Sir Toon

Bearing in mind any deal will have to be ratified by the premier league etc, it makes littler sense to confirm something which will mean minimal change at present. The closer this is done to the window opening should mean the momentum isn't lost. It would be like winning the lottery on a Saturday night and having to wait until Monday when the lottery offices open. As I said a few pages back or on the other thread, what an anniversary present it would be especially if it was announced on the 9th December.

This makes no sense. The world's media have reported that PCP signed a non-disclosure agreement. If that's simply untrue, why wouldn't anyone say so? Maybe Ashley is giving them all free Donnay socks and a Karibor hat to keep schtum.

Ha! That was my first thought too, would be typical! f***s going on in Saudi, it would be just our luck like. All strange goings on as it was reported earlier that a ballistic missile was shot down by their defence system.

Based on Ashley's joke of a tenureship here, it would be remarkably naive to put all the eggs in the optimistic basket of anything good happening for us. Although having said that, there are many things happening that would be totally illogical if it was just to trouser the January transfer kitty cash. I now firmly believe that it'll be an announcement out of the blue of the club being sold on the official website on a dark, damp Tuesday or Wednesday when you want to go out and stock the fridge full of tins but daren't due to the working week being in full swing.

Neither does many of the things he's done here.

Excuse my impatience and desire to get the fraud away from the club and city but regardless of the fact that It may take months to sort out, it takes a split second for Ashley to not turn up for a meeting to sign the completion paperwork as has been speculated in the past. Just hope this isn't yet another chapter in the Mike Ashley 1000 ways to con a football crowd just ahead of the transfer window book. Rather than things go quiet, it needs to be reiterated that Ashley has failed on the football front and he isn't welcome here any longer.

Like most of the sale rumours, this one seems to have dried up. Just wondering how long we can hide behind the due diligence spiel?

There's obviously fuck all happened and we're as much as up for sale now as we were before. It'll happen when it happens, not when some indirect comment is passed on a message board saying we're sold and then we're not. It's like the BBC news insinuating a big murder story before changing their stance a day later to cover their arse.

Ashacon Thu Publikagin

To think, some folk will actually be watching the Stock Exchange.

Could be true as it's Mark Douglas that has done the latest regurgitated one. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-takeover-timeline-whats-13834135

Funny as there's 8 weeks until Santy comes.

People can answer this question themselves as any bid, which hasn't come yet or may not come at all, has to go past the fit and able test at the premier league. Tomorrow is all about pumpkins, read into that what you will.

Wonder what tonight's Sunday headlines will bring? Usually get the good rumours.

Getting ahead of myself considering I have long given up the hope of the club being run on an honest potential but St James' has a lot of scope to be improved. Whilst the Tat Direct ads being ripped down would improve things 100%, the fact that technology has advanced should and could mean big changes. The 32" plasma's down in the food kiosk areas for a start need telescopes to be able to see properly. Probably need £50m alone just to bring the ground back up to scratch.

Again, whilst NDA's are legal things that are intended to stop things leaking out, we dont even know the length of these or the terms they have been agreed under. We could never hear another word on this if talks break down and be twiddling thumbs in 10 years time still waiting.

If this refers to me then history is one area where anything to do with Ashley should be treat with the greatest trepidation. The list is long to start with before you refer to him being a multi liar in court. Just hope this does come off because id hate to be one of those that have all their eggs in this basket.

Obviously im wanting rid of Ashley but the negativity that he has created from his tenure makes it almost impossible to comprehend the thought of him ever leaving so a lot of my thoughts are kind of a double bluff to tempt fate but putting on my logic head, I too reckon there's only one real party of interest. Just dont know how long they've been sniffing and for all we know, they could have set Ashley a deadline themselves.

We dont even know for certain that due diligence is in progress and even then, if it is, we haven't got a starting point to know when the end date could be. So until the denials or news of any potential deal collapsing comes then we're going to get a frustration point eventually. There's something like 9 and a half weeks until the window opens which is a big thing in itself as in Plan A (The Ashley led doing just enough to get 17th or above plan) or Plan B (Any takeover funds trying to get the best placing possible). The frustration will come from January passing and the club still being in Ashley's hands. If it is then there will be no sale in my opinion. That makes a 13 week window for me to get this done. One point of interest though is the disappearance of many of the usual Toon journos. Have they all signed NDA's? They're usually full of something or other. Been quiet for a while.

Still three months of tumbleweed left until the statement saying that Ashley has taken the club off the market.

Mukesh Ambani would be alright.

Koo-man gone

I understand the reasoning why Rafa 'rested' him last week with his new contract to go with him not being at the training ground long enough to work on a game plan for Southampton and the belief that the same starting side could continue where they left off but I reckon he'll be back starting at Burnley next Monday night.

How many people commenting on Merino were actually at the game? It was plain to see the difference it made when he came on as it not only gave Shelvey the confidence to kick on and improve but it seemed to spur on various others from being static to then deciding to want to move into space. He has an aura about him which defies his years. It's reminiscent of Hamann when he was here for a year but on a greater scale.

I also believe that if this takeover has any truth in it then there'll only be one real interested group. Wouldn't be surprised if that group already thinks the same and we've got months of speculation ahead. If I remember rightly, the last time Ashley advertised the club for sale there seemed to be loads of interest before it died a death with the Moat lies. We know the logic behind the last pretend sale and it worked but if the logic behind this latest one is to try and sweep the lies that Rafa was told under the carpet then there is no escape this time round. The club could then implode with a price collapse. Christ, im talking my way into believing this could be on now.