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


sonson said:
People refused to play sport for decades in SA because of the Apartheid regime. Neither during that time or after the fact did Mandela et al come out and say "don't tar us with the same brush, come play here" because it was pretty clear to right thinking adults at the time that the only people who stood to gain from it were those in power.

Ditto with Saudi Arabia. The only people going to benefit from these matches are the despots in charge of the status Qou. Nobody else is going to benefit besides them and it takes a matter of seconds to think and realise that.
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I agree with you that we shouldn't be doing this but this is different to teams going to Apartheid South Africa.
We aren't doing this to promote the Saudi's in any way this is merely a game against another side that was available at the last minute due to another game being cancelled.

I don't want it to happen and would happily voice my opinion on that but I don't think this is a sportswashing exercise or in anyway there to promote the Saudi regime.
 
Safc1987 said:
Let’s hope so
Let’s face it before anybody starts crying Wed absolutely love the takeover they’ve had and hope it’s brought them
Anybody that says different is lying
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Because you have absolutely zero morals and don't give a shit about the atrocities these people cause you'll have a hard time believing anyone would not want it.

I'd be done. For good. If we had a similar takeover. I won't have any part of the world cup either
 
Safc1987 said:
Let’s hope so
Let’s face it before anybody starts crying Wed absolutely love the takeover they’ve had and hope it’s brought them
Anybody that says different is lying
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I don't know how I'd feel with regards to boycotting the games or whatever but I'd hate to have those connected to us.

I don't blame fans for still attending the games but I would never back the Saudi regime.
 
Are we actually even sure that it is the Saudi team we are playing. There is a team called Shabab Al Ahli that play in Dubai
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Wouldn't be the first time they got the names mixed up
 
FL mackem said:
Are we actually even sure that it is the Saudi team we are playing. There is a team called Shabab Al Ahli that play in Dubai
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Wouldn't be the first time they got the names mixed up
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The club reference the Saudi premier league in the article.
 
Sea to Shining Sea said:
And more importantly, why did the club make no mention of this at the event with RAWA last week? You’d think they might have mentioned it
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When they had the supporter collective meeting they mentioned that a game had fallen through so they still weren't certain on the date of the friendly or the opposition. Tbh having booked everything to be there that week, and given the relatively late change of plan, there might not have been many options. There might be some PL sides there, but their break is longer so they probably wouldn't be looking to do a friendly at the same time as us. That doesn't make the decision to play a Saudi side right at all mind, you'd think someone would have realised how it would look and how it would be received. I've brought it up with RAWA and would assume they'll communicate to the club that it is an almost universally unpopular decision (and plenty others will have been in touch with the club independently).
 
Thunder Road said:
I agree with you that we shouldn't be doing this but this is different to teams going to Apartheid South Africa.
We aren't doing this to promote the Saudi's in any way this is merely a game against another side that was available at the last minute due to another game being cancelled.

I don't want it to happen and would happily voice my opinion on that but I don't think this is a sportswashing exercise or in anyway there to promote the Saudi regime.
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Its not ostensibly to promote the Saudi regime no. But it has exactly the same effect. Its all part of a massive PR operation, which our Government have been supporting for years now, of sanitising a murderous, tyrannical regime by appealing to Western sensibilities in the, sadly correct, belief that they can buy our acceptance with cultural incentives. Newcastle are the obvious example, but this is another part of the same thing. To make conversations like this one happen, where certain people will separate the country from its behaviour because they like the thing in question being discussed. In reality even though its only a football game, it's going to be one funded by blood money.
 
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