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North Yorks Mackem said:
He's just pandering to his newcastle audience. Scared to actually do his job and question issues when sometimes it may be very uncomfortable to do so. Hes just turned into a glorified fanzine writer.
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I used to like reading his articles. Even his Newcastle ones were readable. But over the last six or seven years he’s just re-wrote the same Newcastle in the 90s nostalgia filled schmaltz over and over again.
 

richest said:
The PIF, who will be the official owners, also owned the two aircraft used to fly the hit squads to Turkey to kill and dismember the journalist, according to evidence heard by a Canadian court earlier this year.

Views about this?
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The same as yours I'd imagine - unless you are trying to paint otherwise?
 
two left feet said:
That wasn’t the comment I made.
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You said that the Newcastle United LGBT group putting out a statement was no different to an LGBT person working for a company that had a contract with Saudi Arabia.
If they had said nothing then you had a bit of a point - although you comparison would be more accurate if the LGBT person worked for a Saudi state owned company. But they didn’t do that - as a group they actively welcomed the takeover of their club by a regime that puts people to death for being gay.
It’s a fair question to ask you to give a more comparable example.
 
Sea to Shining Sea said:
I used to like reading his articles. Even his Newcastle ones were readable. But over the last six or seven years he’s just re-wrote the same Newcastle in the 90s nostalgia filled schmaltz over and over again.
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And loves to go on about how so terribly bad their magnificent support has had it. Get in the bin caulkin man. He actually puts me off subscribing to the Athletic.
 
JJH said:
I really thought that the LBGT community in Newcastle would have been one of the few groups to have the balls and decency to criticise this whole thing.
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😂 clearly not. I think even Craig hope has took his retweet of the statement down unless I just missed it. But if he has done I’m not surprised. I understand a supporter turning a blind eye but basically for the pride movement to completely proffer themselves and sell out like that is.. we’ll a bit pathetic really is the best word
 
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JJH said:
Football focus
1st mag
First mag interviewed
‘Mike Ashley ran a tyranny ‘
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I'd love these so called journalists to come back with "You do know the tyrants who've bought you indiscriminately bomb kids in Yemen"

But I very much doubt it.🤷‍♂️
 
Guinness Guzzler said:
We're going to go round in circles on this mind if the mags keep up the whataboutery. A football club should represent the community and the fans. The fans should have a voice when it comes to who is in charge. Disney is different, they've got some shares. Yes you could choose to boycott every company they have shares in but, given how many dodgy regimes have shares in various companies, you might be left with very few products and services to use.

That's not the same as this though. If the mags genuinely had a conscience they could say that they don't want this regime associated with their club and their city. It reflects on the supporters much more than whether they subscribe to Disney+. Effectively your club is now Saudi Arabia. Many of your fans say Ashley hated you, your new owners are hardline Islamics who no doubt take a very dim view of the common image of Newcastle. They basically think you're infidels but they'll use you for their own purposes. I don't really give a fuck if some shareholders from a streaming company I use think I'm an infidel. I wouldn't want it from the owners of my football club though. I wouldn't want them using my club's name to sportswash their image. If you're fine with it then crack on, loads of ours would be too, but stop the whataboutery, it does you no favours and drags the thread in circles
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They’ve willingly left themselves wide open to this and have nothing to defend themselves with. WTF did they think was going to happen ffs? They need to put their big boys pants on. They got what they wanted, this is the down side, I can’t believe they didn’t see it coming, and this is just the start of it. Wait til the press turns which it inevitably will.
 
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