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https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/government-documents-show-how-close-20380518 The British government believed a decision on the Saudi funded Newcastle United takeover was just hours away in June 2020 - and had organised a top-level Whitehall meeting in anticipation. In emails sent to the Premier League, officials from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) stated several times that sources believed a decision was 'imminent.'

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gabby-agbonlahor-feels-newcastle-fans-20382877 “I’ve said this all through the season that Steve Bruce deserved people to get off his back,” Agbonlahor told Football Insider. “He’s had a hard season with injuries, coronavirus affected his squad the most with players missing games. “Once you get Callum Wilson back, once you get Allan Saint-Maximin back, they’ll be a different team and it’s shown already. “Newcastle will be absolutely fine, they’ve got no chance of going down. They will continue to get wins. “Newcastle fans will owe Steve Bruce an apology for the way they’ve treated him. “Hopefully the Newcastle chairman will give him some money in the summer to build an even better team. “I’m happy for him and I’m happy that he’s got those players back.”

I'll give him credit for letting Saint on who was game transforming, but it's still 3 wins in 22 which isn't good enough in the long run

Apple pie and custard going off what he's been saying!

That decision we might need to blame in case of relegation! Nobody but ourselves ofc

If they don't we've got slightly more room to breathe until May. But we can't trust a team to deliver, Liverpool a month ago for example

He's taken Southend yeah, can't be Dyche either as he's chimed in on the perceived expectations line. But that's just a perception and he hasn't experienced it first-hand to know so it's going off what the media insist, I don't blame him + managers stick together don't they

I could do with the football being cancelled, I've been bricking it all day because of this Fulham game! I shouldn't even be worried but so long as the points gap is 3 we can't be complacent

Insider's back https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-big-update-on-newcastle-united-takeover-and-when-it-may-be-completed/ - now they've moved it to July or June! Stuck it here as it is positive but it's more of the same really, but a consistent theme in this saga

https://experimental361.com/2021/04/04/expected-goals-table-premier-league-3-5-apr-2021/ I've been following the guy who makes these for years, it's really shocking when you step back and see things from these (expected) tables. Everton below us in points! Shows Brighton's position excellently too as they should be far more clinical than they are proving to be - as bad as we've been, there are a few teams far worse apparently

- to both Burnsie claiming inside knowledge again (thought he got suspended, back already?) and the bed typo

We're wildly inconsistent as a team, praying for a miracle that we overcome the bare minimum of expectations and try like last game but I'm never hopeful

Their problem is turning draws into wins, that's obvious looking at their loss record which is 5 I think. Was like that especially under Ross with the "1-1" most games! Still time to change but given I've accepted relegation to save any disappointment I'm happy to play them after 5 years away

And just like that it's 1-1!

He'll just use his other account Rafa Facts

Yeah it's true

Those 15 mins when we were in the bottom 3 was a sign of what will inevitably still happen, this season or next. I still think it's too late for a change to matter much but it's better than nothing

Shows they've an interest in the club at least, that's nice of them. But it's no closer to deciphering the outcome of arbitration, which is what matters for this takeover! It does feel like this consortium or nobody will realistically buy us though, the club's been for sale for 3 and a bit years and these are the only credible ones that got anywhere, that we know of.

The dust? Steve's had enough of that to last a lifetime!

2 wins in 21 now

Such a defeatist mentality, it hardly inspires the players but at least I can't question their desire at times

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