Ed, I can’t believe someone at the top of his tree in business would take such a naive attitude to an unfair/constructive dismissal claim. All’s fair in love and war. Perhaps Ashley should sue his own lawyers who let him sign KK on a 3 year contract at 3 million a year but its too late now. I can think of a better use of my money than to pay a parking fine, but if I get one, I still have to fork out.
Remember Ashley had several crucial days to conciliate and smooth this all over, he set up a plainly sub-standard and unpopular recruitment team and installed them above Keegan, Mort and Wise both said KK had a final say-so when clearly he didn’t, they released that ‘its a fact’ statement which antagonised the situation, he made a counter-suit for 2 million which probably did the same thing and finally there’s the smear campaign of 25 million claims and administration which you repeated on this blog.

All I can say is that I’m surprised you are surprised.

But today you are claiming (again) that KK’s claim will not harm Ashley but will hurt the club. I have read others here with whom I agree who have suggested that while the official party in KK’s suit is necessarily his employer NUFC Ltd., any extra fine or burden on the club’s finances will surely have to be reflected in a new (reduced) price to be paid by Moat or whoever buys the club. ie. if the club is worth 9 million less today than yesterday, the price will have to be reduced.

Do you know something different?

If so please explain it here. You have lately quoted the infamous ‘club insider’, so perhaps you do. Please spill the beans.
If, on the other hand, the club insider is none other than Llambias’ mouthpiece and recent newspaper ‘revelations’ about a £25 million claim and the club on the brink of administration would indicate that he is, you should say so. To be honest, most fans I speak to were and are disgusted about a such a blatant anti-Keegan smear campaign and its corollary, that Newcastle fans are complete mugs to be spoon-fed any sort of arrant, unsubstantiated nonsense. It is in this context that I think you may also have got some people’s backs up.

So if you know for certain that KK’s claim will not hurt Ashley’s pocket, please explain it. And if you don’t but have only an opinion like the rest of us, you should make that clear as well.

PS. Its worth noting that the one smear tactic they have eschewed this time is to say the KK compo will directly target Mike’s Toon transfer kitty – always a popular ruse but impossible even for our two-faced ignorant owner and Co. to maintain with a straight face.

Great to have the winning feeling though…the last few years in the premiership where painful.

I’ve been saying the same. Yes I think if we can keep clear of injuries and bookings, we will walk the league, but lets face it, no chance. Injuries happen, part of the game and our squad just isn’t big enough. Bookings could and should be avoided, but with players like Smith (changed my view as he has done well this season) & Barton, we will get bookings most games.

Saturday is a prime example though, yes we won well, maybe some of that down to them being poor, but we have also picked up injuries to key players. We have a game on Wednesday, and i can’t see it being too easy really. We need to get bodies into our squad at least until December. Maybe they won’t be the best players in the World, but we need players who can cope in the league and slot in when needed. I’m all for giving the kids a chance, but we don’t want to wreck the careers early on if ther are not ready, have a shocker then a bad reaction from the crowd.

Lets all get behind the lads who take the field, hope for the best and hopefully the off teh field problems will sort themselves soon.

I’ve been banging that drum all season, glad someone else has their feet on the ground.

That we won comfortably in the end cannot be allowed to detract from the fragile position we are in as far as having a strong squad goes. We urgently need reinforcements to keep us going through to the January window.

Hopefully, by that time, the takeover fiasco will have been concluded and some badly needed investment in the squad can be achieved.

We can but hope!!!