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Problem is none of the journalists or pundits call them out on it.Hasn't seemed to be a problem for the Man City players who take the knee.
The majority of them don't give fuck one about any social cause...
Problem is none of the journalists or pundits call them out on it.Hasn't seemed to be a problem for the Man City players who take the knee.
The majority of them don't give fuck one about any social cause...
Genuinely not. My best mate from schooldays is a Newcastle supporter. Been through friction over us buying Waddle and Gascoigne off them back in the 80s and them thumping us 7-1 in the 90s. But I always liked them as a club and I've seen plenty of their games with him over the years.I sense many are secretly jealous of the Geordies this evening
Of course not - they're in on the game. No-one who works for a mainstream broadcaster, for a national paper, for anything that is mass consumed gives a shit about anything like that. They either genuinely don't care or their livelihood depends on them not caring.Problem is none of the journalists or pundits call them out on it.
Gonna be waiting a long time.
Gary Neville talks a lot of sense.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!
I think you’re being naive. It’s too late for football not to get involved with politics. The Saudi takeover of Newcastle is literally politics involving itself in football.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!
What, you really want our club to be taken over by an American corporate?What's holding up naming rights hopefully ends up in a takeover
Come on Google/ Amazon
It does make it very awkward for anyone involved with the women’s team imo.
When you can be stoned to death for having an affair under this despots regime, how can anyone justify taking a penny off them?
Ditto any of the men’s team wearing rainbow laces etc.
I think you’re being naive. It’s too late for football not to get involved with politics. The Saudi takeover of Newcastle is literally politics involving itself in football.
A government, or rather an absolute Monarchy are using their sovereign wealth to buy a football club.
They aren’t doing it to make money and they aren’t doing it for the love of the game.
Yep, Man City and all their subsidiary clubs too.I guess perhaps you could say the same about PSG who are owned by the Qatari government.
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Being bankrolled is one thing. Being bankrolled by a state that oppresses women and homosexuality, as well as murdering to silence those speaking out against the regime is another. If they came for us, I would say no thank you I'm going to support Crawley all in from that point on.I know we're joking about it and saying how horrible this Saudi take-over of Newcastle is, and how hollow any of their future successes are going to be...but I'd love to know how many Spurs fans actually wouldn't mind too much if the same thing happened to us.
Any chance of someone starting a poll?
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Not me - success in sport shouldn't come at any cost, there should always be a certain level of jeopardy. On the face of it, I like(ed) our model of self-sustainability, where organic growth is and should be the way forward. This might come to pass, however, no amount of organic growth through various income streams is going to be able to compete with multi-billionaires who just throw money at the problem to create a ready-made solution. Even if we could compete, we don't have a chairman whose footballing vision aligns with the fans, so that's pretty much us dead in the water in terms of any trophies, not that there was that much hope, to begin with of course. My enthusiasm for this game is slowly regressing & seeing the Geordies celebrating on social media shows just how narrow-minded & ignorant they are where the overall picture of the game is concerned. It isn't jealousy, it's a sense of realism that the game of football has died.I sense many are secretly jealous of the Geordies this evening
Knowing the football gods that'll be the Vauxhall conference league.Conference league ?
Being bankrolled is one thing. Being bankrolled by a state that oppresses women and homosexuality, as well as murdering to silence those speaking out against the regime is another. If they came for us, I would say no thank you I'm going to support Crawley all in from that point on.
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!
Mohammed bin Salman is a massive Newcastle fan. He knows all the words to Fog on the Tyne.They aren’t doing it to make money and they aren’t doing it for the love of the game.