Takeover

[usedtobeshearer]

Hoy the link up to the thread

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/thread...507830/page-78

[Geordie1974]

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/thread...507830/page-78

Cheers mate. Wow, that is some meltdown. His mackem/monkey hanging neighbours need to knock on and check he's okay. Someone needs to tell him his messiah Ashley isn't dead he is just selling up.

[Jammy89]

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/thread...507830/page-78

The bitterness is strong

I particularly like the "fan" who agrees with everything they've said and says we should keep Ashley

[alfienoakes]

Well, I’m trying to stay calm about all this. I never believe anything NUFC related until it happens, been there too many times.
I’ll not be sad to see Ashley go but I must admit to not feeling overfly comfortable with it being the Saudis.
Their human rights record is even worse than Ashley’s.
They’ll probably ban alcohol in the ground too......

Maybe

[usedtobeshearer]

The bitterness is strong

I particularly like the "fan" who agrees with everything they've said and says we should keep Ashley

That's Wilf.....

[Geordie1974]

Well, I’m trying to stay calm about all this. I never believe anything NUFC related until it happens, been there too many times.
I’ll not be sad to see Ashley go but I must admit to not feeling overfly comfortable with it being the Saudis.
Their human rights record is even worse than Ashley’s.
They’ll probably ban alcohol in the ground too......

Maybe

Where I can see where you are coming from with the human rights we need to remember these things happened in their country and until the last few years is a way of life. They are trying to improve on that record, I know things have happened but things are starting to happen for the better. What should everyone do, just slag them off for the record they have and then stand in the way of them trying to improve it.
They have recently allowed women into football games and sporting events over there, they have allowed women to drive. All sound small things but over there it is massive.
This country has dealt with the Saudis for years and they have been doing deals here and with the UK for years. Why should our club be the one that stands up to them over it.
Let's see what they bring to the table. I mean all those things happen in their own backyard which they are trying to change. Mike Ashley conducts his disgusting ways in a country that is supposed to be far and away in front in terms of treatment of humans.
There is Chinese, Russian and Abu Dhabi money in the Premier League and nobody says a word. Their human rights record would be just as bad if it wasn't hidden from the outside world as much as it is. It doesn't matter who the billionaire owner is, the way they reached that status wouldn't be 100 percent legit.

[stavtoon]

"The house of saud" is a good insight into our NEW owners.

[toptoon]

It often surprises me how little people understand cultures from other parts of the world and always surprises me how many think theirs is ‘best’ and everyone should try to ‘be more like us’.
In rural areas of many countries I’ve been to which I regarded as having a generally s*xist culture, the most staunch defenders of the way of life were the women.
Not a hard and fast rule but a factual example of how things can be different than we believe.

[Cannylad]

Where I can see where you are coming from with the human rights we need to remember these things happened in their country and until the last few years is a way of life. They are trying to improve on that record, I know things have happened but things are starting to happen for the better. What should everyone do, just slag them off for the record they have and then stand in the way of them trying to improve it.
They have recently allowed women into football games and sporting events over there, they have allowed women to drive. All sound small things but over there it is massive.
This country has dealt with the Saudis for years and they have been doing deals here and with the UK for years. Why should our club be the one that stands up to them over it.
Let's see what they bring to the table. I mean all those things happen in their own backyard which they are trying to change. Mike Ashley conducts his disgusting ways in a country that is supposed to be far and away in front in terms of treatment of humans.
There is Chinese, Russian and Abu Dhabi money in the Premier League and nobody says a word. Their human rights record would be just as bad if it wasn't hidden from the outside world as much as it is. It doesn't matter who the billionaire owner is, the way they reached that status wouldn't be 100 percent legit.

Can't disagree with any of that if I'm honest.

[Milburn9]

It often surprises me how little people understand cultures from other parts of the world and always surprises me how many think theirs is ‘best’ and everyone should try to ‘be more like us’.
In rural areas of many countries I’ve been to which I regarded as having a generally s*xist culture, the most staunch defenders of the way of life were the women.
Not a hard and fast rule but a factual example of how things can be different than we believe.

Well said TT. It's always 'our culture is the best culture' for the simple fact people are ignorant to other cultures.