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Watford call off friendly

Post by Funkydrummer » Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:55 am

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61951124

Well done them I say, listening to and acting upon concerns from fans.

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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by Jeffbfc » Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:02 pm

Yes well done to them.
The toon not seeming to be bothered though about any backlash about being Saudi owned.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61962841

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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by UpTheClaretsFCBK » Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:05 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:
Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:55 am
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61951124

Well done them I say, listening to and acting upon concerns from fans.
Don't know what they were thinking organising that. I suppose there was probably a fee involved.
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Post by 2 Bee Holed » Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:08 pm

Fancy arranging it in the first place.

Back to Newcastle:
The Saudis not only amputate heads but hands and feet as well.
Naturally, they don't permit homosexuality either.
However, this is all perfectly 'fit and proper' as far as the Premier League are concerned.
I haven't seen any mass protests from Newcastle fans either.
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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:17 pm

Big well done to those Watford supporter groups putting pressure on the club
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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by daveisaclaret » Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:31 pm

Massive cop out from Watford's owners as the friendly is going to be Udinese v Qatar instead.

Still, doesn't take any credit from the Watford fans.

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Post by Silkyskills1 » Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:43 pm

A massive well done to the Watford fans. As for Newcastle the less said the better.

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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by SouthLondonexile » Tue Jun 28, 2022 2:55 pm

At least there’s a good reason for this game to be cancelled.

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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by mkmel » Tue Jun 28, 2022 3:48 pm

A pity this year's World Cup wasn't called off too.
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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by NRC » Wed Jun 29, 2022 6:52 pm

2 Bee Holed wrote:
Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:08 pm
Fancy arranging it in the first place.

Back to Newcastle:
The Saudis not only amputate heads but hands and feet as well.
Naturally, they don't permit homosexuality either.
However, this is all perfectly 'fit and proper' as far as the Premier League are concerned.
I haven't seen any mass protests from Newcastle fans either.
The United States electrifies, gases, and lethally injects people. There is nothing natural about homosexuality either - ask the US armed forces

But that’s ok

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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by dougcollins » Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:00 pm

I believe Shrewsbury are, however, going ahead with their game, but their captain will be wearing rainbow laces.

Should we now boycott our game with them?

https://www.shrewsburytown.com/news/202 ... july-15th/

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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by 2 Bee Holed » Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:54 pm

NRC wrote:
Wed Jun 29, 2022 6:52 pm
The United States electrifies, gases, and lethally injects people. There is nothing natural about homosexuality either - ask the US armed forces

But that’s ok
Please don't tell me you are equating the justice system of Saudi Arabia with that of the US?

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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by fatboy47 » Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:03 pm

NRC wrote:
Wed Jun 29, 2022 6:52 pm
The United States electrifies, gases, and lethally injects people.

In some states... For murder... After an almost interminable trial and appeal process.

Get real.

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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by bfccrazy » Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:12 pm

Aren’t we playing them in Portugal?

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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by 2 Bee Holed » Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:38 pm

NRC wrote:
Wed Jun 29, 2022 6:52 pm
The United States electrifies, gases, and lethally injects people. There is nothing natural about homosexuality either - ask the US armed forces

But that’s ok
1/. How many convicts did the US execute in 2021, was it 11?
2/. How many did the Saudis execute on one day this year, 81?
3/. I think that if you cannot afford a defence lawyer on the US, you are entitled to a free one. This isn't the case in Saudia Arabia.
4/. It seems to me that those sentenced to death in the US, have a right to a large number of appeals.
5/. I thought that for the past 10 or 11 years homosexuality was legal in the US forces.

I think you live in America, are the above points true?

To answer your point, no it's not ok. I am not happy for any country to execute it's citizens. However, if you are going to carry out the death sentence then at least give free legal aid and a strong right of appeal.

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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by NRC » Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:57 pm

I’m not condoning at all, and yes I do live in the ISA, it is home. The point I’m making is it’s not black and white. We cannot universally condemn while closing our eyes to “western” instances. Execution is execution with its one or one hundred….

….. I’m just making sure we’re discussing degrees not absolutes

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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Jun 30, 2022 7:22 pm

dougcollins wrote:
Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:00 pm
I believe Shrewsbury are, however, going ahead with their game, but their captain will be wearing rainbow laces.

Should we now boycott our game with them?

https://www.shrewsburytown.com/news/202 ... july-15th/
Shrewsbury have now called their game off

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Re: Watford call off friendly

Post by dougcollins » Fri Jul 01, 2022 9:35 am

Nothing else they could do tbh. Though they took their time about it.

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