Ronaldo player of the month ???
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They didn't struggle to attract players during the Keegan years, they won't now. Do you think top players dream of strolling around Manchester? Players will follow the money, simple as.
I went past St James last night on the way to the theatre, not highbrow it was an evening with Rob Brydon. Very good it was too ?. Anyway, you would have thought they'd won the league. There were thousands outside the ground, singing as though a game was on and they were 4-0 up. We lowered the windows because we couldn't quite believe they volume of the singing, it was nuts. The pubs did well though, when we came out of the theatre there were a lot of drunks in Toon shirts wobbling around ??. Needless to say, the news has gone down well.
But if you want to wind them up, just remind them they held the record for the lowest attendance in top flight football for the 1970’s a crowd of around 7,000 v Norwich.I’ve lived up here 32 years now, and they are fantastic supporters.
I remember in 1989/90 before football was fashionable, and Newcastle had gates of 16,000 and they were in the bottom third of the old Second Division watching real dross. Fabulous supporters and people I love em, great people.
Instead of shouting “Howay the Lads”it’ll now be “Salam Allah Kum”
When City were bought by sheik Mansoor you could of swopped the above statement for Manchester Utd fans. In fa t all fans of the top table with the possible exception of Chelsea fans. That said people tend to forget Thaskin Shinawatra who owned City before Mr Mansoor bought the club. He was classed as fit and proper, an Ex Thai primeminister. He was as bent as they came. Incidentally he tried to buy both Fulham and Liverpool. I wonder if people’s/ fans thoughts about him would be differant if that had happened.I am amazed at the number of Sunderland fans who have suddenly become socially aware.
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The like button is a quandary at times. Agreeing is not the same as liking but they can't have multiple options for this.
I don't use it but there are times I regret that decision ?However the ignore button is brilliant ??
They had over £100m in debt, it was just owed to the previous owner, hence the price. The club is no where near worth £300m but he wanted his investment (£200m after shepherd and hall stung him on some loans) and the loans he’d given the club back. (He was entitled to demand it back to be fair).
I think it’s clear that the separation issue will continue to hang over the club, and let’s be honest you are probably right, regardless of what staveley claims with regards to it just being an investment firm. But the PL didn’t care about that, they cared about piracy and that was it. Once that was resolved all other issues went away, the agreement is just a smokescreen for the piracy issue.
As for the football side, I havent heard any claims of winning the league within 5 years, I’ve heard 5-10 years for competing, but must admit paid less attention today so if any update to that would be interested in reading.
I think the manager decision will be a huge indicator of ambition, if they go after a Conte/Zidane then that to me indicates they are going to go for it. No way Conte takes us on without guarentees of big spending. I think the more likely scenario is Howe, or Favre and that to me indicates a longer term plan.
As for all the other talk about the morality of it, and if as a fan we should be ashamed or answerable for any of it. I agree in an ideal world, they wouldn’t be anywhere near our club (hell in an ideal world, I’d own it) but the reality is now they do, so after it settles down I’ll be looking at NUST to positively engage and challenge the owners, I’ll be looking at the PL and other owners to do the same. Maybe it’ll make absolutely zero difference but if we can influence them in anyway then hopefully there will be a slither of positivity.
God it’s going to be a thud back down to earth when Graeme Jones is appointed on an interim basis and then ends up seeing the season out and we finish bloody 13th!! Haha.Forget doing it brick by brick, Newcastle need to spend big right away to compete and bring in a big name manager, huge signings and signal their intent. As they won't be bothered about the CL for 4-5 years they have no worries of FFP. It's all about cups short term and then the title.
Newcastle don't have a bad side, just a bad manager. Conte would shake things up and a January spending spree would see them top half.
I suppose it depends on how you interpret Amanda Staveley’s words, this is from one interview:They had over £100m in debt, it was just owed to the previous owner, hence the price. The club is no where near worth £300m but he wanted his investment (£200m after shepherd and hall stung him on some loans) and the loans he’d given the club back. (He was entitled to demand it back to be fair).
I think it’s clear that the separation issue will continue to hang over the club, and let’s be honest you are probably right, regardless of what staveley claims with regards to it just being an investment firm. But the PL didn’t care about that, they cared about piracy and that was it. Once that was resolved all other issues went away, the agreement is just a smokescreen for the piracy issue.
As for the football side, I havent heard any claims of winning the league within 5 years, I’ve heard 5-10 years for competing, but must admit paid less attention today so if any update to that would be interested in reading.
I think the manager decision will be a huge indicator of ambition, if they go after a Conte/Zidane then that to me indicates they are going to go for it. No way Conte takes us on without guarentees of big spending. I think the more likely scenario is Howe, or Favre and that to me indicates a longer term plan.
As for all the other talk about the morality of it, and if as a fan we should be ashamed or answerable for any of it. I agree in an ideal world, they wouldn’t be anywhere near our club (hell in an ideal world, I’d own it) but the reality is now they do, so after it settles down I’ll be looking at NUST to positively engage and challenge the owners, I’ll be looking at the PL and other owners to do the same. Maybe it’ll make absolutely zero difference but if we can influence them in anyway then hopefully there will be a slither of positivity.
Seems there are some very upset people in some club boardrooms today…..The cynic in me says it might be self interest but as the clubs mentioned are some of those who were involved in the ESL project let's be charitable and assume their concerns are genuine. ?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... ivals.html
?? Brilliant, Russian, American, Chinese money = good, Saudi money = bad (unless it’s only a little bit of Saudi money then that’s ok).Seems there are some very upset people in some club boardrooms today…..The cynic in me says it might be self interest but as the clubs mentioned are some of those who were involved in the ESL project let's be charitable and assume their concerns are genuine. ?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... ivals.html
It’s not surprising tbh - morals left the sport a long time ago
If it was just one person who was buying the club then I wouldn’t expect the club to have concerns but being state owned and also the state that’s involved will not sit will for some - it may affect the image of the league and club just like it does with other sports when Saudi gets involved but it is what it is and there has always been plenty of hypocrisy around the sport . Stavely has spent the good part of a decade trying to buy a club - finally did it. Would like to know what the Premier Leagues - fit and proper owners test is thoughb