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So the Saudi despotism 08:34 - Oct 7 with 4345 views

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?

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So the Saudi despotism on 08:44 - Oct 7 with 2519 views

Steve_M

I think Trequartista is spot on further down the board:

Looks like the Newcastle takeover is back on by Trequartista 6 Oct 2021 22:15
To be fair, the Saudi regime haven't murdered any journalists in the past few weeks so they should get through the Premier League owners' and directors test ok now.

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 2507 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 2486 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 2388 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 2357 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 2274 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 2260 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

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So the Saudi despotism on 09:43 - Oct 7 with 2247 views

BlueBlueBluex2

Completely unrelated but I once sat mere feet away from Jamal's uncle whilst we both enjoyed an evening meal.

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So the Saudi despotism on 09:57 - Oct 7 with 2193 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 2172 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 2152 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 2051 views

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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 1896 views

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So the Saudi despotism on 12:16 - Oct 7 with 1882 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 1845 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 1800 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 1779 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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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 1774 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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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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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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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 1686 views

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So the Saudi despotism on 13:20 - Oct 7 by Steve_M
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So the Saudi despotism on 13:20 - Oct 7 by Steve_M
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Christ.

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