PIF and RB Sports & Media

[bowlingcrofty]

 

[SUPERTOON]

Great interview, please stay up.

[LRD]

What a transformation. So much to like about the owners, the manager, the players and people associated with the club. As opposed to the dark days prior.

[Kid Icarus]

10 hours ago, veriaqa said:

But, do not forget: all of this is a form of "Sportwashing". Do not ever forget that NUFC fans!

 

Whatever good things the saudi did, it's a form of "Sportwashing". So it ackthually a bad and evil things.

 

The foundation, food bank charity, buying the right players for NUFC, hiring the right manager, building a new stadium or renovating the current one, building the academy, supporting the NUFC Woman team... all are "Sportwashing" and bad and evil thing the saudi done on NUFC's name.

 

You're being facetious but you've described it really well there.

[LRD]

Quote

“We looked at one player in January and were a bit unsure about him. We bid for him but he joined another club. References came back that he was selfish. He’s an incredible player but not a team player. We wanted to make sure our chemistry is right.”

 

Digne?

[Dr Venkman]

21 minutes ago, bowlingcrofty said:

 

Howay then someone do it.

[r0cafella]

I hate to say it, but our owners really shouldn’t be giving such interviews. 

[Whitley mag]

What do they say about no new stadium ?

[Dr Venkman]

1 minute ago, Whitley mag said:

What do they say about no new stadium ?

They can’t afford it.

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, Whitley mag said:

What do they say about no new stadium ?

A move away would be “like tearing your soul out”

[morpeth mag]

3 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

A move away would be “like tearing your soul out”

Looking to expand SJP to 65k

[LRD]

7 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

I hate to say it, but our owners really shouldn’t be giving such interviews. 

 

Any reasons why? Interested to understand the perspective.

[Whitley mag]

8 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

A move away would be “like tearing your soul out”

It’s certainly the majority of fans view so hats off to them. I had no problem with moving to another city centre site, but got to admire how tuned in they are to everything.

 

 

Edited February 26, 2022 by Whitley mag

[r0cafella]

2 minutes ago, LRD said:

 

Any reasons why? Interested to understand the perspective.

It’s unprofessional for them to speak on players who we didn’t sign for a start. Also, anything they say will likely come back to haunt them. Saying Botman wants to come and still does is I’ll advised and not something which should come from our owners. 
 

I’m all for transparency and I fully support them but they might need to give more political answers in future to avoid binding themselves. 

[LRD]

1 minute ago, r0cafella said:

It’s unprofessional for them to speak on players who we didn’t sign for a start. Also, anything they say will likely come back to haunt them. Saying Botman wants to come and still does is I’ll advised and not something which should come from our owners. 
 

I’m all for transparency and I fully support them but they might need to give more political answers in future to avoid binding themselves. 

 

Aye, some parts of the interview could be omitted and just sharing the plans for the club in general would suffice. Genuine people, think they will learn to be more measured in future.

[r0cafella]

Just now, LRD said:

 

Aye, some parts of the interview could be omitted and just sharing the plans for the club in general would suffice. Genuine people, think they will learn to be more measured in future.

Definitely it’s vastly positive plans were shared for the future it’s exactly what we need. Just some oversharing going on. 
 

It’s very exciting to hear the plans regarding the structure, the ground and the training ground. We are about to become a real premier league club again. 

[Yorkie]

 “But I’m on the FFP committee and I said, ‘you won’t find a raft of related-party transactions because this was not our business plan’. We know we’ve got such a good story that we can attract people and PIF are such good partners that brands are very keen to work with them.

 

“We said, ‘we’re not what you think we are’ and I think other clubs are getting to know that. We want to be transparent about the way we do business. We have come out of it with a set of rules which I think will be very compelling and we can work with. And I’m very pleased we have, because I’ve always known we will be able to show fair market value for our sponsorship rights. We’re getting offers for sponsorship that are probably outbidding potential Saudi sponsors.”

 

“The plan was always to see what was the best deal for the club,” Ghodoussi says.” That’s something else that’s going to take time. There’s nothing specific telling us it has to be Saudi. We wanted to do it the right way. Did we plan to bring in a ‘dodgy’ deal for £100 million? Not at all.”

 

 

 

Interesting. Personally I would feel more comfortable without Saudi sponsors tbh. 

[LV]

32 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

A move away would be “like tearing your soul out”

Totally agree with this. I’m glad they see it like that. 

[Likelylad]

Tbf they've been constantly denigrated in the media. I can see why they've come out with some of the less measured quotes. I'm all for it. 

It's just great to be under ambitious and caring owners after 14 years of that fat parasite.  

 

[Dr Venkman]

Someone post the article FFS.

[Kid Icarus]

Courtesy of r/nufc 

https://pastebin.com/BVgBGd4w

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

Read it and can't help but be excited. Yes, there's Saudi involvement that amounts to sportswashing but it's refreshing to see two people who are doing the day-to-day stuff genuinely wanting the club to be the best it can be and to compete.

[Menace]

https://archive.md/ErdQc

 

Athletic article

[Joey Linton]

58 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

It’s unprofessional for them to speak on players who we didn’t sign for a start. Also, anything they say will likely come back to haunt them. Saying Botman wants to come and still does is I’ll advised and not something which should come from our owners. 
 

I’m all for transparency and I fully support them but they might need to give more political answers in future to avoid binding themselves. 

Unprofessional is having an MD run round the pitch naked after a bet with the owner, or an owner drinking so much he vomits into a fireplace. 

 

This is just a bit naive, ultimately harmless enough and refreshingly honest. 

 

 

Edited February 26, 2022 by Joey Linton

[Thumbheed]

55 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

It’s unprofessional for them to speak on players who we didn’t sign for a start. Also, anything they say will likely come back to haunt them. Saying Botman wants to come and still does is I’ll advised and not something which should come from our owners. 
 

I’m all for transparency and I fully support them but they might need to give more political answers in future to avoid binding themselves. 

Strange one this, because I actually agree with what you're saying but then I ask myself why wouldn't we want more open discussions in the football?

 

What harm could it possibly have it football was operated with that level of transparency and openess?