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No he’s not. And that was purely Rafa’s punt. Him and Matt Ritchie are his most expensive signings iirc, and both of them are gash.

Why was Rafa pandering to him there?

Hopefully he continues these ill-fated ventures and is forced to cash in on NUFC sooner rather than later. Last roll of the dice to release some capitol that leads to his ultimate dimise would suffice. Why sell us when it’s a stable and money generating asset during uncertain times with Debenhams and HoF. My worry is that his other ventures not doing so well means he is less likely to want to sell. I’m probably missing something, like. No I don’t think you are. The club is pretty much a solid stream of revenue (if kept in the PL) but even if it gets relegated and bounces back, it’s still a valuable asset. Something he could surely borrow against if it ever came to it. Aside from all the free advertising Sports Direct get from the club? (actually, do SD pay Mike Ashley directly for this??) I think the club is his rainy day fund. The scary thing is, if he’s treating the club this badly while he’s generally doing ok.. what on Earth could he do if things ever got really bad for him?

? Ian Paisley Place

Looks quite coordinated. Something for nufc tv? Is Serena Taylor or Tom Easterby in the photo?

Brexit isn’t going to happen. The extension to article 50 will happen first and then when they finally realise there’s no way out without getting fucked, a second referendum will be called. At this point, all those who didn’t bother voting the last time will, now that they have more facts. And basically 2/3 years of all this nonsense will have been a massive waste of time, effort and money.

In the NFL, the Green Bay Packers are owned by the fans, the only NFL team to be so. Green Bay is roughly the same size as Newcastle/Tyneside in terms of population. They are also ranked as one of the most valuable sporting teams in the world. Why the f*** can’t we do something similar? To meet the asking price, every man, woman and child in the Newcastle area would have to contribute about £1200 to meet the supposed 300m valuation. To fund a spending spree of around the same amount, they would have to contribute the same again. Let’s just call is £3000.. if every person chilled in that amount, it would actually work.

Seems to me that buying the club would be much easier if it was floated publicly again. This cunt is here for the long haul.

Some things can’t be unseen ? Also a decent photoshop job in fairness!

Richard Keys is desperately trying to remain relevant. He passes comments about this club because it’s guaranteed of getting him some attention. I don’t believe for a second that he actually believes what he’s spouting. At least Rio is getting paid to lie about the club. Keys is no more than a bottom feeder. Saw Rio trending yesterday and spent the evening thinking of something obscene to say of its coat tails.

Why not? We look like we’re going down regardless.

Yep that says it all really. Liked the look of the lad from pre season and he hasn’t disappointed since he’s gotten his first few starts. There won’t be many harder games and he can only get better with the experience. If there’s a real threat of going down which there is, I’d prefer to see guys like this blooded as the likes of Shelvey, Diame, Hayden and Ki most likely won’t be playing for us..

Fair play to Jake Humphries, wasn’t letting Rio trott out Keith Bishops verbal diarrhoea unchallenged. Funny watching him squirm when presented with facts.

Reading through this, I hadn’t realised the Hall family were on the brink of ruin at the time Mike Ashley came along. It wasn’t actually the club that were fucked, it was the Hall family personally and true to form, like a fucking shark, he swooped in at the scent of blood. Article also says that around 2002, the clubs share price was 22p, valuing the club at 32 million. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-1536106/Debt-ridden-Hall-dynasty-in-crisis.html

? He’s fucking dejected at this point. I understand why he’s still trying to get the fans on side, it gives the players something extra when it’s going well. It can also affect them negatively, 52k groaning after 15 minutes when nothing is going right pretty much fucks the team for the rest of the game. As much as I love the man, I love what used to be the club even more and for that reason I want everyone to fuck off away from the club until Ashley is gone. Sunderland levels of deserting. Let’s face it, Mike Ashley is going nowhere, he’s never going to spend money for this manager. Fuck knows why? Maybe he’s afraid we’ll qualify for Europe.. Until every single one of us turns our back on the club, the fat cunt will remain. Some day when it’s all over, maybe Rafa will come back again and really do some good things, just like Keegan did.. he’s still young enough to have that drive to succeed. His dna will be in the club for years to come unless Ashley gets a special kind of spastic in to replace him.

My condolences mate, hope you and the family are doing ok. It’s a shame your da didn’t get to see the end of the Ashley era but at least he was here for Rafa’s time at the club. Real touch of class and empathy there.

This is Opto Advisors and Esportif International’s headquarters. Just in case you still thought this takeover was going to happen.

To be honest, he seems like someone who peaked with his previous roles with Man Utd and Chelsea. His companies are all registered in Jersey out of what looks like a garage. Something very iffy about the whole thing.. I’m more on the side of the fence that says he’s in cahoots with Mike Ashley. Something to distract us enough so that all hell doesn’t break loose when Rafa gets fucked over yet again..

Rafa will leave and he’ll be replaced with some fuckwit.. followed by another 3 fuckwits including caretaker managers. Ashley is more than happy to shell out money for a managers wages if it means we'll stay in the league by just treading water. I think Jose Mourinho is about another 2 sackings away from descending to that level. And the masses would lap it up, for a while at least. If that’s the next 10 years of this football club then fuck that! I’m out. Even with a takeover, all I can think about now is the potential negatives. “Will they be as bad as Ashley etc” ... it could easily happen

Like it doesn’t bring any joy. Every weekend it’s like I’m punishing myself for 90 minutes for something awful I did in a past life. It’s not sustainable. I think I could get behind a movement to get everyone to completely boycott the club while Ashley is still the owner.. just put all my energy into that instead.

I just wonder what anyone gets from it anymore? Losing barely hurts and a win is just meh, no matter who we play. It’s not an exaggeration to say he’s ripped the soul from the club. We’ve always been underachievers, especially when we had top players. But the last 15 years or so.. Ashley era and the last few of Shepherd, we're exactly where we should be. We’re a club who finishes somewhere between 10th and 18th. It was the hope that kept me coming back again and again, but without that what’s the point?

There’s no we about it.. he’s chosen to cripple the club in an era where sponsorship and advertising are at their peak, all to benefit a totally separate entity. It should be against the rules. It would put cunts like Ashley off doing this in future.

“The sex wasn’t great” That will follow him around more than a whole career of being a shite defender.

Wrong. His loan ended as Czech season has finished. It hasn’t finished, it has a winter break. They return to play at the end of this month/start of February. 19 games into a 30 game season... His loan was cut short.

Of course we can send him back. Same way that tin pot Czech team sent Rolando Aarons back to us. But currently I’d nearly play him instead of Kenedy.. at least he’s actually our player and he seems like a decent lad! Just devoid of confidence thanks to injury and a manager who has no faith in him. When you’re in the cold with Rafa, you’re basically in nothing but a pair of keks waiting for a taxi in the North Pole.. on New Years Eve. It’s a long walk back..