Sean

Nice to see a likeable lad and a good player escape this hole. Dubravka next please You are a strange lad Decent players deserve better than this club. Not that hard to understand really. Feel free to stop following me around here like a creep though. I’m replying to a weird post you’ve put publicly you crazy weirdo Where have I ‘followed you round’ on here and takeover thread. What a danger Your point is a load of shit. If you don't understand why someone would want Ashley's club to fail, then you need help.

Nice to see a likeable lad and a good player escape this hole. Dubravka next please You are a strange lad Decent players deserve better than this club. Not that hard to understand really. Feel free to stop following me around here like a creep though.

Nice to see a likeable lad and a good player escape this hole. Dubravka next please

Then maybe he shouldn't have tried to buy a PL football club?

Same here, obviously

This does not fit with Caulkin saying all parties were working on takeover behind the scenes and expected it to be approved imminently. We all know Caulkin's source never gets anything wrong though... And it's no surprise the club release an official statement that is full of lies either. What an absolute shit show this whole thing is.

I was out having fun, nice to see you missed me though. These new developments don't really mean much at all though do they sadly? The whole farce just continues.

The obvious response is that every conversation is being held privately now so her not talking publicly is a good thing. Roll on the summer 2021 takeover saga. A more obvious response is that there's nothing going on so there's nothing to say Then why doesn't she come out and say so? After all, she's so trustworthy.

This.

It's ridiculous. Ashley couldn't have picked a better club to keep down. I’m pleased with the signings in so much that it’ll give us a chance to stay in the premier league and hopefully one day out the blue a takeover will happen. Other than that I’m not that bothered People have been saying this for 12 years (yes, that is how long this club has been 'for sale'). It really doesn't matter what division we are in.

You can actually see some of the old "Newcastle United" lettering on the stand roof, its not even been cleaned properly before putting the new italics with Sports direct logos. So cheap.

Pure guess work but Ashley hasn’t taken bid off table and it’s still with PL, we know for definite all communication must go through club. It’s rumoured Ashley is working to save deal, I suspect he’s still in dialogue with consortium and PL to find a way to get this through. Will it happen who knows, but the point being there is a glimmer and certainly discussions are still happening. It’s been reported PIF will return if green light is assured, how they get to that point is for far more skilled people in this sphere than ourselves to work out. Also it’s still worth recalling the Southampton takeover, they initially knocked it back but found a way to restructure it. I still retain hope that Rick Astley will be belting out over the tannoy before Xmas to herald Staveley’s arrival (sorry for the last sentence Shaun). The actual deal expired and no longer exists. In reality, despite what Amanda Staveley said, Ashley probably fucked the consortium right off, by trying to get more money out of them. Careful now, you don't want the usual suspects claiming you hate women by saying things like that.

Yeah, I care so so much. Oh no, how will Newcastle United survive?

I actually care a great deal about them. I want them all to be heavy and humiliating. Feel bad for wishing that on the players, nowt against them, but it's all about Ashley's club failing miserably now. Same here. I can't stop caring I don't think, but all I care about is the other team winning.

Darlow pushing the ball into his own net then pretending to do some stretching afterwards is Steven Taylor-esque. It would be glorious if Dubravka came to his senses and got the hell out of here.

The takeover is off but not dead. Why else would you keep returning and posting on this thread. Stop kidding yourself and join the club. It’s an Ashley thread, not a takeover thread. Define “dead”. You mean until the club is sold there’s a chance it’ll be sold? You only comment on the takeover though not Ashley. I mean as GC said yesterday it’s not dead. Still a flicker, a ray of hope until Staveley says she’s done it’s not done. Ashley is a cunt. There is no takeover. The club is dead in a sporting sense and has been for more than a decade. The end.

This 'pre-season' is hilariously bad. It's Ashleys standard preparation for a season of trying to survive though. We all thought they couldn't survive last season, but Bruce end Ashley had luck on their side. He's just sat there hoping for more of the same.

Why do you keep ignoring we have heard from PIF already? They're out. They were funding 80% of it. Of all the parties involved that's a pretty f***ing big one to get that statement from. And if everything else reported or commented on is BS, that means we ignore all the s**** being spouted about how it's now being handled 'behind closed doors'.. right? Because even AS and the Reuben Brother's ignored it? Manopark is getting some totally uneccassary grief here. Just an optimistic bloke who is excitable and wants the best for the club, so what if he's slightly annoying with it? Some serious projecting going on in here you bunch of incels. Yes indeed, all I am saying is because we have not been told anything about the final outcome, we should just wait (instead of 'jumping in to say it is dead, etc !!). No one knows what the outcome will be, so lets just do the obvious "waiting" thing, yeah? Got to admire the consistent wummery. The WAIT and "waiting" gives it away a bit too obviously though.

Still absolutely staggered reading that that at no point have we been given an update/reason/statement whatever you want to call it on why. Nothing from any party following it all falling to bits. Even more baffling everyone has just dropped it and moved it without answer. Sadly it has gone exactly as I expected it would.

Other than Joelinton this is a good forward line if pulled off. Just then get a LB and a CM of just moderate respectability and you have a mid table team there. If "pulled off". Makes it sound like a dream. Anyone still wanting Ashleys club to do well is beyond help.

Correct, everyone is now silent, that is how it always should have been, but that is how it is now and it will remain that way until a decision is reached. We just need to WAIT. Cheers manorpark, even if it's all bollocks you cheer me up no end. There are some right miserable barstewards on here. Thanks mate, nice to read a friendly comment!

What exactly did GC say, because the way you've worded your post suggests he's already leaked that there's something going on. Caulkin has said this week, since pulling out all parties reaffirmed their commitment to deal, however the next we should hear is whether deal is off or completed. So whether you believe the deal is likely or not, what is pretty clear is that they are still looking at ways to make this happen. I don’t think we’ll be receiving any running commentary this time, as if Saudis are still involved they won’t want to lose any face if this falls flat again. I would guess PCP are exploring the options open and if there’s a possible route to approval with discreet nods and winks given, the Saudis will come back on board. What has he had to say about his source telling him "no red flags", "done in the next few days", and other things that utterly failed to happen?

I'm hoping for more Joelintons and less ASM's this close season. Proper footballers shouldn't have to play for a club that doesn't try.

He’s played every single league game since he signed.