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nelford_safc said:
Gotta love how all the Newcastle players are congratulating the fans now. So you didn’t like the owner before but were happy to take your wages and say nowt? Laughable.
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Most of them current players will be history at Newcastle fairly soon
nelford_safc said:
Gotta love how all the Newcastle players are congratulating the fans now. So you didn’t like the owner before but were happy to take your wages and say nowt? Laughable.
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Most of them current players will be history at Newcastle fairly soon
 

LandlordHere said:
I honestly don't think any one will give a monkey's if nee one likes us, inject it. Get it up you.
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The fact that you and countless others suggests otherwise. Mags needs to rub it in, they need validation and they simply cannot enjoy the situation in isolation. I don't know any other fan base that needs this.
 
Craggsy-SAFC said:
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I dont think this is true if im being honest as there are not to many vile pariah countries left that are interested in improving their reputations via football ownership .Nobody else would pay that price for nufc.I suppose china might be an option ! This is a disgusting deal that should have never happened and you wont see the like of it again.
 
jsdftm04 said:
Do they not have liquid cash like?
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Having to borrow suggests there's not a lot. At current interest rates, an investment fund carrying large amounts of cash isn't doing a very good job. PIF's job is to replace reducing oil revenues and support the House of Saud. It needs to generate substantial income returns and capital growth to do that. Large cash balances do neither.
 
Skellington said:
It’s now pretty obvious that the mags supporters trusts and various other groups and politicians were lying when they said that they would raise human rights issues, so there won’t be even the smallest amount of dissent from them. This is a shame, because it would be interesting to see how the Saudis deal with it. They are quite obviously far more intolerant of criticism than our leaders have to be in this country.

At the moment there is an unpleasant situation around Ronaldo at Man United, and the PL, sky sports, and Man United are following the tried and trusted British method of simply ignoring what is right in front of their faces. At some point things may change and they’ll have to acknowledge it, at which point everyone will pretend to be shocked and horrified. That’s how we do these things in this country.

That is not how they do things in countries like Saudi Arabia. They are extremely sensitive to any dissent, and it is swiftly dealt with. Khasshogi is the obvious example, but also worth noting that the women who campaigned (successfully) for the right to drive were jailed, and I think are still there. Teenagers who protested against the regime face the death penalty. How would a country like that react to protests involving the football team they are using for propaganda purposes?

China’s reaction to criticism of their under 20 side may give us some indication. A few years ago, their under 20s were playing the first game on a tour of Germany, when it became clear that there were 6 Tibetan flags in a crowd of 400, and they might be visible on Chinese tv. This resulted in the game being delayed for half an hour while the flags were removed. The rest of the tour was cancelled and the Chinese side went home.

So how would the Saudis react if their propaganda project began to attract even a small degree of that sort of criticism?

There won’t be much protesting at St James’, but 50% of their teams matches are away matches. Could the next atrocity / international outrage act as a spark for opposing fans to protest against the mags owners? Can guarantee that the Saudis won’t be prepared for the sort of football banter that the mags themselves showed at Old Trafford this season.

If they did face any sustained criticism of that nature, I think they’d pack up and leave. They won’t fund a propaganda project if it becomes a focal point for criticism of their regime.

Seems unlikely at this exact moment, but there’s still a small chance that this could unravel in the most hilarious fashion imo.
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Good post! I said way back that NUFC would become the public face of PIF/KSA. Was told by mags that they investments in Tesla etc. but they couldn't see that no other investment offers a weekly televised opportunity to protest. The next time there is an other incident (and there will be) the focus of attention will be on Newcastle. Qatar/UAE are insignificant compared to the birth of Islam. Mags - stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
 

@cheeses of nazereth get the new Heed Choppers badge hoyed up!​

Haway lad, use your artistic, creative skills to design a new NUFC badge that can be the official unofficial Mag club crest fans of all clubs can use to annoy them with.

Childish but fun. Look forward to seeing it.😆
 
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