Dr Jinx

150-200 million on 4/5 players should do it.

This is great, but again, who’s the source here. Proof will be in the pudding once the deal is done.

If it really is someone involved with advising Staveley then it shows she has the right people around her, possibly a former player to have that kind of knowledge of the current setup.

As for the current site for training.. there’s quite a bit of land just beside it but is that farming land? There’s a few other gyms right beside it, so we use those facilities too?

He’s a far better player than we thought he was going to be, that’s for sure. He doesn’t owe this club anything so I’m fairly ok with anything that’s happened since.

And regarding the Robson/Souness/Shearer thing, there’s a degree of truth about that. Shearer wasn’t going to be used as much and he lobbied Shepherd to move him (Robson) upstairs and get someone in who would let him finish his career being picked as as first choice striker.

That first choice was Harry Redknapp who was either at Southampton or Portsmouth at the time, I believe that was the first of three approaches we made for him.

Talks had also taken place with David O’Leary as he’d gotten Villa into the top 10 but there was an issue about using Lee Bowyer who he’d fallen out with over the book he released.

So Shepherd changed his mind at the last minute and went for Souness without actually knowing how close he would have been to getting the sack if he’d just waited a week or two.

The rest is history. With hindsight, Redknapp was smart not to take that job. It was poison at the time. Too many egos in the dressing room who had won fuck all professionally. (apart from Shearer at Blackburn)

Mandy will be ‘fuckin in the bushes if she gets what she wants

Bringing back club legends is a double edged sword. There’s rarely a thing in football is an everlasting situation.

Short term PR gains could be long term discontent if things didn’t work out.

If being an ambassador to the club was all it was, I have no problem, but giving someone an official title with responsibilities can always go wrong.

If he has to tell people he thinks his job is safe, it means he definitely doesn’t think his job is safe.

I can totally see Mike Ashley swooping in at their lowest ebb.

What would the club be worth considering how fucked they are? A tenner and take on the debt?

There’s obviously a reluctance by British ex players or managers to admit that foreign coaches these days are just light years ahead.

Several reasons really, most are bilingual.. easier to communicate directly with foreign players who make up a good portion of most clubs squads now.

But then also, they just seem to be better educated generally and more astute.

Secondly, anyone who’s not a Newcastle supporter is not going to want a world class coach taking over from Steve Bruce.

Think of all the clubs who could potentially be dropping to that sort of mid table mediocrity if this takeover happens and we do things the right way.

Liverpool and City are set up to be competitive for a long time to come. But Chelsea, Spurs, Man Utd, Arsenal will be under threat soon from us, Everton for sure under Ancelotti and maybe a side like Wolves as well as Leicester if things keep going well there.

And then you’ll have clubs like West Ham, Crystal Palace, Southampton etc who may have had some ambition to be better at some point who are just irrelevant now.

Lots of salty ex players and managers associated with all those clubs..

The same Barclays who managed the club’s line of credit before ?????? took over which he removed in place of ‘providing’ the club with his own personal line of credit? Does anyone know if they covered his line of credit as well?

 

 

 

Didn’t Barclays pay for joelinton?

Staveley can sue them for that one as well.

Watch the highlights of our 90’s games on YouTube. We were absolutely shocking at the back.

 

We’re rating managers here but you have to take that into consideration. As crazy as it sounds, I think Rafas team with Rondon up front beats any of Keegans teams

 

As would Robsons circa 2002/2003.

 

Rafa v Robson?

 

I think Robson had technically gifted players who could transcend generations but ultimately Rafa would pick the team apart with his inferior players so how is he not the best manager we’ve ever had?

 

Ferdinand for a start (not even mentioning Shearer or Cole) was a far better player than Rondon

I’m not disagreeing with you about that. My point is that Rafas team with inferior players would have beaten Keegans team with all those star players.

Watch the highlights of our 90’s games on YouTube. We were absolutely shocking at the back.

We’re rating managers here but you have to take that into consideration. As crazy as it sounds, I think Rafas team with Rondon up front beats any of Keegans teams

As would Robsons circa 2002/2003.

Rafa v Robson?

I think Robson had technically gifted players who could transcend generations but ultimately Rafa would pick the team apart with his inferior players so how is he not the best manager we’ve ever had?

Also the bank that nufc has its loans or overdrafts with. Why are we talking about this?

We should have a vote on what to argue about today.

You have to pass the test before every season though. Once the rules are changed they could just be booted out.

I’m not sure that’s how it works, there’s no way the PL have the resources to carry out 2-4 week checks out on every single owner before a season starts. I think it’s a one time deal unless something scandalous comes out like fraud, corruption charges etc.

So when they officially own the club, what will the first major announcements be?

 

DoF? Training ground revamp?

 

Charnley and Bruce clearing their desks

They will keep Bruce on for a bit if the remaining PL games have to be played.. then a shorter break before the new season would start, hypothetically that would make it harder to sack him, get someone else in and carry out transfer business.

The best situation for us would be the remaining games not being played. Then a clear out could commence.

So when they officially own the club, what will the first major announcements be?

DoF? Training ground revamp?

We've had quite an influx of human beings on this forum over the past few months. Wow

All Saudi bots

Caulkin is unraveling a bit, the more he tweets the more it seems like he’s trying to convince people now. His silence was golden before.

If Rafa wants to come back it’ll be his job to take. Maybe he has a Mandy clause in his contract!?

Can you imagine the fallout if the PL were to block the move.

“Oh yeah sure, we’ll just buy our military gear from Russia from now on and we’ll pull all current investment in the UK (which is considerable), if that’s how you feel about us”

Nah, no way they’d even go there. I think the checks are just over 2 weeks into the process. They have to look like they are doing something to appease the moaners so it will probably draw out for another week and a bit before we get any news of it.

In the meantime the best we can hope for is to see some more movement on the companies house websites, but even that’s all probably on hold until they get the go ahead.

2 weeks? Wasn't the general consensus that it's been just over three weeks?

It’s 3 weeks since the companies house was updated to reflect the deal had been struck.. I highly doubt all the paperwork was sent to the PL on the same day and that the PL had a crack team waiting on this to start working around the clock.

I’d say just over 2 weeks is about right.. they said 2-4 weeks to conduct the tests. It will be any time from midweek on and then give a few days for the money part of the deal to take place.

I know we’re all desperate for it to happen right now, but fuck it, no football is being played and no transfer window is open.

In actual fact, when the deal does happen they could go about making those improvements to the training facility and give SJP a spruce up

If it’s being reported that PIF are taking a back seat and letting Staveley run the club, what can we actually expect in terms of investment.

There’s a case to be made for the club to be run correctly and we’ll see investment in the academy and the training facilities. And also another one that Saudi are getting involved to flex their ego in terms of outspending Qatar. (They’re not too at odds with Abu Dhabi I’m sure I’ve read)

I don’t think any of us are daft enough to think we’ll be buying Neymar, but what’s realistic in terms of where we are now and also from what the true intentions of the consortium are?

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