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  1. Was gutted when Rafa left even though I’d long since stopped going to matches. He gets the place and would build the club up from bottom to top, and that’s undoubtedly what we need.

     

    However, I can’t put my finger on it but Pochettino just excites me more, and I think the reason is signings. You just know Rafa’s signings would be to suit his system, even if that meant having someone like that danish kid jorgenson up front.

     

    Rafa is certainly the safe pair of hands and sensible option, but big part of me would love to see what Pochettino could do.

     

    Right now, looking at what they've both done, Poch is the future and Rafa is the past. I think that excites me about Poch, however I am concerned how the wheels fell off at Tottenham and his almost standoff-ish approach to it. Almost like he either didn't care or didn't think it was his fault.

     

    He was undoubtedly unhappy with the transfer business done in the summer prior to him leaving, that’s where the first cracks started to appear.

     

    I think he’s got a big point to prove though and he knows he needs a trophy to back up the hype. You could tell by the way he celebrated after they beat Ajax the passion the blokes got.

     

    I like him and think he’d sharp forget the yids once he experiences this place, and I bet spurs fans would have him back to a man at the minute.

  2. Was gutted when Rafa left even though I’d long since stopped going to matches. He gets the place and would build the club up from bottom to top, and that’s undoubtedly what we need.

     

    However, I can’t put my finger on it but Pochettino just excites me more, and I think the reason is signings. You just know Rafa’s signings would be to suit his system, even if that meant having someone like that danish kid jorgenson up front.

     

    Rafa is certainly the safe pair of hands and sensible option, but big part of me would love to see what Pochettino could do.

  3. Get the spine of the team sorted like City with Kompany.

     

    I like the idea of Koulibaly at centre back, Soumare central midfield and possibly Van Den Beek from Ajax.

     

    All possibly realistic, and added to what we’ve got we‘d be looking at top 6 in first season.

     

    No idea on a striker but Plea would be exciting, that Greek keeper from Benfica would also fit the bill.

     

    There you go 200 million easily and with potch as manager, that would get the old place bouncing again.

  4. Aye. Tbh, Roan only asked what every other reporter would have asked had they had the chance to speak to Masters . I don't see what Roan has done wrong in that clip in fairness.

     

    It wasn’t the questions or the answers that were the problem for me, it’s his headline for the tweet. Was nothing impartial to it at all. It was provocative and self opinionated “should it REALLY go through, the Highly controversial Takeover. Made it sound like he had access to fire off negativity directly.

     

    This, for a BBC journalist that was not impartial.

     

    Like I said yesterday I’d have had no problem if he’d at least asked a question reflecting our view, eg ‘where desperate for this to happen, when will the fans know‘.

     

    His questions were loaded and weighted in favour of opponents of this takeover.

     

  5. Just watched some highlights of the no away fans derby in 96 at joker, brought back some great memories. We had tickets in the roker end that night, was one the hardest but greatest nights ever, trying not to celebrate when Pedro  and sir les scored fuc#%ing hell.

     

    Always remember groups of them trawling around trying to suss out any mags, was plenty of knowing glances and winks amongst our lot in there.

     

    Great night still don’t know how we got out alive, think we’d blown our cover long before the end.

     

    Always reminds me though why I’ll never have any sympathy for these horrible cnuts.

  6. For a bbc journalist that was far from balanced questioning, I can accept he had to ask the question it’s his job. However, where was a question such as nufc fans have been waiting 6 weeks for the outcome of this test, they’ve had 13 years under an unpopular owner, can you give a timescale when they’ll know the outcome.

     

    Clearly it would be a no comment answer, but his other questions were guaranteed no comment answers.

     

    So for people who say where paranoid the world is agains us, interviews like this certainly add to that feeling.

     

    Mind it will make it all the more enjoyable when it goes through.

  7. Woodward is terrible, they hate him as much as we hate Charnley

     

    Not sure why, they have kept up spending with everyone in europe and it's the managers that have let them down, if anything hes trigger happy but I dont think he would have that power at Newcastle

     

    Supposedly not got the players the managers wanted as they are too expensive, and then overspending on 2nd or 3rd choice for a completely different position on more commercially marketable players. All while cocksucking the Glazers. He is terrible

     

    Have to say everything I’ve read supports James’ view - Woodward seems to be more responsible for the decline of Ferguson than the string of managers they’ve had. I’m sure Froggy has shared some ridiculous anecdotes about shovelling cash at players the manager didn’t want, refusing to sign players they did, etc

     

    This is a guy who had Lois van Gaal and Jose Mourinho, and more money than God, and managed to build a player roster lights years away from the “glory days”

     

    So do we expect a new CEO along with a director of football ? Initial opinion seemed to be Staveley would be very hands on, I’d be very happy with her and someone experienced on the football side.

     

    However maybe that she’s got to much going on with pcp, and she will carry out a more strategic role from the boardroom, with a CEO running the show day to day.

     

    Either way it’s a dam sight better than the current useless t#%t.

     

     

  8. Steve Wraith and Geordie dentist chat was good listen tonight. They might split opinion with some people, but genuine black and white’s to the core.

     

    To summarise bbc and itv have both already done interviews with them in anticipation of takeover announcement.

     

    Local journalist has stated Ashley wants nothing to do with any announcement, as not his club anymore.

     

    Some good tales around bzg bid as well.

     

    Def worth a watch if your not takeover fatigued.

     

     

  9. A guy with 11 followers, a Kissinger avi, puts "widow" in quotations? and who RTs stuff like this:

     

    https://twitter.com/bin_kissinger/status/1263227227967193096?s=20

     

     

    In fact that account joined may 2020 and only really tweets pro SA s**** including Trump support and this:

     

     

    Yes those Yemeni's are getting a real stabilizing from SA. As for the birthday the only thing I can find says that is his birthday.

     

    There’s always one at every party  :lol:

     

  10. Good article from some Tory councillor just popped up on nufc 360. Sums up the current situation perfectly as to why local MP’s should now be spelling out what this takeover means for local economy. This is a potentially massive boost for the local economy, if it wasn’t for the Saudi involvement they’d be banging the door down demanding this deal be given the green light. It’s all well and good trying to be politically correct, but they should be demanding the league stops fu#%ing around and sign it off. It’s alright for these Tory mp’s last week trying to stick the boot in, but where’s our lot up here fighting our corner to make sure this deal happens.

     

  11. According to the all knowing Mackems this Paul Smith bloke has been outed as a bullshitter and was peddled by The Sun a few years ago... https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/march-to-may-2020-newcastle-ufc.1507830/post-31691560

     

    Very seldom I agree with them but they're probably right about this one.

     

    I have feeling he’s talking s#%t, but nice to see the mackems clinging to every last hope that this doesn’t happen.

     

  12. but think momentum is with this happening soon.

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    It's about time people stopped making random guesses based on hope.

     

    Seems to be more positive noises from chronicle and rumours of players saying stuff in last 24 hours. Apparently Charnley was doing a zoom call to let everyone know what was happening with project restart, so maybe something has been said.

     

    2+2 = 5 maybe but I’m nothing wrong with a bit of positivity.

  13. Just had a read on icnewcastle was a good article on Glenn McCrory, he was in Saudi before Amir Khan fight last year. He was giving the toon the big sell whilst at dinner with some royal family members, apparently they were quizzing him about us for ages afterwards. At the time of this he knew nothing about sale of club, but in hindsight thinks he may have helped our cause.

     

    Genuine nice bloke who has also been helping food bank, it would nice to believe he helped the sale being a County Durham Mag n all that  :lol:

  14. People are fans of Disney products not the company itself [emoji38] My point is you can't compare a private company like Disney to a football club

     

    Disney are a public company, hence why they can buy shares so easily.

     

    Having a bit of a mare with my choice of words here [emoji38] A football club is a community club, look back at that Bobby Robson quote, "What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It's not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It's the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city."

     

    You can't compare a football club to normal companies

     

    I agree, they are held differently in terms of regulation etc to normal businesses.

     

     

    It's f***ing comical that football has got to this stage where these type of deals can happen.  The american sports would flat out refuse any deal like this.

     

    Carnival cruise liners will have different regs to Disney and Starbucks.

     

    Not sure what your point is all business sectors have different regs.

     

    I mean in terms of ownership.

     

    That’s a different argument relating to share holding and outright ownership.

     

    The original post said you can’t compare a football club to a normal business, I’m afraid that’s exactly what football these days is a normal business.

     

    You can try and use the emotional attachment and community angle all you want, but you could say the same about other businesses such as Disney.

     

    But I tend to agree with other posters this is boring now. I won’t change your mind and you won’t change mine.

     

     

  15. People are fans of Disney products not the company itself [emoji38] My point is you can't compare a private company like Disney to a football club

     

    Disney are a public company, hence why they can buy shares so easily.

     

    Having a bit of a mare with my choice of words here [emoji38] A football club is a community club, look back at that Bobby Robson quote, "What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It's not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It's the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city."

     

    You can't compare a football club to normal companies

     

    I agree, they are held differently in terms of regulation etc to normal businesses.

     

     

    It's f***ing comical that football has got to this stage where these type of deals can happen.  The american sports would flat out refuse any deal like this.

     

    Carnival cruise liners will have different regs to Disney and Starbucks.

     

    Not sure what your point is all business sectors have different regs.

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