Rousseau 10,600 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 21 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said: The big sports in the US run their own streaming services. MLB, NFL, NBA. Wouldn’t be surprised if UEFA / EPL / La Liga etc go down that road. Cut out the middle man save cash maximum profit. It would be a better service. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,030 Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share Posted July 22, 2023 I see the French player Mbappe has been put up for sale I wonder if he will end up in Saudi. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 I've been to Saudi Arabia. Granted it wasn't to any fancy tourist spots but I thought it was generally a dirty and quite oppressive place. There are many places I might be happy to live and work but Saudi Arabia certainly wouldn't be one of them. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,318 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 I have known several people who went there to teach English. None of them had a positive experience. The Saudis do not seem to be popular with other Middle Eastern states also. I taught some on a pre-university session; they all had a sense of entitlement to good grades though they were mostly lazy. I have never had any problems with students from the other Gulf States. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 13 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said: I have known several people who went there to teach English. None of them had a positive experience. The Saudis do not seem to be popular with other Middle Eastern states also. I taught some on a pre-university session; they all had a sense of entitlement to good grades though they were mostly lazy. I have never had any problems with students from the other Gulf States. Back in the 1980s I lived in Egypt for a couple of years. Our favourite escape from Cairo was a Club Med resort on the Red Sea, where Saudis in overcoats used to sit in rows of deck chairs to oggle at topless white women. The Egyptians despised the Saudis as garbage with money. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaBoy 2,441 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 5 hours ago, Bill said: I've been to Saudi Arabia. Granted it wasn't to any fancy tourist spots but I thought it was generally a dirty and quite oppressive place. There are many places I might be happy to live and work but Saudi Arabia certainly wouldn't be one of them. Yes, my thoughts on going there once for business, but i could probably put up with 2 seasons for $40m tax free, thinking that I would only be in country for 9 months of each year and living in a 5 star hotel. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,030 Posted July 24, 2023 Author Share Posted July 24, 2023 One doesn't know what to believe in the transfer rumours but one report is saying a club in Saudi has prepared an offer of £259 million for the French forward Mbappe. I wonder if we could interest them in some of our stars . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 5 hours ago, compo said: One doesn't know what to believe in the transfer rumours but one report is saying a club in Saudi has prepared an offer of £259 million for the French forward Mbappe. I wonder if we could interest them in some of our stars . They are also paying him 200 million Euros for one season.... AND they are letting him then leave for free next summer.... Game has gone mental 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,030 Posted July 24, 2023 Author Share Posted July 24, 2023 1 hour ago, craig said: They are also paying him 200 million Euros for one season.... AND they are letting him then leave for free next summer.... Game has gone mental Totally loopy 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutton_blows_goats 5,326 Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Oh dear, what's went on here: Jota to become FREE AGENT as Celtic hero sees Serie A big-hitters 'ready' to end his Saudi nightmare (msn.com) 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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