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


OtLeYmAcKeM said:
People just love being outraged these days don't they. Assume all those complaining will be careful to make sure they're fuelling their cars with non-Saudi petrol.

Its nothing more than a training game lads ffs. Zero financial/commercial benefit to either side. People need to get a grip.
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Do You think garages these days will have a Big banner outside saying they are proudly selling KSA stuff?
Giving them plenty promo atm so maybe Sunlun cancelling game might turn it negative?
 
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OtLeYmAcKeM said:
People just love being outraged these days don't they. Assume all those complaining will be careful to make sure they're fuelling their cars with non-Saudi petrol.

Its nothing more than a training game lads ffs. Zero financial/commercial benefit to either side. People need to get a grip.
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Finally, a post the mag rag referenced was waiting and hoping for.
 
Luna17 said:
We can hardly castigate the mags for cosying up to the awabs and then do it ourselves fhs
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It's nowhere near the same thing surely.
ilovehorswill said:
This thread certainly hasn’t gone as they’d hoped

“I look forward to the contortions of Sunderland fans explaining how it isn’t the same / it isn’t as bad as the situation at Newcastle United.”

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Erm, it isn't the same or as bad. Surely they are not purporting that it is?!

I'm pretty shocked people on here are calling for it sportwashing at all though, so I guess the mags will take the chance to have a dig.
 
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Hull_Mackem said:
It's nowhere near the same thing surely.

Erm, it isn't the same or as bad. Surely they are not purporting that it is?!

I'm pretty shocked people on here are calling for it sportwashing at all though, so I guess the mags will take the chance to have a dig.
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After witnessing how Saudi Arabia have smoothly and methodically gone about buying an English club and brainwashing their fans I have to disagree.

The mags are cock a hoop about this fixture which is reason enough, but beyond that it is important fans reject the exploitation of sport for political purposes be it golf, motor racing, esports or football.
 
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If we are to judge teams/people based on the actions of their governing bodies, then we all have egg on our faces in one way or another.

The biggest folly here is why would they open up the fanbase to Mags' abuse...it's just pure tone deafness of their supporters, core and casual.

Surely there were other options to get a friendly in
 
ilovehorswill said:
After witnessing how Saudi Arabia have smoothly and methodically gone about buying an English club and brainwashing their fans I have to disagree.

The mags are cock a hoop about this fixture which is reason enough, but beyond that it is important fans reject the exploitation of sport for political purposes be it golf, motor racing, esports or football.
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I really don’t see how a friendly in front of about 10 people is political exploitation tbh with you. It’s not even in the same stratosphere as a regime pouring billions into a club. The Mags are thick, they’ll try and make it an equivalent. It’s not. Not even close. And just because they carry on that way does not make it so either
 
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Safc98 said:
I really don’t see how a friendly in front of about 10 people is political exploitation tbh with you. It’s not even in the same stratosphere as a regime pouring billions into a club. The Mags are thick, they’ll try and make it an equivalent. It’s not. Not even close. And just because they carry on that way does not make it so either
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I’m not sure you have a grasp of how sportswashing works

The Twitter post in the OP is 70% Newcastle fans talking up a match that hasn’t even been played yet
 
ilovehorswill said:
I’m not sure you have a grasp of how sportswashing works
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By using sport to create a favourable image and cover over wrongdoing. A random Saudi club having a meaningless friendly with a Championship club ain’t it. Would signing a Saudi player be supporting “Sportswashing” out of interest?
dangermows said:
Finally, a post the mag rag referenced was waiting and hoping for.
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Oh no. If the Mag Rag says something then it must be true 🙄 It’s hilarious they think it’s in the same stratosphere tbh. “Haha you played a training game with a non-state owned club in front of ten people, that makes you as bad as us who have spent hundreds of millions of blood money and are the core PR of a murderous, tyrannical, terrorist sponsoring? backwards regime trying to soften its image in the west” HA’WAY MAN
dangermows said:
Finally, a post the mag rag referenced was waiting and hoping for.
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Oh no. If the Mag Rag says something then it must be true 🙄 It’s hilarious they think it’s in the same stratosphere tbh. “Haha you played a training game with a non-state owned club in front of ten people, that makes you as bad as us who have spent hundreds of millions of blood money and are the core PR of a murderous, tyrannical, terrorist sponsoring, backwards regime trying to soften its image in the west” HA’WAY MAN
 
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Safc98 said:
By using sport to create a favourable image and cover over wrongdoing. A random Saudi club having a meaningless friendly with a Championship club ain’t it. Would signing a Saudi player be supporting “Sportswashing” out of interest?

Oh no. If the Mag Rag says something then it must be true 🙄 It’s hilarious they think it’s in the same stratosphere tbh. “Haha you played a training game with a non-state owned club in front of ten people, that makes you as bad as us who have spent hundreds of millions of blood money and are the core PR of a murderous, tyrannical, terrorist sponsoring? backwards regime trying to soften its image in the west” HA’WAY MAN

Oh no. If the Mag Rag says something then it must be true 🙄 It’s hilarious they think it’s in the same stratosphere tbh. “Haha you played a training game with a non-state owned club in front of ten people, that makes you as bad as us who have spent hundreds of millions of blood money and are the core PR of a murderous, tyrannical, terrorist sponsoring, backwards regime trying to soften its image in the west” HA’WAY MAN
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Maybe take a chill pill marra
 
It's a kick about friendly ffs, but meaning to ask have we played a game against a Saudi or even middle eastern team before? ! I don't think we have?
 
steadybreeze said:
Saudi Arabia will end up getting the 2030 World cup, think about that, im only an outsider here but Sunderland shouldn't be having dealing with them, especially with the abuse you've so rightly kept up against the Mags
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Asian countries can't get the world cup again until 2034 ;)
 
OtLeYmAcKeM said:
People just love being outraged these days don't they. Assume all those complaining will be careful to make sure they're fuelling their cars with non-Saudi petrol.

Its nothing more than a training game lads ffs. Zero financial/commercial benefit to either side. People need to get a grip.
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Filling your car with petrol is a necessatary, playing a friendly game against these backward fuckwits is not.
 
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