Bishops Finger

More evidence for De Marco and co to show our takeover was subjected to far stricter scrutiny than any previous. I would have thought the government would have pushed for them to accept the bid. Premier league went to them.... I think they would, but the point is why did they feel they had to go to them. It’s meant to be a confidential process and if scrutiny of our takeover has been shown to be different to others, it all plays into the narrative that we have been treat differently. I expect to tell them that they are going to reject the bid and wanted to explain why (Piracy) or get more info on the buyers. Also we probably have been treated differently but I can't think of any club being bought while at the same time running an illegal sports stations that steals games. I'm still confused by this. Is it PIF that are illegally streaming games? Is this still going on? https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/6/16/explainer-the-piracy-case-against-saudis-beoutq-channel Think we all know if the Saudis wanted to shut it down they could. Probably could have but its still got nothing to do with PIF. Separate legal entity which is what do marco is trying to prove. I suppose its a bit like having a limited company over here. I am the sole director and shareholder of my company, i earn its money, i spend it, i have complete control over the business, its direction and its finances. But legally, its separate to me. That's where a problem arises though surely. As the owners and directors test has to find the parties who are have control over said company. With PIF describing themselves as the sovereign wealth fund of the state then the state surely has control over PIF. So it doesn't really matter if it's a separate legal entity in itself in that respect. Exactly this. The Saudi state could turn round after the takeover and dissolve PIF and take over control of all the enterprises PIF entered into including control of NUFC! Lol. Righto. And you REALLY don’t think in that instance that the PL might have something to say, and invoke the yearly O&D Test again to throw the club out of the league? So Isn’t that why they are wanting to test the people who have the power to do that before the takeover happens, I.e MBS. The real question is why won’t he take the test? :lol: Really, so you want MBS to take a test to buy a shitty club in the UK that amounts to 0.00x% of the PIF investment portfolio. So should the Queen have to take various tests everytime the Crown estates want to buy into something? Insane. If the premier league came out and said - we have rejected the takeover bid due to alleged piracy of IP rights etc then fine. Most fans would accept it without a blink of an eye. This not making a decision is just a delay tactic because they know if they actually gave a reason for rejecting it, it could be challenged. Anyway this is old ground, covered so many times in this thread. I wont be writing in this thread again until we hear definitive news from the PL, the club or consortium as we are just going round in circles. Whereas NUFC is just going down (to the championship). Excuse me? Nothing wrong with saying we are a shitty club tbh. In fact shitty clubs may have a case for defamation Agree, we're a very, very shitty club

That's Ashley logic for you

Warren Barton is more of a Geordie than Bruce will ever be

That'll do Ashley. He's staying lads and lasses

He's saying it's spoiling the game. Has he seen us play lately

Or depressor in his case

Don't think this is right, we had 31% in the first half and finished the game with 32% according to the BBC website, which means we actually had more possession after the sending off

They have long term plans, it’s not like they just want to try and win the PL next year. They’ll buy us in the championship too. I don't think they will. Certainly not for the price they've offered, which means complete re-negotiation with Ashley. Also NCSL said they definitely won't buy us if we go down. Why wouldn’t they? I get that the value will be lower but they’ve already stated they won’t be buying us to do a Man City. They're not buying us to do a Sunderland either though If they buy us and put a proper manager in we’ll come back up. There's a lot more to it than that though bud, we need players that can get us out of the Championship, then if we get promoted we're stuck with half of them that aren't anything more than a average Premier player, which makes it harder to bring the players you want to compete in the league at a higher level. Getting relegated doesn't just set you back one season in my opinion and I think the Saudi's have already been pretty patient waiting this long for the takeover

They have long term plans, it’s not like they just want to try and win the PL next year. They’ll buy us in the championship too. I don't think they will. Certainly not for the price they've offered, which means complete re-negotiation with Ashley. Also NCSL said they definitely won't buy us if we go down. Why wouldn’t they? I get that the value will be lower but they’ve already stated they won’t be buying us to do a Man City. They're not buying us to do a Sunderland either though

They have long term plans, it’s not like they just want to try and win the PL next year. They’ll buy us in the championship too. What? And still pay £350m aswell? can't see it

Ashley needs to get rid of this liability asap. Wouldn't matter who was brought in to replace him, it would obviously give the players a lift just knowing they don't have to play this dire, negative football anymore

Why the hell does he have to give every team we play far too much respect. I saw this coming a mile of, I knew he'd play defensive. He's shit scared of everyone we play, and that's all down to his own incompetence

If the rumours are true that the Saudi's will pull out if we're relegated then Ashley needs to act now. He's a gambler though so won't do sod all

But but but... he's a really good manager you know, it wasn't his fault we went down to 10 men and the ref gave a soft pen Yeah, wasn't Bruce's fault he made Sheff Utd look like Barcelona

But he's not one for making excuses

We're going to fluke a draw with about 27% possession aren't we?

Possession Home63%Away37% Shots Home10Away3 Shots on Target Home2Away0 Corners Home4Away1 Fouls Home3Away5

We've had 39% possession and 0 shots on target first half, and that was before the sending off, so Bruce can't say we were playing well up until the red card

61/39 Sheff Utd

Blame Bruce, he's the one giving shit teams far too much respect

Sell while he's still worth something

Yeah he’s very confident - in touch with Staveley etc too A few of my mates who haven’t been confident are now after this! BREAKING NEWS Sean has just exploded!

Wouldn't say I like him or dislike him, but I don't get the pure hatred he gets from a lot of our fans, seems pretty weird

If some of us had morals we wouldn't be calling ourselves managers and stealing a living from a Premier League club would we Steve?