Saudi Tigers?
- Thread starter Brown Nose
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Blue Maniac
Alzheimers sufferer
Yuck
give_us_a_wave
Well-Known Member
****ing hell. & to think I'm actually old enough to remember when rugby was just a load of fat blokes stumbling around in a muddy field for no money & wanking each other off on Easter tours to Wales.
Blue Maniac
Alzheimers sufferer
Same. **** that shit.
tedfoxxx
Well-Known Member
Seriously bugging me. Not the Tigers bit, I enjoyed the World Cup but I couldn’t really give two ****s about rugby.
The thought. of losing City to Saudi is terrifying and it would be very conceivable if this happens. It wouldn’t even be a case of ‘put your money where your mouth is’, wouldn’t even be a decision…. It would hurt like **** though.
Blue Maniac
Alzheimers sufferer
Fortunately it’s not possible for them to buy two English clubs, so I would imagine we’re safe
Of course it's possible. The new owner would just have to be completely separate and "independent".
Brown Nose
Well-Known Member
You say it's not possible but that's not strictly true. It may be against the rules but since when has that stopped the mad bastards?
tedfoxxx
Well-Known Member
I have absolutely no faith in rule lasting beyond their ability to hide who really owns the club.
Blue Maniac
Alzheimers sufferer
The rules of football’s various governing bodies are very robust, you know. Remember the UEFA rule that dictated two clubs with the same ownership couldn’t both play in European competition? It’s not as if Red Bull Salzburg and Red Bull Leipzig have ever played each other, is it?
Oh. 2018, you say?
I see.
fitz
Well-Known Member
Ah but Leipzig are very clever. Not sure if it's still the case, but the RB did stand for Red Ballsacks or something else that isn't Red Bull. You'd struggle to notice the club has anything to do with Red Bull.
Blaarev
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RasenBallsport Leipzig
fitz
Well-Known Member
That's it. See, nothing to do with Red Bull. What's Red Bull?
Lako42
Well-Known Member
What the **** have we done to sport in this country.
It's an absolute disgrace that greed has led us to a point where our traditional sports are no longer sustainable without this shit.
An embarrassing country all round, we can't even make the most of our prestigious institutions without blood money.
It's an absolute disgrace that greed has led us to a point where our traditional sports are no longer sustainable without this shit.
An embarrassing country all round, we can't even make the most of our prestigious institutions without blood money.
give_us_a_wave
Well-Known Member
It'd be great if it was just sport.
Our only growth areas are tax evasion & corporate lobbying.
Welcome to the property owning democracy & low cost economy we were all promised in the 80s. Good isn't it?
Lots more billionaires than ever before though.
& companies that 30 years ago any economist would have told you were too large to ever possibly exist.
FOX Franks
Well-Known Member
What are you talking about , it’s all fine and Rishi said it was all fine so it obviously must be
give_us_a_wave
Well-Known Member
Sorry. I forgot about that. My bad.
I mean to say if you can't trust the word of a merchant banker turned politician, what can you trust.
Sets the mind at ease dunnit ?
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