The Newcastle United Thread

[Toony™®]

Im not cos as long as Ashley is in charge its same crap different division

As for keeping players, there are some that i would keep or atleast try to keep

S. Taylor
R. Taylor
Bassong
Beye
Enrique
Jonas
Guthrie
Carroll

and i would keep the youngsters and start to bring them into the team (Lua Lua, Kadar, Ranger etc etc)

Hopefully we can send a couple of players out on loan ie. Martins and Jonars.

I would only keep Harper, S Taylor and Carroll.

Rest I would get rid of..but reality is half will be probably still be here. Butt will probably get a 1 or 2 yr contract. He will do okay at championship level - I believe he will find his feet at his age!

We will need to get a couple of decent young central midfielders into the club , one which can protect the ball and the other which can create... it probably have to be a youngster from a championship club!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Hopefully we can send a couple of players out on loan ie. Martins and Jonars.

I would only keep Harper, S Taylor and Carroll.

Rest I would get rid of..but reality is half will be probably still be here. Butt will probably get a 1 or 2 yr contract. He will do okay at championship level - I believe he will find his feet at his age!

We will need to get a couple of decent young central midfielders into the club , one which can protect the ball and the other which can create... it probably have to be a youngster from a championship club!

Its unrealistic that we will get rid of the entire side - its gonna b tough to find buyers etc etc

and im not too keen on wholesale changes - i would like to keep the main back 4, that would be great then build from there

Beye - Taylor - Bassong - Enrique

There are plenty of canny Championship players out there who we will need to target early cos as Shearer said we are already playing catch up

 

[madaboutlfc]

A) That joke has already been beaten to death and was made by a Villa Fan.

B) Why didn't you post in that lovely "Lets laugh at Man Utd" thread of yours....after we got number 18!

C) Congrats on your D.O.M.U.B.S.W.J.S Award this season (Double over Man Utd But Still Won Jack Sh!t...you took it off oh so proud holders Man Citeh)

D) Please refer back to B.

maybe coz the we is not really we...

 

[waseem84]

looking forward to see newcastle play against scunthorpe

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Oxy since i aint too familiar with the Championship what are the following players like?

Andrew Surman (Saints)
Daniel Fox (Coventry)
Bodde (Swansea or should that be Scum)
Beevers (Sheff Wed)
Addison (Derby)

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

from teamtalk.com

The Magpies will be favourites to bounce straight back following their shock relegation from the Premier League but Warnock has warned they will not find the Championship a walk in the park.

"They won't find it easy by any stretch of the imagination," he told the South London Press.

"Newcastle coming down only shocks me in the sense that no way should a club like that get relegated with the fanbase they have got - they have just made so many errors of judgement at every turn.

"It's not funny from inside the club but from the outside it is almost comical. I don't think we fear anybody or that reputations will worry us because we're not that type of team. I don't believe Newcastle will relish playing us.

"Ideally we want them at Selhurst on the first day of the season - I'm sure that would be the televised match."

I can see myself hating Colin even more now

 

[Ali888]

the rats start to leave the sinking ship

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/newcastle/article6396030.ece

it has been hilarious seeing this club implode, i hope they do the full Leeds/Nottingham Forest and go down to League 1 or 2

there is no way anyone with a brain will buy Newcastle off Ashley with its current cost structure, they could just wait for the inevitable bankruptcy/administration and buy it next year when it has been relegated to League 1 and deducted 15 points.

LOL

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Glad Ashley wants out - we know he doesnt want to be here and its good that he seems to be willing to accept a low price. If only he did that last time he put it on the market

The only concern is that what is Ashley going to do in the meantime (whilst a buyer is found) hopefully something in that brain of his will click and realise that he needs to make Shearer manager asap and start working on restrycturing the club - that will only help him in protecting the value of the club, the longer he leaves it the worse it will get and the more money he will lose in the long

A buyer shudnt be too difficult to find, infact i think this is a great opportunity for someone - get the club for a canny price, spend around £30 Million on it and if we can get promoted the value will exceed £130 Million

Ashley has wrecked this club and him leaving will be a joyous moment

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

the rats start to leave the sinking ship

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/newcastle/article6396030.ece

it has been hilarious seeing this club implode, i hope they do the full Leeds/Nottingham Forest and go down to League 1 or 2

there is no way anyone with a brain will buy Newcastle off Ashley with its current cost structure, they could just wait for the inevitable bankruptcy/administration and buy it next year when it has been relegated to League 1 and deducted 15 points.

LOL

genius i suggest you do some research

the club wont be going into administration any time soon as any debt we have is owed to Ashley and not some Bank who will demand payment

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

The Sultan of Oman is being linked with the takeover

 

[Amir]

After seeing the state the club is in, he will say "O MAN what have I gotten myself into?"

Ok, I will get my coat.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

After seeing the state the club is in, he will say "O MAN what have I gotten myself into?"

Ok, I will get my coat.

You do that - that was pretty shocking BUT fair play for the attempt

 

[TAK]

bit of vintage leeds v newcastle for you to enjoy GA

1982, milk cup second leg (1-0 to newcastle at elland road)

keegan, imre varadi and waddle up front for you (varadi layer played at leeds), peter haddock, (later moved to Leeds), also playing for you.


paul hart (current portsmouth manager) and kenny burns are the centrehalves for us, lukic in goal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LRGBv3oFcY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0xDqDRJ9es&feature=related

 

[Amir]

You do that - that was pretty shocking BUT fair play for the attempt

I admit it was bad...but to say is pretty shocking was harsh.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Telegraph reckons that Ashley is set to meet with a local consortium tomorrow regarding takeover - hopefully we can have some good news come monday morning.

 

[Amir]

Telegraph reckons that Ashley is set to meet with a local consortium tomorrow regarding takeover - hopefully we can have some good news come monday morning.

Yeah, then you may have 2 or 3 men to blame for your failure rather than the regular one owner who takes the brunt of it all.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Yeah, then you may have 2 or 3 men to blame for your failure rather than the regular one owner who takes the brunt of it all.

not really true cos we dont expect too much from the owner - communication with the fans, honesty and backing the manager (not talking £50 Million here BUT a reasonable amount to do the job)

Ashley failed to the above, infact he practically kicked the fans in the nuts so your insinuation that the fans are unreasonable is simply not correct

 

[Amir]

I'm just going on what I have seen. You guys blamed Sheppard, and when Ashley came you lot were well excited (this I remember because you were). Now Ashley getting blamed. And when the players fail to turn up, your lot will play the new consortium.

Truth is, Ashley may have sacked Keegan but the players were just rubbish. The buck has to stop somewhere and its with them. Ashley can't play for them.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

I'm just going on what I have seen. You guys blamed Sheppard, and when Ashley came you lot were well excited (this I remember because you were). Now Ashley getting blamed. And when the players fail to turn up, your lot will play the new consortium.

Truth is, Ashley may have sacked Keegan but the players were just rubbish. The buck has to stop somewhere and its with them. Ashley can't play for them.

Which is hugely misinformed

Shepherd was blamed for being an idiot and appointing the wrong managers - those are facts (and not the rafa style fachts)

Ofcourse we were excited when Ashley came - this was a billionaire who we thought was going to put money into the side and help us push up the table BUT the fact of the matter is that he has failed to do that (unless ofcourse you can show me otherwise) - listing all of his errors would take ages BUT here is a snapshot

• Replacing Chris Mort with some cockney gimp who made no attempt to communicate with the fans

• Selling Milner BUT not replacing him - not giving Keegan the left back he wanted

• allowing Keegan to walk away and backing the poisoned dwarf over him

• Putting Hughton in charge for too long

• appointing Joe Kinnear - granted no one else wanted the job BUT it says a lot for the owner when the only guy that was willing to work for him was heart attack victim

• Talks about selling the club BUT puts a ridiculous asking price on the club - misses a great opportunity to sell the club, he goes to Dubai to talk to potential investors BUT ends up disrespecting them by choosing to bladdered instead

• Persisting with Kinnear for far too long

• Lying about threats to his family and also lying about Wise/KK's role at the club

• Allowing N'Zogbia/Given to leave and signing rubbish players in the place. Still not addressing the left back issue

• making a profit in the previous 3 tranfser windows and overall under his ownership i think the net spend is not much more than £0 (What do you reckon the likes of Spurs, Mackems etc is in comparison???)

• After Kinnear's expected heart attack puuting Hughton back in charge - despite the fact that he thought that highly of Hughton that his previous stint was cut short after he was replaced by the clown that is Kinnear

• Bringing in Shearer was actually a good thing and the best thing he did since bringing back KK

• back to the rubbish stuff - holds discussions with Shearer about the permanent job and moving the club forward BUT then decides half way through that he suddenly wants to sell us

• Since we are up for sale he is not gonna spend a single penny so the club is basically being held to ransom - we cant do jack **** now and this gives our rivals a massive advantage over us. They already had a 2 week head start BUT that has been turned into 4 weeks and will undoubtedly go on and on

etc etc etc

The list can go on and on and on - you and other people who lets be frank dont really have a clue about the club can say its the fans fault BUT you are so far off the mark its not funny. Mike Ashley is the ultimate reason we have been relegated, no doubt about it. Yes the team is rubbish BUT whose fault is that? Ashley's for not strengthening it and Ashley's for having a clown as manager for majority of the season

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Well the papers reckon Shearer wont get the job since Ashley doesnt want to spend a single penny - bad, bad, bad move. I cant see any decent manager wanting the job so i expect Kinnear will return (before finally succumbing to another heart attack)

There is no hope for the immediate future - no way the fans are gonna go back if we have some clown in charge, no way.

I just pray that a buyer can be found quickly otherwise we will be heading into League 1

 

[waseem84]

mission compleated chris hughton and your welcome back at spurs

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

mission compleated chris hughton and your welcome back at spurs

Wudnt surprise me in the slightest, also Ashley is a spurs fan - you jews are pretty shrewd

 

[waseem84]

blame the jews for newcastles demise

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

blame the jews for newcastles demise

you did that

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

A far eastern group are interested in buying us and Pakistan won - i finally am happy for a moment

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

A far eastern group are interested in buying us and Pakistan won - i finally am happy for a moment

"The Profitable Group can confirm that it has expressed an initial interest in acquiring Newcastle United. A preliminary discussion with the representatives appointed to handle the sale of the club has been held, but contrary to some reports no direct talks have been held with either the Owner, Mike Ashley , or the Chairman, Derek Llambias.

The Group consider the leaking of The Group's interest in this matter unfortunate, and as supporters of Newcastle United seek only to serve in the best interests of the club, the fans and the local community.

The Group will not be making any further comment at the present time.'

Now usually being owned by someone called proftable group would be worrying BUT after the disaster that is Mike Ashley i would welcome this lot with open arms . . . . . .

tho its highly likely this group is just after some free publicity

 

[madaboutlfc]

haha GA what a coincidence.. a good friend of mine works for them in singapore..

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

haha GA what a coincidence.. a good friend of mine works for them in singapore..

Well i hope he isnt involved in any scams

I have changed my mind since yesterday - the more i read about this group the more im worried about it, seems like they have been involved in some scams.

I never thought it would say this BUT i want Freddy Shepherd back - may have been useless BUT ultimately his heart is in the right place

 

[Shahid A]

20 more million from real madrid and they could of bought newcastle

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

The laughing stock of the nation just continues its usual incompetence

Papers reckon Ashley is gonna bring in Alan Curbishley as manager - is there no end to Ashley's retardness? The guy is severely lacking in brain matter

All this in the week that Season Ticket renewals have been sent out to fans, cant see too many people signing up.

Also the fixture list is released this week - an in a couple of weeks pre-season starts and we have no manager or pre-season fixtures lined up - JOKE

 

[Amir]

The laughing stock of the nation just continues its usual incompetence

I don't think Newcastle at that important to be the laughing stock of the nation!

PRe-season begins in 4-5 weeks...2 weeks seems kinda short.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

I don't think Newcastle at that important to be the laughing stock of the nation!

PRe-season begins in 4-5 weeks...2 weeks seems kinda short.

No it doesnyt - 1st July is when Pre-season starts

 

[madaboutlfc]

Curbishley is actually a good manager.. Im surprised you dont rate him.. i think its the best appointment since SBR

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Curbishley is actually a good manager.. Im surprised you dont rate him.. i think its the best appointment since SBR

Im not doubting that BUT its more to do with Ashley's decision making

If he wanted Curbishley why even come out with comments like "we want Shearer as manager, 110%" - the thing that has peed the fans off is the miscommunication and the constant BS

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

finally something has happened on the pre-season front, 3 games have been announced

They are;

Darlington (A) - Saturday 18th July - kick off 12:30
Huddersfield Town (A) - Tuesday 21st July - kick off 7:45pm
Leeds United (H) - Wednesday 29th July - kick off 7:45pm

 

[Amir]

Im not doubting that BUT its more to do with Ashley's decision making

If he wanted Curbishley why even come out with comments like "we want Shearer as manager, 110%" - the thing that has peed the fans off is the miscommunication and the constant BS

What is not to say he still does want Shearer but its just hard to negotiate with Shearer? He has to have a plan B.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

What is not to say he still does want Shearer but its just hard to negotiate with Shearer? He has to have a plan B.

Mike Ashley and Plan B? ) ) ) )


I dont believe for a second Shearer would be unreasonable in any of his 'demands' (i use that term loosely) - Shearer wants the best for this club and anything he wants would be for the future interest of newcastle united

 

[TAK]

i'm hearing rumours of a proposed arrangement betwenn NUFC and LUFC fans for the upcoming pre-match freindly


a minutes pre-match mutual loathing of dennis wise

)

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

i'm hearing rumours of a proposed arrangement betwenn NUFC and LUFC fans for the upcoming pre-match freindly


a minutes pre-match mutual loathing of dennis wise

)

) ) )

Only a minute tho? reckon it could comfortably extend to 30 mins or so

 

[TAK]

love yer new away kit GA

very errrrrr camp

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

love yer new away kit GA

very errrrrr camp

Its well lovely

Could have been worse, could have had pink in it

Im sure this is just Ashley taking the mick further - mug

 

[Toony™®]

I am ignoring all News about the current regime.. cannot despair about it anymore...
Saga at Newcastle as got to a level where it just bores me now.... hopefully there is some movement in a week or so from now!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

I am ignoring all News about the current regime.. cannot despair about it anymore...
Saga at Newcastle as got to a level where it just bores me now.... hopefully there is some movement in a week or so from now!

I know the feeling - its like the club is dying a slow, painful death

I dont expect any news (well positive news) anytime soon - its a shipwreck

 

[Toony™®]

I know the feeling - its like the club is dying a slow, painful death

I dont expect any news (well positive news) anytime soon - its a shipwreck

Any news about a new owner is good news to get Ashley out... he run the club like Sports Division - bargain basement prices.

From July 1st... find out which players will be leaving and transfer window will be open!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Any news about a new owner is good news to get Ashley out... he run the club like Sports Division - bargain basement prices.

From July 1st... find out which players will be leaving and transfer window will be open!

I dont expect anything to happen on that front really - a few agents have allready mentioned that they havnt a clue who to speak to regarding transfers (incoming and outgoing)

The club is just drifting with no one in charge - the sooner Shearer is installed the better BUT im not holding my breath for that to happen any time soon

 

[Amir]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8125576.stm

What a piece of business. Get back your old club and pocket essentially 74 million in the mean time

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8125576.stm

What a piece of business. Get back your old club and pocket essentially 74 million in the mean time

Not exactly because he didnt own the club 100%

iirc Fat Fred had a stake of around 30% which gave him around £40 Million so he hasnt pocketed anything - also there is the likelihood that he will be taking on some debt of the club

Tho since he is reportedly part of a consortium we dont know how much he himself is putting in and what level of control he will have - its a wait and see BUT i hope it happens soon

 

[Toony™®]

Not exactly because he didnt own the club 100%

iirc Fat Fred had a stake of around 30% which gave him around £40 Million so he hasnt pocketed anything - also there is the likelihood that he will be taking on some debt of the club

Tho since he is reportedly part of a consortium we dont know how much he himself is putting in and what level of control he will have - its a wait and see BUT i hope it happens soon

hopefully he is just a figure head.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Michael Owens contract expired today - good riddance

 

[Amir]

Geordie are you going to end your self imposed exile (though i knew you did temporarily remove it) since it will be harder to view games on the tele?

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Geordie are you going to end your self imposed exile (though i knew you did temporarily remove it) since it will be harder to view games on the tele?

At the moment it stands BUT a new owner in (and Shearer as manager) then it will end

Actually tele doesnt seem to be too bad - we have 5 games announced for live coverage (BBC/Sky) and also BBC Sport (UK users) have the rights to show all the goals that happen in the Championship

BUT i badly want to go back (as do many others) BUT not in the current environment

 

[Amir]

But wouldn't you rather watch your team play? Surely a local network shows your games (like you guys do have local channels right?)?

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

But wouldn't you rather watch your team play? Surely a local network shows your games (like you guys do have local channels right?)?

Ofcourse i do BUT im not going to subsidise someone like Mike Ashley, the worst owner/chairman the premiership has ever seen (yes, even worse than Ridsdale)

The tele rights to the matches have been sold to Sky and the BBC so only they can show them - tho there is a possibility that streams may be available BUT wont know until the time

BUT i hope it doesnt come to that - a new owner and i will be at SJP

 

[TAK]

Ofcourse i do BUT im not going to subsidise someone like Mike Ashley, the worst owner/chairman the premiership has ever seen (yes, even worse than Ridsdale)

but ridsale was a genuine leeds fan unlike ashley who wore a shirt of convenience

and he did manage to delight and dissapoint

i don't think ashley has delivered jack - has he?

where has sir john hall gone - ( i saw him once at lightwater valley having a cuppa with mrs. hall)

i know he will be a bit past it now but presumably he still has a passion for the team and there was his son who was involved with freddy sheherd??

wasn't it the 2 of them laying into the local girls and shearer?

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

but ridsale was a genuine leeds fan unlike ashley who wore a shirt of convenience

and he did manage to delight and dissapoint

i don't think ashley has delivered jack - has he?

where has sir john hall gone - ( i saw him once at lightwater valley having a cuppa with mrs. hall)

i know he will be a bit past it now but presumably he still has a passion for the team and there was his son who was involved with freddy sheherd??

wasn't it the 2 of them laying into the local girls and shearer?

I agree re. Ridsdale - BUT he gets a lot of stick (and rightly so to an extent) BUT he is far far superior to Ashley

Ashley has done some good things BUT he then goes and messes it up - appointing KK was a good thing BUT then he messes it up by backing Wise over him

He then did a good thing by appointing Shearer BUT then he decides to sell the club - leaves it managerless and lost at sea. Pre-season has started and its being led by dumb and dumber

Sir John Hall sold his stake to Ashley - which allowed Ashley to buy the club. At the time it was felt that we could trust Ashley simply because we believed Sir John Hall would have ensured he was going to do right by the club - BUT now there are question marks over Sir John, some reckon he just sold the club without seeking any assurances, aslong as he got his money he was happy - also recently Sir John came out and sort of defended Mike Ashley which is a huge no go

No chance of Sir John coming back - nor his son (who is basically a mong doing good thanks to his rich dad) It was his son (Douglas) and Shepherd that got done by the Fake Sheikh

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

rumours doing the round that a Malaysian consortium is interested in buying us

 

[Toony™®]

They have fair few billionaires.. (well here's hoping!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Malaysian_billionaires

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

They have fair few billionaires.. (well here's hoping!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Malaysian_billionaires

definately wishful thinking - we are either stuck with Ashley or going to get lumbered with Fat Fred again

 

[JammydodgA]

I was hoping the club would be sold by now....

It's times like these, you wish u had 80 mill lying around. or even half that.

 

[Toony™®]

The club has had more than 2 bids of £100m according to Llamblas.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8137156.stm

Things are picking up.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

The club has had more than 2 bids of £100m according to Llamblas.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8137156.stm

Things are picking up.

Dont trust that mong - he is a liar and i think he is lying to get other people to bid the same

Also why say more than 2 bids? why not just say it was 3 bids or 4 bids? whats with the loose use of language?

Anyhow i hope it gets solved soon otherwise this will be another bleak season

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Steve McMahon, former liverpool midfielder states that the Profitable Group (based in Singapore) of which he is director have made a bid for us

Not sure how true this is because parties that have made a bid are supposed to have signed a non-disclosure agreement

The circus just continues . . . . . .

Meanwhile Shearer is reportedly sick of the circus and is ready to either manage someone else or go back to the punditry

 

[Amir]

Steve McMahon, former liverpool midfielder states that the Profitable Group (based in Singapore) of which he is director have made a bid for us

Not sure how true this is because parties that have made a bid are supposed to have signed a non-disclosure agreement

The circus just continues . . . . . .

Meanwhile Shearer is reportedly sick of the circus and is ready to either manage someone else or go back to the punditry

According to the BBC Gossip Column, Shearer is 'tearing' his hair out. Can you confirm such reports? Does Alan have less on the top?

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

According to the BBC Gossip Column, Shearer is 'tearing' his hair out. Can you confirm such reports? Does Alan have less on the top?

Shudnt take long then i guess

 

[Toony™®]

dont know whats going on anymore regarding the sale...

playing side wise though, we won 3-0 away at Shamrock! Waahay!

If Ranger has a good season and we don't get promoted... he will get picked off by a premiership club!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

dont know whats going on anymore regarding the sale...

playing side wise though, we won 3-0 away at Shamrock! Waahay!

If Ranger has a good season and we don't get promoted... he will get picked off by a premiership club!

Thats the worry - finally we have some canny youngsters (Ranger, Kadar, Vuckic, Inman etc) BUT we will probably lose if we dont get promoted (which is likely considering the mess we are in)

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Paper reports that Joe Kinnear will become the manager soon - it was denied by the club BUT that just worries me more, if they have denied it then it means it will probably happen

I dont think there is a worse run club in the country than us at the moment - shambles

 

[Toony™®]

The news out of the club from the players is disheartening!

I am very annoyed at Ashley and the clowns around him. The club is in freefall and now Newcastle being told their match is cancelled by the FA due to the Mackems being in Town is even worse.

The mackems over the geordies thats how low the club as fallen!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

The season is fast approaching (about 3 weeks ago) and we still havnt been bought

Whats worse is the lack of communication coming from the club - and when communication does come in its all lies. Llambias said that the first to bid £100 Million will buy the club BUT then he also said we have had more than 2 bids at £100 Million - mong

 

[Toony™®]

we haven't bought nor sold just those out of contract have left.

 

[Amir]

I am not sure ho wthis works, but maybe being bought out isn't such a bad thing?

Newcastle have kept the same team which, still has many decent players who I feel will tear up Championship opposition in Duff, Martins, Butt, Taylor and some more. If Newcastle retains these lads (though I reckon Martins is most likely to leave)...they can make the trip right back up.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

I am not sure ho wthis works, but maybe being bought out isn't such a bad thing?

Newcastle have kept the same team which, still has many decent players who I feel will tear up Championship opposition in Duff, Martins, Butt, Taylor and some more. If Newcastle retains these lads (though I reckon Martins is most likely to leave)...they can make the trip right back up.

Being bought out would be a great thing

The players we have are on paper good enough to come back up BUT they were good enough on paper to keep us up and we know how that ended up

There are players who need to be moved on simply because they are earning daft money - we cant sustain those sort of wages in the Championship, just cant be done.

We need a takeover to happen asap so that Shearer can be appointed manager and he can get cracking on trying to reshape the squad (time is running out tho)

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

A wantaway owner, a retard for a chairman, no manager, a vastly overpaid playing squad, fans having no clue about what direction the club is going

BUT

We have still managed to sell 25,000 season tickets

Im still undecided whether thats loyalty or mongness

 

[Amir]

Sorry Imeant, not being bought out isn't a bad thing as you keep the squad together. Though you raise some good points.

I ask though, how are these players currently being paid? Newcastle still have much money?

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Sorry Imeant, not being bought out isn't a bad thing as you keep the squad together. Though you raise some good points.

I ask though, how are these players currently being paid? Newcastle still have much money?

Well i disagree as i have mentioned - it wouldnt be so bad if Ashley actually gave a crap BUT he doesnt so its important we get sold to someone who will atleast make decisions (hopefully the right one's)

The players will be getting paid by the club - if the income of the club doesnt cover it then it will have to come out of Ashley's pocket BUT though our wage bill is high we havnt had many other expenditures in terms of player signings so dont think Ashley is covering that

 

[On_the_up]

Talk of Shearer being back as a pundit on MOTD. Means chances of him being manager next season are remote.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Talk of Shearer being back as a pundit on MOTD. Means chances of him being manager next season are remote.

Forget remote, hell will freeze before Shearer becomes manager

If he was going to be appointed manager it would have happened ages ago, Ashley is an idiot

Im glad that he will be going back to MOTD and not taking some other job because hopefully when we finally get rid of the fat idiot he can become manager (i live in hope)

 

[hasanb]

Forget remote, hell will freeze before Shearer becomes manager

If he was going to be appointed manager it would have happened ages ago, Ashley is an idiot

Im glad that he will be going back to MOTD and not taking some other job because hopefully when we finally get rid of the fat idiot he can become manager (i live in hope)

What on earth is going on here, clearly all the fans want him out (and thats a very polte way ive chosen to say it). How on earth is he still hanging on in there...another question would be how is he still alive, but we'll leave that one for another day.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

What on earth is going on here, clearly all the fans want him out (and thats a very polte way ive chosen to say it). How on earth is he still hanging on in there...another question would be how is he still alive, but we'll leave that one for another day.

Well he owns the club so there is nothing we can do, actually we can by not filling the stadium which i suspect will happen this season BUT really we need to hope that someone out there will buy the club off him, its our only hope - until then we just have to grin and bare it

 

[Sheikh]

The madness continues:


Group withdraws Newcastle offer


The Singapore-based Profitable Group, which is fronted by former England midfielder Steve McMahon, has pulled out of a deal to buy Newcastle United.

McMahon told the Evening Chronicle: "We put a bid in two weeks ago and had no communication, no response - nothing."

The BBC understands several parties remain interested in the club, but no timetable for the sale has been set.

Meanwhile, reports that owner Mike Ashley is considering putting the club into administration are untrue.

McMahon hit out at Ashley after ending their interest because of a lack of "communication and response" from United.

He said: "We have pulled out. How long can you keep hanging on?

"It really is poor form from Newcastle, but if that's the way they want to run their business, good luck to them."

The news is another blow to Ashley's attempts to sell the club, which has been on the market since June, following their relegation from the Premier League.

Earlier this month, managing director Derek Llambias confirmed there were at least three bids on the table, and a group of Malaysian businessmen interested in buying the club have visited Tyneside twice.

However, it appears unlikely that any takeover deal will be concluded before the start of the new Championship season in 11 days time.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8172201.stm