Rayvin

I'm trying to imagine what 'worse', on a political level, could be.

Was actually thinking more of the times you've inexplicably managed to find a CT post from 9 years ago about some obscure political point

ewerk does seem to have some weird kind of idetic memory for things people have said previously. Sorry to hear it's been a shit week anyway, hang in there. There isn't a soul on here who doesn't respect the work you and other front line staff are doing throughout this.

I think Cummings might be the fall guy for all of this in the end. Someone's head will roll and short of Johnson himself, I'm not sure any of the underlying stooges will cut it.

It wasn't that stinging from ewerk man, and it's interesting to see how reality has developed from what was discussed. We haven't handled this well as a country at all, based on that graph.

Why isn't Sweden being hammered? I was under the impression that they didn't lockdown.

If true, would it be reasonable to surmise that they're potentially happy to spend about that much money? If the whole deal is to make money then clearly no, but if it's just sportswashing and PR then.. The only thing with that I guess is why Staveley and the Reubens would have gone for it.

I'm wondering if the media outcry may in part stem from the reality that Khashoggi was one of their own, so to speak. Like it's a bit more personal to them than it otherwise would be.

Why not. Why wouldn't they do whatever it took to stop this given what it means to their own investment projects.

This tv piracy issue seems to be the last game in town for stopping the deal. I assume all other PL clubs will resist the takeover and write to the PL. It seems as though there are no ethical components to the fit and proper persons tests but there is a criminal aspect, which I suppose is the angle.

I got pretty invested in this tbh, shame they lost.

On the positive, absolutely none of the above sounds like a bunch of Newcastle fans trying to defend Saudi Arabia. Think we'll be fine on the sportswashing front tbh

I'm not even in that camp anymore tbf I'm in the conflicted af camp now.

Thanks man.

You know what, Newcastle is a fucking nice city. I've lived in various cities all over the world and there's absolutely nothing wrong with Newcastle. Ignorant fucknuts.

Welcome back mate You're not wrong on any of that.

He supports a lower league team that I can't remember, someone like Crewe or something. I think you're right about his consistency overall.

Agreed tbh. Thanks mate.

Fair.

Can see this side too. I guess time will tell for me where I stand on this, gonna have to reflect on it for a while.

Aye, very true.

In fairness, you lot should be well used to my hand wringing by now

Not feeling guilty about celebrating the success, but whether the success will really feel like it would have if we had done it without Saudi money, and all the moral considerations that come with it. Is the Newcastle owned by Saudi going to be the same Newcastle we all came to love. I mean, is it that club anymore anyway tbf. I've been looking at this as a 'the club is ours again' moment more than anything else and that article brought me back down to earth somewhat. As HMHM says, it'll take a bit off the shine off. I guess the worry is, how big a bit that is.

Fucks sake man. That's hurt me a bit tbf. He's probably right about how it will feel in the end. He might not be, but he probably is.

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