Ben

Ashley has done an amazing job of using the takeover as a blindfold for fans as to his current running of the club.

Great stuff, nice easy ride for Ashley, but don't say nowt cos he may pull out of the takeover.

That is literally impossible

I don't want him to spend his money, he's spent fuck a in 14 years, I want him to spend my money, my sky subscription, my season ticket money and commercial stuff.

Filled mine in yesterday and my final comment was I want transparency, not from Masters or EPL or arbitration or CAT but Mike Fucking Ashley he is getting away scot free this summer with neither the local press, national press or supporter groups asking questions about his slow destruction of the club and for me this season is the final nail. Fuck the takeover, that's months if not years away, the club needs a direction today and the only person asking questions is a little old fella that knocks the socks off todays journalists John Gibson.

That's my main concern with this whole episode, it sounds like a lot of pressure behind it but the rattle is immense so it can't be a fully open anus, unless it's a one of those mystical butt cheek farts like a bassoon reed, very impressive all the same. Missed a trick not getting close enough to blow his wig off though.

If Keith has bombs to drop that he hopes will make the backdoor deal then he needs to start putting stories out.

TBF I'm amazed Wilson and ASM are still here.

Rooney in bother again

If some club gets Willock is that our whole transfer strategy up in flames this season ?

What is our current wage bill ? Edit* it looks like it's about £65 million, so we should have a few quid to spend. £10 million ffs.

So FFP is really there to keep the big clubs at the top and everyone else as cannon fodder, nothing in that article says positive vibes for our takeover, apart from the need to rid of FFP.

He's at the Pardew level of putting Newcastle down with his comments now "wait till the BIG clubs have done their business" Fuck off man. He could literally leave now with a fuck you to Ashley about not wanting to be involved in the piss pulling of "his" club and he could walk away with dignity, probably into the Swansea job with a pay rise.

It's to early for transfers yet, Bruce has already said we have to wait till all the Premier and Championship clubs have made their signings and see what scraps are left.

I know two lads who will turn up to the first game at West Ham and ask who we have signed and are they playing today, these lads don't give two fucks about takeovers and background shit. It's all about the day, the event and the occasion.

I've just lost faith in the whole thing, Staveley is supposed to be a deal maker that gets stuff done, why not just get everyone in a room and thrash this out, one way or another, without the delay, arbitration has been kicked down the road for 6 months !! Why ? For what possible reason can an independent panel need a further 6 months to gather evidence after 17 months. I hope I'm wrong because this is a real cross roads for me, but it looks like everyone involved is incompetent.

And there is no evidence to support that it's on.

Aye it looks like Ashley will draw it out past the transfer window and then use the CAT case for his compo, he even said himself when a takeover happens it will be behind closed doors and it will just be announced out of the blue. IMO the takeover by the current crop is dead.

In that case it's very worrying

TBF if it was Masters job to go up against some of the richest and most influential people in the world to stop the takeover. He's done a cracking job.

He's having a right go at Bruce

"I still get paid right?" "Yes" "Right, what do you want me to say? Loan market, no money, can't compete, nee bother."

He said it about 5 minutes in and named a date it was said.

If anyone watched Keith tonight (probably not) but he said that he has evidence that on 23rd of July last year Spurs contacted Masters and told him to block the takeover or Spurs and the other 5 would leave the Premier League.

I think Pep might be thinking more short term for himself with Kane, win the Champions league this season and he might even go.