A lot of football fans are thick. They’re fickle in nature. This is at every club.
I could be here all day listing things that football fans have done that makes your skin scrawl, at all clubs.
There’s always the sensible ones too but in my experience it’s a minority. The sensible ones at Newcastle will, while acknowledging that the new owners are morally disgusting and backwards in a civilised society. They are still the owners of their club.
While what happens in Saudi is wrong on so many levels, it will not stop fans going to watch their club as fans will always support their club. All fans want success and to watch good football and to see the best players, that’s what’s going to matter on a Saturday afternoon. It’s the football result which affects them and this will have a far bigger impact than what’s happening in Saudi.
Anyone who seriously thinks they’d walk away from Sunderland if this was on the other foot wants they’re head checked. Liars to a man, the bitterness is stenching the place out