If there's one thing you need to be good at these days to be a football fan, it's mental gymnastics. I've been reading a bit about Newcastle's impending takeover by a Saudi Arabian consortium who, according to assurances given to the Premier League, will not be merely a vehicle for the Saudi state. As if anyone believes that, and as if the Premier League actually give a single shit anyway. Newcastle fans are excited, and why wouldn't they be? They hate Mike Ashley, so the fact he's going to be gone, and replaced by a group that is richer than Croesus to boot, must be very welcome. I reckon Satan himself could rock up to St James' Park and would be given a warm welcome simply because he is...
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