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Thanksgiving service at SJP perhaps? I'm sure it'd be filled to the rooftops Durham cathedral allegedly

The ones sat right next to the table? Aye hillbillies seems a good description, tallish kid with glasses and a short lass in black plus others? I left as ando started his 2nd stint to write stuff up for the site

Where were you sat/stood? And more fucking importantly where's me beer?

Some of Andos stories are class like, he tells the well too could be a comedian

Its a problem one, boycotts would gather headlines and hurt him where it matters trouble is it could scare off potential buyers, protesting in any other way now doesn't gain us anything other than bad publicity. Original protests did what they were meant to in that they got the message over but we now know that's to deaf ears. Damned if you do fucked if you don't

I estimate it at £54.55m coming in with £39.45 being spent a net profit of £15.1m more interstingly though is the business since Keegan £28.9m received and 4.05 spent profit of £24.85m

To go back to a post I made elsewhere, I have it from the lad himself that he didnt want to leave, was happy to stay and would accept £25k a week, the club would only offer £17k and in his words (sounds better in a French accent) "there are lazy bastards there earning £40k+ thats why I want £25k". To put it into perspective, we allegedly pay Colos agent £28k per week! So an agent is worth £11k more than our player of last season.

Colin whittle NUSC

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I think I might pop along very soon, if ones shite you can always nip over the road to see the other, who'll take first billing? I think you need tickets for Shearers, whereas we'll let any old riff raff in

Doesnt Steve Howey run the security company thats employed by Newcastle? if so, then expect 2 hours of bullshit as he scrapes to save his contract. Oh and the NUSC have an invite to this shindig tonight so theres your non-cohesive, not a clue element oh wait, no Im not going I'll be at the Strawberry.

Oh fucking hell, Thomos mate again?

Its a fair point like, he was supposed to put in £20m last year which he didnt, he was then going to put in £10m this year and he hasnt so to assume hes really going to put in £40m for the Championship season is how do you say? a tad optimistic?

Well thats me convinced, I mean what does Harris know?

Why should the bloke selling the club have any say or be the one to announce that? When will these people stop being Ashleys puppet and just get on with selling the club?

Wise words and yes, Im a member of the interim committee and responsible for the website, so let me know what the issues are and I'll take a look. Whenever someone has come along with something Ive endeavoured to fix or change it.

That sounds like a terrible idea to me. The thought that someone could come in and purchase the club without actually forking anything out and then pay for it by selling off our assets and mortgaging the future horrifies me. No matter who it is, the new owners need the cash behind them to at least compete. Ive no problem with consolidating for a season if thats what it takes and we get sorted but doing that while selling off everyone, buying nobody of note and paying over the dividends to Ashley is a scene I dont want to see played out.

We called again for them to just come out and tell the fans the truth about whats happening, we made it clear that we dont expect to be told the ins and outs of whos involved or what the amounts are etc. Just are there any buyers? how serious are they and what are the chances of it being sorted. No bullshit no lies to increase sales of tickets etc just the truth. The rest, as they say is history. For those still not sure of our aims heres an interview John Gibson did with our Trust guru Colin Whittle. http://nusc.org.uk/full_article.php?articleid=21

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I think he thinks we'll come up with that squad. I honestly think he's that out of touch. More thinking than I'd expect from you on a Tuesday afternoon. fwiw I reckon if we're not sold by the close of the window we won't be this season. I'd also expect an exodus at Christmas while we're languishing just below midtable. Don't worry, I formulated that theory over drinks on Sunday. No thinking today thanks. That would have been the case if we hadnt had an overdraft however the £40m owing to Barclays could be recalled any time they like. Even if they dont recall it immediately, they could stop us increasing the amount. Also we dont know who else hasnt been paid, has the taxman been getting his PAYE?

Thanks for that John, there is a lot of info on the website about the Trust and how we see that going as well as other aims and aspirations. One thing though, we've never demanded that he walk away or anything like that, you, me and anyone with any sense at all knows thats not how it works. At times I think the SC is tainted by some peoples beliefs, still to this day we are charged with "boycoutt banners" and "Cockney mafia out", neither of which were anything to do with us, in fact the original protests led to us being formed not the other way round. We have been trying to get Ashley to deal with the fans and tell us all the truth about whats happening. Something that seems to be missed by a lot of people is the fact that at times we have actually worked with the club on certain things, the Al-Together Now campaign being the main one that springs to mind. Anything specific thats not on the website then please feel free to ask specific questions either via email or alternatively on here where the replies can be seen by all. As for living away from Newcastle, there is a possiblity that we will be looking to hold stuff before / after certain away games depending on the possible numbers, in particular these would be places where there is a local supporters club and we can do something with them. The likes of Ipswich, London and the Midlands spring to mind as they all have active SCs.

Brings back memories.

5 month BUMP "Fancy" new website which stops you copying content, but still no change. Is it a concious decision not to have a message board and only canvas opinion from the roadshows and random emails? As a member I really have no idea what the current position of NUSC/T is and what action if any they are thinking of taking should Ashley announce the club is off the market, or the sale just remains ongoing like a Sports Direct store closing down sale. I certainly have no input into it or vote on it. Patience with the imminent takeover pretence will come to an end soon and there's going to be a lot more people willing to "do something" over a more prolonged period to show their anger than there were a year ago. Are NUSC going to take the initiative? We are currently discussing this as the current stance was based on the fact the club was being sold and we were working toward Trust status which has taken a lot of peoples time up, it was assumed that the sale would progress and there wouldnt be a need for any change from what was previously decided by the members ie sail along as we are and see what the immediate future brings. If anything I personally think that our internal communications have suffered slightly while people have beavered away at getting the big initiative working, yes we read, respond and act on every email or comment received but at the same time they, as you say are not necessarily a proper indication of what is actually happening out there. Theres a few things being looked at at the moment and I would imagine things will be changing as far as members communications and participation are concerned. I would expect a lot more in the way of us speaking with members in the very near future and some events/ communications soon. As for the website, it was a conscious decision not to have an open message board however that could be changed to create a members one where these things are discussed. Oh and it wasnt changed to stop people copying stuff, that merely allows us to have a pretty font. If you did want to copy anything then switch off javascript in your browser and refresh the page and you'll get the copy and pasteable text up.

Yep I wouldn't mind someone explAining that one to me, I agree we weren't doing great but we only have fat mikes word that we were dying quickly.

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