The £92m question?

Just been sat chatting to my flatmate about this, and thought I'd pose it to you lads...

With the Euromillion jackpot currently standing at a staggering £92m and the draw coming up tomorrow, lets just say you won...Let's just say that you know for a fact that Lionel Messi is £80m (I know he'll be far more than that, but you haven't ACTUALLY won the lottery either...) you are now faced with a choice...What do you do with the cash? Would you invest in Newcastle? Do you blow it all on one player? Do you spread it out?

At 10% interest on £12m (of course this is all pre-tax) you're looking at £1.2m a year to live off without losing a penny...

I said I'd approach Ashley with an offer, a shareholder's position to represent a fan's forum. Giving the man on the street a vote in their club. In return I will give him cash to be spent exclusively on player recruitment...Now, the tricky bit was deciding how much you pay...

If the club bought Messi, it would cattapult them onto the front and back of every newspaper in the world. Our profile would soar and we'd have a ****ing terrifying front line (Messi, Cisse, Ben Arfa) but £80m could buy our entire squad twice! Perhaps the sensible option would be to invest in a team of world class youngsters bringing our foundations up, so that European football is a realistic and expected target EVERY season...

It's your money, it's up to you...but remember this is hypothetical, be as deluded as you possibly can!

 

If it was me I'd approach Ashley/the council and offer to put £90 million towards expanding St James' and getting the extra seats available. One big name player might upset the dynamic of the team and no matter how good he was there'd be a time limit on how long he would be a benefit. It might not have the same immediate impact on the pitch but getting in a bit extra revenue would have long lasting benefits to both the team and the fans. I know £90 mill wouldn't pay for it all (think its £300 mill to expand) but maybe getting nearly a third of it paid for would tempt them into putting up the rest. Oh...and a seat for life for yours truly of course

 

Your fantasizing way too much

when did you last get laid loooool

 

I'd be on the other side of the world, lying on a bed of silk, on a tropical beach, sipping Cuba Libras, while a bevy of scantily clad blond twins catered to my every whim.

After a while, the trials and tribulations of NUFC would be the furthest thing on my mind.

 

I made the mistake of getting married so I'm like a good axminster. get laid once then walked all over for 30 years!!

 

I'd give **** all to Ashley.

I'd wait until a new owner arrived.

 

The scantily clad people on the tropical beaches are the guys, the girls don't wear anything. You must be going to the wrong beach.

 

It's called Echo Beach. Far away in time.

 

I'll give that one a miss then.

 

...This morning (joys of being a student) a post-sex snooze is THE perfect time to fantasize!

 

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Good luck with that...

 

AAAAAAHHHHH. How could you, JWAG?

I'll not be able to sleep for weeks now.

 

Have some rep...Think of it as a lullaby!

 

So to summarise our fantasies, am I right in thinking we've dropped Messi and we're going for Jedward instead???

 

In as many words, yes...****, Mike Ashley's right, this ownership business is hard work!

 

F**k this for a game of soldiers. I should have stuck to cracking one off looking at the league table!!

 

I'd invest in grassroots football in the North East as well as Spartans and buy an SPL/SD1 side to build up for European competition (loaning youngsters to the NE sides).

What are the laws on owning more than one football club? I may have to do some fiddling of Etihad proportions.

 

No chance because whoever we bough and whatever we spent we would still never win anything

 

Can Messi sing?

 

I think anyone called Lionel can sing. Its like a rule or something.