Consortium of one

Wow. Good for those fan groups. When will the powers that be begin to understand that the repeated money grabs will kill the golden goose. I see it here in the States year in and year out.

If we had lost to Burnley...would this week have transpired as it has? Enquiring minds want to know.

I think Stavely has been SO close a few times that she will make it happen by force of her will alone.

what a knob.

Shocking to read that. I'd like to know what really stopped the approval.

Shelvey, Alan Smith, Colback, Hendrick. We have had some horrific midfield play in the Ashley era.

Well, you know the overly optimistic posts annoy me because nothing is happening and the negative posts make me depressed, Can we make a "Meh Takeover thread"?

I thought Sunday was the first time he was back to being his old self since returning. Vital performance.

Can't wait to see us go all out for a point. Bruceball

its amazing what can happen when you play to win.

brilliant from WBA

Is this alpaca left footed or right footed?

what a moran

"haha, I'm sorry does someone remember which end goes in first?"

I don't think the takeover will happen (as is) but I do think by this time next year someone else will own the club. I don't want the club to go down. I'm afraid that with another year of Ashley's lack of vision we may not bounce back up

this is so unbelievable it's believable.

We don't but for a manager who wants to build a legacy, like Benitez did, starting with a blank canvas is part of the challenge.

Anyone staying with Bruce, whether we are up or down, is wasting a year of their career.

Holy shit, what a goal!

So lets say the club get relegated. Ashley and PCP/PIF negotiate a deal where they pay 220M for Newcastle and if the club come straight back up they pay an additional 80M. If they club doesn't bounce straight back, that's it. Ashley would know the consortium (not Consortium, there's only one Consortium) wouldn't stay down to chisel the 80M because they would lose more money if they did. The consortium would have the benefit of a parachute payment. Start building a young, hungry potentially better squad with a good manager as well as infrastructure improvements. When the club does come up it will have a strong foundation and be ready to add key pieces to push on for a mid table finish and beyond. That situation wouldn't be as good as staying up would be but I think that kind of arrangement is good for all sides. Ashley gets his money in a more structured deal and the consortium gets to clean house and expectedly bounce right back up.

Just wait til April. All will be revealed then.

When we go down and its announced that Brewce will stay on as Head Cabbage which players will stay? Woodman Krafth some guy on a free Dummett Lewis Murphy Longstaff Shortstaff Anderson Big Joe some guy on a free

We'll have 5 or 6, I'd guess. Straight reds or mysterious injuries, that is.

I heard Bruce is just finishing his latest novel, Keeper! It's about a down-on-his-luck head coach who tries to cash in on one last gig but mysteriously disappears just as he's about to take his club down after refusing to resign...