triggs Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, HTT II said: No-one gave two fucks about Yemen before we were taken over, if anything people now care, or rather have a think about this sort of stuff since the takeover, mostly it’s fake outrage sadly and point scoring and more about self interest. LFC fans now only ‘care’ for example because we are now a threat to them. The mackems now only ‘care’ because they know it will end in their rivals being better off. No-one gave a fuck about Abramovic’s links to Putin until now, or that Everton guy, again, it’s mostly fake outrage. It’s our governments, leaders and people in power we should be outraged at and outraged about all wars or human atrocities. We are all morally bankrupt though and at least if not, complicit in the evils, ills, malaise and bad things in this world of ours. We happily support a football team owned by a barbaric regime, we happily allow the likes of Boris into power, we happily buy expensive designer clothes made in sweat shops and we happily choose sides in conflicts that suit our own interests. Sportswashimg doesn’t exist, well it does, but only as an idea, PIF owning NUFC doesn’t have any bearing on the ordinary population at all, either back in their own country or here, it does politically and financially, however, and that’s why they buy the likes of NUFC and why the powers that be allow it. It benefits a few, not the majority. Financially and politically. Sportswashing is a term used to best describe fake outrage. Look at that ‘reporter’ asking Howe about his thoughts, fine ask, but if you were really unhappy and had issues, ask the very fucking people doing the crimes against humanity not some football manager doing his job and a job he’s doing for the right reasons and for a real purpose. What is the purpose of war, of making people suffer, of amassing untold riches one can’t fully ever spend? We literally had a thread in the chat section of this very forum titled "Saudi Arabia: Barbaric and Evil" or something to that effect long before we got taken over so yes people did give 2 fucks about Yemen Edited March 4, 2022 by triggs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 29 minutes ago, triggs said: We literally had a thread in the chat section of this very forum titled "Saudi Arabia: Barbaric and Evil" or something to that effect long before we got taken over so yes people did give 2 fucks about Yemen I’m talking about the wider populace, N.O gave a fuck about Ashley Out but the vast majority of match day going fans, although not liking him, didn’t give two fucks either otherwise they would all have been fully on board and that’s my general point here with this all… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 1 hour ago, The Prophet said: You're right it's not on us as football fans, I'm not saying that at all. What I'm saying is a show of support for Ukraine, while Yemen is blockaded, is bad optics at best. A show of support for Ukraine whilst UEFA fine Celtic fans for showing support for Palestinians is also bad optics is it not It's all bollocks and hypocrisy all round Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Sports-washing is a just being used as a stick to beat Newcastle fans with. If someone wants to do something about it start with the government and not Geordie from Walker who just wants to watch his team kick a ball about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 This is people were happy to have a go at us for taking in Saudi money, yet over the last few days people have been calling for PIF to buy Chelsea and sell us. They have even been tweeting another Saudi Prince to buy them. In all honesty I’m a bit tired of football fans being the ones asked to make a stand, and I don’t just mean us. It always seems to be on football fans, from us being asked to walk away from our club because of our owners (whilst our government sells our owners the weapons for their wars), to football fans being the ones asked to take a stand against racism and other forms of bigotry whilst the rest of the population stands by and does fuck, and our governments and official agency who do have control over issues stand by and do the finger pointing. I’m not saying these things are right, they clearly aren’t, but it is football fans who seem to be the only ones who are asked or even required to actually take a stand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaymag Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Stifler said: This is people were happy to have a go at us for taking in Saudi money, yet over the last few days people have been calling for PIF to buy Chelsea and sell us. They have even been tweeting another Saudi Prince to buy them. In all honesty I’m a bit tired of football fans being the ones asked to make a stand, and I don’t just mean us. It always seems to be on football fans, from us being asked to walk away from our club because of our owners (whilst our government sells our owners the weapons for their wars), to football fans being the ones asked to take a stand against racism and other forms of bigotry whilst the rest of the population stands by and does fuck, and our governments and official agency who do have control over issues stand by and do the finger pointing. I’m not saying these things are right, they clearly aren’t, but it is football fans who seem to be the only ones who are asked or even required to actually take a stand. Agreed Brother, I think us as footballer fans should take a stand to fight against those people that want football fans to take a stand. Its symbolic of our struggle against the oppressors. Why do you want to be a woman, Stan? Edited March 4, 2022 by Awaymag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) No one should be putting it on the fans. The fans don't get a say in who owns their club and as we discovered, a lot don't really care, they just want to go and support their team. There's a big difference between that and folk going out of their way to defend and endorse the actions of KSA. The latter is becoming more prevalent (but is still thankfully a small minority), simply because KSA own a controlling stake in the club. That is sportswashing. As a fan I'm not particularly enamored that these people own my club. I'll continue to support the team and enjoy caring for the club again, but I certainly won't be cheerleading for KSA. If anything I'd rather they got the fuck out of the game. Edited March 4, 2022 by The Prophet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) Absolutely pathetic by the media today trying to drag us into the Chelsea situation. Well played by Eddie Howe today, the jealousy will only burn deeper now the Chelsea rent boys have lost their mega rich backer. Here’s hoping it’s an American hedge fund who buys them and runs them like the Glazers. Fuck the faux outrage from the envious London and North West media, the first trophy will be celebrated like no other has been in this country for years and they’ll fucking hate it. Edited March 4, 2022 by Whitley mag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Yemen have been getting bombed for 7+ years it would be slightly strange to start throwing up Yemen flags in support when they’ve been wanting it for years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Oh good this thread is back to being a fucking waste of space on the forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Ah, a fresh new page. A place for a new start. A new world, if you will. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Sooo, a new training facility you say? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 It's literally a specific thread set up to discuss the owners of the club. There's loads of other threads to discuss how we spend our new found hundreds of millions if you so wish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
veriaqa Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Hank Marvin said: Explain the difference to me between the US and the UK killing millions of Iraqi's and Afghan's in their appalling war for a 'democracy' and Vladimir Putin attempting the seize the Ukraine by force - Go ahead, The difference: because afghan iraq etc are brown people mozlem countries. While ukraine is white judeo chrustian countries. There I said it. Ban me. The same thing goes with why saudi is barbaric when bombing yemen while american and british are noble when they bomb iraqi and aghani children Edited March 4, 2022 by veriaqa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannybagoftudor Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Shouldn't all this be in the The "delighted Ashley has gone, but uncomfortable with Saudi ownership" thread ????? and we can discuss the positives that PIF etc bring to the City and club in this one ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 11 hours ago, cannybagoftudor said: Shouldn't all this be in the The "delighted Ashley has gone, but uncomfortable with Saudi ownership" thread ????? and we can discuss the positives that PIF etc bring to the City and club in this one ? Positive and negative threads always work really well side-by-side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Staveley and the board deserve huge praise for the decision to go with Eddie. It took a while to get there but he’s perfect for the club right now and hopefully for many seasons to come Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) https://news.williamhill.com/football/amanda-staveley-building-exciting-brand-of-football-at-newcastle/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=tw-f3-organic-football&utm_content=na&utm_targetcountry=uk “We think Newcastle can go to the top of the Premier League and the top of the Champions League, but it’s not just about winning the trophies,” said Staveley. “It’s about building brilliant, sustainable football every week. Exciting, attacking football that the fans deserve. It’s been an incredible journey for us, and it wouldn’t have happened without the support of the Public Investment Fund. “We’re a small part of it, and I’m just very grateful for all the support the PIF have given us in making sure we can do the work that we needed to do in the transfer window and beyond.” “We’re just so pleased for him [Eddie Howe], because the day we interviewed him we just knew he was the perfect manager and he’s just had the most incredible run of success, but a huge amount of work has gone into that,” she said. “He’s really diligent, and he works so hard with the lads. I spent a lot of time with him in Saudi Arabia, which was lovely, when we were travelling, and I got to really understand his training methods, but he works incredibly hard and that’s why the results are there. But equally so, a great manager needs a great team and we’ve just been so impressed with the boys and that’s important.” “They’ve settled so well,” she said. “It’s always difficult when you make a lot of changes and transitions in the January transfer window…the window is illiquid anyway and….to be honest I think a lot of the teams just didn’t want to sell players, especially European teams, and Eddie knew exactly what he wanted. “We set up a transfer committee and we obviously don’t have a Director of Football at the minute, so we did that work in house and [head of recruitment] Steve Nickson’s team have been amazing and we all just sort of worked together and everyone’s settled brilliantly.” She said: “It’s incredible [the support]. I mean every day and obviously going into the city…we feel so at home here. I fell in love with Newcastle the first time I came, and the people have just been extraordinary. So, the welcome we’ve had is just unique and we’re very grateful and privileged to work for the club and I hope we can deliver some great results in the years to come.” Edited March 8, 2022 by nbthree3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 minute ago, nbthree3 said: https://news.williamhill.com/football/amanda-staveley-building-exciting-brand-of-football-at-newcastle/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=tw-f3-organic-football&utm_content=na&utm_targetcountry=uk “We think Newcastle can go to the top of the Premier League and the top of the Champions League, but it’s not just about winning the trophies,” said Staveley. “It’s about building brilliant, sustainable football every week. Exciting, attacking football that the fans deserve. It’s been an incredible journey for us, and it wouldn’t have happened without the support of the Public Investment Fund. “We’re a small part of it, and I’m just very grateful for all the support the PIF have given us in making sure we can do the work that we needed to do in the transfer window and beyond.” “We’re just so pleased for him [Eddie Howe], because the day we interviewed him we just knew he was the perfect manager and he’s just had the most incredible run of success, but a huge amount of work has gone into that,” she said. “He’s really diligent, and he works so hard with the lads. I spent a lot of time with him in Saudi Arabia, which was lovely, when we were travelling, and I got to really understand his training methods, but he works incredibly hard and that’s why the results are there. But equally so, a great manager needs a great team and we’ve just been so impressed with the boys and that’s important.” “They’ve settled so well,” she said. “It’s always difficult when you make a lot of changes and transitions in the January transfer window…the window is illiquid anyway and….to be honest I think a lot of the teams just didn’t want to sell players, especially European teams, and Eddie knew exactly what he wanted. “We set up a transfer committee and we obviously don’t have a Director of Football at the minute, so we did that work in house and [head of recruitment] Steve Nickson’s team have been amazing and we all just sort of worked together and everyone’s settled brilliantly.” She said: “It’s incredible [the support]. I mean every day and obviously going into the city…we feel so at home here. I fell in love with Newcastle the first time I came, and the people have just been extraordinary. So, the welcome we’ve had is just unique and we’re very grateful and privileged to work for the club and I hope we can deliver some great results in the years to come.” If you want to be a successful club and indeed a successful business, everyone at the top needs to work together and be on the same page, not having a DOF during January wasn’t ideal, but it seems they more than made the most of things by working in a collaboration and I’m very happy for Howe to have such a huge input given he is the one who will be working with the players daily and who has to make sure they fit in and perform. The transition from Ashley and Bruce to now has been huge and the future is so exciting for this club. Howe and even some of the players playing now who may not be around for some of the better days, must be licking their lips. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Jamie Hooben interested in buying Chelsea according to Bloomberg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 9 minutes ago, Disco said: Jamie Hooben interested in buying Chelsea according to Bloomberg. Genuinely can’t see the attraction at the price quoted, although I appreciate Reuben is a Chelsea fan. It doesn’t make much business sense though? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 If you're sat on the fence, you'd better get in quick to buy Chelsea! Plenty of other buyers waiting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 On 04/03/2022 at 17:27, Yorkie said: Yep, it's the "don't open the thread" feature which I've checked and you have access to. Me-ow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Would go against conventional Reuben investment practices but fair play if they do that deal! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigValley Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 I Just love IT being so quiet about everything this days. We dont know shit, No rumor? Mayby all is good but we Just have to keep or premier League place first and then the money will come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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