Heh. I guess I can't stop them. I only wish they'd consider the long term damage over potential short term gains.
It's not daft at all. It's called taking a stand. If nobody ever does, then already murderous regimes will only be encouraged to do worse.
It isn't but like you I have suspected the delays are to get the state of Qatar to pay up. That's something we DO agree on
There is no other good alternative. This is football now sadly. The spoils go to the biggest bidder. Just have to enjoy the sport for what it is now.
I got told off for saying I didn't think the politics was relevant, you're supposed to say it's about morals, not politics.
Me too.
Pretty fascinating in terms of who is leaking this and why. How would other EPL clubs know who has been leading the Qatari bid? They aren’t involved. So how do they know Jassim hasn’t been? All very odd. EPL aren’t going to block it. The Govt won’t let them.
No, they are literally twerking for blood money because their fragility doesn't allow for any other team winning anything because they validate themselves through their support of a football team.
Already have a preliminary list made up.
That seems like a pretty huge thing to say without providing further context or making a seperate story of it.
There’s absolutely 0% chance PSG would get priority over us. We’d be Qatar’s crown jewel.
I’m having a little joke now but I’m not going to gloat if it does go the way of Qatar. We’re all united fans at the end of the day. I’ve no interest in that.
What's happened? Not that tweet 2 pages back about the PSG clown?
Qatar isn’t best for the club as certain posters seem to be giddily celebrating. Ratcliffe, at worst, could be a Glazer like leech. We would still have our club and we can be united as a fanbase against him like we are against the Glazers. With Qatar, everything that their country would do would get associated with our club. With the PSG president getting involved, the whole sovereign wealth argument has also been settled.
Really? That's such a short term view. We are the biggest club in the land. Massively respected all over the world. Sure, the Glazers have tried their best to ruin that reputation. Welcoming in the Qataris will tarnish us forever though. There will be no removing that stain.
Utd being the poster child to cover up homophobia, modern day slavery and a lot more on top.
To be fair I think most are dreaming of a club with no Glazers, no debt, and no promise of more debt to pay for stuff (even if it's leveraged elsewhere)
That’s because you’re a United fan viewing it through that lens. We’ve been a shit show for ten years now and that’s how we’re seen. I don’t see many rival fans posting about the respect they have for us. If anything we are the most hated club in the land and a laughing stock to boot.
Of course. We all are. Just not at any cost.
Not wanting to be a tin foil hat merchant but yeah it does feel that way a little bit.
This is a fair point. None of the 3 ownership options are good, at all.
Clubs don’t take on their owners beliefs for feck sake.
Yeah... or it could be that state-backed actors motivated by building soft power and long-term alliances (strategic relationships through investment; investing in high-end property or leisure development which potentially creates jobs in the area) are better custodians of community entities like football clubs than short-term extractive capitalists, if less preferable compared to, say fan ownership or membership and elected presidential models. SJ is promising to invest in the community, ala City Group, which we've seen no sign of from the Glazers.
Hated yes. But now they'll have good reason to other than the fact we kept beating them for so long.
None at all. But it's par for the course, by Qatar news is positive and gospel so let them enjoy it.
The way you’re portraying football to be died a long time ago and your protestations are years out of date. There’s no affinity or connection anymore, Qatar buying us isn’t going to break anything that isn’t already broken.
What a great argument. Any more gems like this that I can contemplate?
And when did I say they do?
Doesn’t work that way at all. Highlights and brings issues into the media, the complete opposite of a cover up. Much like hosting the World Cup, the dirty laundry was aired.
It goes both ways, though. There's been times they've all suddenly been wallowing in self pity and I couldn't for the life of me figure out what had changed. Bi-polar hivemind.
Just like Man City. Oh wait no they are just about to win the treble and the media fawns over them.
‘Be honest do you think Qatar have won?’
But how?
There's a lot of literature on sportswashing you can read so you avoid posting nonsense like this.
