mrmojorisin75 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 i'm totally out of news action at the moment but every time i come in this thread and find that we've not publicly ruled out a sale/buyer i'm basically the is this real life monkey Basically, it's Amanda or nobody, and it's looking serious. is this from the FT? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 There’s a country house near Blanchland that’s owned by some Arab royalty and they come over now and again to shoot birds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueview Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 There’s a country house near Blanchland that’s owned by some Arab royalty and they come over now and again to shoot birds. Ain´t that the Maktoums place.. ? The family that rules Dubai and are involved in horseracing and such. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 All we need now is the lasses to sing an Oh Coloccini type song you can fuck my husband about Amanda. Oh hell yeah. You can can shoot grouse and ride my spouse, something along those lines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Love Blanchland I plan to retire there one day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I hear some arab royals like to shoot grouse in Newcastle. Have you guys heard yet? Fairly certain it’s breaking news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED209 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Love Blanchland I plan to retire there one day. Almost impossible to buy a place there, vast majority of homes are owned by the estate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odear Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I’m laughing at the idea of them concluding a deal over some grouse shooting when they turn the gun on Ashley who starts to leg it into the long grass.. “Buy him out boys” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Love Blanchland I plan to retire there one day. Almost impossible to buy a place there, vast majority of homes are owned by the estate. Aye unfortunately, this is not to far away tho http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-52792829.html# Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 One of the Arabs gets a servant to pass him the blunderbuss then KABOOM, the fat man gets smoked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Those two planes at NCL airport today are used exclusively by the Dubai Royal family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Royal_Air_Wing Time to get a little excited? Apparently that was quashed this morning. They're here for grouse shooting or something. No one knows that They sometimes do that so they're definitely doing it again now. 3 plane loads of them (2 today, 1 last night). Canny shooting party they have Well there's Ashley, Carr, Bishop, Barnes... Shooting Carr for the fuck of it They'll most like take Charnley as their BBW concubine who can feed them grapes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 A decade ago, Amanda Staveley helped save Barclays from the clutches of a government bailout. On Tuesday, the independent financier was working on a plan to weave her Middle Eastern connections into a different kind of rescue deal: one that could save the supporters of Newcastle United and the club’s owner Mike Ashley from each other. Ms Staveley, who acts for investors based in China as well as the Middle East, first triggered speculation over the Premier League club’s future this month when she was pictured in the stands at its St James’ Park ground. The financial fixer, through her PCP Capital Partners vehicle, is one of four potential bidders for the club that was officially put up for sale on Tuesday, according to people briefed on the process — a level of interest that has surprised some outside observers. The financier was due to meet Newcastle representatives on Tuesday, according to one person briefed on the talks. PCP and Newcastle United declined to comment. Mr Ashley believes the club is worth £300m-£400m and needs up to £200m to invest in new players on top of that, according to people familiar with his thinking. Newcastle has said it hopes a deal can be struck by Christmas, although some say that could be a tall order. An HMRC investigation into the tax affairs of the club and its players “is one of the elements involved”, says Dan Jones, head of sports business at Deloitte, although he says it could be overcome in time to meet the January transfer window. The match Ms Staveley attended involved another northern side she has shown an interest in buying — Liverpool. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. Newcastle seems to have the edge in capturing Ms Staveley’s attention, although she may not have given up on the prospects of striking a deal to buy Liverpool instead. Newcastle’s reverence for its past has been overwhelmed by bad feeling since Mr Ashley paid £244m in 2008 to take the club private and pay off its debt. It is a fiercely tribal club, even by the standards of English football; fans tend to regard their allegiance less as a choice than a demand of family history and geography. Many of them took it as a personal insult when their side last year endured its second relegation of Mr Ashley’s 10-year reign. When the team clawed its way back to the Premier League at the end of the season, they revelled in a communal triumph — and returned to watching televised matches in such large numbers that broadcasters Sky and BT registered audience growth approaching double digits. Since then, Mr Ashley has been trying to condition fans to temper their expectations when the transfer window opens in January. “Just for this season I’d like to be mid-table, safe, back on that path of growing this football club,” he told an interviewer in August. “I know the Newcastle fans won’t want to hear it.” Since buying the club, Mr Ashley has shunned the expensive path taken by other wealthy football proprietors. A typical route was that of Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Abu Dhabi royal who bought Manchester City with Ms Staveley’s guidance in 2008, and then funnelled in tens of millions of pounds in a race to sign new players. Mr Ashley, the majority owner of retailer Sports Direct, has extended only modest loans to Newcastle, preferring to spend his personal cash on property investments such as The Clearings, a former John Lewis depot in fashionable Chelsea that is being redeveloped into luxury apartments. His reluctance to spend money created ill-feeling in the ranks of the Toon Army. Mr Ashley once said he had been advised to stay away from games for fear he might be assaulted; he has not been seen at a home game since the end of last season. Frictions are likely to intensify in January, when Newcastle watchers say a threadbare team that has this season outperformed its potential will need to be patched up with expensive new signings. Mr Ashley has signalled that he intends to do no such thing. Instead, he has held out the possibility of new ownership as supporters’ most likely salvation, offering to defer payment of a chunk of the price tag to enable a new proprietor to invest in the team. “Potential buyers will approach it as a proper business transaction not an emotional investment,” says Mr Jones. “It’s not Manchester United. But it’s a Premier League club, even if not perennially, you would expect to be in the Premier League vastly more often than not.” Mr Ashley could stand to gain from a visible effort to orchestrate a sale, even if negotiations ultimately go nowhere. Addressing fans in 2008, a year after he bought the club, Mr Ashley said: “You want me out. That is what I am now trying to do, but it won’t happen overnight and it may not happen at all if a buyer does not come in.” No buyer materialised. “We’re stuck with each other,” Mr Ashley later said. It is a verdict that Newcastle’s proprietor may yet have to deliver again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Hmmmm? Wonder if that last line is based on anything concrete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Hmmmm? Wonder if that last line is based on anything concrete. since the rest of it is based on nothing in particular, just a joined up piece of thoughts from others, i'd say no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Since the ‘for sale’ signs have gone up, journalists have done a superb job of writing lengthy articles that tell us absolutely nothing Full of ifs and buts and without any sort of credibility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Since the ‘for sale’ signs have gone up, journalists have done a superb job of writing lengthy articles that tell us absolutely nothing Full of ifs and buts and without any sort of credibility. Been noticing that as well, most if not all the articles have been just loads of words about absolutely nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 “Just for this season I’d like to be mid-table, safe, back on that path of growing this football club,” he told an interviewer in August. “I know the Newcastle fans won’t want to hear it.” Infuriating cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Since the ‘for sale’ signs have gone up, journalists have done a superb job of writing lengthy articles that tell us absolutely nothing Full of ifs and buts and without any sort of credibility. Been noticing that as well, most if not all the articles have been just loads of words about absolutely nothing. Yep. They all know fuck all but are desperate to write about it The Reuters article got me a bit excited mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mofo Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I know Ashley hasn't been great here, but to be fair we did get a free memorable booklet and season ticket wallet this year.. Careful what you wish for.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 An interview from back in 2014. Knows her shit. https://business-reporter.co.uk/2014/12/08/the-big-interview-amanda-staveley/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 This lass is going to run rings around Ashley. Probably end up making him sell for £150m. And that includes his SD empire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 "her warm Yorkshire accent" No. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Does read well though that article. She sounds competent for a start. Whilst getting Ashley out would obviously be an exciting thing and any new owner could barely be much worse, I'm wary of expecting them to be massively better by default. After all most of us (including me) were similarly ecstatic about Ashley coming in the first place, at that we didn't think anyone could be worse than Shepherd et al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I think Rafa is a great tool for getting the perspective of the support over to his superiors. As long as Amanda Staveley is engaged in his philosophy, we’ll be fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I think Rafa is a great tool for getting the perspective of the support over to his superiors. As long as Amanda Staveley is engaged in his philosophy, we’ll be fine. She was his guest for the Liverpool match by all accounts I've seen. I reckon she will. Just fingers crossed it happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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