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wigwams said:
Johnson was torn to shreds the second he admit his guilt. We certainly didn’t do anything and everything to excuse it as they are over this.
Saying they can’t do anything about who owns them is complete bollocks too. They could harp on like they have about the takeover, Ashley, Rafa or anything else they’ve banged on about for years. They chose to dance around with tea towels on their heads instead
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Spot on
 
Hilarious seeing all these sportswashed mags saying there's nowt they can do when they've done nothing but twist and whinge about the previous owner (who is a saint compared to these savages). Plus the constant PL is corrupt bollocks, aye it is - in your favour.

They say they're just supporting the club they love, but it isnt your club anymore, it's dead and gone, you've sold your soul.
 
Nukehasslefan said:
Of course you sit easy knowing your club is not owned by them.
It's exactly what I've been saying.
It's about taking the moral high ground when the situation suits.
Newcastle United fans cannot help who buys our club. If they could they would've had Ashley gone well before now.
So just because they support their club does not mean they agree with the external attitudes of the owners.

I suppose you're trying to tell me your Sunderland fan days would be over if you were taken over by owners who were nasty and inhumane, right?
Until they left the club. But then would you reintegrate yourself?

What about those fans that still went. Maybe some you are great friends with who merely want to support the club? You would disown them? Even family?
If the answer is yes to all then do you think that would be shared among the thousands of sunderland supporters?


Seriously?
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Why do you keep saying this? You’ve pushed for this for years knowing exactly who’d be taking over if it went through. You could have kicked up kinds of fuss in that time and they’d have gone elsewhere. Almost every single one of you wanted it because of their wealth. It’s on you lot
 
Nukehasslefan said:
Of course you sit easy knowing your club is not owned by them.
It's exactly what I've been saying.
It's about taking the moral high ground when the situation suits.
Newcastle United fans cannot help who buys our club. If they could they would've had Ashley gone well before now.
So just because they support their club does not mean they agree with the external attitudes of the owners.

I suppose you're trying to tell me your Sunderland fan days would be over if you were taken over by owners who were nasty and inhumane, right?
Until they left the club. But then would you reintegrate yourself?

What about those fans that still went. Maybe some you are great friends with who merely want to support the club? You would disown them? Even family?
If the answer is yes to all then do you think that would be shared among the thousands of sunderland supporters?


Seriously?
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I've already stated in this thread that if the Saudis had taken us over my season card would already be sent back to the SoL in pieces. And I mean it. Some things matter more than football, like having a conscience.
 
keybuk said:
Got to laugh at a lot of the comments on here.

If someone asked me the colour of the Saudi flag I'd have struggled. Didn't know there was writing on it and wouldn't have had a clue what it meant.

Now the hotbed of vexillology that is the SMB are piling in to criticise daft charvas, who would struggle to find Saudia Arabia on a map, for having a can and holding a flag to celebrate the end of the Ashley reign.

If you have a problem with this takeover then aim at those who were responsible. Ashley, Stavely, Reubens, HM Gov, the premier League. Please don't try to claim that your own charvas wouldn't be doing the same.

This place has a history for trying to claim you are somehow different. You're not. It's not that long ago that a significant number of people on here were supporting Johnson while he was awaiting trial for noncing.
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You didn't know the colour of Saudi Arabia's flag?

You're a f***ing muppet
 
Nukehasslefan said:
You mean outward looking resistance?
What would you expect after Ashley?
Would you expect fans to stand outside the ground and chant for the new owners to be gone?
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Mike Ashley is irrelevant. Notwithstanding - regardless of the extent of your entitlement complex, it remains the case that he (1) has never had anyone murdered, (2) doesn’t - to my knowledge - fund global terrorism, (3) doesn’t throw people off buildings based on who they sleep with, (4) doesn’t stone women etc etc,

So to answer your implied question - yes, I would expect a large proportion of decent people to publicly voice an opposition to the Saudi state buying the club/using the city to launder its reputation and its blood money. I would expect that regardless of who was selling.
 
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I'm Spartacus said:
They would never choose us. They picked you lot because they know fine well you have the thickest most desperate fans on the planet that would fall over themselves to do their bidding.
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To b fair this stinks of mere hatred and jealousy.
I'm Spartacus said:
Oh and no I’m not remotely jealous and I certainly wouldn’t be jumping for joy if our new owner condoned stoning gay people to death and ordered a hit on a journalist. I’d be f***ing horrified and devastated. I wouldn’t set foot in the ground again while they were there. No amount of glory is worth getting into bed with despotic murderous bastards for.
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Fine but people have a football club they have allegiance to, not the owners. It just so happens the new owners are very rich and are looked upon as nasties. That's out of the fans' hands and very few fans will desert the club they love. It doesn't mean they agree with the external mindset of the owners.
I'm Spartacus said:
Enjoy the trophies stained with the blood of decapitated kids and stoned to death gays.
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To be fair I won't be looking at it this way.
I'll just be enjoying better enjoyable football based on the players who perform and hopefully give me more joy, like any fan really.
UrbanFox said:
There’s that “j” word again.
Look, I’ll give you a public admission: if you’d been taken over by the likes of Branson, Bezos, Musk or even Murdoch I’d have taken a massive gulp from the cup of envy, put my hands up and said fair play, you’re now in the stratosphere while we remain on the launchpad.
But you haven’t been taken over by these types of people have you? Ergo no jealousy felt here- just plain old disgust.
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Whatever you want to call it.
Sweeper said:
Wrong.
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Really?
Tell me how they can stop it?
 
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Nukehasslefan said:
Of course you sit easy knowing your club is not owned by them.
It's exactly what I've been saying.
It's about taking the moral high ground when the situation suits.
Newcastle United fans cannot help who buys our club. If they could they would've had Ashley gone well before now.
So just because they support their club does not mean they agree with the external attitudes of the owners.

I suppose you're trying to tell me your Sunderland fan days would be over if you were taken over by owners who were nasty and inhumane, right?
Until they left the club. But then would you reintegrate yourself?

What about those fans that still went. Maybe some you are great friends with who merely want to support the club? You would disown them? Even family?
If the answer is yes to all then do you think that would be shared among the thousands of sunderland supporters?


Seriously?
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As has already been pointed out your support pushed for this takeover on a large scale. The majority were desperate for it to happen.

I dont know how I'd react if they took over us. I suspect id have been extremely uncomfortable with our support had they acted likes yours have. But I dont think they would.

Whilst we're all essentially the same from the NE your support has an undeniable superiority complex its desperate to maintain and a belief that you have to be winning trophies. We differ there.
 
Nukehasslefan said:
To be fair I won't be looking at it this way.
I'll just be enjoying better enjoyable football based on the players who perform and hopefully give me more joy, like any fan really.
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Shame on you then. There’s a hell of a lot more to life than eleven strangers kicking a bag of wind around a field.
 
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wigwams said:
Why do you keep saying this? You’ve pushed for this for years knowing exactly who’d be taking over if it went through. You could have kicked up kinds of fuss in that time and they’d have gone elsewhere. Almost every single one of you wanted it because of their wealth. It’s on you lot
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I didn't want them but I'm in no position to stop what's happening so I'll be going with the usual stuff I've always done and that's be a fan and supporter of Newcastle United football club, regardless. Thick of thin and good bad or ugly as I've always done.
 
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