GorillaNipples Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Miggys First Goal said: I'd throw the fuck up if anything even close to that was the design tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 (edited) Edited January 15, 2023 by PauloGeordio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Stifler said: It had fuck all to do with that. The piracy had stopped long ago. It was all a play. The opening arguments for the court case ended on the Friday, by the end of the following week we had been taken over. Yes, the paying of $1bn to Bein for piracy a couple of days before the takeover had nothing to do with it. The Premier League really, really, really cared about separation. The fact that the separation issue was put up by the Premier League as it was a means of blocking the takeover due to piracy was mere coincidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Let’s hope nothing comes out of this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/01/14/lynch-saudis-dodging-us-court-huge-liv-golf-impact Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 What have US courts got to do with it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWMag Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 As good as things have been I’m always fearful something like the above will come along and ruin it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infatuation Junkie Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Newcastle aren’t allowed nice things Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, duo said: What have US courts got to do with it? My thoughts too , I was just posting info on the thread that might be of interest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 US Rulings mean nowt in the UK - besides, does anyone really think the PL give a shite about ‘separation’? It was always about piracy. There’s nothing in the PL rules about state-owned clubs btw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: US Rulings mean nowt in the UK - besides, does anyone really think the PL give a shite about ‘separation’? It was always about piracy. There’s nothing in the PL rules about state-owned clubs btw That's the thing. I never understood why there was so much noise about who controls the PIF as the PL's O&D Test never stipulated that a state couldn't own a PL club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Just now, Wandy said: That's the thing. I never understood why there was so much noise about who controls the PIF as the PL's O&D Test never stipulated that a state couldn't own a PL club. The only reason the PL wanted it is because they could tie the KSA state to piracy - which would rule them out. It wasn’t that it would be state-owned, but that the state as an entity had stole from the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Just now, Wandy said: That's the thing. I never understood why there was so much noise about who controls the PIF as the PL's O&D Test never stipulated that a state couldn't own a PL club. It was because the PL wanted MBS to take the O & D test and MBS wasn’t willing to do that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, gdm said: It was because the PL wanted MBS to take the O & D test and MBS wasn’t willing to do that Yeah but that's because of his ego, he didn't believe he should be subjected to such a thing. It was all about personal pride, not whether it would mean that state ownership of the club would scupper the takeover. At the time when the Saudis applied for NUFC the O&D test never said that a state couldn't own a club. Edited January 18, 2023 by Wandy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Wandy said: Yeah but that's because of his ego, he didn't believe he should be subjected to such a thing. It was all about personal pride, not whether it would mean that state ownership of the club would scupper the takeover. At the time when the Saudis applied for NUFC the O&D test never said that a state couldn't own a club. It would have scuppered it, as the PL would then have pinned the state-led piracy to him, given he’s running the country. Piracy is a criminal offence, so he’d be knackered under the PL rules Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 It was always about piracy for the PL. This argument about separation was ridiculous (its obvious KSA runs PIF whether on a technicality or not) and its no coincidence it all went away once the piracy issue was sorted. Either way the agreement was that the state wouldn't be involved in running NUFC and provided its just Yasir, Mandy etc making all the decisions then I think that holds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 23 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: It would have scuppered it, as the PL would then have pinned the state-led piracy to him, given he’s running the country. Piracy is a criminal offence, so he’d be knackered under the PL rules Personally, I've never really bought into the idea that Bin Salman could be linked to piracy. I still believe the whole stalling of the takeover was a mix of egos and power play, namely from the dirty six PL clubs. Its more than a coincidence to me that, as soon as it became clear that Ashley's case against the PL was about to become very public indeed, then a solution was found. I don't believe for one moment that, the week after the web-televised court hearing, was the first time the Saudi's had offered to shut down BEoutQ and compensate BEin. I think they offered it months before but the PL made out that it still wasn't enough, at the behest of their six "masters". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Just now, LFEE said: Behind Everton and Leeds That’ll be changing in the near future Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 …and Leicester! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Never understand how West Ham are so high up. Is it because they got gifted that stadium? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 1 minute ago, gbandit said: Never understand how West Ham are so high up. Is it because they got gifted that stadium? Pretty much and they also didn’t self sabotage themselves for 13 years. If we would have avoid the Ashley we’d be around where spurs are imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 It’s quite exciting to see how low we are as it shows how far we can come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now