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 Palace Old Geezer  Midhurst 07 Oct 21 1.07pm |
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Looks like the Saudi consortium is closing in on Newcastle. Fans will be pleased to see the back of Ashley. Wonder what will happen to Bruce? Just hope they're still in a state of flux by the 23rd - I had us down for a comfortable win. Could go either way now. Just glad we, at the moment anyway, have solid ownership.
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| Spiderman Horsham 07 Oct 21 1.21pm |
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Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer
Looks like the Saudi consortium is closing in on Newcastle. Fans will be pleased to see the back of Ashley. Wonder what will happen to Bruce? Just hope they're still in a state of flux by the 23rd - I had us down for a comfortable win. Could go either way now. Just glad we, at the moment anyway, have solid ownership. Strange decision by PL, as this seems no different to the one they did not approve.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 07 Oct 21 1.55pm |
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Geordie fans are no strangers to torture, just watching them play is bad enough.
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| Fatherken 07 Oct 21 1.55pm |
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money laundering comes to mind
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| Eaglehamster Storrington 07 Oct 21 2.12pm |
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Well I expect if they make funds available Toon fans won't care it comes from one of the most despicable nations on the planet.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 07 Oct 21 2.12pm |
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Money money money this was all about Saudi Arabia not paying TV rights apparently that has now been resolved so the PL objections evaporate. Never mind the human rights abuses the PL owners and players will now get their pockets loaded with gold. Let's see the players take the knee for that. As for the rest of us this will mean another place gone in the PL relegation battle as they will not go down with those resources. Soon it will get to he point when only a handful of clubs can realistically be relegated so the big 6 will get their way after all, a league with no relegation. As for Steve Bruce he wont be there next season expect one of the big foreign managers to come , hello Jose? Bad for football and bad for human rights. Edited by Badger11 (07 Oct 2021 2.13pm)
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 07 Oct 21 2.16pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Money money money this was all about Saudi Arabia not paying TV rights apparently that has now been resolved so the PL objections evaporate. Never mind the human rights abuses the PL owners and players will now get their pockets loaded with gold. Let's see the players take the knee for that. As for the rest of us this will mean another place gone in the PL relegation battle as they will not go down with those resources. Soon it will get to he point when only a handful of clubs can realistically be relegated so the big 6 will get their way after all, a league with no relegation. As for Steve Bruce he wont be there next season expect one of the big foreign managers to come , hello Jose? Bad for football and bad for human rights. Edited by Badger11 (07 Oct 2021 2.13pm) No relegation isn’t good enough now, and none of the big big clubs would get relegated anyway. They want guaranteed European league cup football. Football has no morals shocker.
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 becky over the moon 07 Oct 21 2.41pm |
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Serve them right if this happens...... Ban on alcohol in and around the ground, no pork sausages, pork pies or scotch eggs and any supporter taking his/her/their/ shirt off gets 20 lashes on the pitch as half time entertainment.
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BlueJay  UK 07 Oct 21 2.52pm |
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All about the money as per. Wouldn't be happy if I was a Newcastle fan, but there's an inevitability to this kind of thing nowadays.
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| Stirlingsays 07 Oct 21 2.58pm |
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The older you get the more absurd everything becomes. But as Badger implies, money is the god and all things can be justified at its altar. Edited by Stirlingsays (07 Oct 2021 2.59pm)
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| chris123 hove actually 07 Oct 21 3.08pm |
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The main investor is the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, whose Chairman is Mohammed bin Salman. Struggle therefore to see how this is separate to the state.
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 07 Oct 21 3.41pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
The main investor is the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, whose Chairman is Mohammed bin Salman. Struggle therefore to see how this is separate to the state. It seems hard to imagine Newcastle as the next Real Madrid, but I guess when you look at Man City and PSG, it's not entirely out of the question. As far as I can tell, Arab owners enjoy splashing the cash. Them and Abramovic I guess. I always wonder, what would we do? Some dodgy guy with billions wants to waste endless money with us? It always seems a bit dirty, but secretly loads would like it. I'm not sure what I would think to be fair.
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