NUFC_Chris

https://twitter.com/emil_franchi/status/1286025269657112577?s=20

This is basically West Brom's current kit in black & white.

Honestly can't see how this would be signed off, on a long term deal, if there was a sniff of an imminent takeover.

Honestly though I would be doing the exact same in her situation, Qatar backing or not. I have every sympathy for her and this is what happens when you open the door to so much money pouring into the league from anywhere. We haven't opened that door, it's been open a while. Man City's owners and Chelsea's are both pretty dubious. Other people are just as bad is hardly a good argument, but equally fit and proper is about if they credibly able to own the club and not stiff everyone.

 

Quite frankly if I were in charge of the league I would be demanding fans have meaningful stakes in club and be blocking the likes of Sheikh Mansour, Saudi Arabia, those dodgy asset strippers at Man U. The league would be poorer and be unable to bring in I guess the Paul Pogba's of the world but also clubs would be safeguarded long term from mad spending and owners loading clubs with endless debt.

 

But I'm not in charge of the league, and it is all built to get money money money in at expense of all else, which is why i thought this would go through. But if it doesnt go through this will be on the piracy (I maintain that of course Bein would object, and Staverley and co should have come in better prepared, Saudi Arabia could have cut the piracy before starting the takeover and wonder if we'd be there by now, however they basically only did it when they had to which doesnt look much better) or on some other factor not known to us. No matter how much international diplomacy is involved at the end of the day a big broadcasting partner has a lot of sway not unreasonably. If it gets blocked the league will then take a big victory lap pretending they did it cos they have morals after all.

 

I am not 'against' the takeover I really hope it happens cos this is the real world and clubs are owned by crap like this and it will bring hope and investment to the area, I will never be against that. But it kinda is preposterous.

Thing is, other people are just as bad is a perfectly valid argument. If you allow one in, you allow them all.

If you were in charge of the league, and fans had a stake in their clubs, they would not be blocking the likes of Mansour and Abramovich. Both clubs fans would welcome them with open arms, as would the majority of us with the PIF.

Nah, don't think it's relevant to us. The Government have already pretty much said they'd welcome the investment. The key word in all of this is "individuals".

Ah. It's this kind of insider knowledge that keeps me on this forum. 

I want to believe.

I can't get my head around the SNP weighing in on this, the tone of his questions as well just made you want to slap him. Seems to be the way with all politicians these days, a total lack of respect for anybody.

Fair enough if it's the Scots league Saudi want to invest in, but it aint, and his crowd all want independence anyway. Seemingly it turns out that Scotland and in particular this MP have close ties to Qatar, colour me surprised the pretentious twat.

Looks like he's dressed to present kids tv.

Let's be honest here he's a total arsehole. Undoubtedly been trying to wind people up, although he denies it his tweets about Staveley being the saviour, and this Hitler thing are obvious to that. He's lost all sense of nuance and a first class bell-end.

Apparently Jim White was told last night it was almost done for what it’s worth.

Didn't he say they hadn't even started the tests last week. See, Prem tests only take a few days man. 

Inadvertently perhaps, but Masters has handled it badly. His whole "we'll look at these things when we get to them" re human rights abuses. His "no time frame for these things" unsettled a lot of people. He should have said flatly no comment. He's made himself & the PL look a bit of an arse, in my opinion.

Guess-work.

It does feel they're taking the piss. 

I'm sure they aren't, but for fucks sake they need to pull their fingers out and sort this fucker out one way or the other.

The strange thing about Keys is that in the 90s he was very enthusiastic about us, and it was him that tagged us with the "Entertainers" label. Pretty sure it was after the Oldham away game in November 1993 where we won 3-1 live on Sky. He was actually likeable back then when he was Sky's frontman.

Aye, Keys and Grey were both really good at what they did back in the day. The man has morphed into a total arse wipe.

Big fan of the prototype badge design.

I still don't understand the obsession with the Newcastle United takeover of all things the Saudi's are involved in. It's not purely about sportswashing - not a chance.

The whole process has been draining, especially as it isn't the first time we've been left in limbo. We had exactly the same last summer, waiting on a supposed BZG takeover and simultaneously waiting on Rafa signing a new contract, which dragged on for months and months. There's been more than sufficient time for a decision to be made, and the longer it drags on the more opportunity it allows for people to try and tear it down. It needs a decision one way or another soon. I'm most definitely fucked off with it all, and being continuously left dangling.

What's this, the third letter?

Wonder if she does this with other investments from the PIF? Uber, Live Nation, Carnival Cruises...

Re Sports Washing, is that not Qatar hosting the World Cup?

I want to believe even though ya’s are most likely talking shite.

This is lovely.

Just buy the club already.

Might have something to do with 90% of Newcastle fans being white men to be fair.

More bothered about the Reubens being Tory's than Saudi fucking Arabia 

Mohammed's bin salesman?

That Shell bird on Twitter is an absolute doylem as well.

 

https://twitter.com/RedRoseMichelle/status/1251085828354342912

 

Thanks for that sober legal analysis there Michelle!

She's correct in what she says, is she not?

Must. Not. Get. Excited.

The is the optimism thread. Naysayers.