Newcastle Utd (and Viz)

[roydo]

I am not a wealthy man, but I am comfortable.

In the context of the fellas buying Newcastle, it would be similar to me deciding to buy perhaps a framed Athena print of the lass playing tennis with her arse hanging out. (Google is your friend kids).

But then I cant see why I would need 2 other brothers to own 5% of the print, and then ask Athena to lend some lass £1.50 so she could get involved as well.

I would just pay the £15.00. Which as a % of my cash versus the Saudis aint far off I reckon.

 

[PhilM]

I would just pay the £15.00. Which as a % of my cash versus the Saudis aint far off I reckon.

I know I've read a few examples in the past on here as why they may not do that, but in reality if their supposed wealth is what it is then why won't they just buy it?

Surely, you'd want to buy as much as you can now (at a lower price) and have the prestige of owning a club rather than get involved in complicated deals.

I'm not an expert by any means, but the more complex the deal then for me the less likely it is actually what it claims to be.

 

[H.H.]

But Everton's takeover went through quite easily

 

[Yarrgh]

But Everton's takeover went through quite easily

The actual take over by Moshiri fairly quick. All the abortive attempts pretty much like the Newcastle one does now but without the love for a murderous regime and disgust at someone whose husband was murdered by their potential owner.

 

[boris]

But Everton's takeover went through quite easily

Extremely quick. It was announced at about 3pm that Mr Moshri had bought the club and his name had never been mention before, ever.

In the meantime there was all kind of links to buyers, the last being some American consortium that was actually still very strong the day Mr Moshri swooped.

Our takeover was everything Newcastle’s isn’t, quick, efficient, seemingly uncomplicated with not one bit of it done in public and at the point we were a very difficult club to buy. Many others had tried and failed.

 

[kenada_blue]

Extremely quick. It was announced at about 3pm that Mr Moshri had bought the club and his name had never been mention before, ever.

In the meantime there was all kind of links to buyers, the last being some American consortium that was actually still very strong the day Mr Moshri swooped.

Our takeover was everything Newcastle’s isn’t, quick, efficient, seemingly uncomplicated with not one bit of it done in public and at the point we were a very difficult club to buy. Many others had tried and failed.

He'd already been involved in Arsenal so his credentials were above board.

He's also not sanctioned murders and has human right violations against him...I think.

 

[Connor]

J Liew has gone in two footed here and it's magical.

Newcastle fans back the club’s takeover by Saudi Arabia. Do they bear moral responsibility?

Having craved Mike Ashley’s departure for years, fans are not too squeamish about who might replace him.

www.newstatesman.com

Rather, his biggest crime in the eyes of supporters was parsimony: a failure to lavish his wealth with the sort of earth-scorching abandon that has rendered Roman Abramovich at Chelsea and Sheikh Mansour at Manchester City virtually immune to internal criticism. Even if the Saudi deal fails to go through (it is currently pending Premier League approval), Newcastle fans have already shown their hand. And currently, it’s holding up a middle finger to the widow of a murdered dissident in the hope of a few big signings in the summer transfer window.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

I am not a wealthy man, but I am comfortable.

In the context of the fellas buying Newcastle, it would be similar to me deciding to buy perhaps a framed Athena print of the lass playing tennis with her arse hanging out. (Google is your friend kids).

But then I cant see why I would need 2 other brothers to own 5% of the print, and then ask Athena to lend some lass £1.50 so she could get involved as well.

I would just pay the £15.00. Which as a % of my cash versus the Saudis aint far off I reckon.

The Saudis haven’t instigated this purchase, they’ve been sold the idea over time by Staveley.

The fact that they’ve got 2 other equity partners in this deal speaks volumes. This isn’t going to be a vast splurge of cash, it’ll be relatively modest, albeit it’ll put them in a stronger position than they’ve been under Ashley.

 

[Yarrgh]

J Liew has gone in two footed here and it's magical.

Newcastle fans back the club’s takeover by Saudi Arabia. Do they bear moral responsibility?

Having craved Mike Ashley’s departure for years, fans are not too squeamish about who might replace him.

www.newstatesman.com

Rather, his biggest crime in the eyes of supporters was parsimony: a failure to lavish his wealth with the sort of earth-scorching abandon that has rendered Roman Abramovich at Chelsea and Sheikh Mansour at Manchester City virtually immune to internal criticism. Even if the Saudi deal fails to go through (it is currently pending Premier League approval), Newcastle fans have already shown their hand. And currently, it’s holding up a middle finger to the widow of a murdered dissident in the hope of a few big signings in the summer transfer window.

I read that and thought to copy and paste that very last sentence. Spot on summary. A repulsive potential owner could only be embraced by something or someone equally rotten. Welcome to Newcastle. My apologies to all the decent fans there but your silence against all this is deafening.

 

[ChesterBlue]

Imagine abusing a woman whose husband got murdered and then mutilated on orders from your prospective new owner, absolute scum.

 

[maccavennie]

I read that and thought to copy and paste that very last sentence. Spot on summary. A repulsive potential owner could only be embraced by something or someone equally rotten. Welcome to Newcastle. My apologies to all the decent fans there but your silence against all this is deafening.

Its the "I don't care" attitude and 2 clubs sets of fans have it in abundance

rs
Horse Punchers

As long as they get what they want they don't care how they get it.

 

[Yarrgh]

Its the "I don't care" attitude and 2 clubs sets of fans have it in abundance

rs
Horse Punchers

As long as they get what they want they don't care how they get it.

If Newcastle are the horse punchers and Sunderland are the head letters then what hp are the other north east 'big boys' - Middlesbrough?

 

[maccavennie]

If Newcastle are the horse punchers and Sunderland are the head letters then what hp are the other north east 'big boys' - Middlesbrough?

The Gerbil jugglers I think mate

 

[Yarrgh]

The Gerbil jugglers I think mate

I was struggling to be more offensive than hairy parmos.

 

[maccavennie]

I was struggling to be more offensive than hairy parmos.

No one even talks about Boro anymore, like they don't even exist so it's hard to find something offensive about them. Apparently there were a few battles up there back in the day when they played at Ayersome Park so maybe they've just mellowed due to being utterly crap for such a long time.