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Newcastle takeover on 08:22 - Oct 9 by essextaxiboy
Exactly, its an exercise in cleaning the Saudi " brand" . What the Newcastle fans dont get is that the dirt is washing off onto them . Ashley has smeared crap on the wall before leaving .
What has Ashley done wrong ( apart from selling to the Saudis) other than keeping the clubs spending to what he could afford?
favourite cheese mature Cheddar. FFS there is no such thing as the EPL
What has Ashley done wrong ( apart from selling to the Saudis) other than keeping the clubs spending to what he could afford?
It is the manner of his exit ,not his time as owner,
He has taken big money (no problem with that) but has left the Newcastle brand tarnished by selling to a murderous regime with a awful reputation around the world . Smaller commercial partners have a decision to make . Do they stay and benefit from the exposure this deal will give them or cut the links and keep a moral high ground .
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Newcastle takeover on 12:22 - Oct 9 with 2573 views
Newcastle takeover on 11:43 - Oct 9 by essextaxiboy
It is the manner of his exit ,not his time as owner,
He has taken big money (no problem with that) but has left the Newcastle brand tarnished by selling to a murderous regime with a awful reputation around the world . Smaller commercial partners have a decision to make . Do they stay and benefit from the exposure this deal will give them or cut the links and keep a moral high ground .
I suspect the new owners will replace many of Newcastle's current commercial partners with their own anyway.
I bet the likes of Man City, Man Utd, PSG ,Chelsea , Real, Barca are delighted with the news This means they can unload all their overpaid crap to Newcastle You just watch the SKY Sports transfer deadline vvankathon next January I guarantee you will see the likes of Barkley, Mata , Courtinho, all heading to the toon
First signing in, already:
Did I ever mention that I was in Minder?
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Newcastle takeover on 19:37 - Oct 9 with 2345 views
christina applegate! as for these take overs and fit for purpose, most seem dodgy at best but money talks , i hope steve bruce takes em for all he can get, yep he is crap but all this behind his back, constructive dismissal , the media love in will start for them now as the money gets passed about.
What has Ashley done wrong ( apart from selling to the Saudis) other than keeping the clubs spending to what he could afford?
From what my Geordie relatives tell me it was more his complete disinterest in the club and distain he had for fans. The infrastructure of the club has not been touched in his 14 years. Training ground makes ours look elite, academy is a mess. They became a club just existing no ambition to be anything other than 17th. Former players banned, using the stadium naming rights for his own company, lots of reasons really.
Not dissimilar to what we had with Flavio and co, from the outside and on paper all looked fine what are you moaning about but we lost what we were as a club and a community.
I wouldn't suggest the new regime are going to make things better but that is what they are hoping for
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Newcastle takeover on 11:59 - Oct 19 with 1727 views
I'm sure a few of those other club owners have nothing to be ashamed of, and are fine upstanding individuals.
I'm sure that not many of them preside over the denial of basic rights to women, beheadings, amputations, the torture and false imprisonment of opponents and the murder and dismemberment of a critic in another country.
They won't get away with that, looks like a desperate way to stop Newcastle spending big. The big 6 are shitting themselves
Man City were the only club to vote with Newcastle. Vested interest and all that I suppose. Can see Newcastle taking the PL to court over this and winning. Football is the worlds biggest whore house and will just get worse.
Am I the only one that thinks players should take responsibility for questionable owners as it's their wages that make them necessary for a club to 'compete' at the top end of the Premier League.
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Newcastle takeover on 12:36 - Oct 19 with 1648 views
Am I the only one that thinks players should take responsibility for questionable owners as it's their wages that make them necessary for a club to 'compete' at the top end of the Premier League.
An interesting suggestion. What would you consider as 'taking responsibility'?
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Newcastle takeover on 12:57 - Oct 19 with 1583 views
Newcastle supporters are almost as entitled as Liverpool these days.
Having said that the whole "financial fair play" or whatever it is called these days is a total farce. Limiting spending based on income when only a select few clubs get access to Champions League money and can outspend everyone else massively does absolutely nothing to make spending "fairer" at all.
If they wanted a more competitive league then they'd introduce a salary cap, but of course it's never actually been the aim of the rules.
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Newcastle takeover on 12:58 - Oct 19 with 1587 views
An interesting suggestion. What would you consider as 'taking responsibility'?
I'm not actually suggesting it, instead making the point that there's reason why clubs need very rich owners, the like of which tend to come from countries with questionable human rights.
Everyone's suddenly an expert on human rights in the Middle East but conveniently have a blind spot to what is driving the demand.
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Newcastle takeover on 13:20 - Oct 19 with 1545 views
Man City were the only club to vote with Newcastle. Vested interest and all that I suppose. Can see Newcastle taking the PL to court over this and winning. Football is the worlds biggest whore house and will just get worse.
Man City abstained as apparently the vote was unlawful and won't stand up in court
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Newcastle takeover on 15:08 - Oct 19 with 1441 views
Man City abstained as apparently the vote was unlawful and won't stand up in court
Probably just want to tie them up in the legal process to limit their spending for a year or two until they can find another way to pull up the ladder.
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Newcastle takeover on 15:25 - Oct 19 with 1403 views
Man City abstained as apparently the vote was unlawful and won't stand up in court
Well, that's the public reason they gave. But I don't think it would help them if this vote somehow helped establish a legal precedent and they had been seen to agree with it.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
Newcastle takeover on 15:25 - Oct 19 by BrianMcCarthy
Well, that's the public reason they gave. But I don't think it would help them if this vote somehow helped establish a legal precedent and they had been seen to agree with it.
Abu Dhabi keen to stay in the Saudi good books?
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Newcastle takeover on 20:50 - Oct 19 with 1238 views
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