We are trying to get as many votes in as possible in our poll on whether Mike Ashley will be able to sell the club this year.
His initial aim was to sell the club before the end of the year, but it seems he got only one serious bidder in Amanda Staveley and her PCP Capital Partners group and their final bid was £250M cash up front.
The news is that Ashley would accept £300M cash up front, but the talk of a takeover should be in the background now until Newcastle are mathematically safe in the Premier League.
Mike Ashley – does he really want to sell the club?
But fans are not convinced Ashley will sell, and maybe this is just another (third) half-hearted attempt by the owner to sell the club.
But that’s not what’s being reported with Ashley presumably desperate to sell Newcastle and get out of club ownership.
That would be very wise.
Please vote if you haven’t already done so.
Comments welcome.
124 comments so far
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 7:46 PM
Comment #81You’re welcome Online. Good luck with your ramblin’.
Online Guy
Feb 8, 2018 at 7:47 PM
Comment #82G2
Aye , I wandered off in my thoughts …Had Mike Ashley on my mind .
Trying to repair my weather station anemometer but stopped for coffee..it’s bloody freezing her and I’m in a paddock round the back….back to it in a moment ..looking for a baring in a box of bits.
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 7:50 PM
Comment #83Is it just me or is it impressive that Hayden has as money goals in the league this season as Shelvey? Or is it depressing that they have one apiece? Or is it normal for us? I guess we would have to look at minutes played. We have the tremendous forward Perez on two in the league after all. That’s twice as many and it only took him around 763 minutes per minute to accomplish that.
Online Guy
Feb 8, 2018 at 7:51 PM
Comment #84G2
Time for some Guitar soon ..I’m gonna check out any song with Ramblin man in it …
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 7:51 PM
Comment #85When you get your bearing try to head toward the Ashley residence and have a wizzle in his wellies Online.
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 7:53 PM
Comment #86Don’t forget Steve Martin’s Ramblin’ Guy Online.
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 7:55 PM
Comment #87You have your own personal weather station Online? That sounds interesting. I’m developing a new line of hair implants. Possibly we could combine our two interests? I’m not sure how yet…..
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:06 PM
Comment #88I hope things are going well out there Online. Are you ok? Is it really windy?What barometric reading do you have? I can let you have a deal on these hair implants if you like…..
Online Guy
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:06 PM
Comment #89Talking to one of our senior players and he said this ..this is 100 % from me .
He knew that Ashley had the rights for club crest, badge etc
The Pouring rights …Ashley takes that money from outsourcing the contract . (Every beer you drink at the ground)
The merchandising, Shirts etc .
Land deals
Advertising….!
Aware that massive commercial revenue is being taken away from Newcastle United .
He also knew that he had stripped Rangers of any commercial income ! (for a time )
All of the players are aware as is Rafa.
He wants the takeover to happen and told me he knows it’s really frustrating for we guys .
So there you go …this is100% true from me.
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:06 PM
Comment #90Online is probably very busy. I’ll talk to him later…..
Online Guy
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:11 PM
Comment #91G2
Its a wireless system ..sends it all back to computer or its own dedicated monitor
On the subject of hair mine has got a tad thinner in last couple years so feel free to use me as the lab guinea pig ..samples and courses will be greatfully received …I can test it on the hamster first and report back.
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:12 PM
Comment #92It sounds about right Online. Nothing we wouldn’t have expected from him. Asset stripping would be right down his line. Sad. No respect for the club or its history. No respect for the manager. We can only hope it doesn’t last much longer.
Online Guy
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:12 PM
Comment #93Back before midnight. G2 .
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:15 PM
Comment #94You play guitar Online? I’m just learning now as an old geezer so it’s slow going. Just started my third year. I have a Takamine acoustic and a Strat electric. Lots of fun.
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:15 PM
Comment #95Sounds excellent Online. Talk to you later hopefully.
Aces-of-Eights
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:17 PM
Comment #96What bugs me about ashley is he did that interview with sky acting like he was gonna stay long term then suddenly decides he wants to sell. What was point of that interview doesnt make sense the timing of it and everything he said i.e. maybe in future alan shearer could be manager i.e. apologising to keegan. You only do that if youre going nowhere
Belfast
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:27 PM
Comment #97Think yer right online guy. Amanda has no “knickers” under that fur coat.
And it ain’t real fur either.
I’ll get me coat!!
Essex Geordie Bill
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:29 PM
Comment #98Just a thought but if MA didn’t exist what would the blog talk about.
lesh
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:35 PM
Comment #99For those of a certain age…… How things don’t change
https://www.themag.co.uk/2018/02/so-lets-talk-about-beer-music-and-girls-newcastle-united/#disqus_thread
RobLeenio
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:38 PM
Comment #100EGB if cashley didn’t exist we wouldn’t be on a blog we’d all be doing a conga down Northumberland street
yitzhak rabin
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:40 PM
Comment #101filthy scummy man
GPPaweyyekna
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:42 PM
Comment #102EGB,
Probably talking about how much its cost each other to go Juventus next week in the Champions League.
RobLeenio
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:47 PM
Comment #103Or maybe we’d be slagging off whoever the owner happened to be. It is kinda the done thing even if they happen to be decent.
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:48 PM
Comment #104I’m up and down aboot the sale. I hear something good and quickly pull on my thong of victory. Then it’s a no go and I’m back to black with the thong of gloom. Now it’s all waiting until the summer hopefully after we survive. I need a thong of indecision. Harrumph…..
RobLeenio
Feb 8, 2018 at 8:53 PM
Comment #105Lol G2 I’m keeping everything crossed in my thong of forlorn hope
Munster Mag
Feb 8, 2018 at 9:03 PM
Comment #106Feyenoord on TV now. Jorgie doing ok
bettyswallocks
Feb 8, 2018 at 9:05 PM
Comment #107Belfast@96………. I think it must be a wazzi. It’s a new word that has recently been accepted in the dictionary. Honestly!
bettyswallocks
Feb 8, 2018 at 9:26 PM
Comment #108Belfast……..I don’t know if that is the correct spelling. I think it is a slang word for what are officially known as merkins.
Essex Geordie Bill
Feb 8, 2018 at 9:30 PM
Comment #109betty
Aren’t they cute little ferret like animals that go to the cinema (pictures in owld speak) a lot and sell insurance?
Essex Geordie Bill
Feb 8, 2018 at 9:31 PM
Comment #110GPP
Aah, yes champions league, I vaguely remember those days.
bettyswallocks
Feb 8, 2018 at 9:36 PM
Comment #111Egb…….Could be mistaken for one of those depending how hairy they are.
bettyswallocks
Feb 8, 2018 at 9:40 PM
Comment #112Our Jonjo has numerous merkins in his cupboard as his scalp condition is prevalent further south.
dig-n-dig22
Feb 8, 2018 at 9:55 PM
Comment #113LGFUAD21 #7
If we are relegated again Ashley would be crazy not to take the 250Mill Staveley group offer if it’s still on the table. If we go down we won’t get ANY of the the Sky TV money, we will receive a parachute payment that will amount to a pittance, no where near the £100+ Mill injection needed to bring us back up. If you take into account our last adventure into the Championship left us without 2 pennies too rub together when we won promotion, also spare a thought for Villa who were relegated with us last time, their premiership valuation was over £200+ mill, now, after their 2nd season in the Championship their estimated valuation was £80mill .After 11 yrs under Ashley there is no meat left on the bones the club is threadbare. If we stay up Ashley will accept the best possible price but no syndicate will cough up £375 for NUFC knowing that they need another £150+ Mill to keep us in the Prem No one sees us as a £ 500Mill investment.
Tsunki
Feb 8, 2018 at 10:42 PM
Comment #114Perhaps Ashley was trying to sell the car but without the nice alloys, the engine and the seats. It’s quite possible Ashley’s valuation didn’t include stuff he’d already pared off for himself like the merchandising and a bulk of the advertising. He might have wanted to retain all sorts of goodies.
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 11:01 PM
Comment #115Vis a vis the whole takeover issue. Possibly we’re not getting it right. Instead of takeover could it be wor beloved owner is saying “take cover!” as in things are going to get much worse? Hmmm. Colour me confused….
jimmysmith
Feb 8, 2018 at 11:02 PM
Comment #116The longer Ashley is here with his affordable football the more the club will just be making up the numbers. There will now be increasing numbers of young football fans who’ll think Newcastle are a mid ranking fairly unremarkable club and always have been. The owner is effectively eroding our history and identity. If he doesn’t sell in the off season, he needs to be pressured by fans groups and ultimately the fan base into reversing the flow of revenue streams he’s been using to take out monies in lieu of interest on a loan that would other wise not exist by now, revenue streams that overtime have become substantially more than any interest only repayment could possibly be, and if he won’t, the fans really do need to unite and get him out, before he does irreparable damage. His claim that he can’t take the club forward is rubbish, he just won’t, and the clubs fan groups now need to be readying themselves to rally the fan base to find it’s collective power and sort him out.
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 11:05 PM
Comment #117There is no chance whatsoever of getting 250M from Staveley if we get relegated. The valuation would immediately drop and so would the offer if there was one. I would think there won’t be one. I guess Ashley is a ramblin’ gamblin’ man yet again.
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 11:07 PM
Comment #118Sort him out!
Make him pout!
If he doesn’t sell.
We’ll fong him all too well!
Harrumph….
GeordieTwo
Feb 8, 2018 at 11:11 PM
Comment #119If we survive it should happen this summer. I don’t know what the final price will be, probably somewhere between 250M and 300M depending on the new TV contract. Can’t see anyone going too much beyond 300M because of the horrible state the squad is in. Ashley will come round because down deep he’s a fine, fine gentleman who would never get greedy or take advantage of us…..wait, just woke up lads. What was I saying?
Online Guy
Feb 9, 2018 at 12:35 AM
Comment #120Belfast
G2
I once knew a lass who had a Merkin , I used to ask her to wear it when she had a Brazilian…. So it would remind me of old times ..you know..those 70’s welcome mats.