Tiresias Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 I see every single other club has put in a complaint hahaha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, OCK said: You're right. Zack Ryder is another legend that Ashley fucked over. We shouldn't forget Mike Ashley literally had Ryder (sadly not Lee) thrown off the entrance way, in a wheelchair, by John Carver. Airport TLC match. Sadly Ashley wasn't RAW GM at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 (edited) I used to have bets with the bloke who sat next to me in the Gallowgate on how far the Half Time Hero would get onto the pitch. Most of them only got about five or ten yards on before the applause dried up and they were forced back. Took a proper legend to get to the centre circle. Edited October 8, 2021 by OpenC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Tiresias said: I see every single other club has put in a complaint hahaha Those Salty Tears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, Tiresias said: I see every single other club has put in a complaint hahaha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, Tiresias said: I see every single other club has put in a complaint hahaha Complaint about what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 DEAR PREMYA INN WHY WE NOT RISH LYK NOOCASUL? SIGN MAN CITY AND UNITED (MANCHESTER NOT NOOCASUL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, Tiresias said: I see every single other club has put in a complaint hahaha Complaint about what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Just now, Magpie said: Complaint about what? Damaging the brand apparently. I thought there was separation between PIF and the Saudi State. Is this not the case? It's what the Premier League have said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Wasting their time, PL can say what they want, its their Shop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 And the European Super League wasn’t damaging to the ‘brand’. The brass neck of some of these clubs… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_F Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Aye, fuck right off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hhtoon Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Just now, LV said: And the European Super League wasn’t damaging to the ‘brand’. The brass neck of some of these clubs… It's unbelievable Makes it all the sweeter mind you... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 What they gonna do? "Err Amanda we've had a change of heart, do you mind giving the club back to MA please, yours the PL" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Want to make this feel even better ? I’m watching old interviews from pardew bruce kinnear carver and mcclaren and now realising that won’t happen again ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 The 19 other top-flight clubs are understood to be united in opposition to a Saudi-led consortium being allowed to buy out Mike Ashley and are demanding to know what changed for it to be waved through and why they received so little notice. So little notice? Do we have to inform them like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Even if by some extraordinary turn of events those complaints were successful, it is still a massive win. If the consortium were forced to sell, it wouldn't go back to Ashley, and we'd have less of a moral dilemma. We've won no matter what. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hhtoon Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Guardian says nowt can be done about it (obviously) but they basically just want to vent as they only found out via media etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 1 minute ago, joeyt said: So little notice? Do we have to inform them like Aye, they've only had 18 months notice mind so fair enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Just now, joeyt said: So little notice? Do we have to inform them like Haha, I know right? I wish my stomach would inform me in good time that I'm gonna need to take a shit after the movie at the cinema has run for five minutes, but no, it happens when it happens. Hold your butts, squeeze your ass cheeks. Deal with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Full story from the Guardian... Quote Angry Premier League clubs demand emergency meeting on Newcastle deal Other 19 clubs united in opposition to Newcastle takeover Clubs concerned Premier League’s brand could be damaged Exclusive by David Hytner and Peter Walker @DaveHytner Fri 8 Oct 2021 19.30 BST Angry clubs have targeted the Premier League with complaints about the Newcastle United takeover and are pushing for an emergency meeting next week. The 19 other top-flight clubs are understood to be united in opposition to a Saudi-led consortium being allowed to buy out Mike Ashley and are demanding to know what changed for it to be waved through and why they received so little notice. The demand for the emergency meeting is not so much an attempt to derail the takeover – because it is too late – rather a reflection of how high feelings are running. Clubs have expressed concern that the Premier League’s brand could be damaged by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) taking an 80% stake in Newcastle, although eyebrows will be raised at this given the identity of other owners in the division. The deal has been fiercely criticised by human rights groups, especially as PIF – the state’s sovereign wealth fund – is overseen by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The arrival of a new set of billionaire owners is bound to have upset clubs who see on the horizon a far more competitive Newcastle and the prospect of St James’ Park wealth inflating transfer fees and wages. The league’s chief executive, Richard Masters, and chairman, Gary Hoffman, have received complaints from clubs who had no idea the Newcastle takeover was about to be approved. It was first proposed in March 2020 but the consortium withdrew its bid four months later amid growing fears it would fail the Premier League’s owners’ and directors’ test. The subject was not on the agenda at the most recent shareholders’ meeting two weeks ago. The league effectively blocked the deal last year and it was said last week at a competition appeals tribunal (CAT) involving Ashley and the league that arbitration proceedings to decide the matter were scheduled to begin on 3 January. It is understood clubs learned via the media on Wednesday of the impending takeover and received confirmation from the league by email at 5.18pm on Thursday. That is the time at which the league released a statement saying the deal was done and that it had “received legally binding assurances that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will not control Newcastle United”. The league would no doubt point out that issues of confidentiality and legality prevented the sharing of Newcastle developments. Furthermore, the league board’s nominated powers over the owners’ and directors’ test were endorsed after a vote among the clubs. The league’s QC, Adam Lewis, had said at the CAT that the deal could go ahead – albeit there was no suggestion it would happen so swiftly. “If the arbitration decides KSA [the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia] is not a director then the transaction can and will go ahead, with no question of the owners’ and directors’ test being applied to KSA,” Lewis said. Since then Saudi Arabia has lifted its ban on the Qatar-based beIN Sports and promised to close pirate websites showing Premier League football in the country. Crucially, it also convinced the league the state would not be involved in the day-to-day running of Newcastle. There is considerable unease among clubs as to whether this will prove to be the case. The Newcastle takeover has drawn reaction from the political arena, too. Labour, while arguing that the deal will “trouble many fans”, has not called for it to be paused, and is instead demanding a new system of regulation as soon as possible, most likely based on the ongoing review into football governance led by the Tory MP and former sports minister Tracey Crouch. Alison McGovern, the shadow sports minister, said: “This is ultimately a failure in the way that football is governed. Labour has called for a tough independent regulator for many years and the action we hope will come from the publication of the Crouch review cannot come soon enough.” Downing Street and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have maintained a deliberately hands-off approach, with officials insisting that it is a matter for the Premier League, and that since the UK trades with Saudi Arabia it would be anomalous to ban the takeover of a football club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bonk Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Joe_F said: Aye, fuck right off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Just now, andyman said: Haha, I know right? I wish my stomach would inform me in good time that I'm gonna need to take a shit after the movie at the cinema has run for five minutes, but no, it happens when it happens. Hold your butts, squeeze your ass cheeks. Deal with it. Always tells me when I'm at Junction 10 on the m25 clockwise in heavy traffic. It's why I only have leather seats now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bonk Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 YES!!! I'm soooooooo here for all the backlash from other clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Just now, relámpago blanco said: Always tells me when I'm at Junction 10 on the m25 clockwise in heavy traffic. It's why I only have leather seats now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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