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I am sure there have been lower league games called off because of Covid and they've just been postponed/rescheduled to be played later. Even if they weren't sure it beggars belief someone from the club wasn't constantly on the phone, email, social media channels and carrier pigeon to the EFL urgently demanding clarity.

Worst game as a spectacle has to be Burnley 1-0 Newcastle last season. Both teams trying to actively avoid the ball and it pissed it down with hailstones most of the match. Worst performance would probably be Souness's extremely expensive first team getting beat 1-0 by Wigans reserves in the League Cup on 2005/06. Not the worst game because Wigan were actually very very good. Battered us all match. They won with a bit of an iffy penalty near the end and instead of being angry I was just relieved I didn't have to bother with watching 30 more minutes of that shit performance.

Guessing it's about reducing risk and those with larger stadiums would typically have people travelling longer distances which would increase risk. That's the only thing I can think of- limit crowding in pubs (if open), on buses etc. Not an ideal solution given the variations in stadium capacities, locations etc but it's a way to get fans back in swiftly I suppose. Presumably over next fee months they'll look to move away from one-cap-fits-all and judge each venue on its merits?

Not a lot because it's in-form Chelsea! I caught a few minutes of them earlier when I was driving. Sutton read out a 3 minute response defending himself and Bruce against NUFCblog. Unsurprisingly the majority of it was ill informed drivel he didn't did he? One thing worse than a professional "shockjock" and that's a professional shockjock with a thin skin who can't take the criticism.

Iirc the stupid handball rule got changed (quite rightly) after we got one against Spurs didnt it??

Aye. We've got a run of crucial matches the first half of next month including both Fulham and West Brom. Could be deep in the shit after that.

Chelsea never bothered their arses to get out of second gear. If they had it would have been a cricket score.

Just been upstaged, thanks man. :lol:

Fwiw I agree with you, but my undrstanding of modern football is that it is a penalty.

I thought it was common knowledge that this was dead and buried? This is Ashley saying hurry up. This leak makes absolutely no sense if all parties have already moved on after the Saudi withdrawal. Think it's also interesting that it's come from the PA and not one of the National rags that Ashley usually leaks to. I sometimes wonder how people here feel Ashley is evil and the Saudis angel. This people pull out cause they disrespect them by not automatically approved them. They dont give a shit if Ashely say hurry up or whatever. Learn about the MBS before commenting idiotic Ashley said hurry up. No one can tell anyone to MBS. That is all perfectly logical, but if you think Ashley wouldn't be a dick to MBS, you don't know Mike Ashley!!

If this is the case - I say if because that is your interpretation of the little information that we have- then it would definitely resolve the point about whether or not MBS should be included on the O&D test!!

Intertoto worked great for us as it was a competitive preseason and helped our season massively A lot of clubs were either really snooty about the intertoto or were scared of burnout by adding ut to their season. Newcastles view was spot on imo. Use it instead of friendlies for a slightly more competitive and structured pre season. If it ends up with a place in Europe great if not then no problem it's still been a useful pre-season.

It will be dominated by him talking about us. And they'll lap it up again The three little words every mackem longs to hear from an owner. "Efff Tee Emm" ???

It's weird isn't it- it's probably the most important question to be answered at the minute and no-one can get or give a straight answer.

At this point that boils down to who is more likely to take legal action Ashley or Bein. I've seen this mentioned a few times in here, and I'm a bit confused by it. This is a genuine question, not trying to be a knob or anything but what legal grounds would Bein have to sue the Premier League? I mean obviously they're going to be pissed off as rightly or wrongly they blame Saudi for pirating their rights. And clearly they're going to be very shitty with the PL and possibly threaten to bid less money next time the rights are up for grabs or maybe even withold agreed payments for next season. But if the bid passed the O&D test as published and the takeover was approved, is there any legal basis for Bein to try to take action vs the PL?

Well I was curious about this line. "The Premier League has already offered independent arbitration, rejected by the bidders, who say their ownership structure - with the PIF an independent investment vehicle as set out in its charter - and business plan were clear. " Have not seen any mention of that before, and why reject a potential arbitration that might actually agree with them? As far as I can tell the Crown Prince WhateverHisNameIs appointed the director of PIF to run the investment vehicle and doesn't interfere with it. By what right does the PL have to say "We don't believe you". If you go back to that interview with the PIF director, it was posted, he describes how he was appointed and what his remit was for the PIF. He seems to be doing a brilliant job. NUFC would be a tiny slice of PIF's investment portfolio, why the f*** would the Crown Prince be interfering at all. I would imagine that the PLs argument would be that if the Crown Prince appointed the head of the PIF then presumably he could also sack* him and hire somebody else instead if he became dissatisfied with, for example, the PIFs strategy. If so then there is an argument that the head of the PIF has to do what the crown prince wants and the PIF is therefore in effect under the control od the Crown Prince. Obviously this all depends on the finer details of the operation/structure of the PIF etc. I was also intrigued by the phrase you highlighted in bold. If it's true it doesn't look good does it. *was going to write terminate here then realised it could be open to misinterpretation...

Or they're just putting any plans for potential signings & managers on hold whilst they throw all their eggs in one basket and try and push the takeover through. Or it could even be that Immobiles agent has decided that his client would like a payrise and any rumours of this sort, even if it's complete bollocks, would give him the justification to demand one? We just don't know.

Look forward to reading the transcripts of that Geordie baiting session. I think you’ll find Simon Jordan will be very much on our side. Balanced no doubt but he’s no fan of the EPL. I always thought he loved to rile our fans up. Am I getting him mixed up with someone else? Is Steve Parish a prick about us? He's Ashley's mate. When we were giving him stick we were deluded geordie idiots, now Ashley wants to sell the club he will say we have been treated diagracefully by the PL and deserved better. To be taken with a shovel of salt at all times.

Fucking hell. Must say, I hadn't really bought into a lot of the "conspiracy" stuff flying around, but that is really bad. A bit twilight zone-y that the tone of the article is along the lines of "Pete has been naughty and his employer won't be happy" and not "Sky gag presenter for sharing petition requesting their commercial partner show transparency."

f***ing hell, it is Chopra.

Definitely. If not then we're all making tits out of ourselves for absolutely nothing

That will definitely be their angle if they ever do have to make a statement, and I think that's fair enough to a point. But when PIFs answer* is to say no we don't think that's fair and we're not making amendments to our proposed directors then the PL really should (as you're kind of alluding to) be formally rejecting it. * this is an assumption based on staveleys comments- of course nobody knows what exactly has happened apart from the parties involved in the negotiations. Fucking hell. I did not know that our own FA voted for Qatar not really sure why I'm surprised either.

So how do they get out of this? Do nothing? Ain't going to work now, they have to make a decision and take a side. They're not fit for purpose and need to be reformed. Abolish the PL and bring the whole shebang back under the purview of either the FA or the government. If the big clubs cry and f*** off to form a european super borefest then all the better. I like the sentiment but it would actually destroy the English game Debatable. Putting aside that a European Super League is unlikely to ever happen for several reasons, it's entirely reasonable to conclude that the top 6 need English football more than the rest of English football needs the top 6. Anyone in a hurry to watch Villa vs Fulham? Don’t get me wrong, I agree with the PL showing it’s true colours and showing themselves as a farcical organisation but without those big clubs English Football would be of a much lower standard. Yes, for starters Villa and Fulham fans. The top 6 aren't the be all and end all in English football and there are other clubs who have big fanbases such as Villa, ourselves, Everton, the mackems, Leeds, Sheffield clubs, West Ham. Villa vs Fulham also becomes a lot more attractive to the neutral when the league as a whole is more competitive and it's not just about the battle for 15th. Granted the overseas interest and tv money won't be the same but that's a hit English football could take in the medium to long term- just means squad players who mainly sit on the bench will have to settle for a more reasonable wage than 50k a week plus to do so. Big loss.