[Albion] Albion going to Dubai

[Swansman]

Going to Dubai on a training camp in December.

Pretty bad taste and not reading the room very well.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

What does the room say?

 

[Insel affe]

What does the room say?

The room says, this is heading to the bear pit....

 

[Swansman]

What does the room say?

I think a lot of the room says that going to do some footballing in countries where there's a death penalty for being homosexual is not a good thing and should be avoided.

 

[rippleman]

I think a lot of the room says that going to do some footballing in countries where there's a death penalty for being homosexual is not a good thing and should be avoided.

Embarrassing and totally inappropriate decision by the club.

There are plenty of countries that don't persecute the LGBT+ community. As the OP said club "not reading the room".

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

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[beorhthelm]

sauce?

 

[Bozza]

A fair few clubs are heading that way...

Arsenal (Dubai)
Aston Villa (Dubai)
Bournemouth (Dubai)
Brighton (Dubai)
Chelsea (Abu Dhabi)
Leicester (Abu Dhabi)
Liverpool (Dubai)
Man City (Abu Dhabi)
Newcastle (Saudi Arabia)

Expect a friendly or two.

 

[Swansman]

sauce?

Brighton to head to Dubai for training camp in World Cup as Amex works begin

While eight of Brighton's players are heading to the World Cup this week, the rest of the squad will have some time off and then prepare for the resumption of the season next month

www.sussexlive.co.uk

"Following the players' resting period, Brighton will fly out for a training week in Dubai at the start of December, which will include a friendly fixture. But that is not all that is in store."

Not the best site in the world mind you but I doubt they just randomly make shit up.

 

[sparkie]

sauce?

The Athletic

 

[Blackadder]

Going to Dubai on a training camp in December.

Pretty bad taste and not reading the room very well.

Which dates are you going?

 

[sparkie]

Bad choice, but there must be "reasons" which may not be obvious.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Footballers and Dubai eh? Like flies round shit

 

[Swansman]

A fair few clubs are heading that way...

Arsenal (Dubai)
Aston Villa (Dubai)
Bournemouth (Dubai)
Brighton (Dubai)
Chelsea (Abu Dhabi)
Leicester (Abu Dhabi)
Liverpool (Dubai)
Man City (Abu Dhabi)
Newcastle (Saudi Arabia)

Expect a friendly or two.

Yup. Scandinavian clubs used to go there for pre-season camps as well, until protests from fans stopped them.

Technically it is a good option for clubs - good facilities, and the UAE usually pay (or at least let clubs come for free) to get teams over there. All part of the sportswashing bollocks.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Dubai's alright. They only do a little bit of murder don't they?

 

[B-right-on]

Bad choice, but there must be "reasons" which may not be obvious.

One reason:

££££££££

 

[Bozza]

I heard a suggestion that Albion were due to play Bayer Leverkusen in a friendly on or around 17th December, but we cancelled it as soon as beat Arsenal in the Carabao Cup, giving us a new fixture shortly after that date.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

A fair few clubs are heading that way...

Arsenal (Dubai)
Aston Villa (Dubai)
Bournemouth (Dubai)
Brighton (Dubai)
Chelsea (Abu Dhabi)
Leicester (Abu Dhabi)
Liverpool (Dubai)
Man City (Abu Dhabi)
Newcastle (Saudi Arabia)

Expect a friendly or two.

Citeh to Abu Dhabi and Newcastle to Saudi Arab, what a surprise . . . not.

Seriously though l have absolutely no problem with this at all on a purely footballing level.

Keep politics out of sport. It isn't as if withdrawing our business is going to adversly affect the countries involved anyway.

 

[British Bulldog]

Maybe our players should boycott the world cup as well?

 

[Oh_aye]

Going to Dubai on a training camp in December.

Pretty bad taste and not reading the room very well.

I preferred the good old days of La Manga, Bacardi Breezers and sex tapes.