thebrokendoll 7085 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 the mind can only boggle as to what the working conditions would be like if ashley had his warehouse in downtown riyadh. the original question is irrelevant anyway, the fat cunt's going nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26192 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Mike Ashley is just as bad as MBS, he just lacks the opportunity to adequately demonstrate it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19750 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Is there a set of cunts in the world worse than the Saudis? Assad? Putin? Trump? Islamic state. I know we flog them arms and buy their oil but I’m struggling to think of anyone I’d rather see buy the club less than 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19750 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 2 hours ago, ewerk said: Mike Ashley is just as bad as MBS, he just lacks the opportunity to adequately demonstrate it. I know he’s a flawed character but I think even he would draw the line at beheading homosexuals or stoning adulterers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19750 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I’d probably still watch like but I’d feel dirty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 7085 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 11 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: I know he’s a flawed character but I think even he would draw the line at beheading homosexuals or stoning adulterers. depends on how many times a shift they went to the bog and how long they spent in there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 8868 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 15 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: I know he’s a flawed character but I think even he would draw the line at beheading homosexuals or stoning adulterers. Just because it's difficult to hire executioners on zero hour contracts tbh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarboy 2124 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/26/saudi-340m-takeover-newcastle-leak-threatens-deal In fairness the Guardian are pretty reliable for sport, so that 90% sure it's going to happen line is at least mildly interesting. Although it does seem that it's more if not exclusively from the Saudi side that people are that confident, if you read between the lines. Ashley is nothing if not a fucking mystery to some people, so they could get a rude awakening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13819 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 We've heard it all before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarboy 2124 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Tom said: We've heard it all before. Yep, but the Crown Prince seems a lot more credible than the Man City owners fifth cousin. I'll be very surprised if it happens as well, and a little disturbed at the prospect, but we can only take things at face value as they come, if they come from what are supposed to be credible sources. Edited January 26, 2020 by Polarboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26192 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 The difference between this and the other takeovers is that it involves parties with proper money rather than some peasant struggling to put together £300m and it has come from the WSJ rather than Keith Bishop having a word with some friendly journalist. It’s more likely to happen than previous failed takeovers but that’s not saying much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 26627 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 5 minutes ago, ewerk said: The difference between this and the other takeovers is that it involves parties with proper money rather than some peasant struggling to put together £300m and it has come from the WSJ rather than Keith Bishop having a word with some friendly journalist. It’s more likely to happen than previous failed takeovers but that’s not saying much. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3183 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Maybe they can offer the money and threaten to kill him as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30260 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 We might as well win something while the world burns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 26627 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 minute ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said: Maybe they can offer the money and threaten to kill him as well Ah, Plata o plomo approach? Like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19750 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Prince Mohammed is keen to reset Saudi Arabia’s global image and the purchase of European sporting institutions fits the country’s Vision 2030 rebranding exercise, which aims to use soft geopolitical power to encourage, among other things, tourism. Free package holiday to Mecca with every season ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26192 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I’d love to be a fly on the wall in Leazes’ padded cell when he gets wind of this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30260 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Aye, hell on in the bacon shed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26192 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 He’ll never again set foot in the mosque on the hill. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 26627 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 14 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: Prince Mohammed is keen to reset Saudi Arabia’s global image and the purchase of European sporting institutions fits the country’s Vision 2030 rebranding exercise, which aims to use soft geopolitical power to encourage, among other things, tourism. Free package holiday to Mecca with every season ticket As the late Terry Jones (almost) said as the mother of Brian to the three wise men bearing gifts....'Well, if you're dropping by again, do pop in. And thanks a lot for M'bappe and the twenty virgins. But don't worry too much about the suicide jihadists next time, all right? Thank you. Goodbye. Well, weren't they nice? Out of their bloody minds, but still......' 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14529 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Fuck this... Project Zebra’s vision includes not only a £200m investment in the squad but the regeneration of run-down parts of Newcastle in much the same way that Abu Dhabi’s royal family has invested in areas of east Manchester since its 2008 purchase of City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4949 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 19 minutes ago, PaddockLad said: Fuck this... Project Zebra’s vision includes not only a £200m investment in the squad but the regeneration of run-down parts of Newcastle in much the same way that Abu Dhabi’s royal family has invested in areas of east Manchester since its 2008 purchase of City. If the government won't, and these guys will, it's hardly the worst outcome surely? Decent statement in favour of globalism too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19750 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Alex said: We might as well win something while the world burns. Nihilism rules ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 8868 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 hour ago, ewerk said: The difference between this and the other takeovers is that it involves parties with proper money rather than some peasant struggling to put together £300m and it has come from the WSJ rather than Keith Bishop having a word with some friendly journalist. It’s more likely to happen than previous failed takeovers but that’s not saying much. The cynical me still thinks that Ashley leaked the story to scupper the deal and to pretend to be a willing seller but buying parties lacking professionalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30260 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Of the opinion it won’t happen anyway. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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