Newcastle buyout

[Amo]

I sense many are secretly jealous of the Geordies this evening

Any fan accepting this is tacitly admitting they're OK with brown people being killed so their team can win a cup in England.

Because the only reason they buy clubs is to reduce the costs of their plunder, murder and tyranny. Supporting their tool for mitigating the costs of murder and genocide is support for murder and genocide. All for a Carabao Cup. They're not just responsible for their club's owners. These fans share a part of the responsibility for killing. Their fans playing dumb and saying they have no control over the Saudi state are idiots. If they all boycotted the club the owners wouldn't use them as a laundrette for bloodied clothing. Those fans celebrating by wearing a kaffiyah should be especially ashamed of themselves.

We're all complicit in a way. By watching our own match with Man City we're giving them recognition. But there's about twenty degrees of separation between not boycotting an entire league for one team and supporting that team.

 

[DarwinSpur]

The Sportwashing of football continues.

There's really nothing more to say other than... If any Club's fans "deserve" a little success - however bought by blood money - it's probably Newcastle. SO there's that I guess.

It's time for Football to have salary caps and drafts brought in - like NFL and AFL - it's the only way to stop this insanity and moral degradation of sportwashing by oil slavers and regimes.

 

[popstar7]

If it was us I'd like to think the support would try to stop a Saudi takeover. Or at least put up a fight. Not too confident that would happen but I'd hope at least not show up at the stadium dressed up as Saudis and dancing like fucking grateful peasants. Fucking shameful. Gonna be the new PSG, the new City, the new Chelsea.

There's a divide in this country between the supporters who would be dancing in the streets at something like this and the supporters who'd be fighting it tooth and nail. United supporters wouldn't tolerate this. I doubt Scousers would either. I'd hope we'd be on the right side of that divide.

 

[yankspurs]

I sense many are secretly jealous of the Geordies this evening

Jealous of an owner with money? Every single football fan is whether they admit it or not. But jealous that it those particular owners? No. I’d hate being associated with an anti womens rights, anti lgbt rights country that murders dissidents.

 

[spurs-r-us]

‘No room for racism’

 

[spurs-r-us]

I'm not trying to be controversial, but I'm of the opinion that football shouldn't involve itself in politics, so what these owners do in their spare time shouldn't matter.
However, what I strongly believe, is that football, as a sport, should be fair. This is not a new problem however and there is seemingly no interest from anyone in addressing "sporting chance"

Also, Gary Neville is a Pratt!

Why exactly do you think Saudi Arabia has bought Newcastle? For a bit of fun?

 

[TheTanguy]

So much wrong in one post.

 

[DiscoD1882]

Why are none of these rich foreign owners interested in buying Tottenham?

I said the same thing. Surely we are more attractive than Newcastle? I get it fairly cheap. But when you have that kind of money. Does it even matter how much we cost? Not saying that a Saudi buyout is a good thing. Far from it. But our ceiling is far higher than theirs. Surely?

 

[UncleBuck]

Their supporters have had the best part of 18 months to voice any concerns that they should have had over the saudi’s coming in, not once have I seen a peep out of them. No protests at the ground. Nothing.
Okay, I get Ashley has been a dick but all it’s been is get rid of Bruce and Ashley which to me makes it even worse, it’s not like this has happened overnight as it’s been in their backyard for ages.
It almost feels like when Staveley/Terrahawk first reared her slightly disturbing head (should we put her in the guilty pleasures thread?) the supporters haven’t stopped wetting themselves knowing that they might get someone, or something, that might buy them up the food chain.
Morally bankrupt and I hope they go down this season, delaying the inevitable but it’ll be fun watching another comedy sketch at Newcastle.

 

[whitesocks]

Their supporters have had the best part of 18 months to voice any concerns that they should have had over the saudi’s coming in, not once have I seen a peep out of them. No protests at the ground. Nothing.
Okay, I get Ashley has been a dick but all it’s been is get rid of Bruce and Ashley which to me makes it even worse, it’s not like this has happened overnight as it’s been in their backyard for ages.
It almost feels like when Staveley/Terrahawk first reared her slightly disturbing head (should we put her in the guilty pleasures thread?) the supporters haven’t stopped wetting themselves knowing that they might get someone, or something, that might buy them up the food chain.
Morally bankrupt and I hope they go down this season, delaying the inevitable but it’ll be fun watching another comedy sketch at Newcastle.

And perhaps that's why they bought newcastle rather than spurs.
Their fans are not very sophisticated, like what we are...

Seriously, if we were the club being sold to the saw bones, the fan base would be divided 50-50 as it is on most things. There would be significant recognition that the sale was problematic.
But I don't kid myself that the other half wouldn't openly welcome the saudis.

 

[cookiemonster]

14 years it took them and finally they are going somewhere

We are 21 years under the little goblin and still counting

 

[jolsnogross]

I said the same thing. Surely we are more attractive than Newcastle? I get it fairly cheap. But when you have that kind of money. Does it even matter how much we cost? Not saying that a Saudi buyout is a good thing. Far from it. But our ceiling is far higher than theirs. Surely?

Almost unlimited cash will move a ceiling. If we had exactly the same financial doping that Newcastle are about to have, I don't think the two clubs' ceilings would differ much.

 

[jolsnogross]

14 years it took them

We are 21 years under the little goblin and still counting

Our 21 years has seen a big improvement in many aspects of the club, but the chief issue with Levy has been his insistence that he is a footballing strategist. And in the moments when he didn't think it, he didn't hire very good footballing strategists.

Newcastle under Ashley's ownership isn't much to compare with. And Newcastle under Saudi ownership isn't a valid comparison, just like City or Chelsea. Money predicts a lot of success and these sides have disproportionate access to it.

It's Liverpool under Fenway. They identified good sports people, decided on a plan, and delivered on it. They are a sensational side at times, much to my annoyance. We looked to be competitive at one point, and enjoyable to watch at several points before that. But Levy fucked it all away because he thinks he knows better.

 

[NinjaTuna]

Let's face it. This is gutting because we had our chance and blew it. We could have pushed on and won titles, but chose to be risk-averse. And now, it doesn't actually matter how well-run we are, because as someone outside the big clubs these days you need to be well-run and stumble across a lot of luck to actually win - and it's just got even harder. You can't just decide to wait a couple of years while the stadium's finished or until Covid's open, because while you're regressing everyone else is investing. And now we feel firmly out of that elite level and with a shrinking prospect of ever having the Champions League back at the Lane, let alone major trophies.

Imo it's gutting because another club has been bought out by an oil slave dickhead, who orders the murders of his opposition. Another nail in the coffin of a sport that was heavily on the decline after Chelsea/City/PSG/super league.

 

[Hakkz]

They'll probably collect them for shipping back home - gotta keep the females in check.

Do you think the women in Newcastle will be allowed to go out with the company of a male relative or will it only affect the footballing side?

 

[SuperLuka]

I know how much of a spoilt little **** I sound but fuck why Newcastle. I don't think I will ever see us win the league in my lifetime. Newcastle will do it within the next 5-10 years.

When they can say with certainty they will "win" the league within 10 years, it will feel pretty hollow in reality.

 

[hellava_tough]

If a club offered us £250m for Kane, I'd happily do business.

But if it was Newcastle, we should refuse and say "We don't take blood money"; do it publically as well.

Opposition fans are going to have to do their part now to protest everytime they go up to St James' Park; banners, chants, etc.

If the Toon fans see Khashoggi's name every week, some of them may start to realise what their club has done.

 

[hellava_tough]

Alan Shearer...

"I understand that questions have to be asked about the human rights issues, it's really important that we don't brush them under the carpet," Shearer added.

"We have to educate ourselves on that and this will highlight that even more... but already they are massively invested in this country and other sports".


Platitude...

A platitude is a trite, meaningless, or prosaic statement, often used as a thought-terminating cliché, aimed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease.

A 'special day' for the fans - Shearer

Alan Shearer says the Saudi Arabian-backed takeover of Newcastle is a "special day" for the club's long-suffering supporters.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[midoshairband]

Alan Shearer...

"I understand that questions have to be asked about the human rights issues, it's really important that we don't brush them under the carpet," Shearer added.

"We have to educate ourselves on that and this will highlight that even more... but already they are massively invested in this country and other sports".


Platitude...

A platitude is a trite, meaningless, or prosaic statement, often used as a thought-terminating cliché, aimed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease.

A 'special day' for the fans - Shearer

Alan Shearer says the Saudi Arabian-backed takeover of Newcastle is a "special day" for the club's long-suffering supporters.

www.bbc.co.uk

just read his comments in full. utterly laughable. apparently it's OK because the Saudi's are already invested in the country.

and the fans have no say in how the club is run so we can't criticise them either. except, it was fine for the fans protest and crticise Ashley at every turn, presumably because he didn't spend billions.

 

[LSUY]

I said the same thing. Surely we are more attractive than Newcastle? I get it fairly cheap. But when you have that kind of money. Does it even matter how much we cost? Not saying that a Saudi buyout is a good thing. Far from it. But our ceiling is far higher than theirs. Surely?

One problem for the Saudis if they bought Tottenham would be our Jewish identity. Given that Saudi state media has called Jews "our eternal enemies", "the enemies of Allah and His Prophet" and suggested that hatred of all Jews is justifiable I doubt the regime would want Yid army chants and Star of David flags (that happen to be in the same colours as the flag of Israel) being broadcast on Saudi state TV.

Also, I'm guessing the fans hatred of Ashley is a factor in the selection of Newcastle. If they bought a club where the fans/owner relationship wasn't as toxic more fans would question the potential takeover. They've predicted that the Newcastle fans will be so relieved to see the back of Ashley they'd accept anyone else without question and they've been proven correct.