I more through necessity than desire have had to stay away this year as living in Hull and no work since a year tomorrow have had to cancel mine and my sons season tickets. Though MR Ashley and LLambias have made that decision a hell of a lot easier through thier bungleing of ALL things Newcastle last year.

I am not an Ashley apologist as he deserves almost all that he gets at the minute, since the handling of the Keegan/Wise debacle it has been one mistake after another. TBH I feel (maybe wrongly) that all the sence of the early regime left with Chris Mort. However we including myself have not helped matters as we have been swept up in a terrible situation caused by MA and made worse by the her majesties gutter press, as they have taken every opportunity to stick the boot in to a club that they have hated due to nothing else than from the north east. Only time will tell if Sunderland will be given similar treatment if they gain any resemblence of success.

or me the next 2 transfer windows are the watershed for this administration, as we need to look at promotion and hopefully premier league calibre players in the first window as anything else is a bluff on Ashley’s behalf. If that is satisfied in January then the big one in the summer of players/foundations that will cement safety for the next couple of seasons. As Newcastle fans this can only be hoped for with blind faith and optimisum, something that has sadly disolved to nothing in no less than ONE year.

I for one hope for better times ahead and unfortunatly if those better times do come along then Mike Ashley will be a part of that somewhere down the line, be it in our push for promotion or safety next year as I cant see any other outcome at this present time.

I wholeheartedly agree that all the demos in the world will not unseat Ashley and his cronies and that whether by accident or design, the club’s in far better shape than it was last term.  Why oh why doesn’t Ashley communicate, honestly, with the fans?  I’m sure life’d be a damn site better if he did and that he may be a little less despised than he is.  Silence is the fertilizer of speculation and that’s just not good! 

Mr Ashley, please talk to the people whose hearts you’re wrenching at -  you never know, you may well find out that whilst Gerordies aren’t the easiest of pushovers, you may just go a little way to getting us on-side.

In the meantime, things are giving grounds for optimism and so long as we don’t sell key players and buy well, there’s more reason to support thr team and help Newcastle United back among the Prem next year.

It’s sad that Ed Harrison’s gannig back ti work but he’s got nee choice cos the bairns need new shoes and there’s broth ti myek ti see thim ower the caad winter months.

But, from Ed’s threatened and now real withdrawal from the scene, this site, the phoenix that rose from the near ashes of Ed’s blogsite has the scope now to develop and encourage sound and constructive dialogue among Newcastle United fans throughout the world. 

Keep it up guys, solid stuff so far.

BBM – Good article and one that reflects exactly how I feel at the moment.

workyticket says:
November 10, 2009 at 6:52 am

“Worky,  The way I read it is was that the 5% admin fee would be off 10% of the proof of funds not 5% of your full investment. ”

That’s what I wrote, Stuart. 5% of 10% of £100 million is £500,000, plus interest accruing on the sum.