Whitley mag

To be honest I can’t recall I where it was said that test hadn’t started. This guy is right about the DCMS correspondence though contradicting that.

Very true this, Caulkin always reported that the consortium felt they had answered all questions asked. It’s quite incredible to believe that the PL are implying that the test hadn't even started after 17 weeks.

Not a lot of content but it’s a nice headline.

I mean a PIF plane is in London, let’s just get totally fucking carried away.

Probably the best way at least we have some dates set now, it should all start playing out finally.

Sounds good let’s hope we’re on the brink finally.

Fresh weekend headlines, which talked of Ashley's confidence of the sale being pushed through "within a month" and the tycoon telling Amanda Staveley and her Middle East consortium to be "ready to go", emerged on Friday night. But the message has been a consistent one from those close to Ashley now for some time in that he feels the Premier League can't win either the CAT legal battle or the arbitration fight which will unfold next month.

Good thread if you can be arsed on a Sunday morning.

I absolutely choose to believe this take.

Confident as anyone can be at this point, but annoyed that we’ve been dragged over a year through this shit due to outside influences which should have had no bearing.

Yeah, you can just imagine the shite that will flow from Edwards and co. We’ll be told it was never going to happen and move on. Totally ignoring the bigger picture that we’ve been effectively stopped from competing due to a tv deal and a cartel at the top of English football. The separation argument is just a smoke screen, even Slater and Jacobs intimate that if Bein was restored and cases dropped things would be different. The whole thing is a charade and our club has been used as a pawn. This article shows you exactly why a higher Saudi bid for Champions League rights would have been vetoed in favour of Bein. https://theathletic.com/news/european-club-association-nasser-paris-saint-germain/thIM9A6OJiQb

It’s great to see us getting some positive PR out and we’re confident. Let’s hope the CAT case now gets the go ahead to ramp up the pressure on the fuckers. A source from inside the club revealed: “Mike Ashley is certain he’ll win his case. “He has told the consortium to have their money ready to complete in a month.” Reports from the Middle East have indicated for weeks the legal battle will go Ashley’s way and PIF will be in control before next season. Ashley bought Newcastle for £135m in 2007 and virtually from day one the Geordie faithful have been at war with him over his running of the club. Saudi majority ownership will also make some of them uncomfortable over what critics declare would be another example of “sportswashing” by a nation to improve its image. Ashley has maintained a close contact with Staveley as he counts down to his day in court. He expects to emerge not only having won his appeal but also with a £300m cheque to end his time in charge on Tyneside.

Talking of Trolls and up pops Shaunetta.

That’s just plain disturbing Fanny, don’t ever speak about me in this context again.

How is it factually incorrect because Jacobs said so ? Show me the reg where it is factually incorrect instead of just referring to Jacobs. I based my opinion on reading the PL rule book long before ‘Xander’ highlighted it.

Absolutely nowt to worry about Joey. It’s been a scorcher a few to many gin and tonics maybe.

Just had it confirmed it was Gordon Stein covering the twitter account this afternoon. Where still in safe hands lads.

Bang........or maybe not after all then, I hope Jacobs was referring to something else.

I’d like you to show us why section f shouldn’t have been applied rather than rely on Jacobs ? Jacobs is towing the PL line that you seem quick to accept. If you can point me to the para in PL rule book that would be greatly appreciated Fanny.

Yeah Jacobs was proved to be talking bollocks. Section F of the rule book should have been applied, you might be easily fooled by the PL spouting gobshite but others aren’t.

The fact it would take weeks as opposed to months, would certainly have suited the PL at the time. They we’re deliberately kicking the can down the road and dragging their feet. They we’re also well aware that the agreed deal with Ashley was due to expire and hoping the whole thing would just go away. Some good stuff from this account, certainly shut Jacobs up yesterday on the matter of arbitration and disqualification.

If the PL had disqualified the takeover instead of offering arbitration instead, we would have ended up before the PL judiciary panel instead. This panel are allegedly independent but are selected by the PL it seems. As it happens a certain Lord Dyson is also on this panel. As Staveley was keen for them to actually make a decision, she must have felt this option was a better route. I’ve seen it mentioned today that this route is quicker than arbitration and also if bid had been rejected the consortium would have got their deposit back. Perhaps the latter answers my own question why Staveley would want a decision made as opposed to arbitration. https://brandsmiths.co.uk/blog/view/?permalink=brandsmiths-instructed-in-first-case-before-the-new-premier-league-judicial-panel