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Just came on here to make that point. what gives with these two? they been given limited access/inside info as long as they say nowt too controversial? the influence of nufc.com has definitley reduced over recent years - they were at one time the go to site. now just an income stream - may be advertisers would pull out if too radgy. #sellouts. the lads at nufc.com are both cracking and have helped me out many a time in the past i think that you have to appreciate that they may not have a for or against view on the protest etc and what is occurring Saturday morning. if you ask them to mention it then they might put it up on the site It should absolutely be up on the site, unless they are happy with Ashley. They have a great platform yet have hardly gave Ashley any negative coverage over the years. Bastards Slagging people off because you can't read a website properly

Were Hebburn the team that was going out of business last season?

Harry Arter the Bournemouth player?

A sensible solution would be Rondon with an option to buy and then buying a Josh King type to support him but like hell are we buying two strikers even if Mitrovic leaves

Exactly. Burnley, Everton & Leicester could have been a result in any direction for starts. Even Arsenal & Spurs away we could have won. Same with Huddersfield away, Brighton both home and away, Spurs at home (before Jonjo went radge), Southampton away, Burnley, Bournemouth, Palace, West Brom, hell even Man City at home we could have gotten something. Thing last season were just very slim in terms of the margins to win games, things that this squad is now accustomed to, and will know how to better grind out results. You can say that about the games we won aswell. If Lascelles hadn't of nicked late winners etc. Exactly - I don't like the whole 'what if' argument as over a season these things do tend to even themselves out. There were numerous games that we won as well that were very tight - it's the nature of being a mid table team where 10 other teams are roughly at your level. Palace and WBA away we arguably should have lost, and our wins against Huddersfield, Stoke, Swansea, Man U could easily have finished in draws. 10th was about right.

Would be a disaster given how impatient our fans are.

He doesn't have a choice - these are accounts that have to be published at Companies House within a certain period after the end of the club's financial year. It's the law.

Named in F365's 'pleasant surprise' team of the season: http://www.football365.com/news/f365s-pleasant-surprise-team-of-the-season Not sure he was 'vital' to our Championship win like...

I can't tell if this is a joke or not...

While there's definitely players to shift - it is nowhere near as bad as last season where we had 10-12 players needing new clubs. Haidara, Good and Gamez are all now out of contract and can be released and I would think we could find buyers for Saivet and Colback. It's only really Lazaar and Sels that I think we might have real difficulty shifting and may have to accept another season long loan for.

Makes such a difference to be able to watch it without really caring who wins!

Except that he's not fit enough to start?

They're not valid at all like - saying we are certainties to go down having been in the relegation zone once all season was ludicrous.

Of course he can - the club is a 100% subsidiary of the holding company that he owns. He could distribute as much money as he wants up to himself at any time. My understanding of running a company is you can't personally just take money out and pay it into your personal bank account without getting absolutely hammered with tax. Now he could pay expenses to his other companies but if it was e.g. £20m to PR firm, £20m to Sports Direct, etc those figures have to be justified to HMRC. As far as selling NUFC, surely when he values the club at £300m that's with £0 in the bank account. I suppose if NUFC bank £100m in the Summer he can ask for £400m. Personally I doubt he'll find a buyer (I hope I'm wrong and we get a good owner/s). I can see him being stuck with NUFC but 'allowing' the club to run as a business so if there's £100m in the bank Rafa's budget would be from that after the usual expenses. Not really. Yes you pay tax on personal distributions but if he wanted to move money up it would likely be ultimately paid to MASH Holdings. The company would pay corporation tax on receipt of that distribution but that wouldn't be overly punitive. I work in corporate law and there are a number of ways that MA could then structure a distribution from topco to himself while not getting too hamstrung by tax issues. MA probably wouldn't elect to distribute anything to himself as he doesn't really have any incentive to do that right now, but that's not to say he couldn't take money out of the club at any time without much in the way of consequence. Fair enough. The £120m (or whatever it is) 'loan' he (MASH Holdings?) paid into NUFC could be repaid back out of NUFC's bank account using the TV money. That wouldn't make much football sense to do that but that's never stopped him before. It could yes - albeit TV money is not paid in one lump sum and given that Ashley is probably looking to present the club in its best financial footing ahead of a sale it would look more attractive keeping it on the balance sheet. It will all be factored into the purchase price on a sale obviously so MA doesn't lose either way.

Of course he can - the club is a 100% subsidiary of the holding company that he owns. He could distribute as much money as he wants up to himself at any time. My understanding of running a company is you can't personally just take money out and pay it into your personal bank account without getting absolutely hammered with tax. Now he could pay expenses to his other companies but if it was e.g. £20m to PR firm, £20m to Sports Direct, etc those figures have to be justified to HMRC. As far as selling NUFC, surely when he values the club at £300m that's with £0 in the bank account. I suppose if NUFC bank £100m in the Summer he can ask for £400m. Personally I doubt he'll find a buyer (I hope I'm wrong and we get a good owner/s). I can see him being stuck with NUFC but 'allowing' the club to run as a business so if there's £100m in the bank Rafa's budget would be from that after the usual expenses. Not really. Yes you pay tax on personal distributions but if he wanted to move money up it would likely be ultimately paid to MASH Holdings. The company would pay corporation tax on receipt of that distribution but that wouldn't be overly punitive. I work in corporate law and there are a number of ways that MA could then structure a distribution from topco to himself while not getting too hamstrung by tax issues. MA probably wouldn't elect to distribute anything to himself as he doesn't really have any incentive to do that right now, but that's not to say he couldn't take money out of the club at any time without much in the way of consequence.

Of course he can - the club is a 100% subsidiary of the holding company that he owns. He could distribute as much money as he wants up to himself at any time.

Dummett is fine as a left back for any mid-table premier league club.

In the Championship. Where Dwight Gayle was top scorer in the league. Where Shola Ameobi had a better than one in two record. It's such an irrelevant comparison man. Shola has 12 goals in 32 games in the Championship and Chris Wood was the top scorer last season... He got 10 in 18 in his only Championship season with us. I wasn't talking about his time at Bolton when he was fucking 34

In the Championship. Where Dwight Gayle was top scorer in the league. Where Shola Ameobi had a better than one in two record. It's such an irrelevant comparison man.

Since the turn of the year our form is W2 D4 L2, with both losses coming against top 3 clubs

Two goals for him tonight

Add Borini and NDong onto that list as well.

Enjoyed this “So why I did it, I don’t know! I did the People’s Elbow and I elbowed Leon Best in the hamstring and he went into spasm and had to go off. If he hadn’t we might have won the game. The guy who shouted ‘Hurry up’ in the Gallowgate beforehand might have been right...”

Any need for the homophobia?

Was at the game today. After their equaliser Phil Bardsley peeled off and started punching the air in front of our fans for 30 secs, absolute cunt