Wullie

Will Mendieta be there?

But it's been proven in court there is no Saudi piracy, those claims would be baseless. Has it? Which court? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sports-piracy-saudi-qatar/french-court-sees-no-clear-and-illegal-disruption-in-gulf-sports-piracy-case-idUSKCN1TI2J3

I just love the idea that this poor woman should be taking into account the feelings of some irate football fans in her search for justice.

She can write all the letters she wants, she's using this to make herself relevant, there are many other ways she can seek Justice for him but this is just clear propaganda. "Make herself relevant" Aye probably after a call to go on the Real Housewives of Butchered Journalists, selfish cow.

I'm firmly of the opinion that what has kept our stadium so close to capacity over the years is the location.

I think I've heard that before but I didn't know Viduka now runs a coffee shop in Zagreb!

Yours was a month after mine, mine was 29th March.

That is a fucking ridiculous score, Good Lord. Cheers Lucas.

Greg

Last night's MOTD Top 10 was very funny. Not sure about next week's list as a premise like, best players not to have played for a "top six club". That presumably will be the top six of the last couple of seasons but it's not like that's been a constant throughout the Premier League era. Spurs and Man City spent most of that time being absolutely shite. Can #1 be anyone but Shearer?

26/04 @ what time? Same? 8? I thought for a second this was because you were joining in.

You can only do it if you're admin/mod or the original poster (by editing the first post).

I'm in.

Only The Joker.

Triggs

Aye Culture Secretary said so.

Be the saviours of football if they bought Man Utd. The red carpet would be rolled out. There would be an acknowledgement that sport and politics are separate issues. Aye, it would be full of articles like this praising them: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/11/04/manchester-united-fans-may-want-rid-club-glazers-sportswashing/ The red carpet for sure. Can we please cease with this cretinous paranoid nonsense? Why? Because you don’t agree with it? It is probably nonsense, but it is what some people feel and they have every right to say their piece just as the people dead against the takeover are constantly vocal about their feelings. To everyone else, shit like "Amnesty just hate Newcastle United, they wouldn't be doing it if it were Man United" just makes us look a bunch of genuinely demented lunatics.

Amnesty and similar groups kicked up a big fuss when Shinawatra bought Man City, I remember it well. Probably the most similar thing we've seen to this actually, much moreso than the subsequent takeover. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/jul/31/newsstory.manchestercity

Be the saviours of football if they bought Man Utd. The red carpet would be rolled out. There would be an acknowledgement that sport and politics are separate issues. Aye, it would be full of articles like this praising them: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/11/04/manchester-united-fans-may-want-rid-club-glazers-sportswashing/ The red carpet for sure. Can we please cease with this cretinous paranoid nonsense?

It's financial checks, despotism then watching the game by snide means. I believe Hitler failed with a bid for Northampton Town after being caught peeking over the wall at Sixfields.

Jesus.

What an unnecessarily aggressive post.

I think many people feel that Independent journalists are a bit hypocritical, when a Saudi investor part owns the company. I thought that journalists' work not being dictated by the owners of their outlets would be seen as a good thing but you live and learn. He could try and get a job at another newspaper, since hes so principled. And if he does that, how does it change the situation at NUFC or whether it's right or wrong for these guys to own the club? It doesn't at all, it's just a lazy cheap point scoring exercise to avoid discussing the actual issue. Play the ball, not the man. I'm talking about him being a hypocrite and why I find it annoying and I've made my point. It doesnt change a thing on the ownership issue. But it makes him a hypocrite and in the process annoys me. Why do you change the subject? I can, on the one hand, see someones point of view but on the other see them as a hypocrite because of it. Do you want to talk about the morality of Saudi ownership or hypocrisy? I've put aside the ownership issue and said it's fair enough that people feel uncomfortable but I'm not having someone telling me what I should think or do when they dont themselves take a stand. I take Neesys point that the guy might have tried to get a job at a newspaper, and fair play if he did. I doubt it. It's not hypocrisy though. His position, as I understand it, is: Newcastle fans are going to benefiting from Saudi money, and so should speak out against their human rights abuses while doing so (at the match etc). That's exactly what he's doing. He's taking a wage from a newspaper part owned by Saudi money, and speaking out against their human rights abuses while doing so. He's practising what he preaches. It's literally the opposite of hypocrisy. I dont agree. Hes working for (and by proxy, supporting) the very people who he says we should snub. I've never doubted his knowledge on the subject fwiw. I also think we all play apart in the horrid game. Every time I get petrol, I'm probably supporting them in some way. It's just this time, i might get some glimmer of joy out of my football club. I know its selfish but that's just how I feel. He doesn't say they should be 'snubbed' though, in fact the main thing he advocated that people had a problem with was a protest at the games themselves which is exactly in keeping with his circumstances. I think that's unrealistic, there's just no history of political protest in this country at football, but it's certainly not without precedent. Bayern Munich supporters at the moment are being extremely vocal on the club's relationship with Qatar. Not just unrealistic, they're utterly absurd. Football for most is an escape - a chance to have a few drinks on a weekend, be entertained and display some collective pride in your local club. He's genuinely going around proposing fans, who haven't asked for Saudi involvement, suddenly become ultra-political and bring geet huge flags of murdered Saudi dissidents to the match. Cloud cuckoo land and not representative of someone who understands the sport they're paid to commentate on. It's only absurd in this country. Political protest at European football isn't just common, at some clubs (St Pauli for example) it's the norm. Lyon fans synced up a massive Tibetan flag earlier this season just because one of their games was moved for Chinese TV. I don't think I could be arsed personally like.

Aye it's really run down round there, around World Headquarters.

Take it to PMs.