, deep trouble.
Even if he was still "bankrolling" the club, I don't think we'd be seeing any splurges of cash this winter. We knew at the end of the season that we needed a LOT of players to come in; and although the "one in, one out" policy has increased (IMO) the quality of the squad, we're still knackered when we get one or two injuries to key players.
To the point of the thread, I can't answer that. We need to see what cards other players round the table have before the extent to which we've been bluffing becomes apparent.
Maybe the folks who would be interested in buying NUFC for, say, £200m are just happily watching it fall to bits hoping MA's arse will go as we plummet towards the Championship?
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Why did the NUFC Finances website just come to a "natural end" when Ashley took over?
I think we should be told.
Because Ashley took the club into private ownership, so the accounts wouldn't be in the public domain (at Companies House) anymore?
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you've re-appeared too
Happy you have what you wished for ?
What did I wish for?
wish I'd put a bet on that you'd say that mackems.gif
You now have a club without a fat b****** in charge that doesn't embarrass you.
A few mediocre teams might embarrass you instead though. Just like your good old days.
As much as I disagree with you on this point, why do you have to come across as such an abrasive, arrogant tosser when you reply?
Try to answer that question only.
you mean that I'm right and you can't see it or bring yourself to admit it ?
I think those who can't see the blatantly obvious, and ignore factual information that doesn't suit their "opinion", are tossers.
Are you seriously trying to tell me that the club hasn't embarrassed you in the last 2 weeks ?
It's embarrassed me, more than for many years. I wouldn't really be arsed, but the sad thing is, the only way they are going on the field is headlong into a relegation fight that may be lost unless the soopa new owner abandons his so called "plan" or buggers off and sells to someone who knows something about football. And that DOES bother me.
So what would that make you for continuing to ignore Macbeth's analysis based on facts and data submitted to Companies House?
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Shola starts? Down to ten men 40 mins before kick off. Grrr.
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Keegan's got to be fucking gutted to put out this 11 as a Newcastle United team. Spot on about it being a reserve game Dave, looks like the reserves are in trouble this year, eh?
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Will we ever be able to defend a set-piece in my lifetime?
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We've had four very average at best seasons now though.
That's the reason IMO, although these rumours start about this time every year.
This.
As it happens, I've just come into a bit of cash, so I've renewed for 3 years. If I hadn't been in that position, there's little to no chance I'd have pulled out £600 to watch another season of poor football with no hope at all of it getting any better.
As it is, I'm not particularly looking forward to going at the moment... I hope that once things get going with the season the doom and gloom lifts.
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Jesus wept. Martins to Arsenal, Keegan to be sacked, Ashley selling up, Barton in court again...do we really have another month of this to look forward to? No more Euro 2008 to use as a distraction either. The only people who seem to genuinely enjoy the silly season are Spurs supporters.
Don't forget Liverpool supporters. Apparently this is their year. Again.
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I did, just before the renewal date. By happy coincidence, I'm being made redundant so have a big chunk of cash coming in August - it made most sense to pay up front for 3 years.
However, if I hadn't been in that position - I don't think I would have renewed. I'm barely feeling this pay-out; if I'd had to find £600 out of my disposable income, I don't think I could have done.
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Whats their problem with cancelling over the phone?
Dunno. But if they're processing them in Sunderland, they must have taught a lot of the inbreds to read
RIP sale thread.
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Well, that surely puts a different slant on things - when I saw the headlines, I thought they'd withdrawn because they couldn't agree a price with Fat Mike. The fact that they don't have the money to buy the club in the first place should surely have the headline "NUFC withraw interest in Profitable bid"