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Sunderland will face Saudi Arabian opposition Al Shabab in Friendly (poll in Parsnip)

Roker Scoreboard said:
So you think the ticket office staff are too busy dealing with other stuff rather than selling tickets or answering ticketing queries? If you've not got an answer to an email about tickets then that's due to lack of staff, nowt else.

Your first point is incorrect.
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They do have links with the (not) Newcastle owner MBS?
If so I stand corrected.
 

Secret Visage said:
They have a known associate. As has already been shown in this thread. Why are you choosing to ignore that?
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Iam not ignoring it, I haven’t seen it. I’ve asked the question several times on this and related threads.
What is the connection to the state
I am Boss said:
1. Stop gaslighting. Plenty of threads over the years on here about Saudi atrocities

2. Glad you've acknowledged involvement with these monsters is abhorrent

3. You've ruined the progress made in point 2 by falling in to the sportswashing trap

4. Every SPL side has links to the regime. Al Shabab have strong ones. Including direct ongoing links to a man heavily involved in media suppression within Saudi and a bombing campaign of Yemen a decade or so ago

5. Its vile. Every England player at this tournament should be ashamed of themselves. Iran should have received the same expulsion Russia did. But that would also apply to the majority of this world cup

6. You need to understand the bigger picture
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1. Most on here are only commenting because of the mags association with Saudi, they don’t want to see or don’t understand the massive difference between a non entity friendly and the dangerous normalising of Saudi influence in our society. For every man with insight and intelligence there is one with ignorance .
3. Sport between nations is good for the world. There are of course exceptions. See Nazi Germany, South Africa, Russia etc.
It’s not always sportswashing, and competing is often the lesser of two evils
4. Your educating me
5. The lesser of two evils. Do we just pack up and stop international sport, or does sport rise above ‘politics’. Iam uneasy about some countries partaking, but listening to the shocking president of FIFA tonight who makes the judgement as to who does and doesn’t partake. 🤷🏻
 
Biffo The Bear said:
You are kicking off over nowt. A club side from a dodgy country who, unless I am mistaken, have no ties to MBS or his mob.
Not being classy. Being daft.
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Every club in the Saudi league have ties to the regime. It is not England where a kitchen salesman can claw together enough money to buy his local club.

The fact that every single clubs stadium is named after a member of the Royal family isn't a coincidence.

Go on to the Saudi leagues official website, scroll down to just above the bottom... "Public Investment Fund"
 
I am Boss said:
Every club in the Saudi league have ties to the regime. It is not England where a kitchen salesman can claw together enough money to buy his local club.

The fact that every single clubs stadium is named after a member of the Royal family isn't a coincidence.

Go on to the Saudi leagues official website, scroll down to just above the bottom... "Public Investment Fund"
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Naming stadia after a Royal family member means nowt. Being controlled by MBS is different. I still wouldn’t , were I a Sunderland fan, be massively concerned about a kickabout whilst on your jollies.
 
Biffo The Bear said:
Naming stadia after a Royal family member means nowt. Being controlled by MBS is different. I still wouldn’t , were I a Sunderland fan, be massively concerned about a kickabout whilst on your jollies.
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No* offence but a mags (who I'm assuming hasn't cut all ties with the club due to the animals who own it) means very little on this subject.

As I've mentioned many times already, Al Shabab have very strong direct links to a bloke responsible for bombing campaigns of Yemen as well as suppressing media within Saudi

*Lots of
 
I am Boss said:
No* offence but a mags (who I'm assuming hasn't cut all ties with the club due to the animals who own it) means very little on this subject.

As I've mentioned many times already, Al Shabab have very strong direct links to a bloke responsible for bombing campaigns of Yemen as well as suppressing media within Saudi

*Lots of
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You assume incorrectly sir. Not been since takeover. Appreciate they won’t miss my financial contributions. My season tickets and away days stopped 10 years ago when started overseas graft.
 
Biffo The Bear said:
You assume incorrectly sir. Not been since takeover. Appreciate they won’t miss my financial contributions. My season tickets and away days stopped 10 years ago when started overseas graft.
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If that is the case then I do apologise. I'm still on the defensive due to the amount of people I've had to argue with re Qatar recently :lol:
 
Grimes said:
Skimmed over all those links and couldn’t find anything to do with their ownership structure which was my original point. Can you show me what I’m missing in those links or provide more specific ones
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There’s the name of the owner in the wiki link. And that was your original point
 
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