The Police had it right, only for Newcastle United, nobody seems to be listening. If our humiliating 6-1 defeat against Leyton Orient this afternoon wasn’t signal enough for Mike Ashley that he needs to get out of Toon and quick, then I shudder to think what will.

Ashley, who is holding out for 100 million pound bids, surely must be sweating now. Potential buyers of the club are going to point to this defeat as justification for not paying out the full amount for the Toon. If the club can’t beat Leyton Orient in a friendly with their first choice eleven, how on earth are they going to compete in the Championship?

It was at the beginning of last month that we heard from Seymour Pierce’s Keith Harris that the club would be sold before the end of June. We’ve also heard from Derek Llambias who said that NUFC had received more than two bids of 100 million. So what on earth has happened since then? We shudder to even think – it’s unbearable and unacceptable.

The only thing we can cling to now is hope. Hope that a deal is just around the corner and hope that Alan Shearer is still around when the new owners come calling, because if nothing else, he can get this club back on its feet again and headed in the right direction.

It never rains but it pours. Just this past week alone Newcastle United have:

• Advertised the club for sale on their website with instructions to contact the club via email
• Put the whole squad up for sale with nine players being pushed out the door first
• Still have not made a choice of manager with pre-season training now less than three weeks away

Worryingly, Freddie Shepherd’s name keeps on cropping up as being linked to one of the consortium’s interested in buying the club. I say worryingly because the last thing we need is Freddie Shepherd being let anywhere near Newcastle United again.

However, there is good news. Keith Harris (of Seymour Pierce), the man responsible for selling Newcastle United admitted on an interview that there were two or three interested parties. Meanwhile, a group from Singapore claim to be interested in buying the club and have admitted they have made contact with Mr Harris.

One of the stumbling blocks to Shearer’s appointment seems to be that the new owners, whoever they might be, will want to appoint their own manager. I think there’s one thing we can all admit to though, if Alan Shearer is given a short contract – let’s say three weeks – he would do the best for Newcastle United football club.

Howay the  Toon