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Here's an idea staveley puts up a few hundred million for a certain percent of the club, buys all our new players then pay's the rest on completion

Our only real opportunity of new players was the Staveley takeover, as is the transfer window will close before it gets sorted & now all our hopes of survival & new players rest on an Amorphous blob.

Knew Marco Silva wouldn't last beyond 1 season

If southgate doesn't take him to the world cup it's purely out of stupidity and spite.

Great effort today. Dummet, Lascelles, Diame, outstanding.

What a finish

I really feel a lot better with Merino in the starting XI

So in your own words a "fair or reasonable" bid is made yet she's a time waster of Barry Moat proportions because Mike Ashley doesn't have the common decency to respond? So your business experitse is essentially throw way more money over and above the valuation of the asset. No wonder the fans can't push for change, when there's still knackers who take Ashley's side. Where did I take Ashley's side? The bit where you think it's her fault for not playing his game. Not quite sure where I inferred that, if I did it wasn't intentional. Amanda & Mike are both equally to blame for this situation. Whatever has happened so far hasn't worked from PCP, time to bid the asking price put the pressure on Mike.

So in your own words a "fair or reasonable" bid is made yet she's a time waster of Barry Moat proportions because Mike Ashley doesn't have the common decency to respond? So your business experitse is essentially throw way more money over and above the valuation of the asset. No wonder the fans can't push for change, when there's still knackers who take Ashley's side. Where did I take Ashley's side?

Low balling bids & stupid clauses were never going to be acceptable to the fat man, no matter fair or reasonable anyone thinks they may be.

Why are people going with this argument? People still believe stuff being put out by Ashley? If Mandy wanted the deal done it would be done by now.

Amanda needs to put up or shut up or be labeled a time waster of Barry Moat proportions. Personally I think she has played this horribly.

I'm with you Heron, Blind hope it is.

Your positivity is the only thing keeping my hope alive. Still all happening Saturday I take it.

The club is worth nowhere near as much if... A, we get relegated. B, Rafa leaves. C, both. As for the TV deal that isn't relevant we have to be in the premier league at the end of the season it comes into effect. Those 3 offers aren't good enough, to many variables Nuke Ashley won't accept. Staveley has to bid at least £300m straight up.

I feel exactly the same. Nice one.

When is the press conference? I think that will tell us all we need to know, if Rafa makes noises like he did in the summer & winter we are most likely shafted. If he is as calm as he has been the last few weeks we could be in with a chance of hope, only a chance.

What did we learn from sky that we didn't know weeks ago... takeover is off, could still be on, so that'll be nothing then. We're in exactly the same position we have been in for over a month.

99% despair 1% hope. A day in the life of the toon army.

Nuke Was supposed to say "Mike's" but we can stick with Nuke. Nuke Ashley.

Sky have been Nuke's mouthpiece for years and will run any story he feeds them. Last night it was bid increased today it's off, are Ashley & Amanda playing each other through the press?

At least we know

You've been banging on about the 20th for a while, I hope to the football gods your right.

A striker of real quality would have given us 3 points today. Unacceptable from both sides of the takeover that we haven't invested. There's only one person to blame for this, Staveley is offering help but Ashley is refusing to pay upfront with the offer of payback. Takeover should have been done before the window opened or even before now

A striker of real quality would have given us 3 points today. Unacceptable from both sides of the takeover that we haven't invested.