1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

Takeover (Covid-19/20)

Discussion in 'Newcastle United' started by RobEllious, Mar 30, 2020.

  1. Darren Peacock’s Ponytail

    Darren Peacock’s Ponytail Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2011
    Messages:
    34,876
    Likes Received:
    23,762
    Newcastle
     
    #4621
  2. Toonitus

    Toonitus Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 4, 2019
    Messages:
    115,975
    Likes Received:
    60,174
    seems expensive...
     
    #4622
  3. Darren Peacock’s Ponytail

    Darren Peacock’s Ponytail Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2011
    Messages:
    34,876
    Likes Received:
    23,762
    no idea. Never heard of him
     
    #4623
  4. Mick O'Toon

    Mick O'Toon Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2011
    Messages:
    34,076
    Likes Received:
    27,761
    Similar hair to Joelinton, it's a no from me.
     
    #4624
  5. It's_all_Greek_to_me

    It's_all_Greek_to_me Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 10, 2012
    Messages:
    14,516
    Likes Received:
    10,430
    Real Newcastle.
     
    #4625
  6. Darren Peacock’s Ponytail

    Darren Peacock’s Ponytail Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2011
    Messages:
    34,876
    Likes Received:
    23,762
  7. It's_all_Greek_to_me

    It's_all_Greek_to_me Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 10, 2012
    Messages:
    14,516
    Likes Received:
    10,430
    Just to put things into perspective. Man City takeover took 22 days. We are on day 23.

    We are also in the middle of a global pandemic, with social distancing and home working in force. The PL is trying to resolve the issues relating to the current season and so their priorities lie there.

    Add to this, the scrutiny of complex documentation that will involve delays in communication, requiring meetings and requests for additional information.

    That is why things are taking so long.
     
    #4627
  8. Darren Peacock’s Ponytail

    Darren Peacock’s Ponytail Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2011
    Messages:
    34,876
    Likes Received:
    23,762
    2 bank holidays as well.
     
    #4628
  9. It's_all_Greek_to_me

    It's_all_Greek_to_me Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 10, 2012
    Messages:
    14,516
    Likes Received:
    10,430
    Exactly. I think people assume that the PL are working as normal. They aren't.
     
    #4629
    Flash likes this.
  10. Darren Peacock’s Ponytail

    Darren Peacock’s Ponytail Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2011
    Messages:
    34,876
    Likes Received:
    23,762
    Exactly. The PL are not the most efficient of organisations at the best of times
     
    #4630

  11. Toonitus

    Toonitus Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 4, 2019
    Messages:
    115,975
    Likes Received:
    60,174
  12. Ben 10

    Ben 10 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 5, 2012
    Messages:
    15,019
    Likes Received:
    12,671
    Your decorating will be finished before this takeover
     
    #4632
    Munson. and cronemeister like this.
  13. Toonitus

    Toonitus Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 4, 2019
    Messages:
    115,975
    Likes Received:
    60,174
    probably... been out on the roof today no safety equipment.. scraping moss off
     
    #4633
    Ben 10 likes this.
  14. jimileysbaldhead

    jimileysbaldhead Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    8,246
    Likes Received:
    8,378
    The man who invented decorating wants f*cking, the man who invented f*cking wants decorating.
     
    #4634
  15. Ben 10

    Ben 10 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 5, 2012
    Messages:
    15,019
    Likes Received:
    12,671
    Mine needs that done but I'm terrified of heights <laugh> got some chancer round to give a quote but he told me I need a new roof
     
    #4635
    Munson. likes this.
  16. Ben 10

    Ben 10 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 5, 2012
    Messages:
    15,019
    Likes Received:
    12,671
    I told my lass they should make people like Ian Huntley paint fences for the rest of their lives. That'd be a proper deterrent
     
    #4636
    Munson. likes this.
  17. Toonitus

    Toonitus Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 4, 2019
    Messages:
    115,975
    Likes Received:
    60,174
    just get up there... it's quite tense at first wondering if a tile will slip and you will die. I sat down and moved till by tile across each tile..shuffling down progressively towards the edge, but I soon gained confidence and was sitting legs dangling off casual as you like after a while... I was prepared to die to get that moss off my roof.
     
    #4637
    Flash likes this.
  18. Darren Peacock’s Ponytail

    Darren Peacock’s Ponytail Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2011
    Messages:
    34,876
    Likes Received:
    23,762
    Many moons ago I paid €6 to go up the Eiffel tower. Climbed two steps and thought **** off am I doing that.
     
    #4638
  19. Toonitus

    Toonitus Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 4, 2019
    Messages:
    115,975
    Likes Received:
    60,174
    why not?
     
    #4639
  20. Ben 10

    Ben 10 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 5, 2012
    Messages:
    15,019
    Likes Received:
    12,671
    Got a conservatory in the way the length of the house so can't even get up. If it was the front of the house I'd probably try it. Got someone coming to clean it for £50, got 1 of those big hoovers that can get in
     
    #4640
    Munson. likes this.

Share This Page