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Ando called it a few weeks ago when he said the young lad Anderson was on the bench, low and behold he was. Not only that but every early team news is spot on, bar a few mistakes which he explained. Appreciate the posts, any further takeover/Rafa news?

Now come on this is not a coincidence

Genuine question - what impact would/could the Chinese taking the PL to court have for us?

Pardew left back sub and Bruces' long ball to a lonely callum wilson. Football management in the Premier league.

A long hard week

he absolutely hates it that he's not seen in the same light as Rafa, not just here but in the football World. He's so bitter.

Seems like a compromise to me. Buyers want a new manager but Ashley not wanting to. Either because they can't agree on the pay off to Bruce or because (as we know) Ashley wants to give him more time. Bring in some help keeps the buyer and seller happy and improves the chance of staying in the league. I'd be more worried of no movement at all regarding Bruce as that would suggest no input from buyers/Ashley not sweating.

Another really good thread explaining the arbitration process in more detail. Basically says by Feb 3rd it should be under way, although he believes sooner.

I think this was one of the very stories to break https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/03/29/newcastle-uniteds-340m-takeover-saudi-arabias-sovereign-wealth/ Companies House developments came around in mid April.

No, it's just an annual filing requirement. It is, however if the takeover was dead in the water then you would expect the company to close. So (and its still clutching a little) the fact that it's still being kept live suggests mileage that once the legal case(s) are through the parties will be back Thats just the confirmation statement that every company has to file every 12 months to state that none of the previously submitted info has changed. Means fuck all other than the company is still 'live'. Question is if the deal is dead in the water as some suggest then why does the company remain live? Exactly. If the deal died when PIF pulled out these companies would be long gone.

So they can still form a super league but only have players that aren't good enough for World Cups or Euros, or have players that would rather chase money than International trophies. (or Champions league) I hope they form it now, this is the perfect response to the situation imo. Let's see how they feel about it now they can't have the best players involved

Best question was "have things progressed in the past two weeks?" He simply answered yes. Didn't want to expand on that though.

So that's both teams without a manager in the dugout for this game. One will have no influence pitch side, the other is Dean Smith.

Would actually take Maddison as manager now, shows brucey right up.

I'm no bread cutting expert but De Marco ALWAYS cuts his into 80/10/10. I mean that can't be a coincidence,especially when he knows full well what reaction it gets

I agree. People like Ben Jacobs say things but are clearly sided to anti takeover. Accounts like this and that Harry I don't think give a shit what happens. So they are either troll/wum accounts or they are just saying what they've been told. Looking through their twitter accounts, they seem like normal people with their own opinions. It would be very very strange for them to just be saying this just for lols or followers.

I listened to all of what Jordan had to say, he was so full of shit. Said Darlow was awful after what he saw last night, completely forgetting how good he has been this season. Also pretty much said none of it is Bruce's fault.

Tbf why not? There's just as much chance of it being bollocks as there is him knowing something. People believe MMA after all No harm in being open minded about it imo.

Definitely, look at Burnley.

I think he means it's definitely underway, but they're looking at the best way to finalise it.

Remember that Harry bloke that said it's definitely happening. This is his update "if" it is true, then the consortium are doing everything they possibly can to get it done.

1) If it can be proven the O&D Test was not applied in line with their own rules and regulations it's a very easy argument to make that Ashley has suffered a loss at their hands. 2) If it can be proven that loss was incurred because of the PL's failure then he will be entitled to compensation. 3) The amount of compensation would be directly in line with the impacts of the breach and Ashleys side would argue the PL's failure put him in a financially worse position and that, had the rules been correctly applied, he'd have been long gone and could not therefore have incurred said losses. I don't think it's beyond the realms of possiblity that this impending doom plays into Ashleys hands from a strictly legal perspective. I understand the argument but don't agree, the failed takeover doesn't stop him running the club. If I was trying to sell a car and someone wrongly prevented that sale you could try and claim compensation. If you then stopped servicing the car and it subsequently broke down you can't go back and blame that person. Unless the person preventing you selling that car is, in effect, a regulator I'm not sure the analogy works but it was just a thought anyway. It does touch upon the larger question, what is Ashley trying to get out of the current legal channels and what are the possible outcomes. Kennedy and the like say it's to clear the way for a takeover but would anyone be surprised if he was just trying to get compensation... Doesn't tie in with reports that PIF are the only option he'll consider I suppose. If he was just trying to get compensation I don't think he would have hired the specialist QC's that he has. Also there is a possibility he would have done this from himself not through the club. He wants the PL to be proven that the test wasn't applied correctly, because he knows that if it was, then there would be no way they can stop the takeover. Most likely outcome is either settled before arbitration, or we win the arbitration and pass the ODT. But unfortunately that is no way set in stone.

There's no way you can sue the PL for our current league position. The club is still financially sound during a transfer window. It has absolutely nothing to do with the PL and would be laughed out of court.

I found out a couple of days ago that a few months ago Ashley's jet left UAE with the Reubens jet leaving almost at the same time. Thought that was interesting.

4-4-2 Incoming!