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  • Start date Jun 9, 2023
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Evo1883

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  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #141
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #142
They even edited out the colours of the rainbow armband on their montage footage of him and he’s trotting out excuses about ‘respecting religion’. Tosser.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #143
The way any profile of him edits out his loan spell at City should have been a warning of what was to come!
He's made a complete fool of himself here.
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #144
Sick Boy said:
They even edited out the colours of the rainbow armband on their montage footage of him and he’s trotting out excuses about ‘respecting religion’. Tosser.
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But it’s not about money it’s the challenge and a chance to change things
 
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jimmyhillsfanclub

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #145
....and yet he still makes the england squad......despite being a 33 year old pedestrian player currently making a c**t of himself in a farcical league.....

nice one gareth.
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #146
Lets be honest if Jordan was so concerned he could donate some of his wages to persecution related charities - especially as he is not motivated by money
 
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SkyBlueSoul

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #147
Grendel said:
Lets be honest if Jordan was so concerned he could donate some of his wages to persecution related charities - especially as he is not motivated by money
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I said something similar to my mates. Although it might be a hollow gesture, giving a chunk of his Saudi salary to LGBTQ+ charities might at least make it look like he still cared and be a gesture nonetheless.
 

NortonSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #148
jimmyhillsfanclub said:
....and yet he still makes the england squad......despite being a 33 year old pedestrian player currently making a c**t of himself in a farcical league.....

nice one gareth.
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And given the opportunity most would do exactly the same as him. He can secure his family for generations.
I did the same for 8 years and loved the place, great people, a standard of living we can only dream of and life experiences that were amazing.
Henderson didn’t choose himself for England and whether he is worth a place is debatable.
it may have escaped your notice but Al Hilal contested the World Club final last season and don’t be surprised if Al Ittihad win it this year.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #149
NortonSkyBlue said:
And given the opportunity most would do exactly the same as him. He can secure his family for generations.
I did the same for 8 years and loved the place, great people, a standard of living we can only dream of and life experiences that were amazing.
Henderson didn’t choose himself for England and whether he is worth a place is debatable.
it may have escaped your notice but Al Hilal contested the World Club final last season and don’t be surprised if Al Ittihad win it this year.
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It’s not like he was being paid a pittance at Liverpool.
 
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jimmyhillsfanclub

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #150
NortonSkyBlue said:
And given the opportunity most would do exactly the same as him. He can secure his family for generations.
I did the same for 8 years and loved the place, great people, a standard of living we can only dream of and life experiences that were amazing.
Henderson didn’t choose himself for England and whether he is worth a place is debatable.
it may have escaped your notice but Al Hilal contested the World Club final last season and don’t be surprised if Al Ittihad win it this year.
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If Henderson hasn't already "secured his family for generations", then he needs better financial advice.

The world club final eh.... of course it escaped my notice..... there's a very good reason for that.
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #151
NortonSkyBlue said:
And given the opportunity most would do exactly the same as him. He can secure his family for generations.
I did the same for 8 years and loved the place, great people, a standard of living we can only dream of and life experiences that were amazing.
Henderson didn’t choose himself for England and whether he is worth a place is debatable.
it may have escaped your notice but Al Hilal contested the World Club final last season and don’t be surprised if Al Ittihad win it this year.
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Look he can do what he likes but then do not possibly try and pretend in the past you support a movement where those individuals human rights are virtually non existent - and then make silly justifications afterwards
 
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clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #152
NortonSkyBlue said:
And given the opportunity most would do exactly the same as him. He can secure his family for generations.
I did the same for 8 years and loved the place, great people, a standard of living we can only dream of and life experiences that were amazing.
Henderson didn’t choose himself for England and whether he is worth a place is debatable.
it may have escaped your notice but Al Hilal contested the World Club final last season and don’t be surprised if Al Ittihad win it this year.
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We're you putting yourself forward as an advocate of LGBT rights prior to going?
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #153
NortonSkyBlue said:
And given the opportunity most would do exactly the same as him. He can secure his family for generations.
I did the same for 8 years and loved the place, great people, a standard of living we can only dream of and life experiences that were amazing.
Henderson didn’t choose himself for England and whether he is worth a place is debatable.
it may have escaped your notice but Al Hilal contested the World Club final last season and don’t be surprised if Al Ittihad win it this year.
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For the record I would not have gone there if my company had offered me the "opportunity"
 
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Travs

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #154
NortonSkyBlue said:
And given the opportunity most would do exactly the same as him. He can secure his family for generations.
I did the same for 8 years and loved the place, great people, a standard of living we can only dream of and life experiences that were amazing.
Henderson didn’t choose himself for England and whether he is worth a place is debatable.
it may have escaped your notice but Al Hilal contested the World Club final last season and don’t be surprised if Al Ittihad win it this year.
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One of my best friends lived for a number of years in Saudi Arabia.... he had some bad experiences whilst living there and said it was one of the few places he wouldn't go back to, to live..... and this is a chap who has lived all over Europe and Asia, not the ravings of a bigot...

That said, i (like probably most people) would certainly do the same for financial security for a few years... i wouldn't however try to pretend it was for anything else other than the money though.
 

NortonSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #155
Travs said:
One of my best friends lived for a number of years in Saudi Arabia.... he had some bad experiences whilst living there and said it was one of the few places he wouldn't go back to, to live..... and this is a chap who has lived all over Europe and Asia, not the ravings of a bigot...

That said, i (like probably most people) would certainly do the same for financial security for a few years... i wouldn't however try to pretend it was for anything else other than the money though.
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8 years, speak as I find, no bad experiences, I won’t pretend it was for anything else other than the money. I have lived in London, Hamburg, Vancouver, Manila, Thailand, Moscow and Riyadh since leaving our fair city and if I could live out my life in any city it would be Riyadh.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #156
NortonSkyBlue said:
And given the opportunity most would do exactly the same as him. He can secure his family for generations.
I did the same for 8 years and loved the place, great people, a standard of living we can only dream of and life experiences that were amazing.
Henderson didn’t choose himself for England and whether he is worth a place is debatable.
it may have escaped your notice but Al Hilal contested the World Club final last season and don’t be surprised if Al Ittihad win it this year.
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He's already financially secure for generations (or should) from his earnings already, and he could have still earned an astronomical amount at Liverpool or if he'd got a move to another PL team.

Plus he's said it's not about the money.

And it wasn't that long ago he was saying how awful the place was for it's treatment of LGBTQ+ people.

All he's managed to do is make himself look a bit of a c***.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #157
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
He's already financially secure for generations (or should) from his earnings already, and he could have still earned an astronomical amount at Liverpool or if he'd got a move to another PL team.

Plus he's said it's not about the money.

And it wasn't that long ago he was saying how awful the place was for it's treatment of LGBTQ+ people.

All he's managed to do is make himself look a bit of a c***.
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yes he has but it’s no different to most other people is it really. People when dangled the dollar often forget what they’ve believed in

We are all hypocrites in the end I suppose just don’t foolishly try and say it’s advancing a cause
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #158
I mean it’s easy I guess on reflection to actually laugh at hypocrisy but I’m certain on occasions I’d have laughed with my university house mates about gays when in reality at the time was in a gay relationship myself so I can’t really criticise too much
 

NortonSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #159
Moralist officers is what Brendan Rodgers has called the critics of Henderson. Is he right?
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #160
NortonSkyBlue said:
Moralist officers is what Brendan Rodgers has called the critics of Henderson. Is he right?
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It’s a silly term so no he’s wrong
 

SBAndy

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #161
NortonSkyBlue said:
And given the opportunity most would do exactly the same as him. He can secure his family for generations.
I did the same for 8 years and loved the place, great people, a standard of living we can only dream of and life experiences that were amazing.
Henderson didn’t choose himself for England and whether he is worth a place is debatable.
it may have escaped your notice but Al Hilal contested the World Club final last season and don’t be surprised if Al Ittihad win it this year.
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Corrrr what a standard of living.
Grendel said:
yes he has but it’s no different to most other people is it really. People when dangled the dollar often forget what they’ve believed in

We are all hypocrites in the end I suppose just don’t foolishly try and say it’s advancing a cause
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Most other people haven’t been earning ballpark £7m a year for the last 8 years.
 

SBAndy

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • #162
Grendel said:
yes he has but it’s no different to most other people is it really. People when dangled the dollar often forget what they’ve believed in

We are all hypocrites in the end I suppose just don’t foolishly try and say it’s advancing a cause
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Most people haven’t been earning ballpark £7m a year for the last 8 years.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Sep 7, 2023
  • #163
I can understand why the average person would go for the money but it’s definitely not a place or society that I’d ever want to live in.
I know someone who worked there for a year when he was late 20s and said it was one the most boring experiences of his life. He got invited to ‘chop chop’ square by some colleagues for entertainment but declined - what a place.
 

jimmyhillsfanclub

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 7, 2023
  • #164
I certainly would NOT go there for the money......or holiday...or any other reason.

Funnily enough, nothing about visiting a bigoted medieval society based in a sweatbox desert run by a fascist regime under Sharia law appeals to me....
 
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Travs

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  • Sep 7, 2023
  • #165
My mate had a western girlfriend (can't remember if she was German or Danish)..... and could only do simple things like hold hands with her in the confines of the "British Compound".

Some standard of living
 
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Deleted member 5849

Guest
  • Sep 7, 2023
  • #166
Friends of mine enjoyed their time in Saudi Arabia. Sounded distinctly like a blind eye was turned to certain things as long as you were one of the people they wanted to be there. Anyone else however...
 
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clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 7, 2023
  • #167
I've never liked Ramos, but fair play, turned down 20 mil a year in Saudi

 
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SkyBlueSoul

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 7, 2023
  • #168
Deleted member 5849 said:
Friends of mine enjoyed their time in Saudi Arabia. Sounded distinctly like a blind eye was turned to certain things as long as you were one of the people they wanted to be there. Anyone else however...
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I visited a friend in Dubai and it was the same. Compounds for all the Western residents, house fully stocked with alcohol, bars/clubs etc. Just don't stagger down the street pissed and you're fine.

My taxi got stopped at the compound gates once and I was waved through without question. Turns out they were just checking that I was white and therefore allowed in that bit.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 7, 2023
  • #169
clint van damme said:
I've never liked Ramos, but fair play, turned down 20 mil a year in Saudi

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He did take a hefty wedge from the Qataris at PSG mind you.
 

AOM

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 7, 2023
  • #170
clint van damme said:
I've never liked Ramos, but fair play, turned down 20 mil a year in Saudi

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I read Lukaku also took a pay cut to move to Roma on a loan rather than a pay increase with a move to Saudi.
You never know what else plays a part, but fair play wanting to still play at a competitive level rather than move for a big payout
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 10, 2023
  • #171
clint van damme said:
I've never liked Ramos, but fair play, turned down 20 mil a year in Saudi

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Though in fairness he's playing for his home town club, what a way to end his career

Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
 
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AOM

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 17, 2024
  • #172
England midfielder Henderson close to joining Ajax

Nice little six month secondment
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Jan 17, 2024
  • #173
Talk of several other high profile players including Benzema wanting to come back to Europe as well.

What a shame.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 17, 2024
  • #174
Going to implode in record time compared to what happened in China
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Jan 17, 2024
  • #175
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Talk of several other high profile players including Benzema wanting to come back to Europe as well.

What a shame.
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WTF did they expect. Would love the Saudis to hold them to their contracts !!! Greedy fuckers
 
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