Lazarus Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Im sensing some positivity in the thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I’d be happy with a video of Ashley with his back turned to the camera walking down the stairs of the office at SJP, down Barrack road, though Newcastle, and into an awaiting helicopter. Then as the helicopter is flying off you see Charnley doing one of those jog/runs where someone is trying to catch up with someone and trying the chase the helicopter down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I’d be happy if they just released a statement to announce it tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 They’ve now added The Bundesliga to their TV schedule for the next 3 years. Wonder if they’ll just buy the rights to everything now to leave BEIN with nowt. Probably. Their plan now is looking like it's to shut down BeIN legitimately. The last couple of years will already have ruined them financially with loads spent on rights and not enough back due to the Saudi economic blockade, so now if the Saudis go all-in on getting sports rights for the region then BeIN won't be able to compete and will likely be done for. To be honest they were probably fairly fucked anyway for the reasons I mention. They've not brought in enough revenue in the region to pay for their last round of rights anyway so there's no way that they would be offering the same kind of deals to the PL etc next time anyway. Their threats of "we won't be bidding to this scale next time mind!" were probably predicated on the knowledge that they couldn't bid to this scale next time anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 They’ve now added The Bundesliga to their TV schedule for the next 3 years. Wonder if they’ll just buy the rights to everything now to leave BEIN with nowt. Probably. Their plan now is looking like it's to shut down BeIN legitimately. The last couple of years will already have ruined them financially with loads spent on rights and not enough back due to the Saudi economic blockade, so now if the Saudis go all-in on getting sports rights for the region then BeIN won't be able to compete and will likely be done for. To be honest they were probably fairly fucked anyway for the reasons I mention. They've not brought in enough revenue in the region to pay for their last round of rights anyway so there's no way that they would be offering the same kind of deals to the PL etc next time anyway. Their threats of "we won't be bidding to this scale next time mind!" were probably predicated on the knowledge that they couldn't bid to this scale next time anyway. Used to live in the region and they would pull things like charging extra for World Cups etc., so not entirely surprising. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 With the money they have, why generally are the Middle East nations so behind when it comes to “media” and by that I mean, graphic design, web, protecting content etc. Everything they do screams the mid 00’s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Seems very quiet in the press and on Twitter since the Saudi piracy statements came out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I’d be happy with a video of Ashley with his back turned to the camera walking down the stairs of the office at SJP, down Barrack road, though Newcastle, and into an awaiting helicopter. Then as the helicopter is flying off you see Charnley doing one of those jog/runs where someone is trying to catch up with someone and trying the chase the helicopter down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Seems very quiet in the press and on Twitter since the Saudi piracy statements came out. Aye, unless you can try and pull a negative spin on some random story (Mr Edwards). Guess they're readying themselves for an announcement, now... and hoping to be the first to break it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Seems very quiet in the press and on Twitter since the Saudi piracy statements came out. Aye, unless you can try and pull a negative spin on some random story (Mr Edwards). Guess they're readying themselves for an announcement, now... and hoping to be the first to break it. They'll all have 2 different reports typed up waiting to press 'confirm'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 They’ve now added The Bundesliga to their TV schedule for the next 3 years. Wonder if they’ll just buy the rights to everything now to leave BEIN with nowt. Probably. Their plan now is looking like it's to shut down BeIN legitimately. The last couple of years will already have ruined them financially with loads spent on rights and not enough back due to the Saudi economic blockade, so now if the Saudis go all-in on getting sports rights for the region then BeIN won't be able to compete and will likely be done for. To be honest they were probably fairly fucked anyway for the reasons I mention. They've not brought in enough revenue in the region to pay for their last round of rights anyway so there's no way that they would be offering the same kind of deals to the PL etc next time anyway. Their threats of "we won't be bidding to this scale next time mind!" were probably predicated on the knowledge that they couldn't bid to this scale next time anyway. Poor Richard Keys nailed his colours well and truly to the Bein mast, maybe if he'd kept his mouth shut he might have been able to pitch for a job once the Saudis took over? I don't think they'll give him the time of day now. Hope he gets a job somewhere soon, too much time on his hands wouldn't be a good thing if there's a few girls his daughter's age in the vicinity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Seems very quiet in the press and on Twitter since the Saudi piracy statements came out. I think part of that is just to do with the fact there's games to report on. They had absolutely nothing else to write about while the league was suspended, hence the overkill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 With the money they have, why generally are the Middle East nations so behind when it comes to “media” and by that I mean, graphic design, web, protecting content etc. Everything they do screams the mid 00’s Maybe they haven't fallen for the western style over substance at all times idea yet ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 They’ve now added The Bundesliga to their TV schedule for the next 3 years. Wonder if they’ll just buy the rights to everything now to leave BEIN with nowt. Probably. Their plan now is looking like it's to shut down BeIN legitimately. The last couple of years will already have ruined them financially with loads spent on rights and not enough back due to the Saudi economic blockade, so now if the Saudis go all-in on getting sports rights for the region then BeIN won't be able to compete and will likely be done for. To be honest they were probably fairly fucked anyway for the reasons I mention. They've not brought in enough revenue in the region to pay for their last round of rights anyway so there's no way that they would be offering the same kind of deals to the PL etc next time anyway. Their threats of "we won't be bidding to this scale next time mind!" were probably predicated on the knowledge that they couldn't bid to this scale next time anyway. Poor Richard Keys nailed his colours well and truly to the Bein mast, maybe if he'd kept his mouth shut he might have been able to pitch for a job once the Saudis took over? I don't think they'll give him the time of day now. Hope he gets a job somewhere soon, too much time on his hands wouldn't be a good thing if there's a few girls his daughter's age in the vicinity. Some time off will be good for him, he can get some more tarmaccing done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 With the money they have, why generally are the Middle East nations so behind when it comes to “media” and by that I mean, graphic design, web, protecting content etc. Everything they do screams the mid 00’s Maybe they haven't fallen for the western style over substance at all times idea yet ? Still rocking the classic design, retro for life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Poor Richard Keys ... too much time on his hands... Is time hairy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Poor Richard Keys ... too much time on his hands... Is time hairy? Yes. And it likes to touch his daughters mates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 And get shit on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Poor Richard Keys ... too much time on his hands... Is time hairy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Apart from the Keys abuse, which is all well and good, everything's gone very quiet now. I don't know what to make of this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Nothing, as usual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manorpark Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Apart from the Keys abuse, which is all well and good, everything's gone very quiet now. I don't know what to make of this. It is very good news, the longer the better. It means back-and-forth negotiations are going on. The quality of our three new owners is such that I can only imagine a positive outcome from such negotiations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 It's been quiet for almost 24 hours...time to start some negativity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Next week now is it lads? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 If we beat Villa tomorrow who Masters' supports it's off apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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