Guest reefatoon Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 You got the right thread, just a year late. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 23 minutes ago, nbthree3 said: I'll get the thread right this time! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8166581/Newcastle-takeover-moves-one-step-closer-fruition.html 1 year ago today "Newcastle takeover moves one step closer after 'Premier League is informed of £340m attempt to buy out Mike Ashley by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund'" #soon,wait etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) Lucky sods. Appreciate it might not work but at least tonight and the foreseeable future, they have some hope. Edited March 30, 2021 by Robster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 I’d bite your fucking hand off for relegation if it meant the takeover being confirmed at this point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 30 minutes ago, Whitley mag said: I’d bite your fucking hand off for relegation if it meant the takeover being confirmed at this point. So would nearly every Newcastle supporter, me personally I think relegation would see us having Ashley for a few more years. We will probably find out soon enough anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED209 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 I was an optimist but I’ve given up now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty66 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Only Mike Ashley would willingly relegate a club in order to force a sale. If the consortium have said we still want the club, Ashley knows this is his best chance of getting money that is sitting there waiting. It may not be the amount he wanted, but its money, and you have to ask yourself, does Ashley care more about money or the club? If he's getting wind that arbitration isnt/won't go well and or the PL still strongly object and are unwilling to compromise, then he will absolutely let the club sink so he can get shot of it in the football league. If the consortium have said we'll only buy if it remains in the PL, there's absolutely no valid reason he has done nothing about Bruce. At this moment Bruce is the biggest threat to Ashley getting a sale, and the fact that Ashley seems not bothered, in my opinion,speaks volumes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shush Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 The key constant is Ashley is thick as fuck when it comes to owning a football club. He will believe we still can stay up and be dumbfounded if we get relegated again, but still think we can come back up with modest investment after selling certain stars post relegation. He deserves missing out in coming back up first time and taking on a second year in Championship to really hurt him. Else its just a minor inconvenience he will hope to avoid for another 5 years if we come straight back up. As long as we are in the PL we will be over priced to those that can pass PL owners test and buy us. He will only sell if it's a massive loss to him owning it. Few years in Championship might be what does it, better than another decade of shite managers and flirting with relegation and going nowhere in the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 21 minutes ago, hakka said: The key constant is Ashley is thick as fuck when it comes to owning a football club. He will believe we still can stay up and be dumbfounded if we get relegated again, but still think we can come back up with modest investment after selling certain stars post relegation. He deserves missing out in coming back up first time and taking on a second year in Championship to really hurt him. Else its just a minor inconvenience he will hope to avoid for another 5 years if we come straight back up. As long as we are in the PL we will be over priced to those that can pass PL owners test and buy us. He will only sell if it's a massive loss to him owning it. Few years in Championship might be what does it, better than another decade of shite managers and flirting with relegation and going nowhere in the PL. Don’t confuse being thick with pure spite. He hates the club and especially the supporters. The thin skinned cunt. You think those chants that he pretends to laugh off didn’t get to him? He’s got the offer he wants. 100% Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Scotty66 said: Only Mike Ashley would willingly relegate a club in order to force a sale. If the consortium have said we still want the club, Ashley knows this is his best chance of getting money that is sitting there waiting. It may not be the amount he wanted, but its money, and you have to ask yourself, does Ashley care more about money or the club? If he's getting wind that arbitration isnt/won't go well and or the PL still strongly object and are unwilling to compromise, then he will absolutely let the club sink so he can get shot of it in the football league. If the consortium have said we'll only buy if it remains in the PL, there's absolutely no valid reason he has done nothing about Bruce. At this moment Bruce is the biggest threat to Ashley getting a sale, and the fact that Ashley seems not bothered, in my opinion,speaks volumes. We were close to relegation under Pardew and Carver and he did fuck all. He likely would have done fuck all about McClaren idf Rafa hadn't made it easy for him. No valid reason but a history of doing the unreasonable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Thick and spiteful aren’t mutually exclusive attributes - in face they’re often found very commonly together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 6 hours ago, hakka said: The key constant is Ashley is thick as fuck when it comes to owning a football club. He will believe we still can stay up and be dumbfounded if we get relegated again, but still think we can come back up with modest investment after selling certain stars post relegation. He deserves missing out in coming back up first time and taking on a second year in Championship to really hurt him. Else its just a minor inconvenience he will hope to avoid for another 5 years if we come straight back up. As long as we are in the PL we will be over priced to those that can pass PL owners test and buy us. He will only sell if it's a massive loss to him owning it. Few years in Championship might be what does it, better than another decade of shite managers and flirting with relegation and going nowhere in the PL. Yeah, he may. But we don’t. So let’s hope it doesn’t happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shush Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, cubaricho said: Yeah, he may. But we don’t. So let’s hope it doesn’t happen. We can never be more than what we are under Ashley. Few years in second tier isn't what the fans deserve, but if it rids us of this parasite of an owner it could stop us having another decade of Ashley and simply being his promotional cash cow. Greater good and bigger picture etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) Premier league/fan money/their ‘Ahl wi smiling faces’ next to an SD sign is what keeps him here. No prospect of mass boycott. Whatever breaks that cycle. Takeover obviously the most convenient. Edited March 31, 2021 by Darth Crooks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Someone do the April Fool of the takeover being completed and get it out the way pls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 TF seem to have done a takeover update one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 49 minutes ago, BlueStar said: Someone do the April Fool of the takeover being completed and get it out the way pls. No ta. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 10 hours ago, BlueStar said: Someone do the April Fool of the takeover being completed and get it out the way pls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, Stifler said: If only that was a can of broon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Just a bottle of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Brave Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, Stifler said: He needs a schooner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Not that long ago, I might have thought there was something positive to take from that. Now I feel nothing. Bored and fed up with it all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Robster said: Not that long ago, I might have thought there was something positive to take from that. Now I feel nothing. Bored and fed up with it all. Yeah to be honest I wish he would shut the fuck up with his tweets. It could come back to bite him in the arse if he fails to win the arbitration case and the swarm of twitter trolls hit his account en masse. Probably not be that bothered mind with his huge fee in his back pocket. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, et tu brute said: Yeah to be honest I wish he would shut the fuck up with his tweets. It could come back to bite him in the arse if he fails to win the arbitration case and the swarm of twitter trolls hit his account en masse. Probably not be that bothered mind with his huge fee in his back pocket. What could come back to bite him in the arse? Is he not allowed to bake some bread and post about it online like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said: What could come back to bite him in the arse? Is he not allowed to bake some bread and post about it online like You wait and see, if the arbitration fails, all the twitter trolls will come out and hit his account direct. Not going to be a good look if that happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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