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I like the title 'Ashley TOLD to accept bid', I'm sure he'll listen.

 

His reputation is in tatters, and if the agency he employed to sell the club for him say "Accept or else we quit", then that reputation will be even more shredded...

 

That said, he might not give a flying fuck for his reputation any more - he certainly isn't concerned with looking like a dick every time he goes up against Whelan...

 

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NUSC released a statement to the Telegraph and make an interesting point about Moat supporting/being friends with Ashley. Maybe this means if the bid is genuine then it has a good chance of being accepted???

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/championship/newcastleunited/5983027/Newcastle-United-fans-urge-Barry-Moat-to-instill-Alan-Shearer-in-managers-hot-seat.html

 

Telegraph Sport today revealed Moat has emerged as the front-runner to buy the club from owner Mike Ashley and now the Newcastle United Supporters Club are calling on him to restore Shearer to the manager's office as quickly as possible following his ill-fated stint as interim manager last season.

 

"If Barry Moat is the man who can appoint a manager and bring some sort of stability back to the club then I think everyone would be happy," NUSC spokesman Steve Hastie told said.

 

"It would mean that Ashley has moved on and the club is given the opportunity to have some more oxygen put into it because at the moment we seem to be starved of oxygen in terms of being able to live as a football club.

 

"The first thing on his agenda should he take over the club is get in a new manager very quickly and as far as vast majority of fans are concerned that should be Alan Shearer.

 

"I reckon that 99.9 per cent of Newcastle supporters who have been turning up at our roadshows over the last couple of months are all calling for Alan Shearer to be brought back to the club as manager because he is the only person who has actually come forward and said he wants the job other than Joe Kinnear.

 

"The second thing he needs to do is ensure we have a squad capable of surviving in the Championship and climbing out of it as soon as possible because we need Premiership football back at Newcastle damn quick.

 

"At least Barry is a North-East man who is a supporter of the club who has been a big supporter of Mike Ashley in terms of them being friends and having an executive box at St James' Park.

 

"He is fairly well known in the North-East as a decent businessman who is very close to Alan Shearer and he even chaired his testimonial committee. He ticks all the boxes."

 

Should Moat take Newcastle off Ashley's hands, NUSC also want him to involve fans in the running of the newly-relegated, manageress club whose new season gets under way at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday with coach Chris Hughton in charge of first-team affairs.

 

"From a supporters' club point of view we have never been 'Ashley Out', it's been more of a case of supporters in and we want to work with whoever the new owner is to make sure that the supporter's voice is heard," Hastie added.

 

"We have gone ahead over the last nine months to establish ourselves as a supporters' trust and our main aim is for fans to have a voice that is listened to at boardroom level to help any new owners restore those links that have been lacking with previous regimes, whether that be the Shepherds and Halls or the Mike Ashley regime.

 

"We want to be in there, helping whoever runs Newcastle United to build the club back up and supporters can have a big say in how that can happen.

 

"That's the stance we have been taking for quite a while now and we want to reiterate that with whoever comes in whether they're from the Middle East, Far East or North-East of England."

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George Caulkin says the money will be there but not sure if Ashley will accept it

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/newcastle/article6741322.ece

What are the chances of this deal going through?

 

The bid led by Barry Moat has been recommended to Mike Ashley by Seymour Pierce, the investment bank employed by the Newcastle owner to sell the club. Moat's consortium is the preferred bidder of Keith Harris, Seymour Pierce’s executive chairman, and talks are ongoing at the moment - that's where this is right now.

 

What everyone has to remember is that we are dealing with Mike Ashley here, so we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves. This bid may have been recommended to him, but there are no guarantees that he will accept it.

 

Will Ashley get the £100m he is asking for?

 

That has been his asking price since the end of last season. The talks would not have got to this stage if the bidder didn't have the necessary funds. Whether that is £80m, £90m or even £100m I don't know, but we are not going to get to the point where we suddenly find this consortium hasn't got the funds.

 

Moat's consortium has been secretly negotiating with Ashley and Seymour Pierce for several weeks. They have gone through a pretty exhaustive due diligence process and spoken at length about the wage bill and the overdraft the club has.

 

Would a successful takeover by Moat mean Alan Shearer would return as manager?

 

Yes it would. Moat served as chairman of Alan Shearer’s testimonial committee and Shearer has been kept informed of the ongoing negotiations from Moat's end. He hasn't heard a word from Newcastle who have kept him completely in the dark. If this takeover goes through it would definitely see Shearer come back as manager.

 

What do you know about Moat?

 

He is a recognisable figure at St James' Park and he has never made any secret of his affiliation to Newcastle United. As I have said he was on Shearer's testimonial committee and he is a local businessmen who has been involved in telecommunications and property. He has a box at the club where he regularly attends matches with his family and he has contributed money to the club's academy. Moat is not comparable to a figure like Freddie Shepherd, who had a very high public profile, but he is a well-known and well-liked figure at the club.

 

Ashley originally said the deadline for any deal would be tomorrow. Is that a real deadline or still movable?

 

These deadlines are always relatively fluid. If an acceptable bid came in 24 hours after the deadline, Ashley would still accept it. My understanding is that talks between Newcastle, the consortium and Seymour Pierce are ongoing and my hope would be that a deal could be done by late tomorrow or Saturday.

 

We shouldn't forget that there is nothing to stop Moat's consortium pulling out at the last minute and there is certainly nothing to prevent Ashley from deciding he doesn't want to accept this bid. There is a long way to go and it is very frustrating for the supporters, but there is a chance that something could happen in the next 48 hours.

 

What state does this leave Newcastle in given Joe Kinnear's latest comments and with the new season upon us?

 

It leaves Newcastle behind almost every other club in the division because for the entire summer they haven't had a manager and as a result they have had no players going out and no one coming in. They are trailing the other teams in terms of preparation and just about everything else.

 

If it was to happen by Saturday it would mean Newcastle would have a fresh start, it would mean Alan Shearer coming back to the club and it would mean at least a degree of optimism. At this stage we don't how much money would be available for new players.

 

The prospect of Ashley staying is one that would inspire horror in the fans and hearing Kinnear and seeing names like David O'Leary banded about is terrifying. It is time for Mike Ashley to go and with a bit of luck we are not too far away from that point.

 

 

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Family Fortunes presenter

 

What's his name again?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DJbZCS6PGQ&feature=related

 

:lol:

:lol: :lol: Love Extras, reckon it's vastly underrated.

 

Aye thought it was great when it was on. Actually thought Gervais was the worst part of it. Merchant and "Barry" were the stars of the show for me. That scene with Merchant and Ronnie Corbert. :lol:

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Family Fortunes presenter

 

What's his name again?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DJbZCS6PGQ&feature=related

 

:lol:

:lol: :lol: Love Extras, reckon it's vastly underrated.

 

Aye thought it was great when it was on. Actually thought Gervais was the worst part of it. Merchant and "Barry" were the stars of the show for me. That scene with Merchant and Ronnie Corbert. :lol:

Gervais wasn't bad at all, once you get used to him not being David Brent. I'll agree that Merchant, "Barry" and "Greg" were far better though.

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