Joe_F Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Fit and proper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaymag Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Last week on the Charlotte show Caulkin said (paraphrasing): ‘I do have contact with Amanda although recently it’s been a lot less due to the legal confidentiality surrounding the deal.’ When I heard him say this I did get the feeling that maybe Amanda had stopped feeding him info and that this is why he’s gone quiet; not because “ he got his fingers burnt last time“. With that said, I don’t think Caulkin is a bullshitter, and I lean towards believing he had spoken with a representative of the buyers on that occasion. As for Keith, I believe he does have regular contact with the people involved and, twitter conduct aside, is a reliable source. To be honest I'm tuning out of twitter mostly. The amount of arguments about who is the most ITK is quite frankly boring. Its the 'Im Spartacus' moment of the takeover. It'll happen when it happens! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 :hmm: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Fit and proper The obvious question is how did this get through the fit and proper persons test? Then you realsie this takeover had no chance of upsetting the applecart so there was no need for "the big 6" to get involved. Feel for Burnley mind, this doesn't look good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 So it'll be what 3, 4 years before Burnley drop like a stone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlymouthGeordie Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Whether people rate or even trust Caulkin or Edwards, to think Keith has better sources than either of them is just bizzare. Caulkin has been reporting on the club for over 20 years and on this particular story has had multiple sit downs with Staveley. As for Luke, as much as he is the most egotistical, patronising pr*ck going he was the first person to call out the takeover had hit a roadblock in the summer so he clearly has some good contacts on this story too. For someone who claims to not want the fanfare and attention, Keith certainly does his best to remain in the limelight with his constant tweeting and appearances on NUFC matters. Good luck to him with his own case and if that has an impact then fair play. I just fail to see how he has any inside information on the club's case as the two are completely separate of each other and Ashley isn't exactly going to want DeMarco sharing information with a fan who is drip feeding people "information". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 We should all be thankful big Mike swats away those tyre kickers. He's always had our best interests at heart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Whether people rate or even trust Caulkin or Edwards, to think Keith has better sources than either of them is just bizzare. Caulkin has been reporting on the club for over 20 years and on this particular story has had multiple sit downs with Staveley. As for Luke, as much as he is the most egotistical, patronising pr*ck going he was the first person to call out the takeover had hit a roadblock in the summer so he clearly has some good contacts on this story too. For someone who claims to not want the fanfare and attention, Keith certainly does his best to remain in the limelight with his constant tweeting and appearances on NUFC matters. Good luck to him with his own case and if that has an impact then fair play. I just fail to see how he has any inside information on the club's case as the two are completely separate of each other and Ashley isn't exactly going to want DeMarco sharing information with a fan who is drip feeding people "information". Caulkin got just about everything wrong regarding the takeover last year, which is why he's hardly mentioned it since. Whatever people think of Keith, he's in direct contact with people involved in the deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Luke’s went in Twitter is toxic as fuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Has Edwards confirmed he doesn't want a takeover of Newcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlymouthGeordie Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Whether people rate or even trust Caulkin or Edwards, to think Keith has better sources than either of them is just bizzare. Caulkin has been reporting on the club for over 20 years and on this particular story has had multiple sit downs with Staveley. As for Luke, as much as he is the most egotistical, patronising pr*ck going he was the first person to call out the takeover had hit a roadblock in the summer so he clearly has some good contacts on this story too. For someone who claims to not want the fanfare and attention, Keith certainly does his best to remain in the limelight with his constant tweeting and appearances on NUFC matters. Good luck to him with his own case and if that has an impact then fair play. I just fail to see how he has any inside information on the club's case as the two are completely separate of each other and Ashley isn't exactly going to want DeMarco sharing information with a fan who is drip feeding people "information". Caulkin got just about everything wrong regarding the takeover last year, which is why he's hardly mentioned it since. Whatever people think of Keith, he's in direct contact with people involved in the deal. I don't think he got everything wrong. He just repeated the buyer's confidence we after watching his Q&A last night he admits is wrong. It cannot be denied he has contacts within the buyers camp, he has literally had multiple sit down interviews with Staveley. What evidence is there (other than Keith's "word") that he is in direct contact with the people involved in the deal? I'm not having a pop btw, if there is evidence that he's in contact with them that I've not seen then I'd love to be pointed in the direction of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I agree with him that nothing is probably "imminent", but Luke would have you believe that there is zero possibility of the takeover happening in the coming weeks and months which is clearly not true. Things have changed and have changed in our favour (Bein for example). This is the same Luke Edwards who has been embarrassing himself in recent weeks, but especially recent days, Tweeting utter nonsense about Steve Bruce. He is also a constant troll to Newcastle fans and opening admits to it. While I'm not sure on how reliable every Newcastle Consortium Supporters Tweet is, I know for a fact nothing Edwards says is worth listening to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Has Edwards confirmed he doesn't want a takeover of Newcastle He's absolutely desperate for it not to happen. It's nailed on somebody will twat him when fans are allowed back in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlymouthGeordie Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I agree with him that nothing is probably "imminent", but Luke would have you believe that there is zero possibility of the takeover happening in the coming weeks and months which is clearly not true. Things have changed and have changed in our favour (Bein for example). This is the same Luke Edwards who has been embarrassing himself in recent weeks, but especially recent days, Tweeting utter nonsense about Steve Bruce. He is also a constant troll to Newcastle fans and opening admits to it. While I'm not sure on how reliable every Newcastle Consortium Supporters Tweet is, I know for a fact nothing Edwards says is worth listening to. Luke is a troll, but he was the first to report the Willock deal and first to confirm Choudry wasn't coming so regardless of the fact he is a wind up merchant of the highest order it is clear not everything he says is nonsense. I do agree though that he comes across as having the viewpoint the takeover has no chance when I don't see how that can be the case give arbitration etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I agree with him that nothing is probably "imminent", but Luke would have you believe that there is zero possibility of the takeover happening in the coming weeks and months which is clearly not true. Things have changed and have changed in our favour (Bein for example). This is the same Luke Edwards who has been embarrassing himself in recent weeks, but especially recent days, Tweeting utter nonsense about Steve Bruce. He is also a constant troll to Newcastle fans and opening admits to it. While I'm not sure on how reliable every Newcastle Consortium Supporters Tweet is, I know for a fact nothing Edwards says is worth listening to. Luke is a troll, but he was the first to report the Willock deal and first to confirm Choudry wasn't coming so regardless of the fact he is a wind up merchant of the highest order it is clear not everything he says is nonsense. I do agree though that he comes across as having the viewpoint the takeover has no chance when I don't see how that can be the case give arbitration etc. He can know about transfers and other things such as line-ups etc in advance no problem, he's mates with Steve Bruce so that's easy work. He hasn't got one clue about this takeover though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 It’s like Luke wants this club to be as miserable as he appears or pretends to be on Twitter. Misery keeps good company for him. If / when we get taken over he will change his tune or be covering an equally miserable club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Luke is a cunt of a person, but sadly - he’s right. He has probably been the most accurate regarding the Saudi deal from day one (apart from Mauris which he was obviously sold down the river by MA camp). This deal is nowhere near complete. All of these weird people pretending they know something, or know someone who knows something, is just pathetic. Stop giving your fellow fans false hope and peddling them a load of bollocks. It’s clearly not as simple as KSA switching Bein back on. There are so many different legal challenges that need to be quashed first, none of this will happen overnight and will probably be a slow process. Maybe it’ll happen by the end of the season, but it’s certainly not happening anytime soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 He has probably been the most accurate regarding the Saudi deal from day one Really? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 He has probably been the most accurate regarding the Saudi deal from day one Really? Other than Mauriss, what has he got wrong? He was cautious all the way through the summer about the buyers optimism, was proven right. He was one of the first to say it had problems/it was off, was proven right. He’s been consistent since then that there are so many hurdles to jump through to get it on, despite others jumping the gun, again he’s been proven right. I’m not disputing he’s a terrible journalist and awful person - but he’s more reliable on this than most. Maybe Jacobs is the best ‘itk’ on this, but Edwards is probably second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I agree with him that nothing is probably "imminent", but Luke would have you believe that there is zero possibility of the takeover happening in the coming weeks and months which is clearly not true. Things have changed and have changed in our favour (Bein for example). This is the same Luke Edwards who has been embarrassing himself in recent weeks, but especially recent days, Tweeting utter nonsense about Steve Bruce. He is also a constant troll to Newcastle fans and opening admits to it. While I'm not sure on how reliable every Newcastle Consortium Supporters Tweet is, I know for a fact nothing Edwards says is worth listening to. Luke is a troll, but he was the first to report the Willock deal and first to confirm Choudry wasn't coming so regardless of the fact he is a wind up merchant of the highest order it is clear not everything he says is nonsense. I do agree though that he comes across as having the viewpoint the takeover has no chance when I don't see how that can be the case give arbitration etc. Means nowt. He's on good terms with Bruce so he could get stuff like that off him no problem. Off field matters such as the takeover are different altogether. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 God I wish those NCSL twats would fuck off. Way up in the higher echelons of moronic NUFC Twitter accounts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 The way he backtracked over time on Mauriss was hilarious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I am of the opinion (maybe wrongly) that the only way the takeover goes thru is a win in arbitration. All this stuff about bein being switched on etc is just noise. We seem to have a good case and the best people on it but let’s be honest arbitration could go either way. honestly wish a decision would come soon just to put it to bed but that’s probably unlikely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I agree with him that nothing is probably "imminent", but Luke would have you believe that there is zero possibility of the takeover happening in the coming weeks and months which is clearly not true. Things have changed and have changed in our favour (Bein for example). This is the same Luke Edwards who has been embarrassing himself in recent weeks, but especially recent days, Tweeting utter nonsense about Steve Bruce. He is also a constant troll to Newcastle fans and opening admits to it. While I'm not sure on how reliable every Newcastle Consortium Supporters Tweet is, I know for a fact nothing Edwards says is worth listening to. Luke is a troll, but he was the first to report the Willock deal and first to confirm Choudry wasn't coming so regardless of the fact he is a wind up merchant of the highest order it is clear not everything he says is nonsense. I do agree though that he comes across as having the viewpoint the takeover has no chance when I don't see how that can be the case give arbitration etc. Means nowt. He's on good terms with Bruce so he could get stuff like that off him no problem. Off field matters such as the takeover are different altogether. Like Henry Mauriss, and the fact that only this week he was shown up big style after reporting Jones hadn’t taken any training sessions. The bloke is in my opinion the worst reporter going alongside Ryder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlymouthGeordie Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I agree with him that nothing is probably "imminent", but Luke would have you believe that there is zero possibility of the takeover happening in the coming weeks and months which is clearly not true. Things have changed and have changed in our favour (Bein for example). This is the same Luke Edwards who has been embarrassing himself in recent weeks, but especially recent days, Tweeting utter nonsense about Steve Bruce. He is also a constant troll to Newcastle fans and opening admits to it. While I'm not sure on how reliable every Newcastle Consortium Supporters Tweet is, I know for a fact nothing Edwards says is worth listening to. Luke is a troll, but he was the first to report the Willock deal and first to confirm Choudry wasn't coming so regardless of the fact he is a wind up merchant of the highest order it is clear not everything he says is nonsense. I do agree though that he comes across as having the viewpoint the takeover has no chance when I don't see how that can be the case give arbitration etc. Means nowt. He's on good terms with Bruce so he could get stuff like that off him no problem. Off field matters such as the takeover are different altogether. Off field matters are different, but again, he was first to confirm issues with the deal in the summer and the first to confirm it had fallen through so unfortunately on two bits of really shit news he was right. We can't just discredit his sources because he's a dick. Anyway, back to the confirmation we have have about Keith being "in direct contact" with those involved in the bid... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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