The Fish

Really bad comparison that. Man City have a legion of stars, aren't in any rush and know the player has forced a move. Newcastle United can't force Ashley to sell it, Ashley is content enough to hold onto the club until his ridiculous valuation is met (it won't be) so he's in no rush either. I don't think they do hold all the cards really. Ashley does, unfortunately.

Can't discount it, no. But surely if the difference was £50m (as reported) a stupidly rich buyer would have been more likely to acquiesce to Ashley's demands, as it'd be a drop in the ocean for them?

Now that I'm busy this place is slowing down. What it's missing is ponderous essays repeating a position ad nauseum. And the occasional clunky bit of yoof speak. y' get me?

What Bloomberg says;

Whatever Nazi-boy. I am loved, LOVED, on here and wherever else I share my enlightening wisdom.

I got shit for saying exactly this earlier on.

Have we? Aren't we still bumbling around the bottom half of the league (as everyone predicted before a ball was kicked)? The club's league position wasn't likely to have a real bearing on the value of the club, was it. Unless we were rock bottom, cut adrift and certs for relegation, or a surprise package comfortably in the CL spots, Ashley valuation would be stupidly high and Staveley's bid a more realistic valuation. That's the sticking point, as it was always going to be. Ashley wants close to £400m, Staveley wants to spend closer to £300m.Something as movable as a league position on an arbitrary weekend in the middle of the season was unlikely to impact it.

You think Staveley's bid for a football club is based on the league position on any given weekend? Few more fixtures under our belts we could feasibly be 11th. If we're 11th will she suddenly up her bid, then drop it the following week when we drop to 16th, then up again when we grab 12th spot for a weekend?

Newcastle have already recieved the first bit of tv money this season.

Mike Ashley is back from holiday then.

Was just coming to post that myself. It's been a while since we had a true leader on the pitch imo. Hope he gets an England call up soon so that he doesn't leave to get it somewhere else. Saddened but not surprised by what he says about the time under McClaren. The bloke was clearly seen as a joke.

Been busy. Good luck Quiff, I'd say just be yourself but... Not anymore Brother Funsponge, that was only on my resume for a particular job. Working for the Sun on their forums, an honest to goodness paid job to dick about on forums... I was unsuccessful and I don't like to talk about that fairly bleak period of my life thankyouverymuch. These days it just reads "content provider and original paradigm engineer" with a MS Paint stickfigure of me smoking a cigar while I surf on the back of a great white.

So's yer mam! Heyohhhhhhhhh

There's a thread about the Rooney Rule where an awful smell of Brexit about the place.

Good grief.

Mostly the last bit, mate. 1. Sheffield United 2. Watford 3. Birmingham City 4. Liverpool 5. Brighton or Crystal Palace 6. Peterborough 7. Bournemouth or Wigan 8. Coventry 9. Newport County 10. Huddersfield 11. Yeovil 12. Nottingham Forest 13. Notts County 14. MK Dons 15. Manchester United 16. West Brom 17. Rochdale 18. Tottenham 19. Middlesbrough 20. Fleetwood or Leicester 21. Hull 22. Cardiff or Mansfield 23. Manchester City 24. Shrewsbury or West Ham 25. Wolves or Swansea 26. Stevenage or Reading 27. Newcastle 28. Millwall 29. Southampton 30. Preston 31. Norwich or Chelsea 32. Carlisle or Sheffield Wednesday I'd be happy enough with 24 of the teams that could be in the 4th round.

Christ, how much does Speed's son look like him?

But if he gets kicked out it'll be a Turt'l disaster

It's very good and yeah it was definitely similar to Mindhunter. Actually made you have sympathy for the Unabomber too, rather than just painting him as a thoughtless monster.

He's no Mr Ed

I agree. Hughes never scored a hat trick, or backflipped a throw in.

From whom?

Nerves, inexperience or just not very good?

Steve Watson is going to mess you up.