Today a report claimed that the takeover will be announced on June 1st, Newcastle target Myron Boadu is being shopped by his agent, and the FA remains committed to completing the FA Cup this season.
Here is the roundup of today’s articles and news from The Newcastle United Blog.
- The Sun claims Newcastle’s takeover is on track and will be officially announced on June 1.
- The news continues to remain positive that takeover will be approved.
- A report claims that Newcastle officials and players are preparing for the takeover to be announced.
- Steve Bruce says he wants what’s best for the club but would love to part of its future.
- Former Brazilian midfielder Rivaldo implores Gareth Bale to consider a move to Newcastle United.
- Arsenal great Ray Parlour thinks Steve Bruce will be replaced by a top manager.
- Alkmaar striker and Newcastle target Myron Boadu is being offered to AC Milan by his agent.
- The FA is committed to completing the FA Cup if Premier League can get restarted.
363 comments so far
Jail for Ashley
May 22, 2020 at 8:14 PM
Comment #1It’s a shame there are only so many words that rhyme with time, I was enjoying those little ode’s
Thump
May 22, 2020 at 8:14 PM
Comment #2Looks like I just caught the bus.
@Kevin Vegan: What I will say about Bruce, is whether we like him as a manager, a tactician or even what little we know about him as a person: he’s clearly a respected bloke by his players. He comes from a school of management where relationships take priority, and everything else is to be prioritised on an ad hoc basis. Tactics aren’t his thing, so he works on building relationships with players, his staff, and their family too by most accounts.
Problem is: relationships need to be really bloody strong for a group of players to be 3-0 down and decide to turn it around for their manager. Just to give an example, Caulkin has a fantastic article about our trip to Wembley and how, by the players admission, just couldn’t show up for him.
Hughton was the same: not a great tactician, but was able to maintain excellent relationships with just about anybody.
The bigger problem? The ‘Plan B’ is a change in the managers emotion, not in the game plan. We’ve seen way too much of that, and recruitment was only a tiny issue in the sea of horse Mike Ashley in our pool.
Note: trying to coin “Mike Ashley” as a synonym of sh!t. I think it’s quite catchy.
For example: “When Steve Bruce told the fans of Sheffield Wednesday that he wasn’t going to manage Newcastle, he was talking an absolute load of Mike Ashley.”
Thump
May 22, 2020 at 8:15 PM
Comment #3Him being Gullit, obviously. Not George Caulkin, though I bet they’d be a bit confused when a young Georgy boy rocks up in Gullit’s place.
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 8:20 PM
Comment #4Jail song for you …
https://youtu.be/Hkt8E2Ul-Xw
magscar
May 22, 2020 at 8:21 PM
Comment #5Repost wouldn’t you just know bus moved as well
Just typed comment whilst fielding lots of whatapp call from family so took some time breaking off and back again and…..
yes got the too long comment go back and edit !!
It wasn’t that long and probably could have got within the limit fairly easily but Wor lass’s patience is wearing thin as I am using PC on TV and she wants to watch something not watch me edit.
If I knew what the word limit was I would happily fit in with it but having asked twice and not had a response I am done with trying.
I don’t post every 2 minutes in one liners or paragraphs or so and tend to post after catching up so will have to confine myself to odd comment
I’m sure it won’t both most in the slightest (probably applaud it) but the limit was brought in to stop whole articles being reproduced ( I read them) not posters own contributions and so will affect the minority.
Just typing this to see how far I can get as I binned the other one
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Jail for Ashley
May 22, 2020 at 8:24 PM
Comment #6I’m not getting it geordietom the wi fi is too slow, is it a song about what you had for tea tonight?
Kevin Vegan
May 22, 2020 at 8:25 PM
Comment #7Thump, I think you potentially underestimate the willingness of players to talk up their boss if they think it will further their career to be honest, but we are entering the realms of speculation whenever we start discussing “team spirit” or other less tangible aspects of the game. If we focus on performance, I think the picture is clearer. What I would say on that is that the team hasn’t looked like it is generally moving forward under Bruce, and that tells to me he probably needs to go. I lost what little faith I had in him when he was still saying he hadn’t assessed all the players available to him after 3 or 4 months in charge.
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 8:27 PM
Comment #8jail … its a song by chas and dave singing about you …
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 8:33 PM
Comment #9jail is that your new ” THING ” trying to get at me because i put on what i’ve had to eat , have a go at Hibbit about his Rabbit Pie or Nashers about having Salad ,
at least i dont put comments on made up to look like other people have put them on like you did you gonna deny it Walter …
or tell people i harangued you about a Lady Boy Comment which i did not you gonna deny that as well Walter …
you couldn’t lie straight in bed …
Jail for Ashley
May 22, 2020 at 8:33 PM
Comment #10Soup was fantastic tonight btw geordietom, the lad who made it is from Gateshead.
Our Toon
May 22, 2020 at 8:34 PM
Comment #11Bruce has had 2 windows, I dont want him to take us forward under new ownership and I didnt want him here under Ashley either.
However I acknowledge he’s done far better than I expected. I noticed needing 180 mins then extra time to beat oxford on last thread. Rafa got us knocked out to oxford when he was manager……toon time cracking post btw and completely agree with regards to some wanting to rewrite history
Jail for Ashley
May 22, 2020 at 8:35 PM
Comment #12No geordietom I’m not going to deny it, it was a joke.
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 8:39 PM
Comment #13jail …
so it was all a joke saying i harangued you about a Lady Boy’s ? …
Jail for Ashley
May 22, 2020 at 8:40 PM
Comment #14Our Toon,
Rafa sent out a severely weakened championship team against Oxford, rightly or wrongly. That was Brucie’s full strength PL team and at home, there’s a very big difference.
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 8:43 PM
Comment #15Great men cultivate love…only little men cherish a spirit of hatred <<<< anyone we know ? …
Jail for Ashley
May 22, 2020 at 8:44 PM
Comment #16geordietom,
You harangued me that night about accepting your apology, how many posts did you level at me that night saying the same thing. You asked Tsunki about hiring a hit man over and over again. You have a history of harangue-ment . Can I be blamed for thinking you harangued me about ladyboys as you and the Munter man joined forces
bfg
May 22, 2020 at 8:44 PM
Comment #17In what way is Bruce doing ok, football terrible, players out injured up again as it was pre Rafa, players only happy with him because they get an easy ride, & just because he was born here doesn’t make him one of us the list is endless of examples where he has shown he couldn’t give a toss about the toon, get rid asap along with chumley & let’s look forward HTFL.
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 8:45 PM
Comment #18Jail try again its your song …
https://youtu.be/Hkt8E2Ul-Xw
the Northumbrian
May 22, 2020 at 8:45 PM
Comment #19Jail just for you
Ashley at first
He seemed just fine
After 13 years of hurt
Its Mandy time
Munster Mag
May 22, 2020 at 8:46 PM
Comment #20Nice to see the fair and balanced debate happening with Jail tsunki and a small gang shouting out the odds about championship squads and berating people for asking questions about dull football even against poor teams, bonkers late subs and political fighting at every club. Balanced with the positives, which we were being inundated with, obviously. Jail, did arsenal or spurs try to get him? Nope. Will they? Nope.
Jail for Ashley
May 22, 2020 at 8:47 PM
Comment #21geordietom,
Take a look at you tonight. You put a song on for me, I assume it was to take a rise out of me, a laugh, I say something back and you’ve started to get nasty. What’s all that about?
Kevin Vegan
May 22, 2020 at 8:47 PM
Comment #22Our Toon,
I’m with you on the first paragraph, and I agree that Bruce has done better than expected. We aren’t relegated, so nobody much can argue with that. But he’s only done better than we expected him to do. Had it been a more respected manager in charge at the start of the season, I feel we would have expected more even with the same squad available.
Also, wasn’t that Rafa FA cup loss to Oxford when we were in the championship in 2016-17? The squad we had then was awful compared to what we have now, and I don’t doubt that Rafa sacrificed the FA cup to focus on promotion as any sensible manager would in that position. I’m not sure it’s particularly useful to draw comparisons with this year’s efforts against them.
And I agree that Toon Time was on point with that post. Summed up the current mood perfectly.
Jail for Ashley
May 22, 2020 at 8:50 PM
Comment #23Munter,
Did Ian Wight not say he’d be perfect for Arsenal, did lot’s of Arsenal fans not ring talksport saying they wanted him.
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 8:51 PM
Comment #24jail now your telling lies again you said i harangued you about lady boys, so when i made the apology straight after my lady boy comment why didn’t you reply . also i asked your mate Tsunki when did i mention HIT MEN HIS WORDS NOT MINE , i certainly didn’t harangued him like your saying why do you have to bring him into it i’m asking you not Tsunki , whats up you waiting for back up WALTER …
Munster Mag
May 22, 2020 at 8:52 PM
Comment #25Jail you have a limited sense of fun if you are getting sensitive about a guy poking fun about ladyboys.
( unless of course you did take a walk on the wild side of curiosity, and hey ho, let’s face it, we’re all in favour of sexual freedom an aal that man like 🙂 )
Bit rich from you aswell, as you asked Jib if he touched up young men in his car.
You really are a ticket.
Bills Son Is Back
May 22, 2020 at 8:52 PM
Comment #26Jail,
When you start your next job…
Tell your new gaffer that his tools are crap and the new lads he’s taken on to work with you weren’t your choice and if the job goes tits up not to blame you.
I’m sure the gaffer and the lads will be impressed with your honesty.
Not.
That’s exactly what you reckon Bruce should have done with a squad shorn of its two best strikers and new signings.
Give ya head a shake man.
the Northumbrian
May 22, 2020 at 8:53 PM
Comment #27Munster did you miss an n out of aal?
Munster Mag
May 22, 2020 at 8:53 PM
Comment #28Jail at 23, yes, but they went for a modern young guy who had never managed a team.
Oh, Ian Wright praised Bruce too, so there u go.
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 8:54 PM
Comment #29jib …
whats it all about i cant stand you for 1 , you think your better than everyone on here with your airs and graces . stop taking the piss …
Munster Mag
May 22, 2020 at 8:54 PM
Comment #30Northumbrian that’s s just rude! 🙂
the Northumbrian
May 22, 2020 at 8:55 PM
Comment #31Sorry Munster and all was only wondering
bfg
May 22, 2020 at 8:57 PM
Comment #32Managers I would take Rafa in a heartbeat , the young German lad, allegri or Brendan Rodgers forget about mugs like Bruce put him on the shelf with McLaren pardew & kinnear
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 8:57 PM
Comment #33munster and i joined forces God now i know your a Walter …
Munster Mag
May 22, 2020 at 9:02 PM
Comment #34So Jail, it seems that Geordietom offered an apology.
And you were big enough to accept it?
Think you have form here son.
Do yourself a favour, rotonda and myself have been arguing pretty strongly about Bruce, but we shook hands, so to speak, like men, and I respect him for that.
OLG and Anglo saxon went way overboard on the Irish baiting and no worries, they’re OK in my books.
Even the loon who went on about Cromwell killing Catholic kids, I’ll leave him off. He wouldn’t say it to my face, believe me, but if he apologised or whatever, I’d leave it go.
Geordietom said sorry, that should be plenty.
Munster Mag
May 22, 2020 at 9:04 PM
Comment #35Tom, a geordie with an iffy back and an Irish bollocks suffering from sleep shortage. We’d be lethal. The ladies would love us!
Jail for Ashley
May 22, 2020 at 9:04 PM
Comment #36geordietom,
I thought you liked Jib?
Munster Mag
May 22, 2020 at 9:04 PM
Comment #37Brendan Rodgers…id take rafa first.
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 9:06 PM
Comment #38the thing about the Lady Boys i wasn’t the only person to say it BUT i was the only person who made an apology …
Munster #34 nope he didn’t …
Thump
May 22, 2020 at 9:06 PM
Comment #39@Kevin: Oh absolutely agreed. My first post had a bit about recruitment before I got the “too long” message, so I had to trim it down and take out a bit of context. He’s going to find himself in a similar position to Hughes at City where he has all of the money in the world, and not a bloody clue how to use it.
Christ aye, I remember that. It was almost as good as McClaren finding out who could take corners (during an injury crisis, I believe).
geordietom
May 22, 2020 at 9:09 PM
Comment #40i get on ok with jib on here , i dont mind what he says as long as he dont go OTT , so why you asking ?