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You would have thought so, aye

That's what I've thought for some time. No evidence whatsoever to support it, just like the thought

I'm not convinced that this is the case, mind

Wouldn't it be fair to say that this is not a frivolous purchase but a key part of MBS Vision2030 plan? Are they cutting back on this project too? This keeps getting mentioned but I don't see how it has anything to do with the potential acquisition of NUFC. The main concerns with regards to Vision 2030 are: to diversify the economy away from oil (if this is related to that, there are far better options ROI-wise than buying a football club, especially in the current climate), improve the health sector, improve education, promote tourism (again can't imagine this would be enriched through buying nufc), facilitate more recreation activities and improving infrastructure. Hard to argue that buying the club ties into any of those goals in my humble opinion. You would surely level the same argument at the original purchase which they clearly were interested in, though?

RESET THE POLL And where's Penn when you need a dose of healthy negativity, ffs

I'm backing him to kick on quite a bit this season with less weight on his shoulders. I think this new role for him to support the striker will see him grow in confidence massively, and I'm of the belief that football at a high level is mostly a confidence game. agree with this. Pressure last year would have been intolerable, and it's already off to some extent with a debut goal for Wilson

I'm not bothered what Ashley's motivations are at this stage, if I'm honest. The whole thing feels wrong and corrupt to me and I'd like to see the PL take a kicking about it out of principle, if there's wrongdoing to expose. I reckon this has been coming for some time and is the reason that the Premier League couldn't appoint a new chief executive for more than about 48 hours at a time Nobody wanted to be at the helm for this. That lad who stood down before he started desperately briefing his own personal life to the papers so he could stand down and not have to take on Saudi Arabia

What a fucking chump

We should probably all just keep quiet until we find out what Penn[/member] thinks tbh

Quite possibly, that was my first thought too. Probably an unpopular opinion but I hope he gets it tbh

Still there, the link here doesn't work

This is really just a capital investment for PIF, not and emotional one like it is for us. If Staveley rings them up and says, "aal sorted lads, this is back on" then I can't think of any reason that they wouldn't just go ahead and make the investment as they were going to a couple of months ago. Are they still all following us on twitter? That's obviously the biggest tell

I can't imagine Staveley and Co. being too interested in acquiring a team that's not allowed to play, in all honesty

Man, i was just about to get some sleep as well. Will be up until 3 reading worthless speculation from all quarters now

Find it hard to believe that Ashley and a member club would put out a statement asserting the bid was formally rejected if it just simply wasn't the case Are you saying you can't believe that Mike Ashley would try to mislead people ? No, I'm saying it would be fucking stupid to say the PL had formally rejected the deal if they actually hadn't

Find it hard to believe that Ashley and a member club would put out a statement asserting the bid was formally rejected if it just simply wasn't the case

smoke and mirrors aside, this is the top and bottom of it for me

This is better than the football tbh

Chi's plainly just after the black and white vote like, but I can't be too down on her

Unless it's Mike Ashley

None of our local politicians appeared to do anything except fire off a letter to the Premier League, hoping to secure a few black and white votes in return. I get three or four letters from MPs every month at work; none of them did anything out of the ordinary here.

The emergency generator is also solar powered and situated in a basement. But the basement has a sun tube leading to it which various journalists are aiming mirrors at

It's nonsense dreamt up by the vile troll Penn Edwards. They certainly didn't draw up an acquisition plan in April, and won't be submitting a bid imminently. You're being played in a way you can't possibly comprehend, man

Aye, Alnwick will be my choice as well. Work with a lad who's very involved so I already have an interest.