Sir Toon

Witnessed the lads sorting the flags out at the back of the Gallowgate after the game with one of them saying that he is jacking it in as no-one is helping. Surely the club could pay expenses or something to make it more worthwhile for people spending hours on end as well as their free time to just really try to better the football club. Win win for everyone then.

Shelvey being captain has ruined them games. He just cant do that.

At least we'll get some sort of clarification soon with another dismal transfer window proving that sausage fingers is just using his PR mates to pull the fast one. We get a normal window and we may yet be witnessing flying pigs.

Looked like there was new lighting in the roof of the away level 7 to me last night. Either that or there's been new bulbs fitted.

Wonder what page number we'll be up to before this can be knocked on the head? I reckon it will be around the 240 mark.

I guess the calibre of January signing will determine if there is takeover in the pipeline or not. Less than 2 weeks to get the drink stocked up or look for the nearest bridge.

Still cant believe that people fall for shite under the Ashley regime. There is no takeover and there will be no big spend in January.

Should have them at St James' if it ever gets another upgrade. The lot that play candy crush can sit there.

I said a while ago that this would probably be done on a dark, damp Thursday. Is today that day?

A tornado just passed my house in Newcastle, so I wouldn't joke about it.

Ashley's PR team get paid for nowt when we have random people making stuff up. Not happening and I very much doubt it will in the next yer, at the very least. Free publicity for Shit Direct and diverted money streams. Wont walk away from that. We're as much as being taken over as we were when Moat was promoted to be doing the same. All guff.

Yup They always become 'hit n run' posts too, so the ITK poster will disappear for a number of hours/days and it'll become forgotten about and id bet a large amount that the 'source' will trace back to Ashley's PR lot.

Just watched Rafa's press conference and I agree that it was just one of his usual throwaway answers. Maybe lost in translation as in we'll all be happier with a win, not in relation to anything happening. The sooner the end of January gets here and people can put this window to bed along with the takeover because some eventual heat may go in the right direction for once and that being Ashley.

I saw that, it was for member of the match. Im sure you win something.

Aye but Ashley has a track record of pulling the wool over as he was pictured with Moat a few years back.

Mustered up the effort to scour the back posts but here's the next 'ITK' deadline.

I would hate to move out of the city centre. Me too. I'm reckon we could possibly do something with the East Stand to increase capacity, without affecting Leazes Terrace. Knock it down completely and build it much higher with a steeper angle...could even possibly make it two tier. It only holds something like 5000 ffs Leazes terrace has a "right to light" though. Make the east stand taller and it'd infringe 'Right to light' is a civil law matter that is for the affected property owner to enforce through the courts, or not. If it would infringe, the club could potentially come to an compensatory arrangement with the University. Loss of light is a consideration in planning applications. Each Council tends to assess it in different way depending on their adopted policy, guidance or just established rules of thumb. No idea how Newcastle go about it, just tried to access their SPDs to see but I can't download them. Students dont see the light of day anyway so it's an invalid legal concern. If anything, the East stand covering that street in darkness could save them money on buying curtains to keep the light out.

I saw somewhere a while back, may even have been this thread but cant be bothered to trawl back, that someone said a takeover was being announced this week. Wonder who it was and if it happens. Clocks ticking.

Wonder which day we can officially start to cotton on that nowt is happening and Ashley gets away with another transfer window? Hopefully it's not February 1st.

Just wait until there's an Amanda Staveley exclusive in the papers which says that she was never really interested cue a massive meltdown.

He would and potentially it could be looked at us being worth less now. Back then we weren't a million miles from challenging for Europe and were nowhere near relegation fodder not to mention most areas of the club more than adequate. Aside from the premier league loot having a false price on us, we need investment on many levels now. It's like Ashley buying a BMW M5 and letting it rot for 10 years without filling it up with petrol and it's doors falling off but then expecting more cash for it in the auto trader.

I guess we're dependent on the next tweets from Paully and co to see if we can decipher the tone. Next weekend is the 125 year game so it could be close.

Ive been one of those that have said all along that I dont believe there is any takeover happening but what is interesting is that those usual suspects who have been said to be in the know, are conspicuous by their absence. We've been told that the quieter it is, the better for what it's worth, so maybe things are ticking over.

If this happens it'll be in the next fortnight for me.

Everywhere you look today it's deals, deals, deals. Cant wait until it's finally our turn. [move]#Cans[/move]