Saudi Snub

[mateinone]

With Saudi having apologised and with them also having let FFA know before the game they would not be observing, then yes it appears this is an accurate representation and it puts them in a very poor light.

But they will not care, what Australia thinks of them is far less relevant than what they are thought of at home and they simply just will not care about any of our protests.

Disgusting behavior, but as I said early, not grounds for kicking them out of the country, not grounds for kicking them out of the competition, just grounds for us to be disgusted.

The only strange part is that Saudi is trying to portray itself as more moderate (well in the face of what is happening in Iraq/Syria etc) and as an ally of the US against terrorism, but this doesn't seem to follow that script at all.