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maxjam got a reaction from Miggins in The Administration Thread
Yup, the media is full of claim/counter claim. The Admins and EFL barely communicate. I can do bugger all about any of it.
Que sera, sera.
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maxjam got a reaction from Derby4Me in The Administration Thread
The march was one of the best days of my life - really felt like we were achieving something.
The past few months has seen all the momentum we created slowly slip away however, its feels like we're watching a car crash in slow motion, powerless to do anything about it.
Fortunately the clock really is ticking down now and one way or another it has to be sorted. The whole process has left me feeling numb though, the EFL have to change to protect other clubs and fans from this Chinese water torture.
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maxjam reacted to Rev in The Administration Thread
We're just sat watching now, helpless.
The power we think we harnessed as fans last season, when we marched, sang and were defiant, was just an illusion, a fleeting beautiful moment when we became the club, and the club was energised from it.
The harsh reality is hitting home, as we realise we're the collateral damage in a rich man's pissing contest.
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maxjam got a reaction from Kathcairns in The Administration Thread
Yup, the media is full of claim/counter claim. The Admins and EFL barely communicate. I can do bugger all about any of it.
Que sera, sera.
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maxjam reacted to Loughborough Ram in The Administration Thread
I'm still going to say a little prayer for Kirchner tonight.
Rightly or wrongly I will feel very sorry for him if he doesn't end up owning the club, as it just seems like he will have been swallowed up and spat out by bigger, more experienced players with more nous.
Come on Chris, as many of us are with you as are against you, get the job done.
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maxjam reacted to JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta in The Administration Thread
Anyone else just immune/numb to the nonsense at this point?
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maxjam reacted to Igorwasking in Promotion odds
Pretty generous whilst we still have a five man squad!
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maxjam got a reaction from angieram in The Administration Thread
Aarrgghh, so many conflicting stories in the media, so much silence from those involved.
As everything is beyond my control anyway, I'm off out for a walk.
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maxjam got a reaction from Caerphilly Ram in The Administration Thread
Aarrgghh, so many conflicting stories in the media, so much silence from those involved.
As everything is beyond my control anyway, I'm off out for a walk.
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maxjam got a reaction from jimtastic56 in The Administration Thread
Aarrgghh, so many conflicting stories in the media, so much silence from those involved.
As everything is beyond my control anyway, I'm off out for a walk.
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maxjam got a reaction from Indyram in The Administration Thread
As others have said, perhaps it was more to do with speed than avoiding anti-money laundering checks?
The fact that he has now gone back to the original plan and will wait for the money to clear the checks speaks for itself.
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maxjam reacted to Woodley Ram in The Administration Thread
he is not transferring Crypto. I have just listened to the Alan Nixon on talksport and that was interesting. The issue with CK is that he is transferring an amount larger than anything he has done before (red flag) and from the US to a country he probably has never transferred to before (red flag).
I would imagined a compliance officer of a US bank has made a SAR (suspicious activity report) to the FinCen (the US money laundering reporting establishment). In the UK we would send our SAR to the NCA (National Crime Agency).
The issue with this is that your bank transfer is blocked for a period (short) of time to allow an investigation. It will then be released. If you ever have a payment that is held up by a bank for about 5 days then that is what has probably happened.
Also it is a criminal offence to tell your client (CK) if you have made a SAR, so he will be well frustrated.
If it hasn't gone to the FinCen then the release should be quicker as the bank will be asking for potential proof of where his funds have come from and where they are going.
The US banks are amongst the most stringent in the world due to the large fines given out by US regulators.
I think we just need to be patient as I'm not sure how much CK can tell us.
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maxjam reacted to angieram in The Administration Thread
I did say that was probably the issue yesterday.
It's the establishment casting aspersions on something outside their control, as usual.
I'd like to bet there's even more money-laundering going on with real money and we all know how good the establishment is at preventing that!
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maxjam got a reaction from cosmic in The Administration Thread
As others have said, perhaps it was more to do with speed than avoiding anti-money laundering checks?
The fact that he has now gone back to the original plan and will wait for the money to clear the checks speaks for itself.
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maxjam got a reaction from angieram in The Administration Thread
As others have said, perhaps it was more to do with speed than avoiding anti-money laundering checks?
The fact that he has now gone back to the original plan and will wait for the money to clear the checks speaks for itself.
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maxjam reacted to cosmic in The Administration Thread
No it isn't. https://twitter.com/cskirchner
I think everyone needs to relax a bit until we hear something from an official source. (not Dawes)
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maxjam reacted to The Scarlet Pimpernel in The Administration Thread
Nixons radio interview told us all we need to know. Kirchner has the dosh has tried to pay it over. Now waiting for anti money laundering checks to clear.
Times scale making us all twitchy. Just have to sit tight today I think.
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maxjam reacted to Kuskus in The Administration Thread
https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1654747200/
This is Alan Nixon’s interview on Talksport and it starts at about 20 minutes.
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maxjam reacted to Yani P in The Administration Thread
Agree never wanted him anywhere near our club..he would be better than liquidation and we would have a club and could count down the days until he flogged it for a profit as hopefully he wouldn't stay long.
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maxjam reacted to Stive Pesley in The Administration Thread
I don't get the love for Mike Ashley
I don't think Quantuma have covered themselves in glory, but it's a reasonable question to ask here:
If MA's bid was the best for the club, why was he not the preferred bidder ?
The obvious answer is that his bid was no good
I've said all along that he's a vulture waiting to pick the bones off our corpse
Yes - MA buying the club is better than the club being liquidated, but I still think it will be a(nother) disaster if he takes over
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maxjam reacted to May Contain Nuts in The Administration Thread
...and immediately criticised the state of the infrastructure.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/12040/12433858/newcastle-united-owners-plan-upgrades-for-stadium-training-ground-academy-and-more
". Newcastle have trained at Darsley Park since 2003, but Staveley has said the facilities are "really awful" and must be improved, and that St James' Park "needs a little bit of love."
"There's no point having fantastic players if there's nowhere suitable for them to train," Staveley also said
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What isn't so attractive is the condition of the club: the stadium certainly needs work done to it and a lick of paint, and the consortium are well aware of that.
"Amanda Staveley described the training ground as 'awful' last week, so that's something she'll want to either completely start again, or refurbish, but I'd imagine they'd want to rip it up and start again. "
https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-uniteds-owners-planning-st-jamess-park-renovation-and-expansion-3623326
Expansion was never on Ashley’s agenda – the billionaire ditched plans for a 60,000 ground drawn up by the previous administration – and the stadium was neglected.
The club is already working on plans for internal refurbishments for areas which badly need updating.
For many years, Newcastle fans mocked the pink seats at the Stadium of Light. The reality, however, was that St James’s Park also badly needed a internal and external facelift, something which has been underlined by photographs circulated on social media over the past few years. There were pictures of peeling paint, damp toilets, tiny TVs and dangling cables.
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However, the figures told a different story. Just £200,000 was spent on infrastructure in 2019/20. Damningly, the club spent a “feeble” £11million on infrastructure under Ashley up to July 2020, according to analysis from Swiss Ramble"
Sounds absolutely wonderful!
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maxjam got a reaction from Gee SCREAMER !! in The Administration Thread
Keogh! I heard he came into some money recently ?