Joey Linton

2 hours ago, Fantail Breeze said:

The Chronicle really come across as like a school project  I can’t take anything they do seriously. 

Asking the fans if they think PIF and the Saudi state can be considered separate legal entities.

43 minutes ago, Raconteur said:

Going on the Bruce signing, I could see Ashley giving Middlesbrough a cheque for Neil Warnock.

Not while Mark Hughes is available for free. 

25 minutes ago, HTT II said:

I think he’s a decent coach, had a bit of a raw deal at Chelsea, not sure a lot of their signings were of his hand, he had Abraham firing who Rafa desperately wanted here. I think he’d do a decent job here. It’s all a moot point anyway while Ashley is here, it’s Bruce or another Bruce...

The players at Chelsea were getting a raw deal having someone as poor as lampard coaching them. You just have to look at their improvement since they got someone in who knows what he's doing. 

31 minutes ago, Fantail Breeze said:

It was launched well over a month ago, right? 3 April I think. So the majority of the reoccurring monthly payments would’ve already come out as most of the 60k was pledged really quickly.

A recent increase of 20k seems to suggest there isn’t many monthly subscribers and a majority of the initial were one-offs.

Good takeover news will possibly reduce the appetite lower than it already was too. 

It would be interesting to know the value of the largest say half a dozen donations in that initial phase too, obviously without names attached to see what share of the total they made up.

Edwards' "poor Steve" piece is a work of art.

What is it, 5 wins in 25 games, and he's being Billy Big Bollocks?

Just now, Fantail Breeze said:

I’m pleased it appears cogs are still turning, but I just don’t see a scenario where the PL back down or they’ve left themselves open to be ripped a new one in court.

I sincerely hope it goes through. I can’t deal with another season of Bruce or Ashley.

Mad that we were sat here this time last year actually believing we were days away from an announcement.

The cogs are turning in terms of Ashley attempting to get some recompense for it being "blocked" (blocked very much in inverted commas) but the takeover itself is dead in the water with the buyers who were interested at the time. 

1 minute ago, Fantail Breeze said:

Some of the same ‘positive’ people were saying it was good news PIF pulled out formally. It’s all a bluff, they said...

Mike Ashley could sign an indefinite contract for NUFC to remain in his grubby hands until football ends and we’d have people telling us it’s part of Keith’s strategy

A bit like when losing in their attempt to get beloff removed from the arbitration panel was good news and a deliberate strategy.

Chris is obviously the wrong sort of expert for this thread and should leave it to the real experts. 

1 hour ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Last year of his contract, we get 40% of any sale or 40% back if we buy him. Probably about £7-8m? For that fee probably worth a risk.

We're definitely interested. 

Rosicky

1 minute ago, Dokko said:

Well you’ve changed your tune. 

Not really. I still don't believe the takeover is happening and don't want this latest episode dragging on and providing a distraction. 

Timeframe of weeks is good as the last thing we want is this dragging on into / affecting the preparation for next season. 

1 hour ago, FloydianMag said:

 

Not about them being the biggest, but they've certainly become one of the regulars. 

34 minutes ago, Slim said:

Why

Because I want to get a ticket. Like most season ticket holders will I imagine?

I've said since this thread was started that I'd be going when we could. 

1 minute ago, Dancing Brave said:

He's a thousand times better than Joelinton

Both aren't good enough. 

There's definitely an interest in bringing Arma back this summer. Don't think we should personally, decent championship forward but that's it. 

37 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

Hardly a proper form table when we've played 6 and other teams have only played 4. It's usually last 6 games for everyone, unless it's been drafted up by Steve Bruce because he can spin anything.

We're in good form though. Anyone  suggesting otherwise is just as guilty of spinning the situation. 

Still wouldn't be a surprise to lose the remaining games though, would it? 

https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/ballot-details-revealed-for-sheff-united-clash/

https://www.nufc.co.uk/return-of-fans/

For those interested. Looking at doing ours now. 

Fantastic win and performance. Totally did a number on them tonight and they are a really good side. 

30 minutes ago, number9shirt said:

That is the general consensus, also the club & NDM went to court to remove one of the panel members.

And lost the case. 

1 minute ago, Alberto2005 said:

Jacobs suggesting it isn't promising news.

Can see why when you read what he says.

On 30/04/2021 at 17:40, Joey Linton said:

Feels a lot like he's just waiting for any story to break now and he's just going to go "yeah that was it" I think. 

As predicted..... 

8 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said:

 

Last few paragraphs confirm that the sale is gone. 

3 hours ago, ianovthetoon said:

There’s way too much time and effort being invested in this for there to be nothing happening. 
 

I would imagine that NDM isn’t cheap and there’s clearly someone spoon feeding snippets of information to this Keith fella. I’m not sure someone would take a year off work and invest so much time and effort just to get follows on Twitter. 
 

There’s clearly a lot of effort going in to trying to get the takeover done and dusted. Will it be successful? I hope so and I reckon the odds have possibly swung in our favour with the events of the last few weeks, but only time will tell. 
 

I’m optimistic there’ll be change of some sort in the summer. Whether that’s new owners or a change of tact from Ashley. The pandemic will have hit the club hard. Simple logic suggests they would at least try and get rid of the Corbridge cabbage in order to protect future revenue because as things stand I think they’re in for a shock if they think the fans will be back in droves to watch the shite served up by him. 

There was a lot of time and effort expended by Ashley when Debenhams went into administration and his stake got wiped out. Came to nowt though.