Quote Originally Posted by Ragatino View Post
Alreet bonny lads n lasses. I hope ya'all had a canny weekend.

Plenty of nonsense out there regarding the take over.

Following the UK media output over the weekend, I can see that there is a lot of so-called-sports-Journos and media outlets pumping out dross click-bait rubbish which will no doubt frustrate and irritate the fan base of our historic club.

From my perspective here in the Arabic Gulf (Qatar to be precise) I can tell you it looks quite clear cut.

As I've commented before it's Ramadan, the whole month. During Ramadan working hours are reduced to 4-6 hrs a day (still on full pay - wahay!) and my muslim colleagues all fast as is customary. So no water or food during day-light hours as you can imagine most folks are not caffeinated / full of beans so very little gets done.

I read this article about the cultural differences to Britain which goes some way to explaining why things are progressing slower than we all would hope.

I've also been whatsapping a few friends who work in Sport Broadcasting (I'm an broadcasting engineering manager here so we run in the same circles) waiting for the 'connected' guys to get back to me. As I said it being almost Eid (think about it as Islamic christmas - everyone is on holiday with family) so the responses are much delayed and usually 'Inshallah' (it's gods will - classic arabic response, like the Yorkshire 'Be Reet') at the moment but I'm waiting on hearing back from a couple of guys who are generally in the know.

Once I get something better I'll update you all, Eid Mubrak David


http://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2019/06/03...e-middle-east/

Apparently Ashley has decided his getting rid to focus on other business ventures which is positive that this is the end of MASH and the humiliation of NUFC

https://nothingbutnewcastle.com/2019...ess-interests/



Eid has been announced for tomorrow so we're gonna be off for the rest of this week. Arabic world works Sunday to Thursday (Friday is Sunday / holy day) so we could see an announcement Monday next week.

Until then lads and lasses keep calm and carry on

https://nothingbutnewcastle.com/2019...ess-interests/