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Fuck VAR

Depiction of Russia as some horrific hellscape is such absurd sensationalism. It's only visa restrictions and an extra couple of flight hours stopping them being visited in the same way lots of the new EU countries are. Moscow and St Petersburg are class, and a lot of the smaller cities look worth a visit - none of them being particularly far east other than Yekaterinburg. Weather will be scorching that time of the year as well.

It's important to realize how things have changed when considering any Chinese owners. Chinese investment and ownership of European clubs is not strictly just private investors out for their own interests or capital gains, as has been the case in the past, and so it's not necessarily worth directly comparing to past cases and examples. It's now a concerted government effort for soft power using the football industry as a vehicle, orchestrated from the very top of the Chinese government. The purchases of both the Milan clubs and a percentage share of Man City are the most notable examples of this. It'll only become more clear what kind of investment this is when we actually find out who they are.

Equally could end up being a machine for capital flight. but whatever bring it on I'm willing to roll the dice. Poundshop cunt has had 10 years. Fuck him off.

Chinese ownership of European football clubs is the same as their investment in the CSL. It's soft power, government driven via Chinese companies. We'll likely be a pawn in some plan for global dominance, but if it means we get lots of delicious yuan to spend then bring it on.

Lovely. Hope they are disgustingly rich on the ill gotten gains of people's party oligarchy.

Mendes will be absolutely tugging himself if Milan and Inter are starting to spend again.

Fantastic player to watch.

Why is that a shame? It's the same for any youth national side, that not all will go on to have exceptional careers. U-20 is a lesser tournament to U19 and U21 due to timing so it's even more likely to be the case. If we get a few full internationals out of that lot it will be a good haul.

Bleak

Absolutely embarrassing this, man.

Rafa's lost the plot.

Freak and a weirdo, actually.

https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/galleries/cheick-tiotes-newcastle-career-in-pictures#

Still can't believe this.

:'(

No. No. Man.

Probably worth mentioning they scored the same number of league goals despite Gayle not having pens and playing 1300 fewer minutes. I do hope we sign him as our backup but if you're expecting him to be a more physical upgrade on Gayle as our main striker you'll be disappointed. In time he'll be an absolute fucking beast of player, mind. Abraham only had 2 pens out of his total like. Great record for a shite team.

He would have had it anyway. All these Argies with Italian names do as it helps with non-EU restrictions when they get signed.

Yes. So I assume we have to negotiate to buy that out too.

money

The channel's entire business model dies the moment Wenger is gone.

Geordie is a bit nicer to listen to, but I probably wouldn't want to hear either from my pilot as we're taxiing up the runway.

It's no different to speaking in a broad Geordie accent and dropping in aye and like every 10 seconds. There is no such thing as talking 'properly' in English with regards to general speech. That's why it is the global language. It's really no issue, unless you are required for a role where clearer speech is necessary and you should adjust accordingly. Some idiots on a Youtube channel do not need to so. The real issue, rather than their dialect, is that they're an embarrassing pack of morons.

sbnufc goes to away games in his helicopter, tbf