ram1964 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Kernow said: It does again highlight the absolute trust that Mel et al. have in this deal though doesn't it? The Cocu sacking was supposedly decided in conjunction with the Sheikh. Now it seems that the decision to finally appoint Rooney has happened in a similar way. Of all the things that Mel could be reasonably criticised for, I don't think anyone could truthfully say he's stupid. There has to be a reason why this faith is being shown to someone who has apparently not coughed up a penny yet. Every /anyone can suffer from dillusiament? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 1 minute ago, ram1964 said: Every /anyone can suffer from dillusiament? Including your Italian spell checker ? i-Ram, Ramarena, europia and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhectoring Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, RoyMac5 said: Well they haven't paid the lawyers. It’s just our luck. Ashley was surfing some tasty website and had an reminder from his bank that 60m had come in on 24 December. Happily his meeting on the website has just ended. So he’s in reflective mood and muses ruefully on his belligerent corporate career, the trauma caused by all the redundancies, sackings and the rest, not to mention the severe mental health issues he has inflicted on a generation of Newcastle fans. He contemplates - uncharacteristically - his spiritual well being and his thus far abject progress on the road to enlightenment. Not to mention the abject performance of his team against the Blades. He logs on to just giving and transfers the 60m to Oxfam. He transfers the Toon to the Sheikh. And he heads for a commune in West Wales. Edited January 15, 2021 by kevinhectoring ColonelBlimp and 48 hours 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Derby Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 more months, 2 weeks or 46 hours - which is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickD Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 8 hours ago, sage said: I am. If you are doing the one in today's Guardian, 7up is lemonade. I thought it was Snow White's FANTAsy ? 48 hours and kevinhectoring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickD Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 5 hours ago, sage said: Lady Gaga was so impressed with those puns, she has written a song to join in the fun....can't remember the title... Pun my word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickD Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 5 hours ago, StrawHillRam said: Hopefully the club will not fold. We need a run, but we’ve no Jacks left. We may have one after Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickD Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 3 hours ago, StrawHillRam said: Snap These puns are getting as Vegas the takeover deal ScamRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, NottsRammy said: Anyone just think the rooney appointment is to ease the fans anger over no takeover yet , call me a cynical old victor meldrew but that's how I see it . Well Vick, it's a common government tactic to hide bad news with a headline making story. However, in this case, that would require a degree of manipulation of Rooney himself that I do not think he would allow. In his interview, he talked about asking for certain assurances and so on. They've given him a 2½ year contract. That's a big commitment from both sides if it's merely intended to distract the fans for a couple of days. 48 hours, FlyBritishMidland, RamontheMoor and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhectoring Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 29 minutes ago, IslandExile said: n his interview, he talked about asking for certain assurances and so on. They've given him a 2½ year contract. That's a big commitment from both sides if it's merely intended to distract the fans for a couple of days. Don’t think the contract was entered into to distract us. It was already lined up, agreed. But they were planning to announce it with the takeover. Instead they announced it today to cheer us up. In my case it worked Feeling good about Rotherham ? IslandExile, RoyMac5, Premier ram and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Do we qualify for a new manager bounce? ? A positive one, not like Big Sam and his 0-5 special...... RoyMac5, IslandExile, GB SPORTS and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 The assurances that Rooney probably asked for would be the same commitments that the Sheikh has given Mel and SP. Problem is everyone is buying into them. Ive got way too many open questions sadly: 1) Are they sending two pots of money? One for Mel to buy the club from him and one for operating cash flow. 2) Whose fronting the cash? (I don’t think there is any cash) 3) Why hasn’t Mel asked for proof of funds? 4) If it does go through whose the decision maker that SP reports to? 5) What are they buying us for? It’s not to make money!! 6) Who owns the ground? 7) Will the MSD loan be paid off? 8) When will we update our accounts? Just everything is too unsettling for me. RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaftesbury Street Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Yeah but rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooòiiioooooooooooooooooooooooiooioooooooiìoooooooooooòoooòòòoòooioookooooony RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 4 hours ago, NottsRammy said: Anyone just think the rooney appointment is to ease the fans anger over no takeover yet , call me a cynical old victor meldrew but that's how I see it . It's not appeased me one iota and very much consider that there's other people in the same boat so can't see it myself. Abu Derby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean (hick) Saunders Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Morning all. Shakys not here still. Let’s spank Rotherham and give him the encouragement he needs to finish the deal. ⚽️⚽️⚽️???⛄️⛄️⛄️⚽️⚽️⚽️ ziggyram59, Gritstone Ram and kevinhectoring 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enachops Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 The recent Athletic article raises some interesting points. One being that a former shareholder has offered support and the offer of getting a group of investors to take over. League of Gentlemen mk2 potentially? Morris politely declined as he’s confident the Sheikh deal will happen. GenBr and RoyMac5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie George Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 minute ago, enachops said: The recent Athletic article raises some interesting points. One being that a former shareholder has offered support and the offer of getting a group of investors to take over. League of Gentlemen mk2 potentially? Morris politely declined as he’s confident the Sheikh deal will happen. Sam Rush ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BramcoteRam84 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 The Rooney news is a positive announcement. He wouldn’t have signed if he didn’t have assurances he was going to be able to build a team. Clearly Mel and the new owners want him so if the takeover doesn’t happen he still has the backing of whoever his bosses are. If the takeover doesn’t happen. Mel carries on looking for another buyer, Rooney carries on with improving our performances pulling us away from relegation and building a team to challenge, over a couple of seasons in a sustainable manner which will mean selling to buy along the way. The pandemic has proved all football clubs need to be more sustainable, P & S still needs to be complied with takeover or no takeover. Either way this is a long term build as look where the short term got us. 1 season of big spending in 15/16 has royally screwed us. RoyMac5, Hector was the best and FrostedRam 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake the ram Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 All a cover to keep the fans on side.The arabs have got no money. Premier ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enachops Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Charlie George said: Sam Rush ? Haha, who knows! Article mentions Philippe Huber who brokered deals at Man City and Blackburn working with BZG. It’s a detailed article. The former shareholder apparently offered financial assistance to stave off administration which Morris declined, before potentially getting a group of investors together if the worse came to the worse. RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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