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The last two have to be assumed, or else why apply. Bit obvious really. I want analytical ability, preferably numerical, and the ability to screen out any advice received from fans - who actually know nothing. Candidates should be obliged to watch Moneyball film as part of the induction. The...

Another one niller. Big Vik. Can anybody get past McN, MacF and Doyle?

McNally is a step up from Hyam

Finally: ratings, four of the fans (to use the term loosly) sitting around me - 0. Not sure why they bother to make the effort, pay the money just to endlessly complain. That was a really good game last night by a couple of good sides.

BCN played well, has great close control, but his first touch was poor, and lost him the moment on several occaisions

MotM Palmer. The creator of most of the good stuff. He is the new Gibbo. Gyokeres missed one possibly two good ones, otherwise he would have been MotM, but what a beast he is. Impossible to dislodge from the ball and with brilliant close control. Cresswell is no mug, but Viktor absolutely...

I'll repost this I have watched Wimbledon twice in the last 3 weeks (for my pains) - not a great advert for him. Dire stuff - 0-0 and 1-0. The only player I liked was the right back and he was clearly no better than good League 2. Currie the apparently much admired left back was invisble in...

The Premiership is the highest quality league in the world, with the best players and managers watched by huge audiences in the the grounds and around the planet. What on earth is not to like? Remember the good old days? Bollox. 11,000 for a top flight game at Highfield Road? Crap football on...

I have watched Wimbledon twice in the last 3 weeks (for my pains) - not a great advert for him. Dire stuff - 0-0 and 1-0. The only player I liked was the right back and he was clearly no better than good League 2. Currie the apparently much admired left back was invisble in the first game and...

This may have already been said, but surely this signing is a low cost stop gap on the assumption that Gyokeres is sold for big money so late in the window that there will be insufficient time to replace him before the deadline. Maguire and a returned to fitness Godden are the strikers thro to...

When the deal was done, the thought that crossed my mind was 'How long does the honeymoon periood for a new owner last'? The answer appears to be a couple of weeks.

I'd challenge the size of the fanbase thing. Newcastle is one of only three clubs in the whole North East, Leeds the only big club in West Yorkshire. But both have struggled in normal circumstances (i.e. no Saudi money) to get above EPL relegation fodder. We compete with at least 3 other clubs...

The great puzzle is if, as you say, this was their worst investment ever, why did they not cut and run years ago? They were sold a pup by ray ranson, but then stuck around, and even in the last few years managed the club quite well on a day to day basis - got good people in like Boddy and Robins...

A number of clubs split the two businesses on purpose -Crewe for example

That's a feeble reason. He is a businessman who took a lot of shit from entitled Newcastle fans. If I was him I'd steer clear. The stadium is the value, not the club (except possibly as a way of reducing tax paid). Most on here want club and stadium combined, King wants it too, but there is no...

'Bit of land off the M6 is far more likely to make money than a Championship football club' THIS THE BIT THAT MATTERS.. We are obsessing with owning our own ground or Ashley buying the club, yadayadayada. The value in the deal is not the prospect of buying the club, but how he can leverage his...

Does MA have a financial interest in bums on seats? Or just the total rent?

We need new members. More traffic =, more ads for Nick to show = more revenue for SBT = good thing, as it is technically much better than many supporter blogs

good point

....I've had enough of this, I am going to pull the curtains, go to bed and yank the duvet right over my head. Then I am going to curl up into a ball and await the outcome. Gibbo remains confused