Kitman

Why thank you

imo it's getting to the point where it doesn't matter who takes over the club, the season will be a write-off anyway. This whole thing is typical of the idiots who've wrecked our club; all we need to complete the picture is for the club to be taken off the market and a press release from Ashley saying he's now committed to taking the club 'forward'. Again.

They had to do it by letter in the end. The post-it note kept blowing off his car apparently.

Great lies of our time: - Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction - Bill Clinton did not have sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky - Bernie Madoff has a good investment opportunity for you - The cheque's in the post - I promise I'll pull out at the last minute, pet - The NUFC takeover will be over by the end of this week

I have nostalgic memories of Are you Being Served growing up. Along with Mike Yarwood, Morecambe & Wise, The 2 Ronnies, Summertime Special etc on evening telly. I never got the pussy gags at the time, mind.

This moved me to compose a small poem in memoriam: Alas dear Molly, dead and gone You were queen of the 70s sitcom Double meaning was your comedic stunt By pussy you meant your big fat family pet RIP

I find the current situation at the club hugely frustrating

RIP. In his honour I have composed a short ode So long then Karl Malden Star of the screen Award winning actor who has been In classic films but as it goes Goodness gracious what a nose

Michael Mouse. Michael Finn. Michael Mical Romance.

The tosser will still be described as 'Newcastle striker' until he joins someone else though.

Don't click on the link

Well it's their website I suppose. They do have an email option if you want to dispute their opinions.

what particular golden era are you talking about here - the 1960's, 70's, 80's, 90's or current era ? Or when we qualified regularly for europe........with one of the best teams in the country and bought top quality footballers and filled the stadium every week. Doesn't sound like a badly run club to me. If you mean the 1950's, we may have won 3 FA Cups but we still got relegated and the club was run by a bunch of twats who creamed off as much as they could. Further than that, you are looking at when we last won the league.... Who are you talking to, mate ? The entire quote is lifted from nufc.com. The clue is at the top of the post that says "From Nufc.com". Divvy. must be nufc.com then never look at it tbh........

I wonder how much we can save on his salary? Must be a bairn to take his place somewhere......

The academy then. There must be someone left in the academy

what particular golden era are you talking about here - the 1960's, 70's, 80's, 90's or current era ? Or when we qualified regularly for europe........with one of the best teams in the country and bought top quality footballers and filled the stadium every week. Doesn't sound like a badly run club to me. If you mean the 1950's, we may have won 3 FA Cups but we still got relegated and the club was run by a bunch of twats who creamed off as much as they could. Further than that, you are looking at when we last won the league.... Who are you talking to, mate ? The entire quote is lifted from nufc.com. The clue is at the top of the post that says "From Nufc.com". Divvy.

I assume it's all about saving costs because he's out of contract. Wouldn't be surprised if we don't sign a replacement at all, but promote someone from the reserves.

From Nufc.com: The BBC reported that a consortium were in "advanced talks over a £60m takeover" of the club via TV & online news updates on Monday, naming Freddy Shepherd as the lead figure and Alan Shearer as preferred manager. Informed sources on Tyneside are now giving credence to the story and suggesting that this Friday could finally see something solid break, bringing an end to the weeks of claims, whispers and half-truths over United's future. The price quoted seems ridiculous - has our stock really fallen that far? - but the story seems to have gathered pace after reported sightings of Shepherd and Shearer at the old La Sagesse school in Jesmond, recently bought by the former Chairman. The return of FS would surely be another backwards step if we're treated to more embarrassing "Geordie Nation" utterances, exclusive Sky interviews with Jim White, family members on the board, dubious agent involvement and local car dealer hangers-on back in the Director's Box. Mike Ashley & Co have been an unmitigated disaster but have we really been beaten into submission to the extent that the man who bought Albert Luque and Michael Owen (Graeme Souness insists he was a bystander in both deals) can walk straight back in? And we haven't even mentioned Toongate.... This club has been without competent management at all levels for decades and that needs to change. Now.

Well that's convinced me

No coffee this morning? Two already. Have some more. It'll protect you from Parkinsons. Or something It's been a bit of a slow day tbf at work. I'll I've had all day has been conference calls so far. That's the trouble with office life. People eat and drink incessantly cos they're bored. Before you know it you're up to double digit on cups of coffee and suffering withdrawal symptoms if you don't get a caffeine fix. I realised I was getting severely ratty at the weekends cos I wasn't drinking enough coffee during the day

Nothing speaks of the rebellion of youth better than a maths equation

No coffee this morning? Two already. Have some more. It'll protect you from Parkinsons. Or something

He's the only coach left pulling a wage. Everyone else has pissed off. What's scary is if the sale doesn't go through, how many players do you need to officially be able to field a team in the Championship? I'm considering putting a tenner on Butt as player/manager. Then he can sack Hughton and Calderwood and save a bit more money.

This for me. I'm at the stage of 'Anyone But Ashley'. At least Shepherd will have a crack at rebuilding the club, Ashley will sell what isn't nailed down and let the rest fall in. People need to wake the fuck up, FS tried to compete at the highest level and took the risks that go with that. He made some blunders of course he did, but he was also unlucky with for instance the inj ot Luque etc...He might be a monster, but he's our monster. Given the choice between an ambitious spendthrift who'll ruin the club and a miserly incompetent buffoon who'll ruin the club, I choose Shepherd every time. To be fair, he'd be a pretty good chairman if he left the choice of manager, the finances and the PR to someone else. The last bits daft though (as I suspect it was meant to be) because his biggest fault is his desire to be so hands on. Aye it was tongue in cheek. I don't rate Shepherd at all or trust him. But better him than Ashley is where I'm at now.

This for me. I'm at the stage of 'Anyone But Ashley'. At least Shepherd will have a crack at rebuilding the club, Ashley will sell what isn't nailed down and let the rest fall in. People need to wake the fuck up, FS tried to compete at the highest level and took the risks that go with that. He made some blunders of course he did, but he was also unlucky with for instance the inj ot Luque etc...He might be a monster, but he's our monster. Given the choice between an ambitious spendthrift who'll ruin the club and a miserly incompetent buffoon who'll ruin the club, I choose Shepherd every time. To be fair, he'd be a pretty good chairman if he left the choice of manager, the finances and the PR to someone else. Ideally we need a couple of football heads in the boardroom. Did we ever adequately replace Freddy Fletcher? The man struck me as a complete shit of a human being, but he seemed to know how to run a football club. Kicking out the feckless casino manager and installing an experienced heavyweight football club executive/administrator would be a good start (and I'm not thinking of Shepherd here). We also need a football director with the stature, knowledge and experience of a Bobby Robson or a Bobby Charlton imo. Plus a decent lawyer who knows their way round players' contracts. Fuck it, let's just start from scratch.