With the keen interest there has obviously been in buying Newcastle United, over the last year, we wouldn’t be at all surprised if there is renewed interest in a consortium negotiating with Mike Ashley to buy the club.
Anil Ambani - I’ve come to save you Newcastle fans!
Picture St. James’ Park in background
And of course that consortium could immediately get the full backing of the Newcastle faithful, by promising to bring back Kevin Keegan to manage the club, and also ensure that Kevin will have full control over who comes in and who leaves in terms of the players. It would also help to give Kevin a nice wage.
It would also be good if Kevin had some transfer money to spend, since Ashley gave Kevin but £2M to spend during the summer, once you take into account all the outgoing players and the money we got for them.
There is a good article in The Times today that Reliance Communications, the Indian-based telecoms giant, will now seek formal talks with the Newcastle United Board with a view to a £220M takeover.
The Times also says that Anil Ambani, the owner of Reliance, has already identified Keegan as the only credible managerial candidate that can move the club forward.
He’s right there, and one reason the Newcastle fans are so upset at the complete mismanagement of the club, was the definite signs that Newcastle were starting to play the magical football they were known for, under Kevin during the 1990s.
There have been two wonderful games already that Newcastle have played in this season, starting with the tit for tat game against Man United, where Newcastle were not afraid to attack the European Champions, at least after the first 20 minutes, when we were over-run.
And the game against Coventry was a classic, where Newcastle looked fabulous in the first half before Coventry scored their first goal just before half time. But that game was magic as far as entertainment goes, even if it was a little hard on the nerves for the Newcastle faithful.
There is definite hope that Albani, who was first linked with a buyout of Newcastle last month, will come back in with a bid, and maybe the bid will be improved over the last time. This is certainly now a window of opportunity for someone to buy the club off Ashley, with the fans completely disillusioned with Ashley’s management of the club.
Ashley paid £130M for Newcastle in July 2007 and immediately wiped out debts estimated at £80M, and if you add another 20M for miscellaneous items he’s paid around £230M, so if someone bid closer to £300M, he may take it.
And that would be a good price because if Kevin is restored to take over the reins again, and has Newcastle in the top four within a couple of seasons, which is possible with sufficient investment in players, the club will be worth a lot more than that.
Sources close to Albani say that he is ready to revive interest in his favorite Premier League club, with Keegan at the center of an ambitious public-relations policy, which we think would work.
The world’s sixth-richest man boasts a fortune of £21B and it is understood that Keegan, could be persuaded to return for a third term at St James’ Park, and Albani would hand Kevin some transfer money, which the club has not been given under Ashley, although he has cleaned up the finances of the club significantly, to be fair.
Right now there is an opportunity the ploy would work, because it’s hard to think of a scenario where Mike Ashley would be welcomed back to Newcastle, with reports of him celebrating in a night club, as Keegan requested a face to face meeting with him. We don’t know if those reports in the Mail about the partying are true, but those rumors certainly don’t help.
Mike should know now that the situation he has created at Newcastle is almost untenable, and he has disgraced the club and the name of Newcastle United.
The sooner we can get a resolution on this the better, because it doesn’t look like Mike has any plans to actually tell the Newcastle fans just exactly what is going on, and he has proved, at least to most fans, that he isn’t fit to own our club.
Comments welcome.
343 responses so far ↓
1 danny toon // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:26
worrying, picture looks like he’s been shot in the head!
2 ScandaToon // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:28
Ashley is such scum, he won’t sell the club even for 2x what he paid for it.
Disgusting!
Come on Ambani make him an offer…Throw in some girls and non alcoholic beer and he’ll be in your palms!
3 danny toon // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:28
dont mean that to sound racist by the way!
4 danny toon // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:30
if this is genuine, bring it on! can’t imagine keegan coming back though, even with full control and a bottomless pit o cash
5 Midjew // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:31
OH PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
LET this be TRUE!!!!
Wouldnt it be great to see us fighting it out for Messi, Kaka, Eto etc etc ha ha
Its a shame the Premiership has come to this BUT…
If you cant beat them Join them.
and there is no other way of competing except for HEAVY investment.
6 simon376 // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:31
We can only hope that this is true.
7 LarrikinDan // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:32
I would more than welcome a move from Ambani…
Bringing KK back is ambitious though, Even if it was with new owners!
I think he will be done for good now like!
Come on Ambani…We can’t let Villa and City become bigger than us!!
We need you! haha
8 azim // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:32
its ambani not albani
9 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:33
BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10 simon376 // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:34
I can see Keegan coming back if this can be done. Lets face it, it could be done very quickly. If it’s true what he said that he’s already paid off most of the debt, dudilligece wont take long at all. Whole deal could be done in no time, it would be as if Keegan hadn’t gone. He said he had unfinished business, with a new owner and structure, I could see him doing it.
11 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:35
COULD DO WITH SOME GOOD NEWS!!!!
12 dingo // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:37
erm Danny have a think about what you just said mate…… :/
13 JONNY // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:38
i HOPE YOU GUYS REALISE THAT THIS GUY IS RICHER THAN ABRAMOVICH!!!!
bring it on ambani!!
14 dingo // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:39
oep thought I was number 2 post there…. ok danny ignore my last comment
15 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:39
6TH RICHEST IN THE WORLD!!
16 Soren // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:40
Please let this be true.
17 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:40
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article4686705.ece
THE TIMES ARTICLE!!!
18 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:41
there is no way ashley can remain in charge. its impossible the fans will NEVER forget what he’s done ever. I think he will sell but he will want a lot of money for us. greedy fat bastard.
19 Alex // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:42
God let this happen
Amen
20 Midjew // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:43
Am i Missing something????
There seems to be next to NO ONE accepting Bids for Newcastle Next Manager.
There was Loads just an hour ago:
http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/football-specials/next-newcastle-manager/next-permanent-manager
21 neeraj // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:43
c’mon anil ambani make a bid for newcastle……
i promise i will buy your mobile phones and would take lifetime membership in ur web world
we need you
22 hadrian // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:43
why are we expecting a new buyer to pay over 70 million more for the club after the mess it has been left in ?
if mike even attempted to get that amount of cash out of a new buyer he should hang his head in shame .
23 hj // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:44
wrong spelling ed! ambani not albani!!!
24 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:45
just seen a picture of ashley disgarcing a newcastle united shirt at a club in new york when all this is going on. just shows you how much he values our club.
25 SouthernMag // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:45
Hopefully this can happen quickly, but as long as he has the best interests at heart, is in for the long term and gives power to the manager it’s fine by me. I don’t want aspects of the club such as the Academy to be ignored with just buying foreign players. It’s a shame this is the only real way to break into the ‘top four’ but it’s a sign of the times in English football unfortunately.
26 big al // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:46
time to leave ashley bye bye
27 Toonboy // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:46
I hope this is true
28 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:46
FREE CURRIES WITH EVERY SEASON TICKET!! COME ON!!
29 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:47
i didnt relaise i could get as angry as iam about nufc. anyone else feel the same?
30 danuneek // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:47
Sorry to be negative, its not going to happen! we are stuck with the fat ba**ard!
31 The Entertainers // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:47
Please, please, please be true…….
32 Toonboy // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:47
@cc
Link please
33 dingo // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:47
cc……. what picture? have you a link… what happened?
34 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:49
CC have you got your eyes closed!? look around! sorry mate!
35 valle // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:49
I reckon that he has been a regular user of this blog… Didnt we have a guy called indiantoon? lol
36 DARREN FROM MALTA // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:50
lets hope for a take oover because our club is in danger.with our recent manegment newcastle united can find them selvs relegated.
come on ambani save the gordie magpies and you can become a legend
37 valle // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:51
trying again…
Part1
People who thinks Ashley pours ANY money into this club needs to get a reality check. MA see’s us as an investment, which over time, can boost his other companies like sports direct through the sporting connection of NUFC and the free advertisement his company get whenever NUFC is mentioned.
38 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:51
@dingo and toonboy go on newsnow newcastle and look on the right at the top stories it comes under ashley spends 220,00 on champagne sorry lads dont know how to do links.
39 dannodw // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:51
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1052842/Newcastle-owner-Ashley-spent-220-000-champagne-New-York-Keegan-fumed.html?ITO=1490
please be true.
40 valle // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:52
part 3
Well i would also use my OWN MONEY to clear the debt in my house so i could get rid of the interests, would that make me a hero?… Since then we have received loads of price money from the EPL and even more for the television rights, while our matchday income as well as the merchandise sales should more or less cover our expenses… Well we have spent all the 30m TV money on transfers then?…
41 valle // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:52
part 4
Nonono, we have actually ended up as a selling club, earning more than we use in the transfer window… So i just wonder, now that we are private, the club dosnt have to reveal our budgets, so who will ask MA where all the money has gone?… Are we a milk cow now for the poor man who had to use his OWN MONEY to get what his fat little finger pointed on
42 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:52
hate prawn sandwiches i supoose so like. you joining in the protests at the hull game then?
43 ELTSACWEN // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:52
come on anil do us a favour
44 Craignufc // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:52
wud be great if this did happen, we could then sign players such as david villa and outbid man city!! haha
45 valle // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:52
Now part 2 didnt show… gotta love this blog
46 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:53
@dingo and toon boy do you feel as sick as i do seeing him in that shirt?
47 hitman // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:53
this is a false dawn lads
48 valle // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:54
part 2
MA has spent the money it takes to get himself his own private EPL club… Well boo hoo, lets give the man a medal… No one should be expected to use their OWN MONEY when they want something huh?… I bought a car last winter and i used my OWN MONEY to buy it, give me a medal?… And Yah he used his OWN MONEY to clear the debt of his football club…
49 dingo // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:55
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1052842/Newcastle-owner-Ashley-spent-220-000-champagne-New-York-Keegan-fumed.html?ITO=1490
50 shearer4pm // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:55
this would be amazing, totally amazing, bring it on, keegan back, messi on the right, zog on the left haha, 6th richest man,
telecoms giant, is that fone calls and stuff, people will allways make telephone calls, unlike man city oil will run out!!! hahaha nah but if we all boycott petrol then they will be poor haha, we’ll be the best soon, get mr gates as an extra investor
really hope this happens, if ashley really did have the best interests of this club, then he would sell, rather than the bad future that looks to be ahead
51 valle // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:57
Shearer4pm… Messi on the right, Zog on the left??? are you serious mate?… You cant mention Zog in the same line as Messi. There is no comparison.
52 dingo // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:58
I do since september 2nd CC!!!!
53 NICKTOON // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:58
fat man shud def go. i was looking 4ward 2 this season. hope fans do abbandon stadium against Hull. teach him a lesson and lose some money
54 neeraj // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:59
how abt ronaldo on the left
55 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 22:59
anyone here joining the protests outside at the hull game? ive just cancelled my direct debit for the next 2 years. gotta pay for this season tho!!!
56 Mr Noell Orll // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:00
so, did anyone watch Xisco tonight? If you did, how was he?
57 mark // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:00
he was spotted with Leeds Utd owners on the 9 Aug, better move quickly… something I think mike ashley is his lonsdale trainers, pint in hand will certainly do considering the current plight..
it could be all typical Dail Mail bull tho..they seem to hate the toon. The Times have just repeated the story..
58 Exiled Darren // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:01
There are already Ashley out t shirts on eBay with guaranted delivery for the Hull game - i’d rather buy one of those than spend any more cash on the club right now.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300256348129&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
59 LarrikinDan // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:03
A bit of boring info on our potential new owner….
Nothing interesting tho….haha
60 martyboy // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:03
i’dlove it to be true, but u think we’re stuck with MAD Mike and Dennis “he’s a dwarf, a dwarf” Wise i’m afraid.
Sorry but there aint gonna be a knight in white shining armour riding over the horizan to save the “Toon”
NUFC is a soap opera not a fairy tale………..this guy said he wasn’t interested when the story first came out and your clucthing at straws if you think its gonna happen now
still on the brightside, you never know Bin Laden might still be interested!!!!!
Ashley SELL….if not sack Llambias and Wise get Hiddink and spend your money….if not, its game over for you and your cronies
DON’T BOYCOTT THE CLUB, THE PLAYERS NEED US MORE THEN EVER………..BOYCOTT THE MERCHANDISE, DON’T LINE HIS POCKETS BUT ALWAYS, ALWAYS BACK ……………”THE SHIRT”!!!!
61 LarrikinDan // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:04
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Anil-Ambani_VX6G.html
Sorry
62 ObaFan2 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:06
cc, good for you and yes he does make me sick.
I hope this is true, Ashley cannot think of remaining at this club as he has messed up big style.
No new manager is going to be given time, any time, not until the matter with Ashley is settled and that time will be settled when he leaves our club.
A billionaire who hasn’t invested in the first team is a joke and we now know it and he need to go and go Quick.
Looks like he has an escape route but the worst thing is it looks like he’ll make a profit but can’t have everything.
F off Ashley and take the vertically challenged guy with you.
63 Spyro // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:09
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1655509.ece
I doubt this is true, but if it were, i am GLAD he wasn’t in control of the transfers
64 dingo // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:09
WOW… check this quote from the article on MA in NY paying SPECIAL attention to the first 10 words…….. news travels fast when you call the media!!!!!
“They will stage a visual protest during the Hull match and are threatening to boycott Shearer’s bar, all bars inside the ground and some fans have cancelled direct debit payments for season
tickets.”
65 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:09
@obafan2 can you believe that ashley only gave all in all 2 million to spend on players!! that is a disgrace he’ a billionaire for f***’s sake. This must have been his plan all along though get the money i.e long season ticket plans, selling best players. i think he will sell the club as i think that was his original intention. you protesting at the hull game obafan2 >?
66 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:11
spyro again the sun cashing in at our disposal. The only one that may be tru is the Henry one.
67 Jacko // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:12
That story has certainly messed around the betting.
All odds have been suspended (bar betfair) and there is no odds on keegan coming back been offered anywhere.
He was 66/1 earlier today before closing on 12/1 before the suspension.
68 daiv // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:12
Its just the southern scum press winding us up again. Do not believe a word they write. We are so desperate we want to believe it!!!!
Mike’s careful husbandry, bringing on the youngsters, not spending any money and putting it in his pocket, is the way forward. Remember?
Gus and Dennis working together might just be the dream ticket.
69 graeme // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:13
Maybe this time, Asley will see the “Big Picture” and realise he is finished.
Knowing a bit more about him, no doubt his greed will get the better of him and he’ll put the price up to £350 or £400 million.
Its nothing more than a business investment to him after all. The club, the players, the fans are meaningless to him. All that matters to MA is the profit. Money, money, money. No Morals, no scruples, NO CLASS.
70 Gareth // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:13
It’s proven to myself that this whole sorry episode is more about the regime than Keegan leaving: MA has to sell - he is discredited and we can achieve absolutely nothing under him now. However, if given the clean sheet of a new owner, I don’t necessarily think bringing KK back is the best thing - it was a terrible set of decisions which led to him regrettably leaving, but he’s gone and isn’t necessarily the best man for the job now. The most important thing is that any new manager is operating under new owners.
71 mozza // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:13
somethings gota feckin happen theres no way back for ashley now, trouble is as every toon fan knows its no good getting your’e hopes built up, only to be shot down, i’ve never felt this angry at the board though, i’ve been on feckin rene’s since the news came out, stomachs like a washing machine
72 ObaFan2 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:13
dingo m8, although some on here don’t realise it’s because of the likes of you n me getting SSN and the rest to keep filming from SJP and letting the world know how pasionate we are about our club and how disillusioned we are of Ashley.
People power and Ashley MUST go.
73 Oblongfanny_Martins // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:14
just been on the bbc news that a paper tomorrow is reporting that when keegan was locked in talks to secure the future of the club, ashley was pissing it up at an american nightclub where he blew £125,000 in one night. We must not let this fat bast**rd take the p*ss any longer boycott his shops and SJP untill he FU*KS OFF
74 Spyro // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:14
no i didnt get to watch it Noell Orll, i really wanted to aswell. Hopefully the official site will provide us with some information on player performances.
75 toon head // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:14
agree with daiv
76 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:15
@jacko there all the betting markets seem to have king kev come down fromm as high as 220-1 to 20-1 and 12-1. something could be brewing.
77 ObaFan2 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:15
cc, Ashley actually made a profit of nearly £2 million this summer transfer window, the guy is a joke.
78 Gareth // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:16
graeme - hopefully he will realise that the price will only keep going down from here and so sell up at the earliest opportunity. He’ll never get the profit he might want - ever - he’s best to just cut his losses.
79 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:16
daiv - your humour never changes!
80 dingo // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:16
ObaFAn2
dingo *tips his hat* to you
81 Gareth // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:17
Anyhow, cheer up everyone, when we all get sucked into CERN’s black hole machine next Wednesday this won’t seem so bad! Hang on…
82 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:18
obafan2 you been at the ground yet?
83 Listie // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:20
If true about the Indian interest great, as long as it is not out the frying pan and into the fire!
84 Mr Noell Orll // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:20
the protestors at st james aint proving nowt, i have heard no one say ‘crikey they are a really passionate bunch’, all ive heard is ‘hahaha look at those idiots on the t.v, look at that fat one hahaha’
85 ObaFan2 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:21
cc, lol Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
All summer been waiting on word of transfers til Tuesday.
All week been waiting on news of KK.
Now waiting on news of the fat man leaving our club and City.
cc, I will continue to demonstrate until the fat man has gone and that includes the Hull game.
86 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:21
i think keegan will come back ya kna lads if this indian bloke comes in
87 daiv // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:22
Hate Prawn
The guys on this blog crack me up.
A few days ago and for the past year most on this blog thougt MA was a saviour. Not spending any money, buying youngsters for the future. I was rubbished along with Prawn and Hitman.
Now overnight eveybody wants to kill MA. All the crap most people wrote is just suddenly forgotten. No acknowledgement that they were wrong.
One minute its MA is God, the next its kill MA. Just goes to show what most people know about people. The writing was on the wall all year buy you kids could not see it.
Ed Harris was an Ashley puppet but has also jumped on the bandwagon.
88 graeme // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:22
Gareth, next wednesday, only the first part comes on. It will be another month before the oposite stream starts firing!!
Could be the biggest, quickest BJ in history. What a way to go though!!!!
89 mozza // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:23
could ashley be so quiet because he’s planning a sale of the club, hence no trying to appease the fans with a statement to do a rapid sale next week, or is this just wishfull thinking caused by a few glasses of spanish white, probably the latter it took 5 mins to type that pish
90 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:23
Mr Noell Orll dont feel very passionate about the club the eh? well f*** off then its real fans like myself and obafan2 that keep us on the tele and hopefully catch a prospective buyers eye.
Obafan we shud meet at the hull game like
91 Spyro // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:24
Mr Noell Orll
Although i am inclined to agree with you, i can’t help but notice that you are starting to sound very much like a certain Nando.
I apologise if i am wrong
92 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:25
@daiv ive always been on the fence never said he was great or bad but i know now
93 Gareth // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:27
graeme - my cousin worked there over the summer on his summer break from his physics degree - even he says they don’t know what will happen when they turn it off… oh goody… still, if it saves us from more of this shit, maybe we shouldn’t complain!
94 Dondatta13 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:28
Guys, when major conglomerates make moves, its quite hard for them to keep it under wraps because of the sheer size of the business’
I hope this is true … and if so I want the Fat one to sell sell sell!
Ashley Out!
95 mozza // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:28
ha ha the worlds finally went totally mental, rudd gullits choice for next toon manager, wait for it , alan shearer lol
96 ObaFan2 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:29
cc, will probably not make it over the weekend as the vibe is no one is going to be demonstrating, atleast thats what the press believe.
However if that changes and I hear of any chance to show our discontent in Ashley I will be there like a flash.
I don’t really care what the doubters think on here, I’m not neccesarily fighting for KK, I’m fighting for our club and our club to be succesful and value for money, something which Ashley has misjudged but KK got very close too.
97 i Toon // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:30
BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT
98 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:30
@gareth are you’s talking about the hadron collider?
99 Yorkie Dave // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:30
contact@relianceada.com
I have just sent a huge email to the reliance group asking for them to send it onto Anil Ambani and more or less ask for him to buy our club. Why not cant hurt and i bet he will never read it anyway!!!
100 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:31
obafan2 if this indian comes in hu wud u like to see as the next manager?
101 Gareth // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:32
@cc - yup. Don’t worry, I’m sure it’ll really be ok…
102 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:33
passed me driving test tha day lads sad ano
103 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:35
@gareth i do a lot of physics and i find it very interesting and have done a lot of research on it but the chances of owt going wrong are very very rare.
104 Mr Noell Orll // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:35
oh yes i forgot that in order to be passionate you needed to prance around on the telly shouting nonsense and embarrassing the whole geordie nation with your ugly mugs. 52,000 fans fit in our stadium but only a couple hundred protest, If i could hazard a guess i think you youngn’s are fighting a losing battle
105 mozza // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:35
i’ve said it before this thing is bigger than KK we’ve been shat on once to often, sooner or later the worm has gota turn, the reason the anger is so great is after shepherd, we thought that this guy may be our saviour, few pints in the blue bamboo, standing with the away fans etc, a lot of us bought it and to many of us now it reeks of tokenism, the longer this deafining silence continues the more restless the troops get, imo a large number of fans at this club are ready to explode and can you really blame them?
106 Gareth // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:35
Ah crap graeme, I failed to grasp the significance of your comment… another month of this bollox!
107 Griff // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:35
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Worlds 6th richest man with Keegan at the forfront…
I can but dream.
108 ObaFan2 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:35
Ambani’s personal fortune is £21.5billion — almost twice as much as Roman Abramovich’s.
lol
Next manager, I don’t care atm, just want Ashley OUT before we can move on. If a manager comes in now (or should we say coach/lapdog) it will be the same position FSA was in when Ashley took over.
109 mozza // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:36
congrats cc
110 Oba // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:37
ASHLEY OUT
AMBANI IN
Someone get outside the ground with that on a huge banner, please.
111 Gareth // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:38
@cc 1 in 50,000,000 I heard. Mind you, that was from Frankie Boyle. Still, shorter odds than me winning the Euro Millions jackpot, which is in itself depressing…
But longer odds than Allardyce being reappointed, which isn’t going to happen. Hooray!
112 dingo // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:39
Mr Noell Orll……… have you ever protested? for anything?
113 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:39
cheeaz mozza
114 mozza // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:39
if the indian comes in, the chances of KK taking the job are as slim as satan skating to work, if this lot have’nt finshed his desire to manage ever again, i’ll strap my hand to the hot plate and turn it to 5
115 daiv // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:40
MA only wants to make a profit out of this club and I have always wanted him out.
I have always liked KK and obviously wanted him to stay.
Here comes another Daiv contentious statement!!!
The passing of KK is no bad thing!!!
Firstly and most importantly because it will get rid of MA.
Secondly because KK was behind the times. Apparently he only wanted to buy stars like Henry and Lampard. He wanted to keep Barton and Smith. He wanted to increase Owens 110k to £140k a week. I can understand MA not going along with these plans. MA is a ….. Keegan loves the TOON and I love him but he really needed to be managing Chelsea or the new Man City because he was naive to think he would get that sort of finance. KK cannot work very well with a budget. He would be great if a megarich guy came in like the Indian but should stay away otherwise.
116 mitch // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:40
Evening all just got in from work no news exccept this indian bloke looks good what is this they reakon some big money on keegan for next toon manager
117 ObaFan2 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:40
Ambani just needs to use a fraction of his fortune to invest into the club, it’s peanuts for him, £300 million + a bit of a transfer kitty and keep us up playing entertaining football.
118 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:41
Mr Noell Orll the only reason i protest is coz a know people like you who say you suport nufc do not bleed nufc like me and if it was not for people like me and obafan and others then we would not have the reputation as being the most passionate fans in the country.
119 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:43
@ mozza lol
120 ObaFan2 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:46
lol missed that comment cc, yeah congrats mate, a whole new world will open itself to you now you’ve got wheels
and Daiv, I’ve always respected you because I now how much the Toon means to you and how much you have to do to see the toon but that is the first comment I can almost (i say almost ) wholeheartedly agree with you.
121 Mr Noell Orll // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:47
“most passionate fans” give over! didnt you hear me i said everyone is laughing at those dickheads, which is probably why BSkyB are encouraging it so much, free comedy. i bet even Shearer cringes when he sees those numpties embarrassing themselves on the telly.
122 mozza // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:47
just rumors at the mo mitch, a faint light at the end of the tunne, people complain that they will only use us as a toy, is that any different to what ashley said with the wanting to have fun crack, differece is this guy has real clout, i’m willing to take the risk, nowt could be worse than the pish of this week
123 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:49
cheers obafan2 a can see what peopel mean with KK but its the charisma and the belief he brings to the club and if that could be combined with a lot of money then i genuinley believe (if the Indian) came in we would have the bet manager in the world.
124 ObaFan2 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:49
the bit I disagree with is that I believed KK could make a good team outta not alot, he did want to try and mix experience with youth but unfortunately we’ll never know.
Wanting Becham, Lampard and henry wouldn’t have been my choice but it’s only the press saying it was KK’s.
125 Spyro // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:49
actually i take that back Noell Orll, you do not comment in the same style as Nando. My apologies
126 dingo // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:50
Mr Noell Orll…. you didnt answer my question.
127 mozza // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:52
i feckin hate david craig, he always picks some toothless goon thats as thick as acastle wall to talk to, “er ya na they should sack the board” he is the feckin board ya space cadet, whats he gona do sack himself
128 little willie // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:52
Ambani would never bring back Keegan.
129 mag in boro // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:52
dont know if this is just coincidence …but just checked skybet,ladbrokes,coral and william hill all have taken the markets down for next manager
130 cc // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:53
obafan2 i know what our saying but the difference is if KK had have brought those players above in . Then you would have trusted his judgement and let him get on with it. Do you agree?
131 Gareth // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:53
@daiv - MA’s chance of making a profit out of this club are gone and he needs to cut his losses.
Also, re your earlier points, I have defended MA in the past, or at least played devil’s advocate, and I still maintain that a certain proportion of critisism of him and others in charge (I’m talking about you, dwarfy…) were unjustified. However, I have indeed now jumped on the anti-Ashley bandwagon, and I am willing to concede that he must indeed have surely mislead us on the subject of transfer hierachy etc. I don’t know if it was ultra-shrewdeness or distrust coupled with luck, but, fair dos, in many ways you were right (although more in terms of his cack-handedness than outright malevolence…)
132 Nick 69 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:53
thing is, although beckham, lampard and henry are getting old, if KK did want them, they wud ALL walk into our starting line up, no problem, and make us a much better team.
they wudnt be my choice of players but they are all better than wat we’ve got
133 Tom_Toon // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:54
Ambami would be stupid to bring back Keegan.
If he threw out the new system and gave the manager £100mil he could get a much better manager than Keegan.
134 Tom_Toon // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:55
mag in boro - possibly because its almost 12.
135 daiv // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:55
Oba
I just think that KK had only another two years left and wanted to win something for us. He is too old and a little out of touch and had too little time left to start nurturing players. He wanted instant success like the rest of us.(well like me at any rate. I’ve watched NUFC 45 years without a domestic trophy!!!)
136 mozza // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:55
heres my view for what its worth, dont boycot the match, support the players all the way through it to show how good we are as fans, use the anger to ignite us, then after the match protest in huge numbers, that way we dont effect tean spirit but still get the message across and on camera
137 ObaFan2 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:57
for the numbty that doesn’t read posts but blogs rubbish, this was posted earlier:
KK FOREVER (Ross) // Sep 5, 2008 at 18:30
On a slightly better note lads, was listening to talk sport tonight, and a scouser called at around 5:45, and went absolutly mental at them for the way they’d be talking about keegan, and i mean he flipped. I sat up and listened to the point i can remember half the things he said. His best comments were the following.
“Kevin Keegan is a god. the newcastle fans love him. Along with scousers they are the most passionate people i’ve ever met, they love their football club”
“parry, you and durham are both the same. you think you’re always right. well you’re not mate, and the way you’ve slagged keegan is disgusting. you’ve never been in their position, they adore their club, you dont know what you’re talking about”
“Get kevin keegan on here as soon as possible to defend himself. because its all well and good you sitting there slagging him, and you getting the last word, yet he cant defend himself. get him on here, tell him what you’ve said to his face, and let him defend himself, disgusting”.
obviously that isnt word for word, but that was the general gist of it. he was an evertonian and he got really riled up about it. Even from a neutral standpoint people seem to be pretty ashamed of the board.
There was an email from a Sunderland supporter sent into sky sports the other day, also having a go at ashley and the board. he said fair enough he didnt like us as a club but what what they’d done to keegan was shocking and they should be ashamed of themselves.
From what i’ve heard, quite literally every single football fan says its a crying shame what has happened here, and i could only agree.
138 little willie // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:57
mag in boro // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:52
dont know if this is just coincidence …but just checked skybet,ladbrokes,coral and william hill all have taken the markets down for next manager
——
Not all of them are supervised 24/7
139 mozza // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:58
aggree tom toon, theres no way it would work after whats happened, if the indians take over try to bring in hiddink, with that much backing he might just come
140 mag in boro // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:58
all bookmakers site are 24/7 to deal with us aussie and various sports
141 ObaFan2 // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:59
cc, yeah I agree with ya, KK has a certain affinity and respect from the players and his suporters, just a shame Ashley didn’t realise it and hired some numties to run him out.
142 little willie // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:59
Talksport do things like that to get people calling them with a reaction, looks like they got one.
143 dingo // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:59
Got send this from Nimo to put on the front of the T-shirts… lmao… nice job Nimo
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/mothax/dddd.jpg
144 cc // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:00
oban 2 i would have loved to have seen them 2 silenced whenever i listen to talksport there’s two i hate Gaunty and adrian durham. See again i dont really like scousers but they are exactly the same as us they love there clubs.
145 mag in boro // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:00
plus the fact they run 24/7 poker tournaments on all sites with online assistence
146 shearer9 // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:00
why dont u look to see if the markets are still open for nxt west ham manager on the same websites?
147 Gareth // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:01
@ Obafan2 - cheers for reposting that. In a way, it’s times like this that really reaffirm your faith in football fans in general - it’s all of the best supporters of other clubs who turn up at these times, not the nandos.
148 Spyro // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:01
was just about to say that Little Willie, talk sport are the worst culprits for that, especially during bow time with ian wright and that guanty guy.
149 little willie // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:02
mag in boro // Sep 5, 2008 at 23:58
all bookmakers site are 24/7 to deal with us aussie and various sports
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You can bet but a lot of them are not in running, the point being that something happening overnight will not change the odds that much. however if a newspaper has an exclusive on our manager and the site isn’t supervised they stand to lose a lot of money.
150 ObaFan2 // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:02
I know daiv, I’m just slightly younger than you and know you’ve been a regular here and that I’ve not always seen eye to eye too but you always had my respect as a Toon fan like I said.
KK would have done ok, he’d have kept us happy with some entertaining footbal and then who knows maybe he could have handed the reigns over to Shearer in 2-3 years time.
Saying he’s to old though he’s only 57
and people seem to forget the great GREAT managers he worked under while he was a player.
151 cc // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:03
@obafan.another point i would like to raise is peopel may have crticism for the glazers but look how they have ran Manchester United. they have supported Alex all the way in the market and look what happened to them they won a double last year. Also you dont see them downing pints in the ground and making a tit of themselves in new york night clubs. you agree.
152 ObaFan2 // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:04
cc post 142, wise head on young shoulders there m8. Summit my old man used to say us, the scousers and Glasweigans are so similar.
153 little willie // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:05
A week ago not many people had a bad word about Ashley, now he’s public enemy number 2 (after Wise)
The reason for this is Keegan leaving the club, if Ambani has learnt anything this week it is Keegan is unsackable, for that reason he’d never bring him back and risk putting himself in the same position Ashley is in now.
154 ObaFan2 // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:06
problem @ Man U cc is that they are in so much debt, alot more than we were and if they didn’t make the CL or had a really dreadful season it could quite easily turn into a Leeds and go pear shaped.
155 cc // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:08
cheers obafan2
156 Spyro // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:09
Little Willie
true
157 mozza // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:11
if they brought KK back much as i love him it would make us an even bigger joke, a circus, laughing stock etc, next appointment hopefully by new owners needs to be considered and not one fuelled by trying to buy the geordie public imo
158 ObaFan2 // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:13
50-50 on that, little willie for once has a valid point as do you Mozza but hell we played some good games like the drubbing of Suprs…….
159 cc // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:14
@ obafan2 thing is look at real madrid they are in masses of debt but the bank of spain constantly bails them out as they are very important to the economy of madrid hence the same thing would happen at man u. u think?
160 hammy // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:15
These guys could be my new favourite Indians
——after Tonto and Tikka Massala..
161 mozza // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:17
ha ha the drubbing of spurs obafan2, in their own back yard, what a memory
162 ObaFan2 // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:20
Man U I think will always be safe imo, their history and fan base is so huge, probably greater than ours
that someone would bail them out if neccesary.
Fergy did alot initially with his youngsters being brought into the team from the acadamy there nad he’s slowly added over the years and tweaked the team over time.
How I’d wish KK had stayed from his first spell and who knows we might have been in the same boat (although KK did stop the youngsters playing @ NUFC, his biggest mistake imo those many years ago).
163 ObaFan2 // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:21
mozza, best game of the season by far and we were on fire that day, ofcourse Spurs had nothing to play for ha ha ha ha haaha ha
164 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:22
hope we get free curries with each season ticket!! mines a Madras!!!
165 mozza // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:22
reet lads of to me pit, laters
166 cc // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:24
anyway lads no matta hu we have in charge we will always beat spurs lmao
167 ObaFan2 // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:25
Yeah me too, this weeks worn me out… had a Dansak tonight, was lovely… do you think it’s a sign
168 ERIC CRAMMY MAG // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:26
how the fu*k did we end up with the tightest billionaire in the world , i just wish he splashed the cash on the team like he does in casinoes and nightclubs fat cockney bastard we hate cockneys and we hate cockneys
169 cc // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:27
obafan2 go to sleep and have a premintion of currys bein sold at half time pleeez lol
170 mozza // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:27
ha ha final word aye we were electric that day oba and hps, mines butter chicken, best indians there is imo although madras is good as is good rogan josh,masala, bhuna, balti oh ffs am of to the fridge, neet lads
171 il capitano // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:28
I hope this is true, but it is a bit “over the top”, huh? Ashley can`t possibly have a clue what he is doing now a days. He don`t know how many people that actually loves this club.. It`s a tragedy!
172 ObaFan2 // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:28
lol cc, hope so I would be quite happy having a curry everyday but the Mrs aint that keen
173 dingo // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:31
Ok guys for a bit of fun…… here is my list of world class players that can have thier name made to sound like food from an indian menu..
Souleymane Dupiaza
Kevin Keema naan
Tabdoori Ketsbia
Garreth Balti
Rogan Abramovic (owner)
Nicky Butter Curry
Gianluca Jalfrezi
Edwin van Samo-sar
Georgio Sag Madras
Mustapha bhaji
Roberto Bahjio
Samel Sag-aloo
Michael Palak Paneer
El Bahji Diouf
David Chapatti
Rio Ferdinaan
Pilau Maldini
Bombay Zamoura
Bobby Pakora
Didier Pakora
please feel free to add name as you please:P
174 little willie // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:31
Stolen from Newcastle-Online.
Who was it that was saying that Wise et al had presented him with player after player and he’d rejected them all out of hand? Sure someone said something along those lines.
**Conspiracy theory alert**
If for a moment you contemplate that being true and you combine it with the infamous list - I know, but my natural tendency to simply dismiss anything in the papers has been dealt a blow over the last few days - then you’re left with a situation where the club was given the choice of:
Give Keegan what he wants and go after the big names, who would cost big, big money with little chance of ever getting any of it back, thereby going against the stated aim of the club’s transfer policy. Not to mention that some of them are probably fading stars anyway and many of them would never consider coming here in the first place. If this was the chosen path, then there would be a serious risk of ending up with no-one coming in at all and if some did they would be unlikely to represent value for money. However you’d probably know what you were buying as the players would have proven track records.
Go against Keegan’s wishes and bring in who “the club” thinks will benefit the team, namely young up-and-coming players from abroad for less money and on lower wages. If this was the chosen path, then there are risks too, firstly and most importantly that you run the risk of seriously pissing Keegan off, but also that you are taking a bit of a gamble that the players you buy will settle and be successful in the Premiership, as we know that’s not always guaranteed. However if they did turn out to be a success then we have a bargain on our hands a la Jonas and we can’t lose even if he decides he’s outgrown us and moves on because we make a packet on the deal.
It seems to me that we started the window using option 2, hence Jonas, Bassong, Collo, Guthrie and all the youngsters, but then something happened and everything seemed to grind to a halt, before we grabbed a couple of late deals on deadline day. What was the hold up? Why did things seem to stall in the middle?
Perhaps, and this is entirely speculation, that was the point where Keegan really laid it on the line that he wasn’t happy that no-one from his list was being brought in and started to reject anyone put before him that wasn’t on it. This might explain the numerous players that we were linked with where nothing seemed to happen in the end and the seeming lack of action until deadline day.
It seems to me that if this was true then at least some effort was made to get the players Keegan wanted, hence his comments and positive reaction to the Milner sale, etc, but for whatever reason that didn’t pay off, probably for one of the reasons listed above. Maybe that’s wrong and they just spent a few weeks arguing amongst themselves rather than getting on with bringing players in, but I think that the gap in the middle shows that at least some consideration was given to Keegan’s list. If they really didn’t care about what he thought then they’d have just carried on bringing in the players they wanted and I reckon we’d have ended up with a good few additional signings to what we had. I don’t for a second believe that it was anyone’s intention to not sign a number of players this summer, almost certainly everyone wanted to end up with a bigger and what they thought was a better squad than what we’ve got.
So as the deadline started to loom and the impasse remained, due to the recruitment guys either being unable (due to them simply not being for sale or not wanting to come here), or unwilling to spend the kind of money required, to bring in the players on Keegan’s list, I think that they may have just thought, “f*** him we need to get someone in, otherwise we’re screwed” and signed Xisco and Nacho whether Keegan liked it or not.
I think Keegan might well have been playing brinkmanship with the club over signings, refusing to sanction anyone other than the players he had specifically identified, knowing that the deadline might force the club into caving in and breaking the bank to get someone like Henry, etc, the club was either unable or unwilling to do this and eventually called his bluff by bringing in the two deadline-day lads. Whether that was someone acting independently or it was all part of a cunning plan, I don’t know, but I don’t believe that there was ever a conspiracy to get rid of Keegan. I reckon a few people may not have given a s*** whether he quit or not, but I don’t think the majority expected him to, certainly not Ashley, he wouldn’t have said what he said and worn that shirt at Arsenal if he did.
Keegan is either a very stubborn or principled man depending upon your point of view, either way it amounts to the same thing and I think he forced the issue here until it reached breaking point and the club broke and brought in Xisco and Nacho without his express consent and he quit because of it. Where blame should be apportioned depends upon the answers to a few questions:
- Were Keegan’s targets unrealistic or undesirable? (The three that have been quoted definitely fall into this category)
- Was there any effort to secure people on his list that weren’t covered by the above?
- Was that effort sufficient?
- What was Keegan’s response if it was? Was he realistic or was he intransigent?
I’d just like to remind you that this is assuming the two things stated at the beginning are correct and I’m not sure that they were. Also this isn’t about what happened after Keegan stormed out as we’ve discussed that to death now and I’m bored of giving my opinion on it.
Whatdaya reckon?
175 cc // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:32
obafan2 bet she aint you have a curry mixed with a lot of pints then there is a very good chance she may choke to death lol
176 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:32
found this in the shields gazette:
FANS posting on website nufc.com have come up with 11 ways angry fans can force the club to reappoint Kevin Keegan as manager.
Supporters are furious at owner Mike Ashley after Keegan, the man dubbed ‘The Messiah’ by fans resigned from his post last night.
Action for fans to take against the club’s owner includes:
* Cancel direct debit for season ticket
* Full boycott of Hull game.
* Full boycott of NUFC games.
* Protest at Hull game by entering late.
* Silent protest at Hull game.
* Turn back on pitch during Hull game.
* Stand up protest
* Return free club scarves to SJP.
* Boycott of club products.
* Boycott of Sports Direct - Mike Ashley’s sportswear business.
* Direct protests at Ashley not NUFC
177 little willie // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:41
I think I’ll just go to the game and support the 11 players on the pitch, after all I support Newcastle United, not Kevin Keegan United.
He’s gone, it was his decision so get a grip and move on.
178 Spyro // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:42
Another sensible post by little willie
179 cc // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:43
little willie u yav to protest against ashley sum how
180 cc // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:44
spyro and little willie i agree with wat u r sayin in that we have to support the players but surely you musn’t support ashley
181 Ed Speed For PM // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:46
i am in willie’s situation
182 hammy // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:47
Great post Dingo,
interesting post Little Willie, especially as KK wanted “proven premiership players” and “not South Americans”…….we got the reverse, implying KK had no say…………..
I’m off to bed, Night boys…
183 Ed Speed For PM // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:47
I am going, have season, already paid for it
so he aint losing out
although i want to rebel in some way against Aike Mashley
184 Dondatta13 // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:49
Little willy n spyro … well not spyro because he wont be at the game due to distance but … you will just be clapping seals … you may as well wear ya flat caps n bring the whippets!
Time for a major change, in mind state and in regime change!
Ashley Out!
185 Mac // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:50
Right i want Ashley out as much as the next man but it isn’t goin to happen. And the Indian Fella is not gonna buy us in the near future if at all.
We need to cocentrate on getting a new manager (again) and move on. Ashley and wobbly eyes are gonna be here and there is nothing we can do about it. No amount of protests or boycotts are gonna change that. I have to be one of Keegans biggest fans,football needs men like Keegan however,I’m 29 and i supported the Toon when kk was here and when he wasn’t and i’ll continue to support them.
Football is a Fickle mistress, Man u fans were up in Arms after the Glazers took them over,they were gonna riot,boycott,u name it they were gonna do it, nOw look at them with another european title and numerous Prem titles,they are happy,more that happy,over the Fu^*in moon
Yes Wise is a tool and apparently Keegan only wanted Gutherie. To be honest is anyone dissapointed in Colo,Jonas and Bassong i know i’m not. We don’t even know what these other 2 players are like but 1 of them is a spanish under 21 international so e can’t be bad.
Look i know i am rambeling but if we get in Dechamps or however u spell it and just see what happens. I don’t want to ruin my Saturdays with pointless protests, I just want to watch football and watch Newcastle
186 Leo // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:51
oh i couldnt give my free scarve up, its going to get cold soon i will need it
187 dingo // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:52
Ed Speed
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I NEED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ALL THE OTHER NUFC FANSITES AS WELL AS NEED A TEAM OF 10 OR SO PEOPLE IN THE AREA WHO CAN HELP GET THINGS ORGANISED.
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188 Spyro // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:52
at the end of the day, i support the team more than i dislike MA.
And make no mistake, i DO dislike MA as a person. Not because of the way he runs the club. In fact, i like the way it is being run. I simply dont like him because of his clear and present pretentiousness.
Pretending to be one of the lads, downing pints to score points etc
189 Spyro // Sep 6, 2008 at 0:53
by the way, i will be at the match dondatta