Super Duper Branko Strupar

We're the absolute worst.

The investigation is to do with Monzo's potential lack of action, or misaction, in imposing anti money laundering checks and regulations in their business model. It's got nothing to do with individuals involved in money laundering themselves. It's also not just Monzo under investigation. It's more to do with the digital banking model and how it's more open to money laundering than traditional banking. Which is why NatWest have already been implicated in the past. It's the FCA enforcing standards that they have set out for companies to adhere to. It's not PL, takeover, or even necessarily Hoffman related.

No bearing on the takeover what so ever.

I dont even think Grealish is the player City need, tbh. Think the could be buying a better, more suited, cheaper player rather easily.

We could stick a 20m bid in right now. Pretty confident they'd accept it, they're clearly not sold on him playing. I think he'd come too if accepted, unless we offer pittance. Such pathetic, small time, penny pinching from us.

Has Covid again according to Money Mike

"It was nice to see the young lads run around" Get him on the register.

Cant remember who is admin for this but I'll be in again. Gives me a reason to invest in the PL season despite not having a horse in the race.

Oh dear

There's a decent portion of me that would absolutely love this to happen.

Ooooh my God enough with the podcasts

Id doubt it. But never know. If Ashley is happy with any info leaking, itll be a small, controlled amount imo. Keith et al are spouting far too much wild shit for JB to really be a source. Again, imo. Could be wrong. Would go against everything I know of NUFC in the past 12 years for info to be freely given out though. Especially stuff like this.

He aint getting details from anyone directly involved imo. Buying or selling. Itll be from "club insiders" and whichever journos are after his audience. Like that guy whos on his podcasts. I dont do their names. Liam?

Consortium as in Stavely and co, no? Not NCSL

Fingers crossed.

I cant wait for another season of sarcastic whatsapp messages telling me how good a job Bruce is doing and how happy I should be for a team like Newcastle to be in the PL.

Watch the 3 Amigos this Friday.

Club finances = Insecure Contract = Expired/Expiring Interested = Yes Search...

Mike again displaying the endemic problem in this world of people being promoted beyond their station.

I dont know why anyone would want this slow death prolonged. I dont want Ashley and Bruce to win. End of. So, by extension, unfortunately...

Does it really need 1-8/9?

Probably a bit of a niche one, but anyone from the Tynedale area that played youth football up the the early noughties is probably aware of Ivor Gray, who coached kids at Stocksfield, who has died at 86. Must have been about 97/98 (U13s ish) when I was at Stocksfield. He was always there for mid week coaching and obviously the games and he was in his 60s then. Imagine he'd done it for many years before and I know he was still coaching a fair few years after I had left. Marvellous man. https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/19459464.tributes-paid-stocksfield-fc-legend-ivor-gray-mbe/

But Saudi's laws are warped and broken...