Darth Crooks

What about sunrise What about rain What about all the things that you said We were to gain What about killing fields Is there a time?

A headscarf would take years off wills like

Depends who from. I don’t think the likes of your Barney Ronay’s and amnesty’s of this world would give a fig about it. Cunts who flymow their knuckles like Richard keys however...

The mag don’t have an editorial line and if you submit something it gets published. Have written some myself. Quality varies ?

The reaction as much as the sin is making me increasingly conflicted on this. It’s amnesty ffs.

Does the fan in the final frame boycotting and beekeeping only for Mike Ashley to come in a takeover with no say not raise the exact point about helplessness many are making.

People need to take this seriously like

Doesn’t the last panel infer that rich folk can do what they want at any time? Bit more nuanced than you think. Still scathing like.

Seeing as the players are so brainwashed into Rafas methods I doubt there’ll be a problem in his return ‘Give wa a chance these lads a shite cuz Rafa’

Sports neglect as a sporting entity would certainly have seen an enhanced reputation imo

The fact it keeps cropping up on here seems to indicate it can’t be the echo chamber some prefer. Emo crywank ffs. Even if you don’t agree with the arguments don’t pretend it’s trivial. Ashley’s a cunt - delighted to see the back of him.

This wholeheartedly

I think you either accept it or you don't, as soon as you start the discussion on morality then you begin from a losing position, as the negatives of the regime currently outweigh the positives. Trying to justify if or overtly celebrating it (please no headscarves ) is just painting us in a bad light. This is where I’m at. Similar to how I wouldn’t plaster wonga all over myself or go on like Steve wraith is with Saudi craic

It’s almost as if these issues across threads are linked in some way...

Sand gets pretty hot.

Sovereign states. Kind of ironic I suppose

Superficial charm is part of the psychopath test

Transfer targets full leak:

It’s the desperation to slander Rafa to boost his profile and toe the Ashley line is what sticks in my craw. He’s their man and without being personal anyone who gets into bed with them can have that accusation levelled at them. Pardew has the fucking cheek to retroactively rewrite his history of his time here with a dire woe is me act which almost puts him on a par with the fat man. Glad to see the back of anyone now, no matter how decently they’ve done. Purge the rot.

I think it’s perfectly acceptable to express distaste with the prospect of literally flying for Saudi Arabia, (as seen across social media and likely sponsors) be delighted at seeing the back of someone who is crippling the football club and not be told it’s virtue signalling or moralising. If you feel that way then I’d argue it’s objection to things everyone would usually deplore - sanctioning murders, bombing refugees. insert whichever flag/government (not private investor) you like North Korea, China, Russia, Downing Street but its the Saudi government involved and its them who are under scrutiny. For me and all I can do I’m not going to give up my club provided they aren’t going to take the piss. Lost too many friends. That’s the difference Ashley was all too happy to say fuck you to those following NUFC and outside. I appreciate that investment and good in the city will potentially be huge though it is not without agenda. I suppose on a practical level as an individual I wouldn’t be prepared to buy shirts with Saudi slogans or interests over them and I won’t advocate flying the flag. My presence smiling at the ground will probably all they want but the key is it was divisive both in and away from Newcastle with Ashley and on variable alone he’s worse.

Can’t recall him becoming an anime character like

Alright agree to disagree on the fancy dress. Saudi flags at games and online are a bit less daft fun. Yeah British foreign policy in Saudi Arabia is shit, to extent many don’t vote for parties that celebrate/nuture it. You could perhaps naively say we have some say in that. MBS has had tea with the queen. Sure. Fuck the royals too and their privilege. These aren’t either or choices/issues as you’re presenting them but sure NUFC fans going all Saudi isn’t the same/as bad as British geopolitical interests - it’s acceptable to have truck with either. What’s to be done about it? Don’t know.

A bunch of NUFC fans dressed up as Arabs or anything else for that matter doesnt soften the image most people have of the Saudi regime . Its so minor as to be insignificant . Look to your government doing arms deals etc for where the real regime washing goes on . Like it or not Britain has had fraternal relations and a deep and abiding economic relationship with the Saudi state since its inception . All the straight lines on the map of the middle east are down to us ( Sykes Picot ) ... I get it all that and it’s with respect largely irreverent, as soon as football fans start assimilating Saudi culture however superficially/trivially and flying flags digitally or otherwise - suddenly they aren’t the boogie men from Muslim lands anymore with dicey links to al queda but are being celebrated. In one sense it’s a good thing because it’s breaking down that barrier but Saudi flags being flown/dress whatever is emblematic ally embracing what they are trying to achieve tacitly or otherwise. I don’t agree with government policy re: Saudi Arabia either and it would be daft to broach this without considering British geo politics. We’ve blood on ‘our hands in the Middle East from Israel’s to Afghanistan and all points in between. I’m not engaging in some race to the bottom exercise though that’s Ashley’s game.

The problem I have with dressing as Arabs and flying their flag etc is it does exactly what PIF want it to do in terms of softening their image. Class doesn’t really come into it. Not my cup of tea humour wise but then an Irish bloke dressed as a woman saying fuck won best sitcom of all time recently so fuck do I know?