Itâs really only Spurs at this stage that are holding out and staying true to their roots, owned by two local Jewish lads, Chairman Levy and Joe Lewis.
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No. Does it have to happen in Newcastle before it matters?
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does it really matter to you? Youâll get pissy because theyâre in the news and be upset about them pumping billions into Britain.
In reality you donât give two fucks either way and itâs a bad case of virtue signaling going on
The identity of the clubs involved is irrelevant. The concept of despotic regimes using clubs and general sport, be it Newcastle or Manchester City or PSG or Barcelona or whoever as reputation laundering vehicles is insidious.
Itâs little different to what the Kinahans are doing with boxing.
And the main consequences lie outside sport.
What it is is the normalisation of international criminality and despotism.
Flaunting impunity.
Still holding out hope with blue half of Manchester?
You forgot to name check Chelsea there who pretty much started it all. Spot on otherwise.
Are you drunk?
It seems the cancer of internet-driven terminal cynicism has now reached the stage where anybody who has any sort of moral backbone in them whatsoever is now dismissed as a âvirtue signallerâ.
Thatâs the road to actual tyranny.
Your posts here are like listening to Russia Today.
I dont care, probably not as much as I should. I said I wasnât mad about the deal and said nothing about it being stopped. If thatâs âgetting pissyâ then I guess Iâm pissy. Itâs the first time Iâve ever been accused of virtue signalling on here though.
I really dislike the Saudi regime. They treat people abhorrently and then buy their way out of trouble. And they do it not by engaging in shady business practices or not paying enough tax etc, but by killing those who oppose them. So Iâm happy enough not to be over the moon about them buying a football club
Chelsea are as bad as any of them. Russian oligarchs donât operate anywhere unless theyâre in bed with Putin and his murderous criminal empire.
have you campaigned or contributed to the oppressed in Saudi Arabia?
What is your net value to them bar fighting anonymously on a little forum and showing everyone how right on you are? How every single thing and everybody but you is morally decrepit.
You donât care about people in Saudi Arabia. You care what people think you think about people in Saudi Arabia
It really is like listening to RT.
How does it feel to be an apologist for despotism?
does being agnostic about the whole fucking thing make you an apologist?
Do you want me to wage an exhausting online battle against nobody and everybody? Just like you.
Calling me those things doesnât make it true, thinking youâre a humanitarian without leaving your basement doesnât make it true either.
Exactly. Itâs not going to keep me up at night thinking about it and Iâm not going to personally do anything about it but I still think itâs a very bad thing to happen for football and it shouldnât be allowed to happen.
I didnât do anything about 9/11 either but I was still sad when it happened. If thatâs virtue signalling then fair enough
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are you sad when a school in Afghanistan gets levelled by a cluster bomb? Would you think NFL shouldnât be allowed in Croke park because of it?
Youâre not âagnosticâ about it.
And this is the sort of thing where given any basic knowledge - which you have - not least as a supporter of another team owned by a very, very dubious regime - one cannot be agnostic.
You are being an apologist for Saudi Arabia. Read your posts back.
Does it not make you even mildly uncomfortable that a regime which systematically oppresses women, has spread an ideology of terror around the world with its oil money, engages in crazy ethnic wars and butchers in plain sight on foreign soil somebody who was mildly critical of that regime, should be allowed to use an English football club and general sport to portray itself as benevolent on the international stage?
Your posts here read like somebody who was an apologist for apartheid back in the day.
You donât seem to grasp the massive difference between private individuals and a government.
Youâd be better off continuing to support Man City and ignoring this element than trying to justify your support like this.
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I donât think you really get the point . The entire western world has dealt commercially with Saudi for decades
Why should they be stopped buying a soccer club on the UK mainland .
When Raheem Sterling got racially abused by a Chelsea supporter, whatâs the appropriate reaction?
Is it to say âSterling plays for Manchester City, a club owned by a despotic regime, whose money Sterling is in receipt of, so he can hardly complainâ?
Is that the appropriate reaction?
No, of course itâs not.
What was the appropriate reaction when Glen Kamara of Rangers got racially abused?
Was it to say âKamara plays for a horrible club with a racist, sectarian element, so he can hardly complainâ?
What do you think?
Does it not make you even mildly uncomfortable that you support a football club from a regime that systematically committed genocide and practically wiped out indigenous people across continents, caused war, famine and misery, engaging in ethnic wars around the world. That state now harbors the team you support. And youâre able to disassociate from that, and theyâre our neighbors.
Not relevant, a hundred years ago, blah, blah fucking blah