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If the Saudi’s run your team, it’s time to walk away. It’s like having North Korea or Israel in charge.
we are certainly going to be in for a lot of comments like this, and probably rightly so. Ideally I wouldnt have PIF, Stavely or the Reuben (parasite) brothers involved but unfortunately it seems inevitable they will be. As for walking away, i think you know that for many many fans that just isn’t going to happen.If the Saudi’s run your team, it’s time to walk away. It’s like having North Korea or Israel in charge.
we are certainly going to be in for a lot of comments like this, and probably rightly so. Ideally I wouldnt have PIF, Stavely or the Reuben (parasite) brothers involved but unfortunately it seems inevitable they will be. As for walking away, i think you know that for many many fans that just isn’t going to happen.
I can also guarantee our typical response is going to be well what about... golf, boxing, f1 etc. But even more relevant, what about your own club taking money for the last 12 years from the saudis in the form of sponsorship?
If the Saudi’s run your team, it’s time to walk away. It’s like having North Korea or Israel in charge.
Great news for Newcastle, hope their fans enjoy the ride.
Listening to the fans calling in on the way home and that was the general feeling - they don’t want to be part of the sport washing and be owned by them but they are desperate for Ashley to go - with financial restrictions in place are they able to do what Chelsea then City did ?
What do you think needs doing at the stadium? Nothing stands out as being in obvious need of replacement or improvement but I don't go that often to judge that well.
Do the Saudi's have THAT much money ??Any chance they could buy an atmosphere from somewhere? ?
It’s been poor the last few matches I’ve been at, but hopefully now it’ll be a bit better. Where the away fans are doesn’t help, but nothing they can do about that, but hopefully having something to cheer about as opposed to just booing might create a better atmosphere.Do the Saudi's have THAT much money ??
To be fair, they can do something about that. They could bring them down to a better level, whether behind the goal or at the side. Putting them up in the gods means that they are barely heard by most of the ground and atmosphere is lost. It would ruffle some feathers with home fans who are moved but it is something the club should have done years ago.It’s been poor the last few matches I’ve been at, but hopefully now it’ll be a bit better. Where the away fans are doesn’t help, but nothing they can do about that, but hopefully having something to cheer about as opposed to just booing might create a better atmosphere.
Listening to the fans calling in on the way home and that was the general feeling - they don’t want to be part of the sport washing and be owned by them but they are desperate for Ashley to go - with financial restrictions in place are they able to do what Chelsea then City did ?
I think that Northumbria police have raised reservations about this when the PL asked that away fans be placed behind goals or on ground level. The argument being they can control and box them in on level 7. But I agree they are lost up there.To be fair, they can do something about that. They could bring them down to a better level, whether behind the goal or at the side. Putting them up in the gods means that they are barely heard by most of the ground and atmosphere is lost. It would ruffle some feathers with home fans who are moved but it is something the club should have done years ago.
I’d like to think that possibly becoming the richest Club in the world the fans initially will have that hope in abundance and maybe within a few years, the belief they can challenge the for the top.It doesn't matter whether we match what Chelsea and City did.
In the short term all that matters is that we have a club with vision and ambition and merely tries both on and off the field to achieve as high a finish as they can. Currently the club ownership is content to finish 17th each season.
Mike Ashley has robbed the fans and the city of the one thing that is critical where football supporters are concerned - HOPE. Maybe the takeover (irrespective of any reservations about the owners) might restore it. I believe that would be a start for most fans.
You mean the current Leicester owners that broke the financial rules to get out of the Championship?Hard to find a good owner now days, you need stupid money to do anything and fans seem to think people just want to throw money at a club.
Good luck to Newcastle, I mean they won't be as well run as Leicester but they just got a class owner but if they transform the club to what the fan base deserves fair play
I wish we could replace our owners but they seem to have taken a back seat and trusting the manager now so it's a step in right direction
We don't compete in Europe, like most clubs, so that wouldn't bother me.Just out of interest, who would be happy with a club that could only compete on a domestic level if it meant that all clubs reverted to the ownership of the supporters.
Would you give up your star names, be prepared to lose any promising youngsters to richer clubs abroad and having to go through, and often be knocked out in, the qulifying rounds of European tournaments if it ended corporate and foreign ownership across the board and put clubs in the hands of the supporters and communities.
Never going to happen, totally hypothetical but it always crosses my mind when another big money takeover hits the news, would fans give up all of the glory and riches that it brings to effectively get their club back.