BennyBlanco

Tbh I think, after the super league debacle, that there’s already a consensus and even general acceptance that the premier league panders to the top 6 and their sponsors. I honestly don’t think they care that this is even proven in court either. What can the other clubs do about it? Absolutely nothing. The premier league will argue, with some merit I need add, that its these top clubs that are fuelling the increase in tv money and sponsorship that trickle down throughout the league. In short I’m of the opinion that this “exposure” and collusion to keep it a closed shop isn’t quite the silver bullet that some think it is. A stronger Newcastle is just as bad for the clubs at the bottom as it is for the ones at the top don’t forget. The more I think about it, the more I think the premier league really do have us by the short and curlies. I’m fucking done with football.

What are the rules on posting articles behind a paywall? I’m happy to do it if it’s not an infringement of the rules. People can make their own minds up then. I definitely didn’t see it as a positive article. It was critical of PIF and brutal when it came to what CAT could mean for the real.

Man, that athletic piece makes for depressing reading. It’s pretty balanced and well thought out too. Essentially saying this CAT case ain’t starting anytime soon and that the CAT tribunal has never really handled a sporting case like this before so the premier league will have good grounds to get it chucked out/delayed. Also mentions that PIF would only come back to the table is there is a clear path for them - something that is very very unlikely to transpire from arbitration or CAT. In short - it’s not dead yet but we are in the final stages of attempted resuscitation with it. Fuck sake.

Jesus Christ the bullshit peddlers really are out in force today. They were all blindsided by yesterday’s news which pretty much tells us what we all already suspected - none of em knew fuck all about any of it. All I’ve seen today is a thousand twats on Twitter twisting in the wind. It’d be very funny if it wasn’t so gut wrenchingly infuriating.

Correct. They’ve not even mentioned it. Just fluffed up CAT case a bit more to tee up their own sense of self importance. Apparently the fall out will see Masters and Hoffman’s position with the league become untenable? Never heard so much shit in all my life.

But then the premier league need to firm up their criteria and make a straight decision don’t they? my god I hate that prick Simon Jordan.

Mehrdad Ghodoussi’s tweet says to me he thinks the premier league are twisting again though. Fuck knows. Im washing my hands of the thing now. Once again we’ve been treated like shit and we’ll do absolutely nothing about it.

This is so fucking bent it’s unreal. Anyone with a set of eyes can see the league is just kicking the can down the road. They are literally playing with people’s futures here. An entire areas future. Fuck the lot of em. Corrupt cunts.

Fucking hell. Well that’s that then lads. I’m absolutely done with English football. Bent as fuck.

Surely then this is yet more evidence for the CAT case. I’m no lawyer but from a layman’s perspective it seems pretty frigging obvious that debt laden hedge fund takeovers that won’t challenge the top 6 are fine but ones that threaten the status quo are to be challenged.

General question in relation to the takeover process. If the people are of the opinion that the premier league won’t allow THIS takeover, what sort of takeover do you think they are happy to sanction?

Reading between the lines, if CAT goes ahead publicly, the Prem may settle to avoid the levels of scrutiny they’ll get. It seems that we’ve found their Achilles heel here - transparency.

Jesus? is that true? Looks like he couldn’t fight sleep?

I’m not so sure. I remember Ashley calling her just that last year before changing his mind and that Barclays court case that she was ultra confident of soon turned to rats it didn’t it? Don’t get me wrong I’m not doing the woman down just from the outside looking in she’s got more big L’s than W’s.

One of those that definitely shouldn’t have left the toon. Wasn’t suited to being a small fish in a large pond. Put him in the same bracket as Demba Ba and Cabaye.

Hanging about with those other 3 dildos on that podcast hasn’t done him any favours. All sat there piping each other off and congratulating one another at drawing maximum attention to themselves whilst pretending they are front and centre of the entire takeover process. They make me itch. That dentist is the worst. Fat get.

Kind of an open secret that he was high up on the consortiums wish list. Very very easy win for them to get him back, give him some money for players and watch us wank ourselves into a nostalgia frenzy. In a way it’s more interesting to see where they go next, it’ll give us a nice indication of their true ambitions for the club. Will they go for broke and try and attract a big name or will they give a young ambitious manager like Howe a chance.

He’s a joke a man now. Got silly with the attention and made himself look a royal cunt. I call it the “Steve wraith effect”.

And probably much too late to do anything in relation to the squad personnel. In short, no matter who the owner is now - what we have now is what we’ll be forced to start and persevere with.

He’s took 7. ya know, Andy Carroll’s number. The same Andy Carroll that we haven’t even announced has left the club yet?

Looks like they’ve given him the no9. Good move, Joelinton was doing naff all with it.

Agree with this. They’ve got to follow it to its conclusion now, that way they can go back to the clubs and broadcasters who they are clearly beholden to and wash their hands of it. I do hope Ashley totally takes them to the cleaners though.

To be fair to her, the government documents released seem to vindicate her. The prime minister was told a deal to conclude the sale was imminent ffs so she had every right to be confident. What nobody could count on was just how much influence BeIn and certain members of the top 6 had over Masters and Hoffman.

Tbf the premier league should count themselves lucky they aren’t receiving parcels of the flaming excrement variety for the way they’ve treated us.

At least they are trying to draw attention to what the league is doing. It’s just wrong that they’ve tried to delay making a definite decision for the last 16 months.