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Post by Wile E Coyote » Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:58 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49759940" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

says he would have happily done business with the bin laden family, and that some interest had been shown from them for acquiring shares, although it didn't come to anything .
seems an odd state of affairs when fans just have to take a back seat when deals are done, and ownership or part ownership could be associated with that family.

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Post by Bosscat » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:02 pm

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.mirr ... 099759.amp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Its been all over the news all afternoon

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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:10 pm

In regards to the fans, why is it odd that they have to take a backseat?

They wouldn't get involved in the running of any other business that they don't have shares in.

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Post by ŽižkovClaret » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:10 pm

Its a massive family, with fingers in many pies. I don't see the story really.

Am i responsible if a sibling commits a crime i have no knowledge of the planning or execution of?

Its lazy dog-whistle journalism
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Post by evensteadiereddie » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:15 pm

The US government and others, no doubt, have been involved in enterprises connected with this family. They're not all wrong 'uns - well, not when it comes to making money.

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Post by evensteadiereddie » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:16 pm

The Blades' January window could be interesting.

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Post by Bosscat » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:21 pm

You can just hear the chants at Brammall Lane from the away end now can't you .......

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Post by Wile E Coyote » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:25 pm

ZizkovClaret wrote:Its a massive family, with fingers in many pies. I don't see the story really.

Am i responsible if a sibling commits a crime i have no knowledge of the planning or execution of?

Its lazy dog-whistle journalism
So you can't see anything wrong with a long established English club potentially owned by the Bin Ladens ?
I don't think that is fair on sheffield utd fans for starters, let alone the bad publicity it would bring from all quarters.
You and a sibling is hardly in the same bracket as this lot is it?

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Post by ŽižkovClaret » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:27 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:So you can't see anything wrong with a long established English club potentially owned by the Bin Ladens ?
Nope.

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Post by Wile E Coyote » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:28 pm

presumably then it wouldnt bother you had it been Burnley ?

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Post by bodge » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:30 pm

We've already got Osama Bin ont turf.
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Post by ŽižkovClaret » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:35 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:presumably then it wouldnt bother you had it been Burnley ?
I'd rather have our owners than be some Oligarchs plaything, whether they be from Saudi, San Antonio, or Shanghai
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Post by Colburn_Claret » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:38 pm

He's a business man, he does business with other businesses. Osama Bin Laden used his inheritance to cause carnage. His family, children apart, have always spoken against his acts.

I understand that in Muslim countries family includes 4th cousins 6 times removed etc. Which is why the Saudi royal family runs to thousands, unlike our own.

It seems an odd question for a journalist to put to him, unless he was looking to set him up, which is more than likely.
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Post by AfloatinClaret » Fri Sep 20, 2019 6:48 am

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:In regards to the fans, why is it odd that they have to take a backseat?

They wouldn't get involved in the running of any other business that they don't have shares in.
Though a significant proportion of the folks posting on here seem to believe that the BFC's Board and Manager should get their approval before making decisions,
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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Fri Sep 20, 2019 7:48 am

AfloatinClaret wrote:Though a significant proportion of the folks posting on here seem to believe that the BFC's Board and Manager should get their approval before making decisions,
Yeah that's true enough, they need to have a look at themselves about that, they usually look pretty stupid.

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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Fri Sep 20, 2019 7:53 am

Wile E Coyote wrote:So you can't see anything wrong with a long established English club potentially owned by the Bin Ladens ?
I don't think that is fair on sheffield utd fans for starters, let alone the bad publicity it would bring from all quarters.
You and a sibling is hardly in the same bracket as this lot is it?
Don't see an issue with it, it's just a business like any other.

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Post by dpinsussex » Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:01 am

bodge wrote:We've already got Osama Bin ont turf.
And Osama food bins

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Re: prince abdullah at sheff utd

Post by JohnMac » Fri Sep 20, 2019 3:26 pm

The bin Ladens are a massive dynasty, Osama was just one of the wrong 'uns.

He probably had more brothers and cousins than the average population of an English hamlet.

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Post by Wile E Coyote » Fri Sep 20, 2019 3:38 pm

JohnMac wrote:The bin Ladens are a massive dynasty, Osama was just one of the wrong 'uns.

He probably had more brothers and cousins than the average population of an English hamlet.
yes of course he was, just a "wrong un" no problem whatsoever then having dealings with the cheeky scamps family.
After all, we all make mistakes, he just happened to orchestrate the worst terrorist atrocity the world has ever known, still , let bygones be bygones .

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Post by ŽižkovClaret » Fri Sep 20, 2019 3:41 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:yes of course he was, just a "wrong un" no problem whatsoever then having dealings with the cheeky scamps family.
After all, we all make mistakes, he just happened to orchestrate the worst terrorist atrocity the world has ever known, still , let bygones be bygones .
I dont think he'll turn up to do the half time draw fella...

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Post by Wile E Coyote » Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:01 pm

ZizkovClaret wrote:I dont think he'll turn up to do the half time draw fella...
me neither, the Americans saw to that.

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Post by Funkydrummer » Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:12 pm

He'll be in bits reading this.

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Post by Woodleyclaret » Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:26 pm

Regardsless of the voracity of where the money comes from it still shows there is still little transparency re football club finances
I would be seriously worried if it was Burnley being bought up by foreign investors.They are not all they seem as lots of clubs have found out to their cost.

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Post by Shore claret » Fri Sep 20, 2019 6:34 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:yes of course he was, just a "wrong un" no problem whatsoever then having dealings with the cheeky scamps family.
After all, we all make mistakes, he just happened to orchestrate the worst terrorist atrocity the world has ever known, still , let bygones be bygones .
Just remember who trained him up to terorise the Russians.

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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Fri Sep 20, 2019 6:36 pm

Shore claret wrote:Just remember who trained him up to terorise the Russians.
Stop, you'll just confuse the poor bloke.

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Post by JohnMac » Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:14 am

Wile E Coyote wrote:yes of course he was, just a "wrong un" no problem whatsoever then having dealings with the cheeky scamps family.
After all, we all make mistakes, he just happened to orchestrate the worst terrorist atrocity the world has ever known, still , let bygones be bygones .
No need for the description of Osama, we all know what he was but again it has little bearing on his family as a whole.

A bit like saying Fred West's Grandad was an accessory to the crime because they were related.

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Post by Lord Beamish » Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:20 am

I wonder what AblueClaret would make of this?

Come on, Wile E; dig out you old passwords!

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Post by ClaretAndJew » Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:23 am

Lord Beamish wrote:I wonder what AblueClaret would make of this?

Come on, Wile E; dig out you old passwords!
He'd probably want to play Osama in front of the back 4.
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