So the Saudi despotism 08:34 - Oct 7 with 4394 views | chicoazul | Is moving to the Premier League. This is one of the most sinister and awful regimes in the world that regularly executes enemies around the world. Think they will pass a fit and proper person test? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Khashoggi | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 08:44 - Oct 7 with 2534 views | Steve_M | I think Trequartista is spot on further down the board: Especially now that the important stuff like dodgy tv streams has been resolved, human rights can wait. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 08:45 - Oct 7 with 2522 views | Swansea_Blue | Now, now. If you can't see the advantages of more exiting half time entertainment like a stoning here and a beheading there, then you're not really a modern football person! | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 08:47 - Oct 7 with 2501 views | chicoazul |
So the Saudi despotism on 08:44 - Oct 7 by Steve_M | I think Trequartista is spot on further down the board: Especially now that the important stuff like dodgy tv streams has been resolved, human rights can wait. |
Aha I hadn’t seen that but yes spot on. It’s just awful. I’m sure the Geordies will love it. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 09:15 - Oct 7 with 2403 views | itfcjoe |
So the Saudi despotism on 08:47 - Oct 7 by chicoazul | Aha I hadn’t seen that but yes spot on. It’s just awful. I’m sure the Geordies will love it. |
I think it is a tough one, some people want their football club to have a higher moral standing than the Government of the day......that we can trade and do deal with the Saudis because the country likes the colour of their money there, but not when it is buying a football club. It's definitely sportswashing in a huge manner, but maybe they'll actually become a bit more liveral by being involved heavily in another country. If it wasn't Newcastle they'll soon go elsewhere - and how clean is all the other money in the football pyramid? | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 09:22 - Oct 7 with 2372 views | Bluefields |
So the Saudi despotism on 08:47 - Oct 7 by chicoazul | Aha I hadn’t seen that but yes spot on. It’s just awful. I’m sure the Geordies will love it. |
All of them?? Im from the North East and I know that most fans are very uneasy about this potential takeover. | | | |
So the Saudi despotism on 09:36 - Oct 7 with 2289 views | Guthrum | They misheard "Haway" as "Houthi" and felt the need to get involved. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 09:39 - Oct 7 with 2275 views | Keno |
So the Saudi despotism on 09:22 - Oct 7 by Bluefields | All of them?? Im from the North East and I know that most fans are very uneasy about this potential takeover. |
Well my Georgie mate reckons is a choice between a corrupt, lying, evil, money grabbing, b'stard** and some arab guys ** please note I have shortened this considerably on the grounds I didn't want to explode Gav's swear filter [Post edited 7 Oct 2021 9:39]
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So the Saudi despotism on 09:43 - Oct 7 with 2262 views | BlueBlueBluex2 | Completely unrelated but I once sat mere feet away from Jamal's uncle whilst we both enjoyed an evening meal. [Post edited 7 Oct 2021 9:44]
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So the Saudi despotism on 09:57 - Oct 7 with 2208 views | tractordownsouth | Fair play to Mike Ashley for finding someone even more awful than himself to sell the club to. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 10:07 - Oct 7 with 2187 views | hadleighboyblue | And the Newcastle fan saying it's not about money ! Oh for the days when clubs were owned by local businessmen . Anyone know how many Premier clubs have UK owners ? | | | |
So the Saudi despotism on 10:20 - Oct 7 with 2167 views | Guthrum |
So the Saudi despotism on 10:07 - Oct 7 by hadleighboyblue | And the Newcastle fan saying it's not about money ! Oh for the days when clubs were owned by local businessmen . Anyone know how many Premier clubs have UK owners ? |
Most local businessmen - the likes of the Cobbolds - could never afford to run even a 2nd or 3rd tier club nowadays. The money-fest since the 1990s has pushed things way beyond their reach. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 11:02 - Oct 7 with 2066 views | Churchman |
So the Saudi despotism on 10:20 - Oct 7 by Guthrum | Most local businessmen - the likes of the Cobbolds - could never afford to run even a 2nd or 3rd tier club nowadays. The money-fest since the 1990s has pushed things way beyond their reach. |
I think this is the core of it. The day the Premier League was created was in many ways a sad one for me, despite us being part of the first season. Actually, I think football as I knew it began to die when shared gate receipts were ended in the early 80s. Now, anything goes whether it’s dreadful people like Ashley, Russian oligarchs or Arabs. The best of them are Leicester’s owners and the worst - take your pick. The local business men, Cobbolds etc, as you rightly say are long gone. It’s sad, but it’s not going to change now. | | | |
So the Saudi despotism on 12:14 - Oct 7 with 1911 views | hype313 |
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So the Saudi despotism on 12:16 - Oct 7 with 1897 views | monytowbray | A group of fans that sing about a rival club woman being a “whore” who needs to “die” taking the moral high ground on sexism. Spare me your downvotes in favour of at least 5 minutes thinking about it. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 12:30 - Oct 7 with 1860 views | Marshalls_Mullet | Money talks. AJ and Tyson were every quick to forget about human rights when the money was put in front of them. Cant see it being stopped. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 12:43 - Oct 7 with 1815 views | Meadowlark |
So the Saudi despotism on 12:16 - Oct 7 by monytowbray | A group of fans that sing about a rival club woman being a “whore” who needs to “die” taking the moral high ground on sexism. Spare me your downvotes in favour of at least 5 minutes thinking about it. |
By a group, I assume that your imagined Venn diagram of those chanters and the contributors to this forum would be two concentric circles, with one completely encircling the other? My version would be different. | | | |
So the Saudi despotism on 12:45 - Oct 7 with 1794 views | monytowbray |
So the Saudi despotism on 12:43 - Oct 7 by Meadowlark | By a group, I assume that your imagined Venn diagram of those chanters and the contributors to this forum would be two concentric circles, with one completely encircling the other? My version would be different. |
You assume wrong then. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 12:48 - Oct 7 with 1795 views | chicoazul |
So the Saudi despotism on 12:30 - Oct 7 by Marshalls_Mullet | Money talks. AJ and Tyson were every quick to forget about human rights when the money was put in front of them. Cant see it being stopped. |
Yes this is all depressingly correct. Money is how all these corrupt terrible regimes prop themselves up. I bet it won’t be long before the CCP buy Leicester or something. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 12:49 - Oct 7 with 1789 views | Illinoisblue |
So the Saudi despotism on 12:16 - Oct 7 by monytowbray | A group of fans that sing about a rival club woman being a “whore” who needs to “die” taking the moral high ground on sexism. Spare me your downvotes in favour of at least 5 minutes thinking about it. |
Some admittedly poor football banter vs. state sponsored executions. It’s quite a leap. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 12:49 - Oct 7 with 1778 views | monytowbray |
So the Saudi despotism on 12:48 - Oct 7 by chicoazul | Yes this is all depressingly correct. Money is how all these corrupt terrible regimes prop themselves up. I bet it won’t be long before the CCP buy Leicester or something. |
May as well, 50% of the cotton in your most recent clothing purchases funded their genocidal labour camps. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 12:51 - Oct 7 with 1771 views | monytowbray |
So the Saudi despotism on 12:49 - Oct 7 by Illinoisblue | Some admittedly poor football banter vs. state sponsored executions. It’s quite a leap. |
Ah yes, that makes it fine then. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 13:03 - Oct 7 with 1736 views | BlueStreak |
So the Saudi despotism on 12:51 - Oct 7 by monytowbray | Ah yes, that makes it fine then. |
Hardly comparable is it? ffs | | | |
So the Saudi despotism on 13:20 - Oct 7 with 1701 views | Steve_M |
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So the Saudi despotism on 13:45 - Oct 7 with 1620 views | chicoazul |
So the Saudi despotism on 13:20 - Oct 7 by Steve_M |
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Many football fans are insane. | |
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So the Saudi despotism on 13:53 - Oct 7 with 1590 views | DanTheMan |
So the Saudi despotism on 13:20 - Oct 7 by Steve_M |
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Christ. | |
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