Newcastle United Discussion

[Storts]

Another dark day for football. Another horrible regime taking over our game and being celebrated for it. 

[Harry]

Wow. Its nice to see the back of Mike Ashley but fucking hell. A Saudi government backed investment group? That makes Qatar and UAE look like Mother Theresa. 

 

Would be interested to know what @SirBalon would make of it.

[Honey Honey]

It's only right that Tony Blair's supposed boyhood club are owned by the Saudi's who pay him for his advice

[Dr. Gonzo]

Football journalists can now fear the Khashoggi treatment 

[Honey Honey]

Who do you guys think we should get, Allegri or Pochettino? 

[Danny]

6 minutes ago, Harvsky said:

Who do you guys think we should get, Allegri or Pochettino? 

I know you’re joking but Poch would be perfect

[Honey Honey]

5 minutes ago, Danny said:

I know you’re joking but Poch would be perfect

Poor record in stadiums above 36k is off putting 

[Danny]

23 minutes ago, Harvsky said:

Poor record in stadiums above 36k is off putting 

Good record of managing teams who can get above the 45 point mark 

[Dr. Gonzo]

1 hour ago, Harvsky said:

Who do you guys think we should get, Allegri or Pochettino? 

Stick with Steve Bruce & keep shithousing your way up the table. An expensive shithousing machine backed by the Saudi royal family might make you the most hated side in the country.

Granted, everyone seems to like Sheffield United and they’re owned by an Al Saud too.

[Honey Honey]

What's Avram Grant doing these days? Director of Football spot has opened up here 

[Honey Honey]

How many goals do you think Andy Carroll can get next season with Gareth Bale on the wing?

[Guest]

@Harvsky so are you expecting heavy investment? 

Edited April 16, 2020 by Guest

[Guest]

9 hours ago, Rab said:

Mike Ashley isn't going to ever pay employees full pay when he could get the government to cover 80% of it.

He really is a cunt. He will probably be the next USA president

[Honey Honey]

11 minutes ago, Gunnersauraus said:

@Harvsky so are you expecting heavy investment? 

Taking it as media talk at the minute. We know Staveley and the Rueben brothers are involved. We don't know yet if and how much the Saudi's are involved.

I recall an article over a year ago saying Staveley and her backers would not spend massively. Whether this is the same backers I don't know.

The Saudi's are pivoting to sport washing now, as we saw with the Joshua fight and soon Formula 1. 

 

[Storts]

Can't do it the same way as Chelsea and Man City now though thanks to FFP

[Danny]

41 minutes ago, Storts said:

Can't do it the same way as Chelsea and Man City now though thanks to FFP

Are you sure about that? City still been spending. Backers that wealthy will find a way to put money into a club as big as Newcastle through sponsorship imo 

[Dan+]

Todd Cantwell for £65mil I reckon. Tyrone Mings £40mil. Wondering which flavour of the month winger from Europe comes in for £45mil and is loaned back out to Europe next summer after 3 goals and 2 assists in 26 games. I'll go Chiesa.

[Spike]

On 15/04/2020 at 08:39, Danny said:

From one human rights abuser to another...professional football has no shame

It's a wee bit shit but it's better than all their wealth hoarded in a bank in Switzerland. I suppose the moving of wealth is a silver lining in a cloud human abuse.

[Honey Honey]

We wouldn't be able to attract big names overnight and there's always a risk you do an Everton when you have a lot of money.

Goal would have to be gradual increase. Starting with pulling away from the dross and becoming solid top 8. That shouldn't be too hard as we don't need to build a team from scratch for that. 

[Stan]

All these Middle-Eastern people. Coming over here, taking our jobs

[Bluewolf]

2 minutes ago, Stan said:

All these Middle-Eastern people. Coming over here, taking our jobs

Yea, you say that now but give it a year and Newcastle are back in the fight for a top 3 place we will be asked to come out and clap them once a week with the rest of the Toons... 

[Honey Honey]

The last time a billionaire bought Newcastle and promised big things we were relegated 2 years later 

[Honey Honey]

Football finance expert Kieran Maguire thinks within FFP a £150m transfer budget in the next window and a significant wage bill increase will be possible.

Of course we have no clue what the new owners are up for doing. It's all speculation at the moment.

[Smiley Culture]

Why do people think that whenever their club is being bought that they’re getting a Sheikh with the spending power of Abramovich and Mansour combined and not getting a Venky’s or Duchatelet? 

[Rick]

14 minutes ago, Smiley Culture said:

Why do people think that whenever their club is being bought that they’re getting a Sheikh with the spending power of Abramovich and Mansour combined and not getting a Venky’s or Duchatelet? 

Well....they ARE getting a sheikh with the spending power of those. Whether he does or not is another thing, but I’d fully expect them to go fairly big. You can’t buy a premier league club nowadays and be a cheap cunt, you’ll soon fall down the leagues.