gazza ladra Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: I wouldn't ever defend the indefensible with our club's owners, yet I still think Holt's completely full of shit and that that's the same 'whataboutery' he and others have already said either isn't an argument or is deflecting the issue. Yes, thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Not even going to click on that article. Whatever next? Drunk driver kills family of 4 on A1, driver went to Saudi once 25 years ago, it's Newcastle's fault!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffJ Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 7 hours ago, Sima said: It’s like I kicked Zouma’s cat myself tbh. If anything you’ve hit it too well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Hope our owners give him the cat o' nine tails if he’s ever present at SJP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyne81 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 The Mail and Holt hate us? Surely that counts as another win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 It's obvious bait for rage clicks. Ignore it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztoon Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 And they wonder why journalism is dying on its arse. I beat Pearson gets more hits than this guy now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 All I can really say to these journalist is, how many articles or tweets have you written about the Saudi’s sponsoring Man Utd for the last 12 years? I won’t defend the Saudi’s, but it seems everyone was fine with their blood money until they bought Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Enjoyed the 3 paragraphs slamming Zouma to set the article up that was then followed by... "He has been made a pariah. We are falling over ourselves to do to him" Dense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Q&A up in the athletic from Waugh and Caulkin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prefabtoon Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) Abramovich reportedly has put the club up for sale, with an American-based merchant bank, who claim they are in charge of the sale, contacting potential buyers. Chelsea haven't responded to claims that the club is now for sale, as Abramovich eyes a £4 billion sale. A new owner at Chelsea would inherit the Stamford Bridge problem: too small for the future, and £2.6bn to rebuild (and you don’t get the freehold) nice little profit for Putins best mate. Edited March 2, 2022 by prefabtoon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 He shouldn’t be allowed to sell it tbh. Chelsea are in a bit of a pickle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) Martin Samuel reckons all Abramovic has done wrong is keep bad company but the way we treat Bruce at that one game was disgraceful just happened to support that bad company and that bad company has taken the world the closest to WW3 its ever been and the closest to nuclear war since 1961 but how about them 'we want Brucie out' chants that one time!? Edited March 3, 2022 by Wolfcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 13 hours ago, prefabtoon said: Abramovich reportedly has put the club up for sale, with an American-based merchant bank, who claim they are in charge of the sale, contacting potential buyers. Chelsea haven't responded to claims that the club is now for sale, as Abramovich eyes a £4 billion sale. A new owner at Chelsea would inherit the Stamford Bridge problem: too small for the future, and £2.6bn to rebuild (and you don’t get the freehold) nice little profit for Putins best mate. I don't think he's getting 4bn. He said he'd waive the 1.5bn debt. Fuck that, way too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 15 minutes ago, Wolfcastle said: just happened to support that bad company and that bad company has taken the world the closest to WW3 its ever been and the closest to nuclear war since 1961 True that. My father was a radar man in the Bay of Pigs on a US destroyer. Nothing happened in the end but never a more tense time for not just the US and the Soviets, but the wider world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I'm assuming the Torygraph put the same question to the Government? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Questions like that won't come in every week, anyway. Part of it yesterday was that it was a game involving Chelsea in London, so was going to attract the likes of Burt et al both from a footballing and non-footballing perspective. Neither he or any other chief sports writers will be travelling up to SJP when we play Palace, for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Think that's a very good write-up tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Newcastle's relevance nationally is the Saudi-majority ownership so it's expected that things like this comes up. Not that there's anything wrong with raising the rightful rights concerns like in the other thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I can't read the article, as I'm on my phone, but I'm more than happy for Howe to play it with a straight bat. Howe is a football manager, we're football fans. While I cringe whenever I see any of our lot with a Saudi flag or piling on any valid criticism of KSA, it isn't on Howe or us that they have an 80% stake in the club. Its on the Premier League and its on the Government. I'm more than happy for journos to carry on asking perfectly valid questions about KSA, but it does feel like they're barking up the wrong tree with the constant questions put to Howe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnes23 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 That headline is an absurdity. The idea of Howe's non-response to a question that shouldn't be asked of him being any kind of metric of sportswashing is risible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) 'Everyone lapping up us asking these questions of football manager Eddie Howe and not Boris Johnson proves that deflection works' See also, concentrating on only footballer's wages as being undeserved. Edited March 14, 2022 by Kid Icarus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 13/02/2022 at 03:59, Kid Icarus said: I wouldn't ever defend the indefensible with our club's owners, yet I still think Holt's completely full of shit and that that's the same 'whataboutery' he and others have already said either isn't an argument or is deflecting the issue. That's kind of my problem in all this. I have no issue asking these questions if you must, but the fact a few of them refuse to acknowledge pieces they've written in support of engaging with Saudi is rank. I totally understand the 'we have to cover World Cups' etc so I'm not putting those people in that basket, but Holt in particular has changed his tune without ever acknowledging it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Baldwards getting pelters and roundly mocked for his fairly pro Saudi piece today. Needless to say he’s taking it horrendously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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