The Fish

The club not refuting this, and the bit in bold specifically, could be big. Still, it's Ashley. Time for him to offer the Sheikh's representatives a celebratory Pint and Pork Pie.

This is the same guy who tried and failed to buy Liverpool isn't he? I'm doing my best not to get excited.

If that's what it takes to get this deal over the line then I'll do it. Warn you now, I'm inexperienced and unskilled at it, but will give the ol' college try.

I'm in the same camp as him to be honest, we've heard this kind of shit before from Kenyon, Staveley etc. If the club and the league are "No commenting" rather than flat out denying, it does lend it more weight, but it could easily go tits up.

Is that a neutral in the Sunderland end? BEcause if that's a mackem filming it, it's a bit weird to put it out on the internet isn't it?

Howay Derby

Tom likes, dodgy riffs

From Luke Edwards in the Telepgraph

Aye, just punch it.

The new owner should sell tickets for us to watch the Sports Direct tat stripped from the ground. He'd make his money back over night.

Grealish is a highly unlikeable arsehole, isn't he?

They look much better than Derby to my eyes

They should have already taken on the Millwall/Leeds approach. Revelling in the contempt the wider football world has for them. The reaction to the Netflix series (plus the reactions to the consecutive relegations), would surely have hammered home that they're seen as a fucking joke.

Imagining the fume in the Beehive because Ryder can't understand why he wasn't forewarned by Tavernier, Streete or even Steven Taylor??

Does raise a smile when they're claiming friendships all over the shop, and in the same thread there's other saying they beat the shit out of opposition fans. They want to be the fans every other clubs loves, and are afraid of. Fucking oddities.

There's even one bloke claiming to be the Sheikh's lawyer. He's saying the deal is all but done and we'll get an announcement on Friday. However, a quick translate of a few of his tweets shows he's a Man Utd fan, one says "The Newcastle fans are snatching" and a face palm emoji. So I say his claims are camelshit.

Not near enough embarrassment about the behaviour of their fans in London.

Bunch of accounts saying the deal is done, but I've no idea who they are, so I don't buy it. I'll wait for Caulkin, Edwards or the Club to announce it before I rip my cock off.

You know how to look on the sunny side of life, for damned sure.

I was being sarcastic.

Especially when he'll get a decent wedge in the Championship and it's unlikely a Premier League club would top that significantly. Not for a player who doesn't look capable of scoring in the top flight.

Gate receipts?

Aye, picture the scene; Benitez walks into the MD's office "I'd like to buy these four players, they'll cost £90m all told, but I'm happy to sell these players who want to leave, we don't need and will bring in about £40m. I know some of them aren't young, but they'll make fit the way we want to play perfectly." "OK" Fanciful I know, but just let yourself enjoy the fantasy.

Unlike like Droopy Trooper, that. I'm very much in the "Jimbo's Telly" camp. Been burnt too many times to get really excited. The kid in me is already compiling a list of FM Wonderkids we should immediately go out and buy, though.

Gettin?