ewerk 30569 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Quote A couple of other things. Newcastle fans should hope that the group wanting to buy their club can pull things together by mid-February. They’re still at the table. And it’s not the Saudi’s. I was pleased when Steve Bruce cooled that nonsense. Well - it’s not the Saudi’s right now although it is fair to say they they’ve been ‘sniffing’ around. From the old aged teen wolf himself, Richard Keys. So I'm pretty sure we can expect an announcement of the Saudi takeover being completed tomorrow. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 8 hours ago, Tdansmith said: The thing is if the stadium was half full and we are playing dire football we wouldn't be on the TV as often, who wants to watch rubbish football in front of an empty stadium. This would hurt the brand no doubt about it. Ashley would eventually sell up if this was the case. But the individual game payments pale into insignificance compared with the guaranteed TV money? And knowing Ashley he would just close the SJH stand and fill the East stand for the cameras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30569 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Just now, Kid Dynamite said: But the individual game payments pale into insignificance compared with the guaranteed TV money? And knowing Ashley he would just close the SJH stand and fill the East stand for the cameras They're not insignificant. Watford for example finished two places above us but we got £10m more than them in TV fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 £3.5bil is the figure quoted for Man U. They could buy us, a whole new squad, new training ground and extend St James and still have half of that left over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Just now, ewerk said: They're not insignificant. Watford for example finished two places above us but we got £10m more than them in TV fees. Which is marginal when compared to the money coming into the club annually. Of course he would prefer an extra £10mil, but the argument that: -Fans stop going -Atmosphere gets worse so we are on TV less -Ashley takes a £10-20mil hit per season so decides to sell the club Doesn't add up. He'd just take the shortfall out of the transfer budget instead. I get why people are frustrated at a full ground and there's little else fans can do to try and effect change. But I'm only being a realist when I say I think it's a fruitless exercise. He's had shop protests, grillings by Parliament, people fronting him up in restaurants, panorama documentaries to name just a few things. I think Alex is right, it probably pisses him right off, and only increases his resolve to stick it out and show the fans just how nasty he can be. Which was a direct quote from Llambias iirc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9762 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 8 minutes ago, ewerk said: From the old aged teen wolf himself, Richard Keys. So I'm pretty sure we can expect an announcement of the Saudi takeover being completed tomorrow. I wouldn’t put it past the fat cunt though that he favours to sell to somebody else just to make his time of ownership not as shambolic as it has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30569 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 If every wanker going to the match donated just £1 each then I reckon we could have him assassinated by the end of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9762 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, ewerk said: If every wanker going to the match donated just £1 each then I reckon we could have him assassinated by the end of the week. There should also be some spare money to open a pub! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11361 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33145 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 17 minutes ago, Sonatine said: 👍 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarboy 2311 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Is Dr. Gloom just Peter Graves under a pseudonym given he's just saying what Graves has already said on twitter and insta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 None of these fuckers have inside info. Pete Graves reads off an autocue on telly for a living. He doesn't have a rolodex full of contacts linked to the Saudi givernment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Polarboy said: Is Dr. Gloom just Peter Graves under a pseudonym given he's just saying what Graves has already said on twitter and insta. Not guilty I don’t have new new info I can share on here now that hasn’t already been reported. All I can say is I heard the offer is genuine, Ashley apparently really does want to sell, which I previously found hard to believe, but he could also still quite easily find a new way to fuck it all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 i appreciate that as far as ITK goes, I’m not offering much substance so feel free to ignore me but I believe there is now a genuine chance it might happen. I didn’t when the journal first broke the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said: Which is marginal when compared to the money coming into the club annually. Of course he would prefer an extra £10mil, but the argument that: -Fans stop going -Atmosphere gets worse so we are on TV less -Ashley takes a £10-20mil hit per season so decides to sell the club Doesn't add up. He'd just take the shortfall out of the transfer budget instead. I get why people are frustrated at a full ground and there's little else fans can do to try and effect change. But I'm only being a realist when I say I think it's a fruitless exercise. He's had shop protests, grillings by Parliament, people fronting him up in restaurants, panorama documentaries to name just a few things. I think Alex is right, it probably pisses him right off, and only increases his resolve to stick it out and show the fans just how nasty he can be. Which was a direct quote from Llambias iirc I mean it's become so toxic that he's having to fully rebrand Sports Direct. But enough facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35064 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: i appreciate that as far as ITK goes, I’m not offering much substance so feel free to ignore me but I believe there is now a genuine chance it might happen. I didn’t when the journal first broke the story. I want to ignore you because I don’t want to get my hopes up but I can’t because I’ve gotten my hopes up Edited February 3, 2020 by Alex 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35064 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 59 minutes ago, TheGingerQuiff said: I mean it's become so toxic that he's having to fully rebrand Sports Direct. But enough facts. Not selling it though is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said: Not selling it though is he? Not whilst he's got your support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t00nraider2 41 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Is it not more to do with all the brands he's been buying up in the last few years? One wouldn't expect a french handbag at a sports direct store, non? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9762 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 neither a luxury french striker at the football club... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Isegrim 9762 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/interest-buying-newcastle-united-not-17721525 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Mike Ashley doesn’t want to sell. It’s a simple as that. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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