Last week I mentioned the Sunday Sun article that informed us that Ashley and Llambias had taken a trip to Las Vegas. This was during the transfer window in which we’d been promised they’d be working to support Hughton and ensuring no players leave, even bringing in whoever the manager feels he needs.
The point of this post isn’t to complain about inaction during the window, that can wait until February. But just an update on the work they’ve been doing so far this window – three first team players that were available for selection in December are no longer options for Hughton after loan deals for Danny Simpson, Marlon Harewood and Zurab Khizanishvili came to an end. Despite much paper talk of interest we have signed nobody and have only 5 defenders that have played a game this year (including Tamas Kadar) available for selection on Saturday.
Back to the point, which is to highlight the news from the club today that they have banned The Sunday Sun from the stadium…
Following an article that appeared as a back page lead in the Sunday Sun on 10 January 2010, healined ‘Desert-ers Leave Toon’, Newcastle United, having taken exception to the accuracy, tone, inference and content of the article, contacted the Sunday Sun to seek a full page retraction of the said article in the following Sunday’s paper (17 January).
The retraction was not forthcoming in the manner requested and as such the Club have banned the Sunday Sun, indefinitley, from St. James’ Park and the Training
Ground.
There are many thoughts that come to mind when reading this ridiculous statement:
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