Deal close?

[Jammy89]

Land was offered on Leazes Park to John Hall by the Council,he wanted to build a 70,000 stadium with a complex of shops cinemas etc.A petition by dog walkers stopped the project.

Dog walkers. . . . Seriously?

If this lot do have shed loads of money and want to use it in the City style, I could see the Council being a lot more accommodating in the current economic climate. The amount of jobs it would bring etc.

[pboromag]

Mind, I can see what P'boro is getting at.

He's basically cautioning us not to get carried away with the idea that new owners would turn us into title contenders and suggesting that there might be a huge amount of change (that we've railed against under Ashley) compared to the possibly meagre (relatively) upturn in fortunes on the field.

But, in fairness to most of the rest of us, I don't think anyone expects the footballing equivalent of a magic wand to be waved...and the key word here is 'expects'.

All of us hope for things to change for the better-and i'm sure they will-and that's what this deal will give us if it comes off...hope.

It's ironic, though, that the common misconception of us as Newcastle supporters is that we expect to win things when, in my experience, what we expect is that things will go tits up.

I hope it doesn't, though.

i wouldnt want to leave st james park to an out of town stadium and picture house surrounded by carparks ,diy shops and dodgy restaurants .how many grounds do we go to nowadays with no pubs near by

look how many teams are loosing their history their grounds the atmosphere for a steralised footy ground
for what
little hope and a few points

me id prefer to yo yo the leagues and enjoy the pubs the clubs and the atmosphere around the ground at the games and take the bad with a little good every now and then

i hated it when we got the new build of our ground ,but at least we didnt move out the toon

the only thing i would want is an acadamy bringing local lads through astay in the toon and compete

if we can do that without selling our soles ,our history and the ground so be it

but they aint buying us for a jolly
thats for sure

[Zippity]

I totally agree with not moving-I'd be gutted if we did. I suppose the only thing in favour would be if it was to massively increase capacity...which would mean we'd progressed to the point where we needed to accommodate more fans.

[pboromag]

yep all the plastics wouldnt have an excuse then

mind they dont care who owns us
we look the same in widescreen and HD whoever owns us

just a bit more for the plstice to turn on

i remember when the great geordie nation welcomed ash with wide open arms

he was drinking from the cup of friendship down the big market etc

didnt take long for them to turn on him

just like they did their own Sir Bobby Robson

and i in no doubt most of the gerdies will sell their souls to investors for a few points

and then turn on them when things ont go as planned

its a geordie trait

[toptoon]

Calling Newcastle fans plastics.
You´re a bit thick aren´t you?

[Zippity]

Mate, it's genuinely not worth replying to him when he's on one of his wind-ups.

[ashingtoon62]

I totally agree with not moving-I'd be gutted if we did. I suppose the only thing in favour would be if it was to massively increase capacity...which would mean we'd progressed to the point where we needed to accommodate more fans.

If we moved to Leazes Park, the move would be what? Hundreds of metres.It's not as if we were moving to the Silverlink with their dodgy restaurants and bingo hall FFS...