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also... what happened to martins?? thought the deal was he could play today... not even on the bench

manc team looks frightening

I'd be very impressed if Ashley has got his ass over here and sits with the fans today. Wonder what the odds are on that?!

This season is another write off, so we dont need players, just a manager that can get the best out of the ones we've got and make sure that we dont get too close to danger. To be honest, I'd rather the new manager didn't get a penny this January and was forced to workwith the players he's already got, so that he can't go out and hide behind his new signings. But then surely he'll hide behind the fact that the players out there aren't his players!?

Aye, but he looks like he could make over half a billion pounds from the sports direct 'mistake', this can only be causing a drastic decrease in the value of Newcastle United as an asset...

Hoping they go really leftfield now and get Bilic. He could be our Mourinho.

Why do you keep assuming only the fans have heard of everyone and MA & CM does not have a clue? MA hs more at stake than any of us and I'm sure he can afford to buy Football Manager too Purely judging them on their actions...

Really, there's nowt else they could say. Think i'd rather they stayed silent... It's not like that's quelled anyone's fears! Would have been at OT today if my lift hadn't fell through, would love to gauge the atmosphere of the toon fans down there... No doubt SSN / Setanta will get the most inbred to give some pointless fecking soundbite that won't reflect the general feeling

I was wrong. They ARE going to try and bullshit their way out of it. Did they keep Freddy on in a secret advisory role?! This has Shepherd written all over it!

Has anyone mentioned Sanchez Flores? I'm guessing there is no way Mort or Ashley would have a clue who he is... I suppose the only person they'll give money to is someone they trust which means someone they've heard of... Gutted

I don't know if it's already been mentioned but i just cannot believe this has become such public knowledge as well. Even in the past there have been strong rumours managers were coming but to actually have him come in front of the cameras and turn it down, that is really damaging - there is no way the board can bullshit their way around the new manager not being first choice. All this coming from Redknapp that he was offered another 'huge' role and turned it down and we're still guessing whether it was Man City or Spurs, whilst with us we've seen the guy stand there and tell the whole world he's turned us down. I for one am really worried about who we're going to end up with.

Anyone watching Sky Sports 1 now? How depressing

Just had him on SSN saying he'd been offered it. Fucks sake, what's wrong with the club?! Can't believe we've done this AGAIN!

Sorry, you were right. I was wrong. There are no actual quotes saying he was offered other than SSN no? And James, don't apologise mate, no one can call which way SSN will sway and that seems to be what rules all...

Anyone else think that this whole thing is one big lie and redknapp was never approached?!

hahahaha.... 30-1 now, i think this whole thing has been ABSOLUTE BOLLOCKS! i don't think there has been any approach, anything, what a fucking joke!

Talksport have been discussing it for 10 mins too... It's my sadness at having barely slept with SSN and betfair on in the background... I'm doing 50 days without drinking so gambling has become my new addiction!

Not being patronising, but I think you are fairly new here and havent sat through this forum during other periods of management change. Having watched the last three appointments, I have observed people reacting to changes of bookmakers odds, and after a while, you realise that these changes mean absolutely nothing. Nope, not patronising at all, just trying to get my head round it all, normally follow management changes via tv / websites but rarely on forums. To be honest, my main obsession with the gambling sites at the moment is a strong belief that if you react to breaking news you can make a lot of money. Having sat and watched Betfair basically solidly for the last 3 days i am learning a lot about how the market works and i have been doing similar for other clubs, albeit with less interest as i don't follow them. Whilst tipping someone to take the job is always conjecture and will often be wrong, when odds fly away from someone more often than not that means that there is something in it. I understand your scepticism and maybe you can educate me by telling me all the managers that have come following their odd flying out when they were previously favourites. That's a genuine question, i'm here to learn as much as i can to be honest!

Bookmakers are indeed speculation, but what speculation are they reacting to? There is nothing on talksport or skysports (i'm sad enough to have both on!) and all articles are pointing towards Redknapp joining, so the flow of money away from Redknapp can only be linked to some kind of inside info... remember betfair isn't your standard bookmaker, it's private people betting against each other. He is on top of the list but his odds are longer. As i speak Redknapp: 5.2 Shearer: 5.1 Hughes: 4.3

Redknapp is out of it, he has gone to 3rd fave on betfair behind Shearer and Hughes, something has happened, dunno what but i'm going to put my neck on the line here and say he's told someone he's not going, the money has just poured out of him. Not sure who it'll be but i'm going to say now, i don't think it will be redknapp - check betfair.com

Odds on Redknapp on Betfair have just gone out miles, he is now way longer than evenings, Hughes has come in from 20s to 6s - does anyone know what's happened?!

I just feel if nothing is done by tonight there is a chance things will change. I'm gutted the game is not at our place as the fans would have a chance to make a real statement about who they want / do not want. If we had 52k fans singing for Mourinho / Shearer / Van Gaal(!) then Ashley / Mort would realise that Redknapp would not 'blow' anyone's fecking socks off and would not be a good choice. As it is i'm hoping a) those down at OT make enough noise that the TV picks it up for Ashley to see or b) ashley is back for the game. After all, we heard right up until the Stoke game that Ashley was on hols yet he made it back - if he wants to be there he will be and i'd have thought Man Utd away would have him rushing to be back

PS - that's from SSN, so not sure whether it's true, but they are very reluctant to play the story down as they have been championing it all week, so i think it's likely to be true

Redknapp is at the Portsmouth training ground, bringing them up for the game, it's looking a lot less likely if that's the case

Yeah, that's true enough. I don't care where someone's from to be honest, as long as they've got the club's best interests at heart and do a good job i'll be happy (i think that position may change if some mackem rocks up in charge)