Where is all the Keegan news?
Posted on September 30th, 2009 | 90 Comments |
We simply want to know who won and how much was awarded to Keegan (assuming the general factivity of that statement). How hard can it be?
Don’t these tribunal judges realise how much speculation, scaremongering and general bickering fans have to put up with while they sit around deliberating on these things? If they think it’s hard being on a tribunal panel they should try being a Toon fan for a few months.
I’m suspecting Keegan won the tribunal and will be awarded about £9m although sources close to me suggest he may get a couple of million extra for all the mental anguish he’s suffered. And then of course the club will have to fork out for costs, which I would imagine aren’t trivial.
Still, as Keegan once said “it’s understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and another up the chimney“. Wise words indeed, although obviously beyond the ken of mere mortals.
Anyway, that’s it. I just wanted a rant about the time this is taking and my own desideratum for precipitate denouement.
So let’s hope we hear something about the Keegan situation soon so that we can put the issue to bed (unlikely), get the club under new ownership (maybe), win the Championship and get promoted (obviously) and then shoot straight into the Premier League top 4 (I’m on drugs).
The panel probably cant agree, one way or the other, as it isn’t as black and white as it seems. There has probably been a good case put up by both parties, and with the size of the compen claim, these old duffers wont want to get it wrong. Verdict will probably be in the form of a written statement, and very long winded. Probably 5 pm on friday we will hear something!!!!