Newcastle buyout

[ReadieSpur]

Nobody cares. Money over morality and has been for years. Probably since Thatcher!

We even sell arms to Saudi Arabia ?‍

it would keep people talking about it and make life uncomfortable for them at the very least. It might not work, but that doesn't mean people should stop trying.

 

[Metalhead]

Could build a stadium in the middle of the tyne if they really wanted to!!!

Absolutely! That might be the answer. It's not exactly sacrilege to move stadiums these days.

 

[shelfboy68]

The Newcastle co owner has also came out and mentioned they want trophies straight off the bat.
In 21 years I don't recall levy once saying anything remotely similar other than excuses not to win anything.

 

[Wheeler Dealer]

City, Newcastle, PSG and Chelsea, will all be fucked once the world is full of electric vehicles..??

 

[cookiemonster]

So while the Newcastle fans are dancing on the streets

But if it were us we will be on the streets rioting

I didn't know our fans are so ethically superior to the geordies lol

 

[Locotoro]

But in all seriousness, what’s the fucking point anymore for teams like us. Need to find myself a hypnotist so I can disassociate myself from football, get into rugby or something.

who the hell is that goalkeeper???

 

[Tucker]

who the hell is that goalkeeper???

Shaka Hislop. They have decided to keep a link to a former Newcastle legend. Like when Shaun Goater is wheeled out at City as some kind of Titan of the game.

 

[al_pacino]

who the hell is that goalkeeper???

Kante I think. But he's in and out too quickly.

Edit - the others are all attackers so probably not.

 

[DarwinSpur]

Typical Spurs luck that in a world where all the Arab / muslim billionaires are buying up PL clubs, we are known as a jewish club so they won't touch us with a barge pole.

The thing is, the arabs splash cash around like they just don't care, and I'm NOT saying Jewish people are tight (before anyone get's the wrong impression), but I don't think you see the same kind of almost careless spending from Jewish billionaires in sport. If there is, I'd love to see an example.

Arab's are quite well known for flaunting their wealth, and football is an extension of that.

there's probably quite a lot to parse in this post but I'll just make the obvious point.

Joe Lewis and Daniel Levy may be Jewish but they are not acting on behalf of a State or ruling elite using Tottenham Hotspur to sportwash their blood-stained hands.

ENIC runs Spurs as a self-sustainable business. It's a passion project for Levy and a just a part of a Portfolio for Lewis. That's it.

 

[Hakkz]

who the hell is that goalkeeper???

Chelsea one probably.

 

[Wsussexspur]

Part of me is jelouse of the Newcastle fans. They finally have something to get excited about and look forward too.
I look at us in comparison and really have nothing to look forward to at the moment we are a club who rapidly decending back to mid table mediocrity. We have a control freak of a chairmen who makes one disastrous decision after the other. Who has now garnished such a terrible reputation that managers actively don’t want to work under him. The truth is we arent going to get new owners any time soon as no one will pay the billions Enic and Levy will demand for us.

 

[wrd]

This newcastle takeover has extremely little to do with what is going on at our club, I don't know why people can't look at this without the lens of what our board has and hasn't done.

This is shit for football and shit ethically. Us not winning trophies has fuck all to do with this moment.

 

[Aphex]

This newcastle takeover has extremely little to do with what is going on at our club, I don't know why people can't look at this without the lens of what our board has and hasn't done.

This is shit for football and shit ethically. Us not winning trophies has fuck all to do with this moment.

It makes it harder us for us to win trophies in the future though. We now have even less hope than before.

It makes it more competitive for the top 4 clubs and other arab owned clubs, but for us it is a game changer, there is almost no doubt Newcastle in the next few years will be in the top 4 places, so it basically completely fucks us.

 

[Marty]

Kante I think. But he's in and out too quickly.

Edit - the others are all attackers so probably not.

It is Kante.

 

[Hakkz]

This newcastle takeover has extremely little to do with what is going on at our club, I don't know why people can't look at this without the lens of what our board has and hasn't done.

This is shit for football and shit ethically. Us not winning trophies has fuck all to do with this moment.

Just more clear that this won't happen anyway.

 

[Marty]

Just more clear that this won't happen anyway.

Why does that matter? Us having a 10%, 20%, 50% or even 100% smaller chance of winning trophies is completely insignificant, it doesn't even factor into the big picture.

The big picture is MBS and his investment fund murdering, word chosen deliberately, football because he, Stavely and the Reubens want a shiny toy to sportswash.

And Newcastle fans are lapping it up and some people here are jealous

The whole reason they've gone after Newcastle is because they're relatively cheap and the fans hate Ashley so incredibly much they're probably the easiest to sway of any fanbase in the country. And they've largely bought it and that completely phoney interview Stavely did hook, line and sinker.

I know a few foreign fans who are giving up Newcastle altogether, including two work colleagues. But the Geordies seem to, simply, not care because Ashley out was more important to them than the very (already very badly ripped) moral fabric of football.

 

[yankspurs]

Be funny if they get relegated this year. A nice welcome to football for that murderous rat scum of the earth, MBS.

 

[Aphex]

One thing I will say, is even with the SA KIngdom ploughing money in, it's arguable how successful Newcastle can be.

We already have Chelsea and City buying trophies, and there aren't enough trophies to go around. Plus, do footballers really want to live in the North East? I know money talks, and some will go there, but Newcastle isn't London, it's not even Manchester or Liverpool who have the heritage and esteem behind them.

I have no doubt they will probably win a trophy or two if they keep spending money, but there is no reason why they will suddently become more successful than City or Chelsea who already hoover up the best players. Then you've still got United and Liverpool.

 

[carpediem991]

Think they are aiming higher than that now

They first need to find top quality that is actually available.

 

[Darth Vega]

One thing I will say, is even with the SA KIngdom ploughing money in, it's arguable how successful Newcastle can be.

We already have Chelsea and City buying trophies, and there aren't enough trophies to go around. Plus, do footballers really want to live in the North East? I know money talks, and some will go there, but Newcastle isn't London, it's not even Manchester or Liverpool who have the heritage and esteem behind them.

I have no doubt they will probably win a trophy or two if they keep spending money, but there is no reason why they will suddently become more successful than City or Chelsea who already hoover up the best players. Then you've still got United and Liverpool.

Yep, people are forgetting Everton. They have had the third highest net spend of any club in the league in the past 5 years - outspent only by the two Manchester clubs - while outspending Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal, Leicester and others, yet finished 10th last season with no trophies or European football to speak of.

You need to spend the money well, and it's a big if as we've seen at so many clubs, but what the money does allow is repeated failure until they get it right - something the rest of us do not have.