Geordie Ahmed

Parachute payments are no more for them next season either.

 

Oh dear!

According to them they've only had 1 season in The Championship and next season will only be their 2nd in League 1, so surely they are due 1 more payment 

If the EFL doesn't play out (which looks likely) where would that leave them if they moved to a PPG basis?

 

8th and fucked.

 

One of the proposals is that 3-8 go into a play-off which means they'll just scrape into that

There won't be playoffs if they're scrapping the league..

Yes, that's right but I'm sure I read if they try and finish it that was one of the proposals

If the EFL doesn't play out (which looks likely) where would that leave them if they moved to a PPG basis?

 

8th and fucked.

One of the proposals is that 3-8 go into a play-off which means they'll just scrape into that

The takeover is perfect for them like to work themselves up over.

 

Us, muslims and a female part-owner/CEO. The holy trinity of hatred. We get a sponsorship deal with Nexus and they'll self combust.

Get Newcastle Airport (Ponteland Airport as they like to call it) on the sleeve and it will finish them

Tbf, the beer stuff will be a bit tedious for those who support us and don't drink.

I don't see it as tedious, it's irrelevant really to me so don't pay attention to it

The cans thing is people not taking themselves seriously, helps with the agonising wait I suppose

Takeover stories "impacting" transfer business

Sports Direct Arena

Bored, I knocked this up as a possibility. No green space lost, extra car park for around 80 vehicles.

 

 

Can just picture some geese making their way through the turnstyles.

This would be the ideal solution, brand new stadium and still maintain the uniqueness of the location

Yeah, I would only want it to be at Castle Leazes/Leazes Park if it was moved, anywhere else and it would lose a big part of what makes it unique and special

In the short and medium term, it needs some tlc, expansion/new stadium is something to look at long term

Probably the first time in a while there has not been anything related to this in the following days papers

Hopefully it's the calm before the announcement 

Saudi Arabia has a population of 34 million, they aren't all involved in what happens in Yemen or getting rid of journalists, so people wearing tea towels isn't a big deal

 

Defending the SA regime and attacking Hatice Cengiz is just wrong though

 

They would be wearing the tea towels in tribute to the people who are bombing Yemen and getting rid of journalists though

If you want to make that leap then go right ahead but I couldn't disagree any more

So people are wearing tea towels to support ordinary working Saudis?

Well no but it's not as complex as people defending the actions of the regime

Potential new owners = from Saudi Arabia = common item of clothing from that country

If the Moroccan government bought us then we'd see people wearing a Fez

Reading more into it and turning it political is absurd

Saudi Arabia has a population of 34 million, they aren't all involved in what happens in Yemen or getting rid of journalists, so people wearing tea towels isn't a big deal

Defending the SA regime and attacking Hatice Cengiz is just wrong though

Earned a £100,000 bonus for avoiding relegation, apparently.

I read that just before, Gullit saying he should give it back to the club

The Keegan thing sounds like a token gesture. After Mike Ashley, they don’t really need to win us over.

 

As much as I love the man, perhaps it’s best he’s honoured by a statue or maybe if they build something, naming a stand after him or something.

 

He’s a man of principal. He’d only say something about the Saudis and it would all end in tears ?

That's what ambassador roles often are

It's criminal that Keegan and Shearer aren't involved with the club in some capacity

Works out well for Sunderland, think they would be 8th if the table is based on PPG

Being followed by the Saudi Sports minister according to Twitter. Seems genuine. I doubt these people would do this if there was a possobiooyybof someone else stealing in and sealing a deal.

I've always thought the Kenyon stuff was made up and convenient for Ashley

This is genuine, too many things line up for it to be, just need to hope it goes through asap

It's always been a case of Ashley needs to go, I'll take anything but reading about Staveley/PIF and their plans means I'll be gutted if it isn't them.

Only this club can make what should be a straightforward takeover into a drama.

 

is that real ?

Clearly not, the walls are not painted

This isn't a black and white issue, we are dealing with each persons morals and those are times subjective to a certain extent.

I think we can all agree we want Mike Ashley gone and therefore him leaving will be a massive relief and a joyous occasion, it's been so long since we have been a proper club, and by that I simply mean a club trying to be better tomorrow than it is today. We've been a zombie club with brief moments of joy but by and large it's been absolute misery.

In terms of the potential new owners, I think it's possible to recognise their issues but still want to support the club. I personally want this takeover to go through and i'll buy a season ticket if they are available, I miss going to the football. The issues with the new owners don't bother me enough to not want to go to the football or support my team. If however they were exactly like Ashley when it came to running the club then I would stop going but my issue with them would be the football and not other things.

Having said that if the Israeli government were buying us my stance would change, does that make me selective in my morals? Aye I suppose it does. Does it make me a hypocrite? Again I suppose it does. If we are all honest with ourselves there is an element in hypocrisy in how we perceive things. Certain issues will bother people more than others. That's just reality. It's neither right or wrong, it just is.

What does concern me is the section of our fans (admittedly this could just be a minority) that have suddenly become experts in the middle east and are defending everything, we've seen today our fans attacking Hatice Cengiz (fiancee of Khashoggi) on twitter, calling her a "slappa" and telling her to "fuck off". I've seen the Saudis defend and be in denial about what happened to Khashoggi, I expect nothing less from them but that's not something we should be doing. It's disgraceful and I'm comfortable in saying that is wrong. We can be happy our club is a club again without become cheer leaders.

When it comes to certain sections of the media (Keys, Delaney etc) then ideally we would ignore them but I understand that's easier said than done so I've no issues when we challenge them but we shouldn't go after Amnesty/Hatice etc, it's embarrassing.

I understand overall people will be conflicted, if people feel so strongly about the issues that they will no longer follow the club then we should respect that. If they feel strongly about the issues but still want to follow the club we should respect that. If they aren't bothered by the issues then we should respect that (as long as they don't go attacking people that have legitimate grievances).

“Chairman Chris Mort said: "This is all part of the vision that recently helped us to secure Kevin Keegan's return to the club as manager."

 

Christ, so he was in on it. Well fuck him then, more than happy to put a structure in place that would fuck us, didn’t have the backbone to take the flack from it obviously.

Mort was a witness for Ashley and the club in the tribunal against Keegan

Though in his book Keegan did say he felt sorry for Mort and thought he was a decent guy

Khashoggi's widow has posted her statement on twitter. The replies man.....  :anguish:

 

Some of the replies are absolutely lifting

 

Genuinely fucking abhorrent.

 

The worst one has been removed, it read:

 

"The Premier League ain't gonna stop the takeover so you and all the other haters who are jealous about us being the richest club in the world may as well give up ?? up the Saudi's"

 

I replied to one (has since been deleted) which told her to fuck off ?

Khashoggi's widow has posted her statement on twitter. The replies man.....  :anguish:

Some of the replies are absolutely lifting

That took a really long time. Senna's probably the only real dip in quality imo and even then he was a very good player.

 

Neuer

 

Godin

Baresi

Van Dijk

 

Senna

Socrates

De Bruyne

Gascoigne

 

C. Ronaldo

Messi

Mbappe

 

 

 

Fabianski

 

Lahm

Godin

Van Dijk

Maldini

 

Socrates

De Bruyne

Gascoigne

 

C. Ronaldo

Messi

Mbappe

 

Given ahead of Fabianski?

 

Man City

Oh shit aye

That was a compelling read. Are we actually as helpless as we think? Clearly we have no say over who owns us but What would stop us from having a banner of Jamal Kashoggi?

 

As an individual probably nothing but a banner of significant size then probably the stewards

 

I really can't see anyone wanting to do that though we might see protests outside the ground from people

 

Welcome back man

Thanks, the potential takeover has me excited