Kitman

Not one current quote from Shearer then

I have no expectations anymore. I hope we bounce back. I fear the Ashley farce continues.

Unbelievable. Canny little weekend that man. Away to Cardiff on Saturday 12th, then a couple of days on the hoy in blackpool before the game on Tuesday night. I watched one of those 'Secret Millionaire' programmes recently which was set in Blackpool. Made the place seem like it was peopled by drug addicts and no-hopers. Shame if that's what it's like these days as I used to love kicking around it in my youth, the Golden Mile etc. The beach was a bit shit by the pier though iirc, better up the coast at Clevelys. Make no mistake... it's a shithole. Best seen at night then full of drink

No doubt there's a form for this and he can fillet in. There is, if he goes to the Post office, it's on the Topside of the stack beside the Passport(erhouse steak) Good God

It's plainly man made. It's a few new age gadgees who do it by torchlight using modified brooms. They'd get a crop circle blown in their groins with a shotgun if the farmer caught them at it too.

Unbelievable. Canny little weekend that man. Away to Cardiff on Saturday 12th, then a couple of days on the hoy in blackpool before the game on Tuesday night. I watched one of those 'Secret Millionaire' programmes recently which was set in Blackpool. Made the place seem like it was peopled by drug addicts and no-hopers. Shame if that's what it's like these days as I used to love kicking around it in my youth, the Golden Mile etc. The beach was a bit shit by the pier though iirc, better up the coast at Clevelys.

No doubt there's a form for this and he can fillet in.

I contemplated it but decided I didn't want to brisket. Cattle got your tongue?

I can't help feeling hopeful, it happens every season. Still there's plenty of time this pre-season for it to be knocked out of me before we kick a ball in anger.

I've done bigger deals than this. I supppose we need a serious sports investor though, who's happy to keep shelling out long after they've paid for their shares.....hopefully they're not thin on the ground in these difficult times. Whatever happened to that Geordie Abramovich that Sir John Hall was always talking about?

Thank fuck for that, though I was gonna have to say it. I bet they wouldn't have the nerve to stand in a pub and talk about putting "The Ball" on their face and loving it the smell of it

It's a very strange viewpoint from Barclay. I imagine Barcelona was bought by the fans back in the day. The circumstances now are completely different. Yet he uses it to pillory toon fans. I can't get my head round it really.

You and your cow jokes. What about the calves? WILL NO-ONE THINK OF THE CALVES? Something to ruminate on.

well apart from all that, life's just Fabulous! Love the computer throwing smiley. It was that or the anal smiley

And therein lies the problem. Why does it feels as though nothing is happening? Because more likely than not that's exactly what is happening. Ashley has zipped up his purse (or it's fucking empty and all he has left are 'assets'). Can see it now; He knew he was in financial trouble quite some time ago, but at the same time he was blabbing on about how he was going to be here now to take the club forward in some misguided attempt to make it appear that the ship had been steadied so that we were more appealing to potential buyers. In the meantime, he ensured that anyone who was close enough to see the rot that was eating the club away from the inside was corrupt, stupid or some combination of the two. It was all slipping away though, so in a desperate attempt to salvage the premier league status of the club he fronted with some actual money to slip Alan Shearer in at the helm of the sinking ship. It was too little too late and so the inevitable happened and Newcastle were relegated, negating any illusions of stability that Ashley had created (largely in his head). Queue the next desperate measure - listing the club for sale at a reduced price (from the bloated unrealistic figure he was asking not too long prior). A big discount it was, but Ashley has no credibility and with the world's economic climate in the state that it is noone was willing to throw any sort of line his way. All the while, the bills are piling up as Ashley attempts to not have to put anything else towards something that he desperately wants to get rid of. The ongoing stalling around the appointment of Shearer is just another way that Ashley was trying to put a fresh coat of paint on the mess without actually having to front with any additional money. Spot on imo. Here's some pointless speculation - to my mind there might be 2 sorts of buyers: 1. Serious wannabe Prem League player - keen to restore value by taking club straight back up, will spend money on the club, looking for long term capital gain 2. Bargain hunters/vultures - get discount price for the ongoing cash crisis and chaos from desperation to sell, looking for quick buck and very little cash to spend on the club Ashley was in the second camp all along I reckon but couldn't sell on the terms he wanted when he wanted. There must be a big risk that we won't get any from the first camp. One thing's for sure, Ashley will sell to the first punter who offers him enough money, he won't care one iota about their "plans" for the club (much like the sainted Sir John Hall). If I was a vulture I'd do whatever I could to spin out the current situation till things get truly desperate, then ride in and sweep up at a bargain price. Thank God they can't sell the ground. I'm praying there's a serious wannabe prem league player out there. If there is they might act decisively to stop the rot before it's too late, you never know.

Three words imo - Dennis f------ing Wise

well apart from all that, life's just Fabulous!

So the club's a shambles and being run like a pound shop. Tell us something we didn't know Xisco.

I'll join you in praying... Ashley: "Your God cannot help you now! Mwuhahahahaha!" * Twirls cape and disappears in a puff of black smoke *

Hopefully all parties will appreciate something has to be done on the football side as a priority. Another "caretaker" spell from Hughton is akin to football suicide. Doing nothing to remodel the squad is financial suicide. However pig-headed and stupid Ashley is (and he is considerably both), surely even he can see that doing nothing is not an option and will hurt him further in the wallet?

Did the police ever bring back the computers they confiscated when they raided the club?

"My God.....they've been so DAMNED IRRESPONSIBLE!"

Ashley strikes me as someone who does everything off the cuff. He probably woke up one day and thought 'fuck it, I've had enough'. I certainly hope so anyway. Maybe he's like the Dice Man? One - I sign Shearer as manager Two - I sell the club Three - I stick my wife's dildo up my arse Etc More like the Stay Puft Marshmellow Man. Who's going to cross the streams and get rid of the fucker? Me and you - in those bogs in the Biggie? Yoinks

Ashley strikes me as someone who does everything off the cuff. He probably woke up one day and thought 'fuck it, I've had enough'. I certainly hope so anyway. Maybe he's like the Dice Man? One - I sign Shearer as manager Two - I sell the club Three - I stick my wife's dildo up my arse Etc More like the Stay Puft Marshmellow Man. Who's going to cross the streams and get rid of the fucker?