The Premier League thread

Thank fuck Ashley is gone. An odious man who sucked the life and soul out of the club. Over the last 10 years I've drifted away as so did any hope of watching decent football. Starting every cup run expecting to go out in the first round, playing bottom tier teams at home and thinking a draw would be optimistic, and watching frankly dull and uninspiring football meant over the last couple of seasons I could barely even bring myself to watch our "highlights" let alone a full match.

Been back in London for a few years but had a stint living back in Northumberland recently so got to St James' occasionally. Probably didn't help going to the two 0-3 Sunderland games, but the atmosphere was frequently toxic (as apposed to Harpers testimonial which was brilliant).

Obviously with the new owners things are going to change massively. We are going to win things (at least some home games). But only because of the money. I get you need huge pockets to even be in with a shout these days, but I'd have been happy with more modest owners and just seeing entertaining football with an optimistic outlook.

Not going to get to moralistic over the new owners, they already have their fingers in lots of UK assets and we suck up to them all the time (Queeny giving them the red carpet only a couple of years back). We probably all access the forum on devices made with Chinese slave labour and turn other blind eyes, but yeah, it's not ideal and two wrongs don't make a right.

It's more the state of modern football. Insane wages, insanely wealthy owners, a game that seems to be more focused on TV than a community.

Get in you absolute belter. Delighted to finally have some hope again.

Spare me the moralising. Football is broken and not by us. Finally we can dream again about football. The other shit we can't control.

It doesn’t really feel like I’ve got my club back, whatever that might mean

You're Scottish anyway, you're not welcome.

Haha it's amazing how quick you are to defend your new owners saying it's ok as it's already fucked.

I love that it's also sanctimonious to have an issue with human rights abusers.



I will turn a blind eye to it, just buy me Mbappe.

Funnily enough there was a thread on redcafe about it when they were linked with us, the overwhelming majority were deeply against it.

Ashley takeover bid for Rangers coming in 3 ... 2 ...

I'm not sure the Utd lads would be particularly amenable to this sort of approach after a stale 0-0 draw away to Palace:

www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/worldcup-07282010173446.html

This is it, there's no easy answers. I don't blame Toon fans for being relieved and a bit excited. Hand waving it all away is a bit much though.

My little 6 year old boy burst through the door from school tonight shouting "has the takeover went through dad?!" and in the end isn't that what its all about?

"Yes is has son" I said to him and his face lit up. "Now let us go and stone a homosexual to death to celebrate"

At least we will get to see what Saint Maximin can do with better players around him now.

I can see Martinez being Newcastle manager.

Same, we’ll not be in the market for an elite club manager yet but he’s probably the perfect level of big reputation but middling club experience