Geordie Arabia

[Pete]

18 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

 

Imagine the state of him after walking up two flights of stairs.

Two?!?

[TheHowieLama]

57 minutes ago, Pete said:

Two?!?

Flights?!?

[TheHowieLama]

Newcastle United have reversed their guidance on fans wearing "traditional Arabic clothing or Middle East-inspired head coverings" at matches, now saying they can wear it if they want.

Some Magpies supporters wore the clothing when celebrating the recent Saudi Arabian-led takeover of the club.

 

On Wednesday, the club asked fans to "refrain" from dressing in this way if they didn't "ordinarily do so".

But they have now "clarified" matters, saying fans should "feel free".

[Leyton388]

1 hour ago, TheHowieLama said:

Flights?!?

Stairs??

[Barrington Womble]

21 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Newcastle United have reversed their guidance on fans wearing "traditional Arabic clothing or Middle East-inspired head coverings" at matches, now saying they can wear it if they want.

Some Magpies supporters wore the clothing when celebrating the recent Saudi Arabian-led takeover of the club.

 

On Wednesday, the club asked fans to "refrain" from dressing in this way if they didn't "ordinarily do so".

But they have now "clarified" matters, saying fans should "feel free".

There was some statement that was read out on soccer Saturday yesterday saying something like "the owners and board don't find it offensive"

[TheHowieLama]

6 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

There was some statement that was read out on soccer Saturday yesterday saying something like "the owners and board don't find it offensive"

Of course they don't. They will start selling the shit.

[Barrington Womble]

2 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Of course they don't. They will start selling the shit.

And they're here to convince the world they're a nice bunch of lads. 

[TheHowieLama]

On 24/10/2021 at 10:49, Barrington Womble said:

And they're here to convince the world they're a nice bunch of lads. 

Barcelona will play Boca Juniors in a one-off friendly to mark the one-year anniversary of Diego Maradona's death.

The two clubs will meet in the 'Maradona Cup' at Mrsool Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 14 December.

[TheDrowningMan]

5 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Barcelona will play Boca Juniors in a one-off friendly to mark the one-year anniversary of Diego Maradona's death.

The two clubs will meet in the 'Maradona Cup' at Mrsool Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 14 December.

One for the shitness thread.

[Barrington Womble]

8 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Barcelona will play Boca Juniors in a one-off friendly to mark the one-year anniversary of Diego Maradona's death.

The two clubs will meet in the 'Maradona Cup' at Mrsool Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 14 December.

Obviously it had always been Maradona's dream to one day get to play at Mrsool Park. This is the next best thing and we should be greatful to the welcoming Saudi's for making it happen. 

[TheHowieLama]

I am going to get the half and half ghutra.

[Anubis]

Aaaaaaand in the least surprising news of the week,

 

 

 

 

Open season for factual banners.

 

[Boss]

On 23/10/2021 at 20:06, Bobby Hundreds said:

I wouldn't want us to do it at the ground. I think we're best when just supporting our own lads and fuck the songs about other sides or people from other places. Let other clubs lose their own identity because they focus hate on others.

 

"All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing".

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

20 minutes ago, Boss said:

 

"All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing".

and fat, bearded cunts to write shit about it

[Total Longo]

Barney Ronay nails it on the latest Guardian football weekly pod.

[Pete]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59072317
 

Quite an interesting article.

[Anubis]

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/25/saudi-crown-prince-a-psychopath-says-exiled-intelligence-officer

 

 

A former senior Saudi intelligence officer has claimed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a “psychopath with no empathy” who once boasted that he could kill the kingdom’s ruler at the time, King Abdullah, and replace him with his own father.

 

In an interview on US television, Saad Aljabri, who fled Saudi Arabia in May 2017 and is living in exile in Canada, also said he had been warned by an associate in 2018, after the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, that a Saudi hit team was heading to Canada to kill him.

 

Aljabri told 60 Minutes on CBS he was warned “don’t be in a proximity of any Saudi mission in Canada. Don’t go to the consulate. Don’t go to the embassy.” When he asked why, he said he was told “they dismembered the guy, they kill him. You are on the top of the list.”

 

Saudi crown prince a ‘psychopath’, says exiled intelligence officer Saad Aljabri – video

 

Some details of the alleged murder plot, which were detailed in litigation in the US and Canada, have already been reported. But the 60 Minutes interview represents the first time Aljabri has publicly spoken about his break with Prince Mohammed.

 

He also spoke of the plight of his two youngest children, Sarah and Omar, who were arrested and are in prison in Saudi Arabia in what is widely seen as an attempt to force their father back to the the country.

 

“I have to speak out. I am appealing to the American people and to the American administration to help me to release those children and to restore their life,” he said.

 

The Saudi government did not address Aljabri’s allegations but said in a statement that “Saad Aljabri is a discredited former government official with a long history of fabricating and creating distractions to hide the financial crimes he committed”.

 

Aljabri was a close adviser to Mohammed bin Nayef, a former crown prince and interior minister who is being held in Saudi Arabiaand has been seen as a potential political rival to Prince Mohammed. “I expect to be killed one day because this guy will not rest off until he see me dead,” Aljabri said.

 

Aljabri has strong support in the US, where former intelligence officials have credited their Saudi counterpart for helping to save American and Saudi lives following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US.

 

On 60 Minutes, the former acting CIA director Mike Morell said Aljabri was “honourable”. Intelligence relayed to the US by Aljabri – Morell said – had led to the interception of bombs that had been planted by al-Qaida in 2010 in two desktop printers that were being flown as cargo on two planes.

 

Morell said there were also other examples of Aljabri saving the lives of Americans, but that they were still classified.

 

Saudi Arabia has previously denied there was an attempt on Aljabri’s life in Canada. The kingdom has also denied that the murder of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, was ordered by Prince Mohammed. But a declassified US intelligence assessment – released earlier this year – concluded the murder was approved by the crown prince.

 

Saad Aljabri. Photograph: Aljabri family/AFP/Getty Images

 

According to Aljabri’s account of alleged plans to assassinate him in Canada, a six-person team landed at Ottawa airport in mid-October 2018, lied to Canadian border officials about knowing one another, and carried suspicious equipment for DNA analysis. The team was deported by Canada after being intercepted by the authorities at the airport. The Canadian government has said: “We are aware of incidents in which foreign actors have attempted to threaten those living in Canada. It is completely unacceptable.”

 

The serious allegations about Prince Mohammed come as Saudi Arabia is seeking to improve its image around the world, including through the recent takeoverof Newcastle United by the Public Investment Fund, the Saudi-controlled sovereign wealth fund where Prince Mohammed serves as chairman.

 

In the interview, Aljabri portrayed Prince Mohammed as reckless and untrustworthy.

He is, Aljabri said, “a psychopath with no empathy, [who] doesn’t feel emotion, never learned from his experience.”

 

The former intelligence chief also claimed Prince Mohammed “feared” the information Aljabri knew about him, including a 2014 recorded discussion between Prince Mohammed and the then crown prince, Bin Nayef, in which Prince Mohammed allegedly said he could kill the sitting king, Abdullah, to clear the throne for his own father, Salman.

 

“He told him, ‘I want to assassinate King Abdullah. I get a poison ring from Russia. It’s enough for me just to shake hand with him and he will be done’ … We took it seriously,” Aljabri said.

 

He added that he knew of two copies of the recording, and that he knew where they were located.

 

Saudi Arabia has in turn accused Aljabri of embezzlement and claimed he stole hundreds of millions of dollars from the kingdom’s coffers.

 

The allegations were denied by Aljabri and downplayed by Morell.

 

“I don’t know if Dr Saad was corrupt in any way. I wouldn’t be surprised if he wasn’t because he’s such an honorable man. But I also wouldn’t be surprised if he was. Because everybody to some extent had their hand in the kitty. And King Abdullah allowed it, permitted it,” Morell said.

 

[an tha]

Going down, going down, going down.....

[Captain Turdseye]

I reckon @Kevin D was pissed when he wrote this. Can’t believe he hates Saudi Arabian lesbians. 
 

 

[TheHowieLama]

[Bobby Hundreds]

The geordies defending the shit out of the Saudis with expert levels of whataboutery, if it was Sunderland they bought their morals would probably shine through. Football makes mugs of us all but then Newcastle fans have always been mugs. They never put in one percent of the energy to get rid of Ashley as liverpool fans did to get rid of Hicks and Gillett. 

[Scott_M]

Good Ebening…

 

[Anubis]

Let’s hope he’s got himself one of these.

 

[dockers_strike]

3 hours ago, Scott_M said:

Good Ebening…

 

So Newcastle's new owners were preparing to reveal Fonseca as Bruce's replacement, went cold on him in preference to Ten Hag but now Uni is nailed on. Yep, they've made great strides to turn the club around since the dark days of uncertainty under Ashley.

[Captain Turdseye]

Newcastle may be in the Premier League and have loads of money but they’re still a massive step down from Villarreal. 
 

I imagine he’ll be getting paid more than Klopp, Guardiola, etc.