Newcastle United (St. James' Park) - Toontalk - Part 2

[UptheToon]

4 win a row at Brighton today will be awesome going into the Liverpool game next week.

 

[KeyboardWarrior]

Oh no we drop to 7th. Rafa out!

Jokes aside, hopefully we continue our win streak tonight!

 

[donut33]

Clearly we need a better striker. Next game might see Gayle or Mitrovic replacing Joselu.

 

[perfectlight]

was hoping mitrovic starting the line, poor thing.

 

[UptheToon]

Perez has also been absolutely shi* so far... Offers us nothing at all.

 

[donut33]

Perez has also been absolutely shi* so far... Offers us nothing at all.

Perez and Rafa both Spanish mah, brother brother leh.

Maybe swap him with Shelvey or Joselu; then Gayle playing the striker role.

 

[UptheToon]

Expecting a tonking today.

Newcastle 0 Liverpool 5.

 

[KeyboardWarrior]

1-1 draw with Liverpool. About as good a result as we can get currently with our squad and being newly promoted.

Watching the game, Rafa has really made our team very well organised defensively but going forward, we need players like Shelvey to unlock the opposition.

There's also news of Amanda Staveley, the women who help to broke the Man City deal few years back to Sheikh Mansour, being there to potentially check out a deal for Newcastle.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...-buyer-financier-amanda-staveley-causes-stir/

In any case, after 7 games, still top 10. Hopefully we can end the season top 10 too!

 

[UptheToon]

Rafa has really strengthen us defensively. We look compact and solid. He was barking orders all game to keep us tight.

Now, if only we can replace perez and joselu.

 

[donut33]

Rafa has really strengthen us defensively. We look compact and solid. He was barking orders all game to keep us tight.

Now, if only we can replace perez and joselu.

A 'taiko' goal by joselu earns us a point. I will take that. Lol.
Defensively we are quite strong, just need a goal scorer. Probably call back Gayle.

 

[UptheToon]

A 'taiko' goal by joselu earns us a point. I will take that. Lol.
Defensively we are quite strong, just need a goal scorer. Probably call back Gayle.

Based on yesterday performance, I think gayle and joselu are both useless. Can't understand why rafa doesn't pick mitrovic. Not even on bench.

 

[KeyboardWarrior]

Definitely need a better striker but our defensive shape still looks solid and best of all we are still in the top half of the table!

 

[UptheToon]

Definitely need a better striker but our defensive shape still looks solid and best of all we are still in the top half of the table!

Crystal Palace must be a 3 point game...

 

[KeyboardWarrior]

Fat Mike finally puts the club up for sale again.. The new owner might be better or worse than him but under him, I'm sure we won't be winning or challenging for anything in forever so I guess new owners are worth a gamble. Hope for the best!

The following statement was released via NUFC at 5pm on Monday - and unlike the 2009 version, doesn't encourage prospective purchasers to apply by email:

"As a result of increasing press speculation regarding the future of Newcastle United, the owner of the club, St. James Holdings Limited, wishes to clarify its intentions.

As one of the Premier League's oldest and best supported football clubs - and for the benefit of its many fans and supporters in the UK and across the world - Newcastle United requires a clear direction and a path to a bright and successful future.

To give the club the best possible opportunity of securing the positioning and investment necessary to take it to the next level, at what is an important time in its history, its present ownership has determined that it is in the best interests of Newcastle United and its fans for the club to be put up for sale.

To give an incoming owner the maximum possible flexibility to make meaningful investment in the club, including in its playing squad, the sale process will give interested parties the opportunity of deferring substantial payments.

A process will now commence of identifying new ownership for the club that will be capable of delivering the sustained investment in and dedication to the club that is necessary for it to achieve its ambitions."

ST. JAMES HOLDINGS

A formal announcement of what has unofficially been known for some considerable time is of some interest - but perhaps more significantly, invalidates all recent claims of takeover bids and ongoing interest.

Quite simply were Amanda Staveley, those mysterious Chinese bidders or anyone else to have had a genuine interest in the club, this statement wouldn't exist.

That it does is confirmation that an awful lot of speculation masquerading as knowledge has been foisted on Newcastle supporters in recent weeks.

Sky carried an interview with a lawyer working on behalf of the club, but rather than Justin Barnes it's someone called Andrew Henderson see online here:

"Our intentions are to see if the club can be bought by new ownership by potentially Christmas.

"That would allow seriously interested parties to put themselves forward. It would allow a diligence period to carry on then hopefully by Christmas a sale could conclude.

"Assuming the right person can be found to take the club forward it’ll be about how payments are structured, how much would be payable on day one and how much would be payable further down the line.
“There is a real genuine desire from our point of view to put the club in the best possible position going forward.

"If that means additional funds being available in the short-term we would seek to accommodate that.”

 

[donut33]

Looking forward for new owner if there is any.

Watching the last few games, if we can get a better striker we would be winning at least 2 of our previous games. Really wasted.

 

[KeyboardWarrior]

very sloppy game but Merinoooooooooooooooo to save the day! good 3 points gained!

 

[donut33]

very sloppy game but Merinoooooooooooooooo to save the day! good 3 points gained!

Amazingly with such poor display we still won, lol. Probably Crystal Palace is a lot worse than us. Anyway lets just enjoy the wins.

 

[perfectlight]

Last night game, wasn't ideal, sloopy. I hope rafa can improve on it, next game burnley tough.

 

[donut33]

Lost 1-0 to Burnley

Oh why why Rafa keep playing Perez when he is the worst player for us. Lost of balls from him this morning cause us the games. Hope Rafa wake up and drop him on the bench.

 

[perfectlight]

I hope rafa wake up his idea and play mitrovic.