Come here to laugh at Nu-Castle

[Airfixx]

Several tax dodgers have passed the fit and proper test, I am not sure what you have to do to fail.

I'm sure a fair few remember this shit-fest:

Remembering the Shinawatra era at Man City ten years on | ITV News

The 21st June 2007 was a watershed moment for Manchester City as Thaksin Shinawatra bought the club. | ITV National News

www.itv.com

"The freezing of his assets didn’t stop him from buying City, having previously failed to gain control at Liverpool and Fulham."

 

[SouthStand Billy]

Unfortauntely, multi-billionaires from Byker are thin on the ground. I don't think there's anybody who wouldn't prefer to be owned by a local mega-rich individual, but how many clubs can claim that? How many clubs are owned by people from the same country, let alone the same area?

Would any success we enjoy be different to the success Man City enjoy, or Man Utd, Liverpool or Leicester?

Firstly, success is not guaranteed as you are up against more established mercenaries.

For me the club is selling 130 years of history to people who know absolutely Jack about football. The way they gained their wealth doesn’t sit right with me.
How many of you have said “I’d rather be in the championship than have Arab owners” whilst engaging in a debate with Man City fans? I bet it’s thousands, and these fans are now all for it and defending the buy out.

 

[This Fish]

Ironic is it?

Nah, I'm not offended, I just find the suggestion I'm a prude for not being geared up for comedy when considering such human rights abuse a bit of a prick's outlook.

Still this from the man that is going to become an overnight LBGT crusader just to feel better about cheering on his sports-washing tool of a club.

Deep and righteous, my man....

Hardly overnight.

 

[This Fish]

Firstly, success is not guaranteed as you are up against more established mercenaries.

For me the club is selling 130 years of history to people who know absolutely Jack about football. The way they gained their wealth doesn’t sit right with me.
How many of you have said “I’d rather be in the championship than have Arab owners” whilst engaging in a debate with Man City fans? I bet it’s thousands, and these fans are now all for it and defending the buy out.

To be fair, the way most Billionaires gain their wealth doesn't sit well with me, but yeah, these guys are awful.

It's a fairly unusual situation we Newcastle fans find ourselves in. Were these bidders trying to buy the club from, say, Sir John Hall we'd probably not be as keen. But Ashley is so reviled on Tyneside that any change is change for the better.

Majority of my mates and fans I've spoken to online seem to fall in the same place as me.

Sure plenty of us stated we'd never be happy being owned by people with links to awful practices as the Man City owners are. But it's easy to hold such convictions as a hypothetical. there'll be fans of Tottenham who would state they couldn't accept such owners, but when push comes to shove they would be as conflicted as we are.

Re: the line about knowing nothing about football, I refer to you our current owner who employed Dennis Wise as DoF, employed Joe Kinnear (twice) and has shown time and time again that he knows jack about football.

 

[SpiderSpurs]

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[Mrs Perryman]

I've defended Levy up to this point because of the stadium and taking us from nobody's to champions league.

But if the barcodes win a trophy before we do I'm done with football and Levy can get to fuck.

Especially if Poch is at the wheel!
Nightmare scenario.

 

[Mrs Perryman]

If I could pay less tax I would. I imagine 99.99999% of this forum think the same.

I'd happily pay my fair share if everybody else did, and if that was the case, we would all pay less anyway!

 

[This Fish]

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We've also heard that Bruce is staying, Benitez is coming back, we're signing Mertens, Coutinho, Vidal, and McGinn. Papers just throwing enough at the wall so when whatever happens happens, they can ignore the rest and point to the one guess that came off and say "Told ya".

 

[scott]

Unfortauntely, multi-billionaires from Byker are thin on the ground. I don't think there's anybody who wouldn't prefer to be owned by a local mega-rich individual, but how many clubs can claim that? How many clubs are owned by people from the same country, let alone the same area?

Would any success we enjoy be different to the success Man City enjoy, or Man Utd, Liverpool or Leicester?

Joint takeover from local lads ant & dec?
I don't think our owner has been to Tottenham since oasis & blur were battling it out for the number 1 spot.

Re: the line about knowing nothing about football, I refer to you our current owner who employed Dennis Wise as DoF, employed Joe Kinnear (twice) and has shown time and time again that he knows jack about football.

Our owner hired a guy who doesn't know how city got so good. Even I know that!

 

[Airfixx]

I don't think our owner has been to Tottenham since oasis & blur were battling it out for the number 1 spot.

...But our chairman and stakeholder has been a Spurs fan all his life.

 

[SpiderSpurs]

£19m a year??

 

[bus-conductor]

Discipline and Sportswash

Doing ethics with Michel Foucault...

thecoop.substack.com

 

[Crockett]

£19m a year??

That would be £365k a week, which would set a ceiling for players wages. So if that is true then the new owners are not messing about.

 

[sudoku]

I really hope Poch takes a job abroad.

 

[Jakob]

Who will they turn into? The new-era Chelsea or Manchester City?

I'm happy for the NUFC fans that they're getting rid of Mike Ashley but holy shit imagine Newcastle becoming the new plastic team.

 

[Crockett]

I really hope Poch takes a job abroad.

The amount suggested above is more or less what Guardiola is said to be on.
They can have whatever manager they want for that money except maybe Klopp or Mourinho, who are supposed to be not far off what Pep gets.

 

[Airfixx]

The amount suggested above is more or less what Guardiola is said to be on.
They can have whatever manager they want for that money except maybe Klopp or Mourinho, who are supposed to be not far off what Pep gets.

Last time I checked Simeone was the highest paid gaffer in the game.

We're alleged to be paying Jose 15m p/a.

 

[Crockett]

Last time I checked Simeone was the highest paid gaffer in the game.

We're alleged to be paying Jose 15m p/a.

OK, everyone except Simeone, Guardiola, Mourinho and Klopp who are all meant to be on silly money.

 

[hiatus]

To be fair, the way most Billionaires gain their wealth doesn't sit well with me, but yeah, these guys are awful.

It's a fairly unusual situation we Newcastle fans find ourselves in. Were these bidders trying to buy the club from, say, Sir John Hall we'd probably not be as keen. But Ashley is so reviled on Tyneside that any change is change for the better.

Majority of my mates and fans I've spoken to online seem to fall in the same place as me.

Sure plenty of us stated we'd never be happy being owned by people with links to awful practices as the Man City owners are. But it's easy to hold such convictions as a hypothetical. there'll be fans of Tottenham who would state they couldn't accept such owners, but when push comes to shove they would be as conflicted as we are.

Re: the line about knowing nothing about football, I refer to you our current owner who employed Dennis Wise as DoF, employed Joe Kinnear (twice) and has shown time and time again that he knows jack about football.

I think most Spurs supporters would not want to be taken over by a certain subset of billionaire but would still support the club, including me.

The ever growing trend of using the Premier League to sportswash human rights abuses is worth discussing and should always be included as context when these clubs are successful - it's a different level of evil.

 

[pipes]

Last time I checked Simeone was the highest paid gaffer in the game.

We're alleged to be paying Jose 15m p/a.

Apparently Simeone is on £36m, then Pep on £20 and Jose getting £15m from the tight guy that doesn’t spend money.

£36m for Simeone. Holy shit.