Comments on: WTF does that solve?

By: Toon Army Scribes

Toon Army Scribes — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:15:01 +0000

Slimo has a huge point but we might be in a catch 22 now. The worse we plummet in terms of results, the lower our value in terms of on the bargain table. Hasn’t Ashley made it clear he still wants to make a profit from the sale - if that’s the case, hopefully Kinnear can raise the lads and string together some results - might be able to rush the sale somewhat (more in hope though).

By: Simo

Simo — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:18:59 +0000

I must admit I agree with you on that one Toon. Empty vessels make the most noise, and they sure are noisey.

By: Toonrobbybobson

Toonrobbybobson — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:09:41 +0000

I honestly believe that the Nigerian consortium is a way of flushing out other buyers which I believe it has done. I honestly don’t expect them anywhere near St. James Park.

By: Simo

Simo — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:45:40 +0000

Sorry lads, but he can’t reinstall Keegan until the club has been sold. Why on earth would any manager join a club knowing there’ll be new owners in a few weeks? They’ll want their own man, which may or may not be Keegan. KK would know this and would be a fool to join, only to potentially be brushed aside again a few weeks later. It simply isn’t an option.

Besides, once we’ve brought in these Nigerians we’ll really know what trouble feels like. They’ve got no money to spend (they’re a big consortium of businessmen who’ve scraped the money together), have no contacts in the league and know nothing about football. Even Ashley can offer more money, contacts and knowledge than them.

Ashley made one giant cock-up by installing Wise, but I don’t think that there was malice towards Keegan in that. I also don’t think he made it clear to Keegan how tightly the budget would be run in the first couple of years until our youth policy started to produce players and our debts were fully paid off. And like anyone else, I hate this continental management system.

However the fans are forcing Ashley out, as is our choice, so there’s little he can do other than bring in any temporary manager that’ll take the job and sell the club asap as it’s a lame duck until then. But I genuinely think that things under these Nigerians will be a lot, lot worse than under Ashley. I honestly think that once he’s gone, it’ll be the beginning of our nightmare, not the end.

By: TL

TL — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:54:54 +0000

Hi, we are a consortium hoping to take over Newcastle United. We are back by 3 business man from the Caribbean region, 2 of which of billionaires.

Here is our website, http://www.savenewcastle.co.uk/ All is not lost if this deal goes through for us.

By: Toonrobbybobson

Toonrobbybobson — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:39:59 +0000

I honestly think Venables would have been a better bet and I thought we couldnt get any lower. At least its not O’Leary!!!! omg!

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:02:14 +0000

lol Just read this myself. This is panto, I’m sure someone is gonna shout “BEHIND YOU!” at any moment. Someone somewhere of importance must surely look at this and think this is negligence. Really, you can’t just go around doing this to football clubs.. can you? I guess you can. What’s next? Vinnie Jones for club ambassador? Sack Shay Given? Give all our defenders the rest of the month off? Crazy crazy crazy. Although Venables would have been okay till the sale.