• ASR_1927@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        Aahh yeesss. Sports washing. The art of growing your small/unsuccessful club into a larger more successful one without waiting 3 decades for it to happen naturally… such a crime.

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          1 year ago

          Nope. It’s the process of using something that people love and care about( football ) to improve the image of something or someone terrible. In this case , an autocratic nation. The method -cheating financially to win trophies and creating legions of people willing to make excuses for you and lie for you. Like City fans

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            1 year ago

            Aaahhhh yes and no one has ever cared about it until City started to be successful. Success really does have a way of bringing out the jealousy in others. I’m not a city fan so I guess I may be biased but seeing City become a top team hasn’t changed my opinion on the Arab states at all, not even 1 bit.

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      1 year ago

      This has always been the case. Refs have been corrupt for decades, and as long as its your team favoured, you haven’t cared.