PauloGeordio Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Just now, JonBez comesock said: Hope so Could start with travel partners Saudia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Wonder if the gobshite dentist will take over as chief training ground creep from that YouTube kid? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Man City have oft flown out to Abu Dhabi for warm weather training so I expect this to be a regular thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Just now, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said: Wonder if the gobshite dentist will take over as chief training ground creep from that YouTube kid? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said: Saudia Justification for an unprecedented massive sponsorship with Saudia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesy Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Seems like the Chairman might've kicked some ass at the weekend and just told them to go on a spending spree to sort this shit out. He's travelled over twice now and seen us get battered by Spurs and humiliated by Cambridge. Poor bastard! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biggsbond14 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 44 minutes ago, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said: Wonder if the gobshite dentist will take over as chief training ground creep from that YouTube kid? He’s just a opinionated prick hanging onto wraiths pants Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Some of our lot will be raging its a dry country and they can't go on the booze. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Just now, xLiaaamx said: Some of our lot will be raging its a dry country and they can't go on the booze. There'll be booze available in private, probably at the hotel they will be staying at. Not sure Howe would be allowing it anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 They’ll assign a team PA who’ll discretely sort it out. Most celebrities or VIPs that come here don’t want for anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Libya was a dry country when I was there, and it was still pretty damn easy to get booze, even under Gaddafi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Ciaran Clark should never class as a vip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, TRon said: There'll be booze available in private, probably at the hotel they will be staying at. Not sure Howe would be allowing it anyway. There really isn't. I've been to Saudi many times, for many weeks at a time. I've been to Jeddah, Dhahran and Riyadh. There is no alcohol available at all in the country as a whole. None. There's one exception - The British Aerospace compounds. I've stayed on them a few times, and there the expats make homebrew. But that's the only chance of alcohol in Saudi. Oh, and embassy parties. But I doubt they'll get to any of them! Oh and they won't be able to get on the BAE compounds, there's no way on them. They're walled compounds that are strictly for employees only. I got in as I was working as a consultant for BAE but even then the application process was horrific and took weeks. There's zero chance of them getting in there just because they can't go a week without a beer. Edited January 13, 2022 by Chris_R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 25 minutes ago, Holmesy said: Seems like the Chairman might've kicked some ass at the weekend and just told them to go on a spending spree to sort this shit out. He's travelled over twice now and seen us get battered by Spurs and humiliated by Cambridge. Poor bastard! 3 times pretty sure he was here for the Brentford game also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatwax Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 If they’re desperate they’ll just do a border run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Hope we still do some transfer business eventhough the team will be out there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Just now, Fatwax said: If they’re desperate they’ll just do a border run. Yeah, you can go across the causeway to Bahrain, that's the usual thing to do on a weekend from Dhahran, but you can't bring any back with you. The cars are searched on crossing back in. Just not worth it, the penalties are massive, and I'm not talking financially. It'd be all levels of madness to even try. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatwax Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Chris_R said: Yeah, you can go across the causeway to Bahrain, that's the usual thing to do on a weekend from Dhahran, but you can't bring any back with you. The cars are searched on crossing back in. Just not worth it, the penalties are massive, and I'm not talking financially. It'd be all levels of madness to even try. Aye I live in Abu Dhabi and there’s plenty who have spent time in Saudi who have said as much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Also thinking about it, they'll almost certainly all have single-entry visas, which mean they can't do a border run even if they were utterly crazy. If they leave to go to Bahrain, they'll not get back in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 1 hour ago, nbthree3 said: Does this count as a threat to the players? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 18 minutes ago, Chris_R said: There really isn't. I've been to Saudi many times, for many weeks at a time. I've been to Jeddah, Dhahran and Riyadh. There is no alcohol available at all in the country as a whole. None. There's one exception - The British Aerospace compounds. I've stayed on them a few times, and there the expats make homebrew. But that's the only chance of alcohol in Saudi. Oh, and embassy parties. But I doubt they'll get to any of them! Oh and they won't be able to get on the BAE compounds, there's no way on them. They're walled compounds that are strictly for employees only. I got in as I was working as a consultant for BAE but even then the application process was horrific and took weeks. There's zero chance of them getting in there just because they can't go a week without a beer. I've been to Saudi zero times, and have no plans on going either, but I would have thought your situation will be different to a team which is actually owned by the Saudis themselves. They will be considered VIPs of the highest status, I would have thought there would be special arrangements made if they agreed to go over there. Although personally, I doubt Howe would sanction booze on a training trip anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greydos Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 26 minutes ago, xLiaaamx said: Ciaran Clark should never class as a vip but he is a very impotent person? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 31 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said: Libya was a dry country when I was there, and it was still pretty damn easy to get booze, even under Gaddafi. Fuck were you doing in Libya? That must have been amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hovagod Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, TRon said: I've been to Saudi zero times, and have no plans on going either, but I would have thought your situation will be different to a team which is actually owned by the Saudis themselves. They will be considered VIPs of the highest status, I would have thought there would be special arrangements made if they agreed to go over there. Although personally, I doubt Howe would sanction booze on a training trip anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Obviously the Cambridge defeat was pre-planned then. Nowt to worry about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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