Fantail Breeze Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 I’m increasingly dubious that Keith is just being used by NUFC to keep the story alive/keep fans interested by flogging a dead horse. Interesting isn’t it... how MA is coming out of this looking like the saviour, fighting for NUFC to become a powerhouse. All whilst there is no protests, no disgruntlement about his ownership despite the club still spending fuck all, money and assets probably still disappearing and a donkey in charge leading us to another relegation battle. I have no doubt Keith is connected to the club’s lawyers, but it works very well for them to have a massive gobshite peddling it to the fans 24/7. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Re: Keith, I’m big enough to admit I was at least partially wrong about him. He does like the attention but he obviously had something, I wouldn’t call it a bomb but it also isn’t nothing either. And to those saying Mike is just looking for compo? I’d say that’s a last resort, you can’t really bring about a case like this without looking for damages, the key bit is the injunction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just now, Dr Jinx said: Re: Keith, I’m big enough to admit I was at least partially wrong about him. He does like the attention but he obviously had something, I wouldn’t call it a bomb but it also isn’t nothing either. And to those saying Mike is just looking for compo? I’d say that’s a last resort, you can’t really bring about a case like this without looking for damages, the key bit is the injunction. My only issue is the fact that time and time again Ashley has done the wrong thing (for us). I just don't trust anything he's involved in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Shearergol said: My only issue is the fact that time and time again Ashley has done the wrong thing (for us). I just don't trust anything he's involved in. Neither do I, but this is the 1st time we’ve all wanted the same thing to happen. He wants his upfront large cash sale of the club and ridiculous as this may sound; probably more than us. He’s not used to not getting what he wants and he’s willing to do everything he can to get it. They’ve totally pissed him off, and he’s a massive thorn in their side with who he’s backed by. He’ll not let this drop. He either gets his sale or he’ll sue them for what it’s worth to him, which right now is £300m+. Edited May 7, 2021 by Dokko Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 2 hours ago, r0cafella said: Obviously Ashley will take a payout if possible. I think given how far a long the Saudi deal was it’s quite evident he wants to sell. I doubt he cares who to as long as he can get his valuation. I genuinely think he wants to actually sell to the Saudis only because he wants access to their markets over in SA... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 7 minutes ago, HTT II said: I genuinely think he wants to actually sell to the Saudis only because he wants access to their markets over in SA... Yeah there’s definitely another reason here. Although the obvious reason could also be the global situation. He does his best business in times like these and 300+ million would swallow up a whole bunch of struggling brands. Perhaps cash he doesn’t have readily available to him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Again though, do we not think it was significant the claim was submitted so soon after being cleared in case brought by HMRC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 17 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Again though, do we not think it was significant the claim was submitted so soon after being cleared in case brought by HMRC? Case was submitted in April and the HMRC case was dropped yesterday, I think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 I don't think what Keith is doing has anything remotely to do with the club at all. Everyone knows how secretive and unengaging our lot in charge is. Ashley and Charnley can barely be able to bother interacting with anyone at all regardless of the noise calling for them too. Look at the Chronicle poll a few weeks back. I cant believe Charnley didn't see the results of it at all. A normal club would put out a response or statement in that light but as usual total silence. Given their record in this regard does anyone really believe that they'd engage with Keith. No doubt they're aware of his reactions, but he just gives them a convenient route to continue to say nothing, which i'd fully expect Charnley to love so that he doesn't have to actually type anything, or talk to a minion to type for him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 6 hours ago, OpenC said: I don't know any more; I had reconciled the Saudi thing in my head without too much difficulty but as we went through the ESL shambles a couple of weeks ago, part of me got thinking that I would rather stay poor and irrelevant and not become one of 'them' tbh, because we absolutely would. Would probably be ok with it for a while, all the same I would hope that the consortium would stick to their earlier statements: that the club would look to rebuild the infrastructure, develop youth to compete for first team and invest locally. That would all take a fair amount of time and money so I would hope they wouldn't start just buying up players and throwing money around foolishly. If they were to stick to the plan and add 1-2 key acquisitions over the next few years i think we could appreciate that. I'd much rather be more like Leicester and less like Chelski. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 15 minutes ago, Consortium of one said: I would hope that the consortium would stick to their earlier statements: that the club would look to rebuild the infrastructure, develop youth to compete for first team and invest locally. That would all take a fair amount of time and money so I would hope they wouldn't start just buying up players and throwing money around foolishly. If they were to stick to the plan and add 1-2 key acquisitions over the next few years i think we could appreciate that. I'd much rather be more like Leicester and less like Chelski. Agree, but in order of preference it would be: Leicester Chelsea Mike Ashley's Newcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyc35i Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 24 minutes ago, Consortium of one said: I would hope that the consortium would stick to their earlier statements: that the club would look to rebuild the infrastructure, develop youth to compete for first team and invest locally. That would all take a fair amount of time and money so I would hope they wouldn't start just buying up players and throwing money around foolishly. If they were to stick to the plan and add 1-2 key acquisitions over the next few years i think we could appreciate that. I'd much rather be more like Leicester and less like Chelski. I’d like to be like Leicester and slowly build. Well as long as you throw in a league title with that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candi_Hills Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Why do you want to build slowly like Leicester? So you can feel a bit less dirty? The money they'll throw at the squad will make Guardiola blush... and you'll love it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejeck Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 I know he's a total fucking gimp, but the sheer audacity of that Mouth of the Tyne kid is pretty astounding. Last week he referred to Keith as the biggest wanker on Twitter, and yesterday he claimed that he knew all along what was happening and has "seen the emails", and is heralding his "fantastic work". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 20 minutes ago, Candi_Hills said: Why do you want to build slowly like Leicester? So you can feel a bit less dirty? The money they'll throw at the squad will make Guardiola blush... and you'll love it. Not me. I've hated the Yankees for a lifetime because they bought almost all of their 27 championships. I hate what the Dodgers are doing now. I'm a Mets fan too and I'm glad the Mets didn't buy up Springer and Bauer and trade for Arenado because that just wouldn't feel right. Obviously I want to win but I also want to identify with the players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, Consortium of one said: Not me. I've hated the Yankees for a lifetime because they bought almost all of their 27 championships. I hate what the Dodgers are doing now. I'm a Mets fan too and I'm glad the Mets didn't buy up Springer and Bauer and trade for Arenado because that just wouldn't feel right. Obviously I want to win but I also want to identify with the players. Guessing these are teams of some description? :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) In Ashley's ideal world he gets the club sold and compo and a personal apology card from Masters with a £20 tucked inside. His grubby money net is cast as far and wide as possible so I'm never of the opinion any one action signals the end of any other for him. Never either/or. Edited May 7, 2021 by thomas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 13 minutes ago, Consortium of one said: I've hated the Yankees for a lifetime because they bought almost all of their 27 championships. 8 minutes ago, gjohnson said: I hate what the Dodgers are doing now. 8 minutes ago, gjohnson said: I'm a Mets fan too 9 minutes ago, gjohnson said: Obviously I want to win but I also want to identify with the players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candi_Hills Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 18 minutes ago, gjohnson said: Guessing these are teams of some description? :-) Manchester Yankees North London Mets Merseyside Soap Dodgers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 22 minutes ago, B-more Mag said: I do like the Yankees when they aren't winning championships all the time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 The Yankees haven't won a thing in forever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Anything going on in the realists chat for us the pore over, dissect and deeply discuss? Oh, nothing since Friday and that was yankees chat. Was hoping for some realist chat in here with the normal folk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 It's essentially just dividing realism vs optimism, really. Such as the transfer thread vs twitter bullshit thread - this so the one thread doesn't get filled with stuff people don't want to read. It's not hard to understand. Outlandishly positive things go in here and people who wish to discuss those things have free reign. More realistic/toned-down stuff go in the main thread. A tweet daying Bruce is close to signing Haaland doesn't go in the realistic transfers thread, to put it like that, but there's room for that tweet somewhere on the forum - and that's what has always made this forum great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bonk Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 minute ago, reefatoon said: Anything going on in the realists chat for us the pore over, dissect and deeply discuss? Oh, nothing since Friday and that was yankees chat. Was hoping for some realist chat in here with the normal folk I’ll engage. I chuckled at the dark forces quote like I hoped everyone did here, as it was peak Ashley. For the takeover to be playing out in the courts, it tells the realist in me that it’s far from done. That means we’ll be stuck with Ashley and Cabbage Heed for next season. Rinse and repeat exactly the same season we just had, with a few unexpected wins, shit signings and maybe some sort of verdict from litigation in the fall. I expect it to not be favourable, because Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I’m pleased it appears cogs are still turning, but I just don’t see a scenario where the PL back down or they’ve left themselves open to be ripped a new one in court. I sincerely hope it goes through. I can’t deal with another season of Bruce or Ashley. Mad that we were sat here this time last year actually believing we were days away from an announcement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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