Tag: Newcastle United

I never thought I’d see the day, but some reasonable and honest words from the footballing world. Terry Venables on turning down the Newcastle managerial position:

“All they could guarantee was that I’d be in a job until Mike Ashley sells the club whenever that might be. As flattered and honoured as I was to be approached by Newcastle, in the end it wasn’t that difficult a decision for me to decline their offer.

The Newcastle supporters have suffered more than enough in recent years. I didn’t want them to think I’d gone up there just to pocket a few quid from Mike Ashley and then wave ‘cheerio’ a couple of weeks later.”

Tel, thank you for being honest and above board. However, this does seem like we’re likely to end up with David O’Leary so our team will be reduced to a bunch of “boys”.

Related articles by Zemanta

• Venables says no to Newcastle offer [cnn]
• Venables turns down Newcastle job offer [soccernet]
• Venables rejects Newcastle offer [bbc sport]
• Terry Venables says no to Newcastle United [telegraph]

Now is not a time to be a Newcastle United fan. Good grief.

I didn’t get to watch the game last night as it was on at around 3am over here, and the only places in Bali open that late are playing thuddy dance crap and not showing football matches. From what I’ve read, it was a **** game anyway – quoting NUFC.com “the least worst team prevailed”.

Now there’s news that Terry Venables is to helm us until we get new ownership. While he kept Boro afloat after Bryan Robson did his best to sink them, he didn’t enjoy as much luck at Leeds (if my memory serves).

Add to that the rumours kicking around (mainly from Obafemi Martins‘ agent) that a Nigerian conglomerate are looking at buying us out and we start to look like a sodding soap opera again. Yes, they’ll put Kevin Keegan back at the helm. Yes, he supports their plans. No, I don’t believe a word of it.

Call me cynical or overly web-history-sensitive, but if someone mentions “Nigeria” the first two words that spring into my mind are “scam” and “corruption”. Unfair, perhaps, but there you go. Are we sure this isn’t some email thing?

Hello my respected wonderful colleeg,

My name is Bolngwu Ebanji and I am a lawyer of most respected degree reprezenting my  candidates of high standing who are very rich indeed. We have seen the problems besetting your most wondrus soccer squad and wish to help.

We wish to purchase your club for the sum of UK450million (four hundred and fifty million British pounds) and offer this in all of good faith and good intenshuns in which I am sure you will except it.

Unfortunately, all of our money is held in the country by lawyers operating for the head of our conglomeratz’ uncle, Mr Debolo Mungkawi, who passed away and joined our Hevaenly Jesus, one year ago. So that we may proceed to release this cash, please can you be send us the banking details of your soccer club?

We need the name of the account, account numbers, sort codes, access codes, copies of signatures, fax numbers, voice recordings of those authorised to access it and so forth. These we all need with all due haste so that we may begin proceedings to move the money from our country to yours.

In exchahge for this we will give you Kevin Keegan and the sum of UK50m (FIFTY million British Pounds) to spend on new players and moonshine.

Waiting to hear from you with news of our upcoming good future and partnership

In God and Jesus,

Roy KeaneBolngwu Ebanji (Mr)

Related articles by Zemanta

• Odds slashed on Venables to be next Toon boss [soccernet]
• Terry Venables emerges as Newcastle managerial favourite as odds dramatically fall [telegraph]

I just found out that Keegan’s resigned and I can’t blame the guy. Following is an email I sent to Biffa of NUFC.com in relation to their post earlier today:

Disgusted.

I think you missed that one off your list of feelings in one of the opening paragraphs.

Keegan asked for one thing – the manage the club the way that managers are supposed to manage a club. To not be treated like he was in his first tenure by having transfer decisions made around. him. Ashley and co seem to have chosen to ignore that one, simple, common-sense thing.

However, it’s their statements after the fact that have disgusted me even more. Keegan has clearly stated that he’s left because he wasn’t in control of the players coming in or going out. Newcastle United are saying they offered him proposals to go forward and he “chose to refuse them” or words to that effect. So, basically, they stuck to the guns that were causing the problem in the first place. This isn’t business sense, common sense, footballing sense… it’s sheer bloody-minded stupidity, arrogance and stubbornness.

I’m not in a position to harm Ashley’s income in any way. I wish I were, but I’m not a season ticket holder and don’t even reside in the UK at present. If I was, I would be looking to cancel my season ticket for a refund and boycott away matches which I used to attend regularly. No more program purchases, pints at half time and so forth.

Obviously, I’m 100% for fans hitting the beer-downing moron in the pocket and hope against hope he decides to sell up and bugger off sooner rather than later. And he can take the pint-sized Satan with him.

Bitter? Hell, yes. Not only have they screwed us over in a footballing fashion and made us a laughing stock *once again*, they’ve done it a hell of a lot faster than Shepherd and Hall ever did.

I hate sounding like a sheep, but “Ashley Out”.

Just to keep things in the usual tone of this blog, I would like to add that Mike Ashley is a fat, useless, stubborn **** who doesn’t have a ******* clue about what Newcastle United and Kevin Keegan mean to Geordies. I would be astounded if dared show his beer-swilling face in the stands again. At least do it and survive.

Ashley – **** off. Please, just **** off. You’re not welcome in my city, or my football ground. And take Dennis Wise with you. He’s a little **** as well.