Craig

Jesus CT, WTF are you doing to your telly if you're needing to replace it after 4 years?! Mine's 11 years old and still going strong.

Of course they were. It's not in their (self) interest to be independently regulated. It's fucking shambolic this league is over 30 years old, has pretty much destroyed any balance to the footballing pyramid and has never been held to account by anyone but themselves. Didn't Starmer commit to independent regulation as part of the Labour manifesto? Needs to happen quickly.

They need to be. Instinct told me the carry on with our protracted takeover stunk to high heaven, but I wondered if it was because I was looking at it with black n white tinted specs on. This situation has only served to increase suspicion. The PL holds far too much power - both operationally and commerically and as Gemmill has said elsewhere, they are STILL self regulating. It's absolute horseshit! The longer this goes on, the more I believe a bias towards certain clubs could, and probably does exist. Fair play to Man City to be fair. Much like Prince Harry taking on the press for phone-tapping, it needs someone with pockets deep enough to fund the legal battle to root these cunts out.

Agree with this but it's further complicated by the fact they imposed a points deduction on Forest last season. Surely they've got an argument to say they've been treated inconsistently.

BBC now reporting likewise. Does make you wonder if Man City taking this to trial has resulted in the PL being caught with their pants down and scrabbling to save face, being economical with the truth in the process. Possibly even an existential threat to the PL as we know it?

Simon Cliff, general counsel for Manchester City has written to the other 19 PL clubs and warned that the PL have misinterpreted the judgement. He states all APT rules void and applies retrospectively to October 2021. Basically - any deal knocked by the PL under APT rules was done so unlawfully and can be enforced in law to claim compensation.

Nick De Marco declining to pass comment https://x.com/nickdemarco_/status/1843334109122134278?s=46&t=z2j8swpKHKggwsIUQJsACw

Just a thought but do you reckon the fact the detail of who emailed the PL being redacted suggests the court believes there could be a follow up claim by NUFC for lost earnings? Xenophobic, anti-competition and talk of the 'Gulf region'. It's got Levy all over it for me.

Exactly. We can argue whether the rules are morally correct until the cows come home but within the rules they were. Starmer's decision to hand them back is founded in morality as opposed to being found out. Don't even get me started on contracts for Tory's mates. Michelle Mone needs locking up!

After Saturday's performance I'd much prefer it was spent on Jonathan David

Yeah, that's my take on it. They're fucking desperate for a story oozing of corruption from the new government that they're latching on anything. This isn't one they'd have let go of easily so it's probably best all round that she (officially) steps down. The level of desperation from the media is getting pathetic. Take the donations for instance - whilst I fundamentally disagree with them accepting donations, I'm fairly certain the majority of sitting cabinet ministers over the past few decades will all have accepted liked-minded donations without this level of scrutiny so why the hysteria about it now? And the same outlets who are outraged right now didn't seem to have much issue with Sunak chartering government choppers to transport him from central London to Southampton at his convenience. Starmer's returned the donations - the right thing to do.

From the BBC: In this arbitration process, Chelsea, Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Everton all acted as witnesses for City. Witnesses for the Premier League were Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Brighton and West Ham.

Years ago I had a script which mail-bombed anyone requesting a read receipt with whatever arbitrary number of receipts you wanted to. People soon stopped doing that shit.

The 'Wagatha' bullshit has gone back to court over the 'sheer magnitude of legal costs'. Vardy claiming Rooney was taking the piss. Can we just put these two cunts before the firing squad and be done with it?

Official site are making the point in their press release that his grandad secured the funding for the East Stand back in the 70s. Nepotism reigns supreme!

Yeah I'm definitely the 'knower'. My mate is the landlord at my local, runs the darts team and is quite good. Had me in the team once and then never again as he was bothered about his windows being put through

Over the weekend me and mate signed up for the reboot of Bullseye

There's also the added matter of the CEO stepping down on health reasons. No doubt they will want Eales's replacement in post and to be able to add influence to any decision which probably accounts for the extended timeline.

They do mention stadium footprint and surrounding areas so I wouldn't count anything out ... and they're inferring a rough timetable for decisions to be made. It's as complex as fuck, man and as they allude to, it's a once in a generation decision. Lack of patience from Gloomy is off the scale

Well ahead of you.

I wouldn't go that far. I'm surrounded by a few of them who proclaim they were "one of the champions of Europe" last year...

Stadium plans discussed as Fan Advisory Board reconvenes The latest Newcastle United Fan Advisory Board (FAB) meeting has taken place between supporters and senior club executives. The FAB consists of supporter representatives and is a key part of Newcastle United's ongoing commitment to structured, strategic fan engagement. During Monday's online meeting, a number of representatives from FAB were joined by Chief Operating Officer, Brad Miller, Chief Commercial Officer, Peter Silverstone and senior representatives from the club's supporter services, communications and commercial venue teams. Peter Silverstone provided FAB members with an insight into the club's growing commercial department, which has added 12 new club partners since last summer, introduced a new website and app, and recently launched the new St. James' STACK, presented by Sela. At the FAB's request, the club summarised the due diligence process that goes into building out a successful commercial partnership, which is supported by 'big four' professional services firms, and outlined plans to attract even more leading brands to the club's family of partners in future. STADIUM FEASIBILITY Brad Miller delivered an in-depth update on the club's stadium feasibility work to FAB members. As part of a comprehensive presentation, the club outlined that the study has now entered a crucial second phase, with more detailed analysis currently taking place to investigate project-related risks and opportunities before a decision stage in early 2025. Brad said: "This is an exciting but extremely complex project, and I'd like to thank supporters for their patience as we conduct this key phase of the feasibility process. "We aren't quite at a decision-making stage yet, but we are targeting the early part of 2025 to complete the next essential tasks. "We know what a transformed St. James' Park would give us and we now have a significant amount of data and feedback on our stadium footprint and surrounding area, so we are several steps forward. "But it is also clear that this option has several risks associated with it, so we need to fully analyse those risks against the opportunities to reach truly informed and intelligent outcomes. "We are challenging our appointed design team, and ourselves, to make sure our eventual chosen route delivers a fantastic fan experience - one that represents the fans, city, region and club, and aligns with the long-term ambitions of our ownership group. "But it must provide an investable return, and not least deliver strong revenue growth to increase our PSR headroom, which, as everyone knows, means we can invest more in football. "Part of the process is also to understand alternative options so that we see the bigger picture and, again, find the right balance between risk and opportunity. This is a once-in-a-generation investment, so we don't want to look back in years to come, as a club or as a city, and regret an opportunity missed. "Our objective is to select a scheme that is deliverable, affordable, and sustainable, so we are investing this time to make sure we are only going to spend money on the project where it will make the biggest difference - to fan experience, revenue, competitiveness, investment in football and operational efficiency. "All this requires a robust process that leaves no stone unturned.” Representatives of the FAB asked a number of critical questions throughout the presentation relating to the feasibility study, which the club will consider as the decision-making process continues. Brad continued: "We are very grateful to the members of FAB for taking on board some of the detail behind our reasoning, and we look forward to their continued input as we move this historic project forward in the near future."