Dr Jinx

Seeming as money would be no object when considering what they might do.

 

Why not take the Camp Nou approach and dig into the ground leaving the pitch much lower? It would solve all sorts of planning issues and you could pretty much bring it up to the level it’s at while still packing in thousands more below.

 

Barca’s ground is only 48 meters high from street level, SJP is 98 according to google.

 

The new Wembley is well below ground too iirc.

 

The pitch is currently at most 3 metres from the front row, where are you going to fit in these extra thousands?

Well I’m talking more about a stadium rebuild than a modification. There’s only one way that can happen which is building up.

I think it will eventually have to happen, moving the ground somewhere else doesn’t seem to be an option anymore and besides, the location is perfect there.

We would have to ground share though or just rent the use of somewhere similar to what Spurs did.

Geographically it doesn’t leave many options though..

Seeming as money would be no object when considering what they might do.

Why not take the Camp Nou approach and dig into the ground leaving the pitch much lower? It would solve all sorts of planning issues and you could pretty much bring it up to the level it’s at while still packing in thousands more below.

Barca’s ground is only 48 meters high from street level, SJP is 98 according to google.

The new Wembley is well below ground too iirc.

Saudi for some Saudis and definitely for Yemen = very bad. Not so much for the rest of the world.

Mike Ashley for Newcastle supporters = very bad. Not so much for the rest of the country.

It’s not the same but there are parallels. I don’t agree at all some of the things Saudi do but it doesn’t affect me directly so I don’t really care all that much which is exactly the same thing as the rest of the country here being oblivious to what Mike Ashley has done to the club/city for 13 years. They didn’t care and why should they have.

It does sound like they sat around drinking expensive brandy on a yacht thinking up all sorts of business deals that could come about between the football club and the racecourse, the latter being why the Reubens are involved.

There’s definitely a plan in place.

I think the notion that it’s going to take 5 or 6 seasons to attract top players is absurd. We all know they are a bunch of whores when it comes to loyalty.

If we’re happy to spend the wages, we could attract most players I’m fairly sure. In the past we’ve been able to bring in very decent players even when we’ve been total dogshit overall.

Also, I’m mindful that we are taking for granted that Rafa is the first choice of the new owners. Sure he might be Staveleys preference but it will be the chairman making the big decisions? He could have someone else in mind.

Let’s be prepared to be slightly disappointed with regards this particular situation.

The idea of playing 90 odd games in a month seems far too ambitious.

The thing is that there’s a whole bunch of meaningless mid table games (such as ours)

Why not arrange a mini league for the European places and a mini league for the drop? Means less games, less risk and far more achievable.

The alternative is cancelling the season and starting the following season at a later point. Touch on Liverpool but that’s life.

It's interesting that Saudi Arabia are  condemned as a murderous state by Amnesty because they torture and then execute by decapitation, yet no one blinks an eye at the USA encarcerating terrorists in Guantanamo bay and torturing them and the majority of their states execute prisoners by injecting drugs or electrocuting them to death sometimes after they have been on death row for 25 years.  Why doesn't Amnesty condemn the USA of sports washing when they stage sporting events!!

Honestly, we all know the answer to that. The word is full of hypocrites and those who control the media control the narrative.

We don’t really need to get into ethical debates over this. Its a far bigger issue than football.

The media in general won’t tackle the bigger issue (governments readily happy to take their money for bombs and jets) so we’re going to have to get used to being a focus of their faux outrage.

I don’t personally agree with how they do things over there but it doesn’t effect me. There’s terrible things happening all over the world. It’s not my responsibility or burden.

Let them write what they feel they need to. Things will eventually go back to normal and they’ll run out of steam.

Are we having a wobble today?

Have no fear. It’s happening. It’s in motion. The only entity that can screw this up now is the Premier League.

It’s basically just a bunch of bitch journalists who are all salty because they knew nothing of this the whole time. It took some astute fanatic on Twitter to uncover the companies house stuff which ultimately was the story in itself.

I would even say Caulkin was kept in the dark over this one, mostly. He kept his powder dry which gave the aura that he knew all along but I have my doubts.

Whoever leaked the story to the WSJ could well have fucked this whole thing up, thank god clear heads prevailed and the pandemic situation also twisted Ashleys arm.

Didn’t he say the coronavirus was a whole panic over nothing about 2 months ago?

I don't know how to handle all this joy and optimism 

 

We usually aren't allowed nice things

It’ll be done and then the Crown Prince will rock up and be like

The grandad collar shirt ran for 2 seasons. Was the perfect design.

I’d be excited to see what they choose to do with the shirt (and sponsor) for next season.

As far as am aware, nothing was signed with Puma yet so anyone else could come in and design something quickly.

Just been listening to audio clips of jim white on the radio, saying that the docs signed are legally binding, i.e. Ashley can't back out or move goal posts now.  Can anyone confirm that's correct?

 

Only thing left is for the PL to do fit & proper test which most folk are saying is a formality?

Essentially yes. It’s total guesswork as to how the deal is constructed but it’s well into its process now. Once the PL have done their checks which indeed does seem a formality, they can make the required payment and it will all be done.

What we don’t know is if it’s a clean break, or will Ashley still have some sort of contract on the club shop. There’s bound to be some hidden nasty we haven’t seen yet.

Yes Rafa in a heartbeat but I don’t think it will play out like that. He’s got 2 years left on his Chinese contract if I remember correctly.

We can hope though.

I honestly don’t know enough about Allegri to have confidence he’d be good in the PL.

Conte I like but why would he leave his current role?

Poch did great last year but something wasn’t right at Spurs this season, that would be a concern that he lost the dressing room after having a season like the year before.

So to summarise what’s happened over the last few days.

They came to an agreement on the price.

The Reubens lent Amanda Staveley the money for the deposit.

The deposit went to St James Holdings. We assume the deeds to the club are held within this. The agreement essentially sees St James Holdings being turned over to PCP on provision that the balance is paid by an agreed date.

The joint venture company made amendments to show that they (Reubens, Staveley have 50% each)

All these companies set up have appointed directors in the last few days. Either accountants of other people who have worked with the Reubens.

Mike Ashley hasn’t really done anything. There’s been no activity on his side of things other than to shorten the accounting period of his companies.

There’s no movement on all the other companies that Lee Charnley is director of, yet.

We’re told the owner/directors test has started.

Seems like it’s all still a few weeks away from being finalised?

The sponsor will almost certainly be another PIF firm you would think. They aren't going to renew Fun88 for pennies, that's for sure

I think Fun88 would not sit well with the whole Muslim and gambling thing. They will be gone well before Steve Bruce is.

The view will always be relative. None of us can endorse the human rights abuses that Saudi have committed but at the same time Saudi haven’t taken the soul out of Newcastle like Mike Ashley did. There will never be rational thinking here.

I’m not saying it’s right but it’s how it is.

Get in a charismatic manager and some fancy players and people will soon stop talking about that side of it and we can all enjoy decent football again in blissful ignorance.

If any supporters from clubs that aren’t currently dominating their respective leagues claim they would act otherwise, they are lying. Man Utd supporters were crying out for this deal and now that it’s happened for us it’s all “thank god they didn’t buy us”

Fucking hypocrites

I’m ecstatic that this is happening, maybe a little cautious at the same time. I remember feeling this sort of bravado when Ashley bought us.. “a billionaire you say!?” We we’re supposed to be the next force in the premier league.

13 years on and I’m cynical, don’t nearly enjoy football as much and have a resentment that this parasite took my prime years of supporting this club and made them miserable.

I’m not too old to get back into it. 40, still plenty of life left in me but would I be going to European games when they happen? Probably not.. it wouldn’t have been a question even when I was in my 20’s and 30’s.. I’d have been there. Ashley took all that from me, from us (of a certain age group)

I want to see how things play out with this lot but they will get the benefit of the doubt.

I hope we don’t turn into a bunch of entitled fuckers regarding signing players. We should appreciate every positive thing that happens the club from this point and give them time. They will make a few mistakes along the way.

Fuck off Downing Street. You’re in my way

The document mentions 21 days that the deposit is safe for? Does this mean he transfers SJH (the loan) to PCP on the provision that the deal is completed within that time frame, if it’s not then she loses the 13m deposit?

So if the documents were signed on the 9th April that would take us up until the end of this month (30th April) which is the likely timeframe that this will be completed in.

Ugh. Loves a slide tackle. Rafa seemed to rate him for some reason. Probably the good work ethic.

Willems coming into the team showed us what an actual decent left back could do so since then I’m totally ambivalent to him being in the squad. He’s not shit but he’s nothing special either.

We’ve had a few defenders who’ve been happy to just be playing for us. Andy O’Brien, Mike Williamson, Steven Taylor etc (maybe Fernandez might fit into that bracket too) and then the moment they leave they find their actual level which is a league below. Dummett might very well be one of those.

https://twitter.com/TariqAlmansour/status/1249778193520906240?s=20

 

Journos with ticks. Have a look at page 1 of the Mike Ashley thread.

I do believe it’s going to happen but I don’t think it’s imminent. Nobody knows jack shit about this which is why I think it’s real this time.