Fantail Breeze

I couldn’t really care less about Edwards, tbh. I just think it’s really embarrassing when a journalist posts a negative story they are pulled up as wrong, fake, etc. The same journalist posts good news and it’s accepted as fact. It’s very RTG, magedia etc.

Welcome mate. According to Edwards (and the other tweet just posted on here), it’s off. Frustrating imo, hopefully we get a LB in soon.

Clutching at straws there. They’re always on the money with Newcastle transfer news IIRC.

Have you found those other sources yet?

They said they would potentially come back to the deal if there was a route to the deal happening. The only route to that deal was the piracy - and as I’ve said many times, aligns with the views of Edwards, Jacobs etc. It’s all largely irrelevant, the discussion was about Edwards’ credential as a journalist which appear to be slightly higher than Manxst’s.

Not according to @Manxst

Here is just one of the many news reports stating it: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/19614035.newcastles-lawyers-took-premier-league-competition-appeals-tribunal/ “We say this lobbying distorted the Premier League’s fair and objective application of the rules. The result of all of this is that PIF pulled out of the takeover.” Found the sources from last night yet?

Sounds like Edwards is right then. It was a statement made during the court hearing last year, read the previous takeover thread and you’ll see the many, many comments stating it.

So nobody credible then. Okay.

Which sources have said it’s still on?

Hodgson has been finished for years, would be a dreadful appointment. Edit - oh shit, didn’t realise they’ve actually appointed him

I think a Shearing’s holiday coach has broken down and all these old fogeys are congregating on here for safety until they can find a new driver to take them onto their destination of Mablethorpe.

Most of these other incidents aren’t even cardiac arrests. I can understand stopping the game if we’ve got CPR going on not far from the pitch (and potentially a viewing TV audience), but that isn’t the case for the majority.

Having seen how tragic James Maddison is and dresses, it absolutely would be said.

@manorparklooks like you and @Gemmillwill get on a treat. Wonder if he knows he just needs to W A I T !

Hope this new onslaught of members brings a few negative folk in.

Ramsey is absolutely not the CM answer. Would play about 3 games and be injured for the rest. If we bring him in, it would have to be in addition to another competent midfielder.

Someone might need to go across and check on RTG. They’re all still convinced we’re going to become dwarfed by Inter Milan.

I didn’t realise but he’s scored 50 goals and has 29 assists in 174 games (based on his minutes played / 90 min) across his career. Not bad considering he’s often been a bit-part player for Man Utd. Averaging a goal or assist just over every 2 games. Starting to convince myself he’ll be a really good signing. Would be miffed if he does well and then fucks off in the summer to somewhere shit like West Ham though.

Worse than? @Tubestationatmidnight @CalmintheChaos @Fitzgerald @County Durham Mag @TheAlien He must be back on here after the takeover btw Can’t wait for him to break his disguise.

Bring back the Toon Ultras.

Not sure if I’d rather Lingard or Alli. Lingard clearly doesn’t want to come here, or even if he does he’ll be off in the summer. Not sure that’s the level of commitment we need right now. As I said before, apart from a good 6 months at West Ham, he’s been a complete laughing stock for the rest of his career. A two year goal draught at Man Utd and they used to ridicule him. Alli is a weird one. Clearly very talented but has spent the last few years more interested in his social media than his football. Would love him here if he actually wants to get involved but would worry we’ll end up with half-arsed performances from a mercenary. That said, maybe both of them would improve us even with 10% effort compared to Ryan Fraser.

Massive concerns if the Bakker deal has collapsed unless that’s because we’ve found someone better. That one was supposed to be straightforward.

I too was a Sunday Leaguer. It’s still a thing I used to love it.

I worry that we’re recruiting the wrong way round. I’d rather install a CEO, DoF and other senior roles first and then work down the chain to the manager. This appears to be that we’re giving Howe a huge amount of say (based on some of the reported transfer targets coming from him and now this). That’s not a problem, as long as Howe and the people he surrounds himself are actually good enough to kick us on. Could work out well, could go belly up. But that’s the case no matter what they do it. I’m not totally convinced by Howe but happy to see how we grow under him and see what he brings next season assuming we stay up. The target would be a midtable season well safe with no relegation fears. I worry with Howe that he’s very safe and bringing in all of his already knowns from Bournemouth and Burnley. That doesn’t align with a club as others have said with aspirations of challenging for the title in 5-10 years.