Scholsey2004
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So frying pan or fire are the only two options?
We're not allowed call people cnuts are we?dont give a toss about any of it. Just pointed it out because i Just think its odd that anyone does. Sorry i dont care about your wokeness
Ditto. I despise the Glazers, and want them out. But they're just shitty owners who are sucking money out of the club. They're not directly responsible for countless human rights violations and deaths.No. I'd rather we went bankrupt and re-startrd in the 8th division.
I dislike the glazers as much as anyone for all the money they've taken out of the club, and wish they'd piss off, but they're businessmen, not all the reprehensible politics the Saudis represent.
Oh no, a Chuck Palahniuk book has come to life and started making trite points about consumerism. If only someone had realised that humans were inconsistent sooner.My two cents is that its just amazing how people will shake fists about saudi ownership over human rights but buy nike t shirts who just lobbied against a bill in america which would have stopped them importing goods made with child labour.
People take the pr distractions they provide hook line and sinker, lauding them for posting pictures of black sports stars they sponsor in support of BLM whilst in the same week lobbying for the continuance of slavery happening right now.
People shop at primark who use child labour and adults working for 8 pence a day in india and bangladesh.
people will use tax dodging starbucks.
people will not raise much issue about warehouse conditions and keep shopping with amazon and sports direct.
people will use nestle products whos water bottling has caused multiple global droughts in some of the poorest areas of the globe.
i’d take saudi ownership over the glazers any day of the week, but dont really want it as it ruins the game and makes it uncompetitive. But just find it funny how people only apply ethics to certain scenarios rather than across the board. Smacks more of rhetoric than any sort of moral decision
Sorry, but any land that incriminates you for who you are attracted to are not good people...Nothing wrong with Saudis but an investment on this scale is almost certianly going to involve the royal family especially Mohammed 'Bone saw' Bin Salman.
Spot on. Brilliant post. All of these potential owners are as bad as each other.Having Arab owners would make us a powerhouse again, top signings and since they won't be bothered on the financial part it would all be focused on the success on the pitch. Sign me up any day.
I don't think anyone can claim higher ground on moral, that human rights statement is silly to me. Let's say if the British or Spanish crown owned any club would they say the same? I may be touching sensible subjects here but not being born in the UK or Spain I don't have any admiration for the royalty and reviewing history they are pretty much as bad, if not worst, than the Saudis.
Who are these other potential owners who are 'as bad as' the Saudi royal family?Spot on. Brilliant post. All of these potential owners are as bad as each other.
I thought the hypothesis was having oil money to invest on the club, without that well it's pretty much the Glazers.How do we know this? From every report I've read it's the Saudi Public Investment Fund that would buy United, not the royal family itself? It seems to me the Saudi PIF is very much in the business of making money, and definitely not 'wont be bothered on the financial part'.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Investment_Fund
https://english.alarabiya.net/busin...owing-sovereign-wealth-fund-globally-Governor
And to make this just like the previous thread on Saudi ownership here comes some one not understanding that the Glazers are not the US or UK government. Someone will repeat it in a few posts and we'll go around in circles.Yes I would be happy. Get the Saudis in. Not like America, or the UK for example are governing saints. They are all murdering bunch of liars so who cares about their moral compass.
Mick would love to buy the club but....... Money's too tight to mention.If it ain't Mick Hucknall, it ain't worth doing
It depends. If they claim its a moral decision it totally does.Your post is summed up by one word - whataboutism. Just because there's things worse or equally bad it doesn't make someone a hypocrite for speaking out against something.
Dunno. Personally, if i was called one by a random poster on a internet fprummit would be rather insignificant. Just my opinion thoughWe're not allowed call people cnuts are we?
We don’t have options. We may as well be arguing which complete stranger we would want to buy the semi-detached at number 56.So frying pan or fire are the only two options?
A colleague from SA said they like the bestWhy would they buy us when they can get someone like Newcastle for 2 billion less?
I know that’s fallen through but they could go for let’s say Leeds for a lot less money.
United would be a sportswashing/PR tool on a whole other level, though.Why would they buy us when they can get someone like Newcastle for 2 billion less?
I know that’s fallen through but they could go for let’s say Leeds for a lot less money.
Why would they buy us when they can get someone like Newcastle for 2 billion less?
I know that’s fallen through but they could go for let’s say Leeds for a lot less money.
Sad but trueSome people would take a Hitler and Mussolini joint ownership and claim that Nestle are doing bad sht as well so its ok. Others want Santa Claus. All giving and ask for nothing in return. Im not sure either is viable.
But that extends to the whole forum and a good proportion of what's discussed in daily life.We don’t have options. We may as well be arguing which complete stranger we would want to buy the semi-detached at number 56.
I find it utterly bonkers fans think we have any influence over who buys the club
I don't remember the Queen having a journalist beheaded and thrown in an acidbath when she was criticized in the news.Having Arab owners would make us a powerhouse again, top signings and since they won't be bothered on the financial part it would all be focused on the success on the pitch. Sign me up any day.
I don't think anyone can claim higher ground on moral, that human rights statement is silly to me. Let's say if the British or Spanish crown owned any club would they say the same? I may be touching sensible subjects here but not being born in the UK or Spain I don't have any admiration for the royalty and reviewing history they are pretty much as bad, if not worst, than the Saudis.
Well, I suppose I took umbrage with the dismissive depiction of someone's opposition to the Saudi ownership as being due to their 'wokeness' when they had told you the reason was down to being part of one of the demographics who are being persecuted in Saudi.Dunno. Personally, if i was called one by a random poster on a internet fprummit would be rather insignificant. Just my opinion though
Alan partridge shrug is backWell, I suppose I took umbrage with the dismissive depiction of someone's opposition to the Saudi ownership as being due to their 'wokeness' when they had told you the reason was down to being part of one of the demographics who are being persecuted in Saudi.
This was after you said that anyone voting against Saudi ownership on this forum wasn't part of one of these groups. I found that a bit of a cnuty response to being shown to be wrong so I probably should have just said that.
You seem like a pleasant individual.Alan partridge shrug is back