Sean

Some strategy decisions will be made by the Board, some will be put to members- and if you don't like what is being done you can vote members off the board at the AGM. You can't run a trust organisation with everything being done by vote of 5,000+ people, nothing would ever get done. That's why we have a board giving up a hell of a lot of their spare time to build a functioning trust. There is no crossover with the Board of the NUST and The Magpie Group, I resigned from TMG for a number of reasons and that was before I joined the board of NUST. NUST have a place on the pointless fans forum which have been very critical of but as NUST - nobody on the board has a role there in any other capacity. We have a good range of people on the board and so far it's working very well and really no ego issues (yes, even with Steve Wraith). Steve's contacts have been invaluable really in building the trust back up. Plenty of info on the website but I'm happy to answer any specific questions you have. Thanks for all the information, it's much appreciated. I'll have a little think over the next couple of days, I may well get back to you with a few more questions but fairly happy with what you have stated.

I'm in the position where I don't think I feel able to trust the leadership of any fans' groups at the present time unfortunately. I might get slated for this, but it's my view at the moment. Egos have always seemed to come into play with our fanbase previously, and may again in future, but the main sticking point for me is the leadership of fans groups calling off previous protests after being asked to by people close to previous 'takeover' attempts. It was either extremely naive, or a convenient excuse, but that decision always seemed ridiculous to me. Any decent new owner would not say 'stop protesting against your horrible owner, or else it will affect us buying the club'. Is there crossover between the leadership of this group and the Magpie Group, or the fans forum? Or does this group aim to put important strategy decisions to it's membership as a vote, and follow though on the results? Where can I find more information about this group? As I don't know enough to make an informed decision as yet I don't feel.

Takes one second for someone to take a screenshot of a page so doubt it. If it was true then it would be a takeover going ahead as they wouldn’t put one out at this stage saying it wasn’t happening especially as there are SUPPOSEDLY a number of groups still competing. Why would it be takeover going ahead if the club do announce something? Because why would they put a statement out saying the takeover is off when the club continues to be on sale with still 6 weeks before the season starts and allegedly a number of groups involved. It would also go against all the Bishop theories about stalling and bullshit during the transfer window. You don't know this, you're just assuming things.

Takes one second for someone to take a screenshot of a page so doubt it. If it was true then it would be a takeover going ahead as they wouldn’t put one out at this stage saying it wasn’t happening especially as there are SUPPOSEDLY a number of groups still competing. Why would it be takeover going ahead if the club do announce something? All the noises coming out would suggest Ashley is getting ready for the "time wasters" statement...again.

Thanks for everything Rafa. Hopefully we'll meet again one day.

Only just seen that article...yeah I know which one I'm thinking too. It seemed from the start it was going to turn into a long, failed saga.

Yeah you remember correctly, I think another player might have mentioned something similar too. Clearly does it to every new player he meets, we're going to miss his attention to detail so badly this season.

What did Caulkin say and which podcast? Think he means the True Faith podcast from a few days ago. If so, nothing in that gave me much hope.

1 day left on this great mans contract. Fuck Ashley's club, I want it to burn around him. I'm hoping I can walk away tomorrow and care again when he's gone (if ever). #IfRafaGoesWeGo

In our case too it takes the piss. If Ashley ever does decide to sell, you'd like to think that any decent new owners would look at a fans history and reinstate loyalty points (or something similar) for proper fans who have been disillusioned, rightly so, by a vile regime.

Probably trying to see how much they can get away with.

May 26th it was announced "Mike Ashley agrees to sell Newcastle United!". As soon as it came out sexed up as if we had actually been sold (when we hadn't been) it was pretty obvious it'd be a long sorry saga. The likes of which we've seen numerous times previously. Over a month on, and nothing appears to have progressed one bit (in fact might possibly have gone backwards). Typical Ashley, typical NUFC.

Great post.

41 days left of the transfer window. Think it took us as long to sign Lejeune alone.

Complete joke isn't it, the best man in the world for the job has just been thrown away by the cunt in charge. I can't support anyone else (even before you consider the fact that they'll only be here because they're willing to accept less for the football club than Rafa was).

How many years do people think it'll be until we see a manager of his stature here again? (With such achievements, commitment, knowledge, love for the club city and fans and everything else Rafa brought). I'm thinking decades at least...

Well this whole summer is going rather predictably isn't it. Doesn't make it any less grim though.

Quite apt we're on page 666 given what the devil has just done to Rafa and the club.

That's one thing he won't do. The club panicked after the Spurs boycott a few years ago but unfortunately the fans didn't build on that and went back to filling the ground again and a few years previous to that when crowds went sub 45k he started flogging dirt cheap season tickets from the October to try to fill the ground up. He hates the thought of empty seats. Kenyon's takeover bid became public just before the next planned boycott also, not that many were actually going to take part in it anyway. And supporters groups were told not to protest as it could hinder the sale.

Hi Odin.

Zoom in on the photo. Look at where one message ends and the next begins...look at the background pattern...either something magical is going on or he's photoshopped it. I do this stuff for a living. It's fucking awfully done like.

how come no date is shown between his last reply and your new message? I deleted my last messages to him from 2 days ago. It wasn’t one of my finest moments.. mine keeps the date separator even if I do this in app. or you mean you photoshopped the above? I don’t know mate. I deleted 3 texts including an image (not my cock) and one of his emojis and then just took a screenshot. The the last two are from today. Fair enough. From my side it makes it very difficult to believe the above is true as that would mean your version of whatsapp behaving differently to mine(maybe someone can explain this). If you are making this up as a wind up (who knows whats going os at the moment) I can recommend a few apps for faking WhatsApp communications. They do a better job than trying to do it your self. Let me know. The actual photo he posted has been photoshopped as you suggest. It's been done really badly too like. I'm not angry. Just disappointed. A lot of people are very emotionally invested in this (not that I should have to say it) and we've got "one of our own" taking the absolute piss out of them. Jog on. It's fucking weird behaviour like.

I've been saying this for ages now, it's fucking mental

how come no date is shown between his last reply and your new message? I deleted my last messages to him from 2 days ago. It wasn’t one of my finest moments.. mine keeps the date separator even if I do this in app. or you mean you photoshopped the above? I don’t know mate. I deleted 3 texts including an image (not my cock) and one of his emojis and then just took a screenshot. The the last two are from today. Fair enough. From my side it makes it very difficult to believe the above is true as that would mean your version of whatsapp behaving differently to mine(maybe someone can explain this). If you are making this up as a wind up (who knows whats going os at the moment) I can recommend a few apps for faking WhatsApp communications. They do a better job than trying to do it your self. Let me know. The actual photo he posted has been photoshopped as you suggest. It's been done really badly too like.

how come no date is shown between his last reply and your new message? I deleted my last messages to him from 2 days ago. It wasn’t one of my finest moments.. mine keeps the date separator even if I do this in app. or you mean you photoshopped the above? I don’t know mate. I deleted 3 texts including an image (not my cock) and one of his emojis and then just took a screenshot. The the last two are from today. Why is that screenshot Photoshopped? You can see the background pattern doesn't line up.