OpenC Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Man, i was just about to get some sleep as well. Will be up until 3 reading worthless speculation from all quarters now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 No lying detector test needed here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlies Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Man, i was just about to get some sleep as well. Will be up until 3 reading worthless speculation from all quarters now Aye back in that dreaded cycle for at least a few days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Ah, I had missed this thread. Welcome back everybody. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Frankly I think the whole thing is theatre from all parties: PL don't want to be seen as being complicit in "sportswashing" so they couldn't approve. An immediate rejection ran the risk of being resolved before the season started and we would have become too strong. A deal was struck between PL, PIF, Stavely, RB, NUFC et al that the PL would dawde until it was too late and then reject However, the deal also outlined that the PL would now hand over (guaranteed) approval to the appeals committee, an even more opaque and impenetrable group/process, thus saving face The Big Six shadow cabal has approved this plan of action and the 2020/2021 season script setting up for NUFC ascension is wild. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I don’t understand the positivity. The talking behind the scenes has ended in failure. Hopefully something comes of the league action but essentially all the talking has to official rejection Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Eh. A bit too much Ashley cheering on twitter. He's still the enemy. An unholy alliance is being formed right before our eyes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosenrot Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Frankly I think the whole thing is theatre from all parties: PL don't want to be seen as being complicit in "sportswashing" so they couldn't approve. An immediate rejection ran the risk of being resolved before the season started and we would have become too strong. A deal was struck between PL, PIF, Stavely, RB, NUFC et al that the PL would dawde until it was too late and then reject However, the deal also outlined that the PL would now hand over (guaranteed) approval to the appeals committee, an even more opaque and impenetrable group/process, thus saving face The Big Six shadow cabal has approved this plan of action and the 2020/2021 season script setting up for NUFC ascension is wild. Doesn’t fit with Caulkin’s cryptic tweets though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishMagpie Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Been trying to catch on last few pages.... Has anything been said about why the pl have rejected it now? Thought this was dying a slow death. Surely in their interest just to ignore it (like they have been) and concentrate on new season, getting some fans back in etc. Why open themsel up to possible legal action? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cheesy Beans Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Caulkin is either playing dumb or this is being conducted in total secrecy and he’s getting no tip offs. At least he’s quite clear that he doesn’t know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Best thing about this announcement for me is the fact that the pricks who were buzzing off constantly telling everyone that the deal was dead and buried were wrong. My view was that they probably were talking in the background but they wouldn’t find a way to get it passed as the PL wouldn’t budge on their stance and that’s proven to be the case, It’s now been officially rejected. I don’t get the crowing of the ‘it’s still on’ crowd. Bar a lengthy court case or appeal process at this moment the deal has been rejected. Dead There's a appeals process before any legal battle. But I think the crowing is firstly because this is proof that the whole "Its dead and nobody is still talking" claims for the last few weeks have been proven to be wrong. Secondly because a conclusion is always better than none. A formal rejection at least allows the possibility of recourse. I think it's clear the Premier League have tried their best over the last several months to allow no recourse by refusing to make that final decision. Now they've been forced to do that. Before it was limbo and no certainly of the deal even being on or off. Now we have a confusion and the possibility of appeals and challenges. In the world of no hope that is NUFC even a long shot is worth crowing about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Frankly I think the whole thing is theatre from all parties: PL don't want to be seen as being complicit in "sportswashing" so they couldn't approve. An immediate rejection ran the risk of being resolved before the season started and we would have become too strong. A deal was struck between PL, PIF, Stavely, RB, NUFC et al that the PL would dawde until it was too late and then reject However, the deal also outlined that the PL would now hand over (guaranteed) approval to the appeals committee, an even more opaque and impenetrable group/process, thus saving face The Big Six shadow cabal has approved this plan of action and the 2020/2021 season script setting up for NUFC ascension is wild. Doesn’t fit with Caulkin’s cryptic tweets though. I'm also 3 sheets to the wind at 5pm on a wednesday, I wouldn't sweat that post too much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 What does this mean? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishops Finger Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 It’s all part of the plan. Premier league have told them they will initially reject it but it will fly through on appeal, so we will just go through the motions. In the meantime the new owners have been bringing in the new players ready for the appeal approval. Solved it. The sneaky bastards. They could have spent a bit more then, the greedy twats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Frankly I think the whole thing is theatre from all parties: PL don't want to be seen as being complicit in "sportswashing" so they couldn't approve. An immediate rejection ran the risk of being resolved before the season started and we would have become too strong. A deal was struck between PL, PIF, Stavely, RB, NUFC et al that the PL would dawde until it was too late and then reject However, the deal also outlined that the PL would now hand over (guaranteed) approval to the appeals committee, an even more opaque and impenetrable group/process, thus saving face The Big Six shadow cabal has approved this plan of action and the 2020/2021 season script setting up for NUFC ascension is wild. Doesn’t fit with Caulkin’s cryptic tweets though. His tweets are pretty clear. Talks have been going on behind the scenes. PIF came back to table. PL rejected the takeover and here we are Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I don’t understand the positivity. The talking behind the scenes has ended in failure. Hopefully something comes of the league action but essentially all the talking has to official rejection Yea I’m a bit baffled by this. That’s how I see it too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosenrot Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Frankly I think the whole thing is theatre from all parties: PL don't want to be seen as being complicit in "sportswashing" so they couldn't approve. An immediate rejection ran the risk of being resolved before the season started and we would have become too strong. A deal was struck between PL, PIF, Stavely, RB, NUFC et al that the PL would dawde until it was too late and then reject However, the deal also outlined that the PL would now hand over (guaranteed) approval to the appeals committee, an even more opaque and impenetrable group/process, thus saving face The Big Six shadow cabal has approved this plan of action and the 2020/2021 season script setting up for NUFC ascension is wild. Doesn’t fit with Caulkin’s cryptic tweets though. His tweets are pretty clear. Talks have been going on behind the scenes. PIF came back to table. PL rejected the takeover and here we are What’s this suggestion then of the consortium being confident of approval and THEN this statement comes out, out of the blue? It’s all very weird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 No lying detector test needed here? He keeps looking away, yeah mate totally believable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I don’t understand the positivity. The talking behind the scenes has ended in failure. Hopefully something comes of the league action but essentially all the talking has to official rejection The fact that this all happened out of the public eye is a positive. They still want it to happen, they’re prepared to appeal it, we’ll get there in the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 What does this mean? It means he’s a bit pissed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Ho'way Mike... Ashley... are we cheering Mike Ashley... I'm confused... but... ho'way..! I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkhead Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 MIKE ASHLEYYYS BLACK N WHITE ARMMYY!! Let the lawsuits begin!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 is "3 sheets to the wind" an archaic phrase? what do the kids say these days? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Newcastle gave Staveley’s consortium notice about their statement; the two sides have been in regular dialogue over recent weeks and were increasingly confident that the sale would finally go through. [Athletic] #NUFC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts