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not what Joe Kinnear said as I remember.  Over £10m would surely have got him?

 

Sorry, was being a bit flippant, I don't have a clue. Kinnear said we had put in an intial bid of £5m and was considering doubling it. Who knows what happened next tbh. That's the point, people are arguing over things that we have no way of verifying and for the most part is just hearsay.

 

Look how the 'qoutes', that nobody knew the identities of the bidders other than Keith Harris or that whoever met the £100m asking price in would get the club, have been picked over in this thread. As NUFC.com have pointed out, they are all from unamed sources and ultimately mean nothing.

 

All we know officially at this point is that suitable bids have been lodged. Good. I hope that means we get another official quote that we have actully been sold pretty goddamn soon. :rant:

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Don't know how siginficant it is but the same helicopter Llambias and the Malaysians were in last week was over the training ground and academy about 45 minutes ago briefly before heading off in the direction off SJP.

It didn't land, just seemed to be hovering to give the passengers a view of the area/facilities.

 

Hopefully some movement.

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Don't know how siginficant it is but the same helicopter Llambias and the Malaysians were in last week was over the training ground and academy about 45 minutes ago briefly before heading off in the direction off SJP.

It didn't land, just seemed to be hovering to give the passengers a view of the area/facilities.

 

Hopefully some movement.

 

that was starburst one. metro fm's chopper.

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Pretty strange that there are so few players that has left us, you would think MA wanted to collect some cash before he leaves.

 

Once again, that cash goes into the club's balance, not Ashley's pocket.

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Don't know how siginficant it is but the same helicopter Llambias and the Malaysians were in last week was over the training ground and academy about 45 minutes ago briefly before heading off in the direction off SJP.

It didn't land, just seemed to be hovering to give the passengers a view of the area/facilities.

 

Hopefully some movement.

 

My bowels have seen more movement recently  :kasper:

 

 

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Don't know how siginficant it is but the same helicopter Llambias and the Malaysians were in last week was over the training ground and academy about 45 minutes ago briefly before heading off in the direction off SJP.

It didn't land, just seemed to be hovering to give the passengers a view of the area/facilities.

 

Hopefully some movement.

 

Generally how helicopters stay in the air.

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Don't know how siginficant it is but the same helicopter Llambias and the Malaysians were in last week was over the training ground and academy about 45 minutes ago briefly before heading off in the direction off SJP.

It didn't land, just seemed to be hovering to give the passengers a view of the area/facilities.

 

Hopefully some movement.

 

Generally how helicopters stay in the air.

 

maybe ashley was onboard and they spotted a pie ontop of the gantry

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Don't know how siginficant it is but the same helicopter Llambias and the Malaysians were in last week was over the training ground and academy about 45 minutes ago briefly before heading off in the direction off SJP.

It didn't land, just seemed to be hovering to give the passengers a view of the area/facilities.

 

Hopefully some movement.

 

Aye I saw it about 1pm Circled a few times, hovered then fucked off towards the Toon.

 

It was gone by the the time I had a chance to set up my anti-Owen surface to air missile.

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I've voted for the Malaysians, since it's becoming increasingly likely it's Krishnan and he sounds like such a lovely bloke.

 

Well...so did Ashley sound like a lovely bloke AT FIRST :doh:

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http://timesonline.typepad.com/thegame/2009/07/newcastle-need-the-right-buyer-not-a-quick-sale.html

George Caulkin

 

It needs to end and it needs to end soon; each day that elapses with Newcastle United still unsold, still without a manager, with nobody in place to take footballing decisions, with new players not bought and the old ones fuming and festering, an opportunity is lost. The smell of decay is pervasive and yet, and yet ... In the long-term, some good may come of this, utterly counter-intuitive though it may feel at present. Here’s why.

 

Each day that elapses, another question is posed, questions that Mike Ashley could not bring himself to ask when he bought the club without undertaking due diligence in 2007. Arguably, Newcastle is still creaking from that failing, one that obliged Ashley to immediately repay the loan taken out for regenerating St James’ Park. The next lot - whoever they may be - have not made the same mistake.

 

Each day that elapses, Newcastle’s books are pored over - with "the finest of fine tooth combs," it has been put to me. Does that automatically mean that Ashley's successor or successors will be an improvement (it stretches credibility to imagine how they could possibly be worse)? No, of course not. What it means is that, unlike the sportswear retailer, they will be better prepared.

 

(An example. When does Newcastle’s overdraft, reported to be in the region of £34m, become a debt? Towards the end of last week, it became an issue in discussions, with Seymour Pierce, the investment bank handling the sale, recommending that Ashley accepts outstanding bids for Obafemi Martins and Fabrizio Coloccini. Football can never be an exact science, but precautions are being taken).

 

Each day that elapses, Keith Harries, executive chairman of Seymour Pierce, inches forward a process he has conducted with decorum and discretion. That process is not assisted when figures involved either make themselves known or speak publicly about fees, as Derek Llambias, Newcastle’s managing director, did on Monday. There are multiple bidders to court, satisfy, answer and appease.

 

In a complicated situation such as this - millions of pounds at stake and bidders from abroad - haste would both be impossible and foolhardy. Each day that elapses, frustrations mount, season tickets remain unsold and fresh dangers present themselves, but Tyneside has witnessed one macho attempt at business gunslinging and it was pathetic. Speed is necessary, but right is ultimately the most important thing.

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Nice point about Keith Harris being a professional and Derek Llambias being a moron!

 

Good that the top end press is reflecting an opinion that most of the thinking fans on here have been saying for a while.

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Nice point about Keith Harris being a professional and Derek Llambias being a moron!

 

Good that the top end press is reflecting an opinion that most of the thinking fans on here have been saying for a while.

 

As usual, there's a balance to be struck. The longer they prepare for the finances, the less time they have to prepare for the season.

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Come on you blades

 

Our man in the bushes reports helicopter activity in the Benton area today (Tuesday) with a chopper landing at the training ground - also spotted by others at the city heliport on the banks of the Tyne.

 

More - or less - as we get it.

 

;D

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Come on you blades

 

Our man in the bushes reports helicopter activity in the Benton area today (Tuesday) with a chopper landing at the training ground - also spotted by others at the city heliport on the banks of the Tyne.

 

More - or less - as we get it.

 

 

 

;D

 

Michael Owen coming back for his boots  :facepalm:

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Come on you blades

 

Our man in the bushes reports helicopter activity in the Benton area today (Tuesday) with a chopper landing at the training ground - also spotted by others at the city heliport on the banks of the Tyne.

 

More - or less - as we get it.

 

 

 

;D

 

Michael Owen coming back for his boots  :facepalm:

 

:lol:

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Utter speculation. Is he really suggesting this has dragged on for weeks and weeks simply because they're 'combing through the books'? The papers know nowt, and anything Llambias and Harris say has to be taken with a pinch of salt because right now it's salesman talk.

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Utter speculation. Is he really suggesting this has dragged on for weeks and weeks simply because they're 'combing through the books'? The papers know nowt, and anything Llambias and Harris say has to be taken with a pinch of salt because right now it's salesman talk.

 

He was stating two important points though which are probably his own opinion but, in mine, very valid.

 

1) That whoever buys the club must understand what they are getting themselves into and be fully prepared for what needs to be done.

2) Llambias has behaved like a prick all the way through this saga giving soundbites to the press that do nothing to hlep the situation, in fact have the exact opposite effect!!

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