Couldn't care less, I'd buy one.Don't come crying to me when Old Trafford is turned into apartment blocks, because Saudi Arabia will have bought out the rights to host our home matches.
European Super League
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
They have an interest but Neville's reaction is how most fans have reacted. Why would his opinion not be similar or as passionate??
Mint.Yeah that's right, football is rife with corruption. So of course the obvious answer is to double down on it. Sell it all off to private equity firms so they can finally kill the game of football in its entirety. Makes perfect sense.
Kroenke and Glazer are champions of the people.
You've seen the CL revamp suggestions from UEFA, have you?
He did I think, he said they and Chelsea are new money so he doesn't have great expectations of them doing the right thing.
Ab$olut£ly no id£a
Effectively gets around FFP in a legal way but for every team in the competition also. It's a case of "we couldn't beat them, so we joined them"
Do you really think players would choose to play in the more and more increasingly irrelevant international games, instead of trousering 250-300k or more in an even richer world?
Tottenham there is weirder.
I’m assuming it will end up being an extra competition we are in? Probably a cup competition? Doesn’t seem like the end of the world but I guess we need to wait for an announcement.
If it gets the go ahead then it damages their main product.... the Premier League, as 6 of the biggest clubs would be banned.
Lots of posturing from all sides. Everyone involved are just looking for more money with no care about football or fans. Some compromise will come out of it with big clubs getting bigger share of pie. Everyone will walk away as winners.
There won't be any real difference though.
Say all clubs get 500m a for joining, City still have the richest owners on top of that.
Aaah I see.
If you were Ole would you want to have to lie through your teeth in support of this as that's what he'd have to do being the manager?
You do know that UEFA is suggesting a complete revamp of the CL format beginning from 24...Introducing a league, with a shitload of matches, instead of group stages.
This isn't going to happen, UEFA will just bow down to most of the clubs' demands.
One benefit, probably wouldn't have to play Burnley again
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He does. But he is still right.
People in here saying football is nothing without fans.
There's not a person on this forum that wouldn't pay £30 a month for ONE subscription to watch elite football on a weekly basis.
There's not a person on this forum that wouldn't pay £30 a month for ONE subscription to watch elite football on a weekly basis.
Yeh, and they suck. But they don't suck as hard as this.
Reuters: Sir Alex Ferguson: "Talk of a Super League is a move away from 70 years of European club football."
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Not to mention the money-spinning friendlies.
I would imagine that it would be an initial step to breaking off from domestic competitions. At some point they would want to be on at the weekends to get the largest viewing figures and would decide that playing Burnley doesn't sound that appealing when you can play Barcelona 4 times a year.
Being against this isn't because you're pro Fifa or UEFA. It is because of how it would affect the fans, suddenly your club becomes some brand that has no connection to English football and plays for the highest bidder. How long would it be before these Super League games are being played in some huge money state instead of their home grounds.
Maybe (hopefully) they just bit off more than they could chew this time?
Salford are worthless if the big teams leave the PL. All his money, flushed into a team that no one's ever going to buy off him
I am Spartacus. I'm not going anywhere near this bullshit if it goes through, 'and you can quote me on it'.
Exactly, this is the response to the proposed revamp.
I'm against this completely, but I can see such a fundamental flaw in the league that will make it fail.
The teams that are proposedly entering, often win silverware in their respective leagues which give them such a big following. The majority of supporters follow teams that win consistently when they are young and build a bond to that team. I get there are a number of fans who do support local and don't care about the winning etc, but a lot of people simply do.
If you now had all these teams entering 1 league, how often would their fans see their club raise the trophy? Seriously - Real / Barca / Athletico / Bayern / City / Chelsea etc etc all fighting for one trophy...their fans would not accept it. They'd see teams like Leicester / Leverkussen etc win domestic leagues while their history gets eroded over time.
Nor would we see the rivalries we have become accustomed to over time.
Can see someone wants to do it, so many things against it.
Just revamp the champions league folks
The teams that are proposedly entering, often win silverware in their respective leagues which give them such a big following. The majority of supporters follow teams that win consistently when they are young and build a bond to that team. I get there are a number of fans who do support local and don't care about the winning etc, but a lot of people simply do.
If you now had all these teams entering 1 league, how often would their fans see their club raise the trophy? Seriously - Real / Barca / Athletico / Bayern / City / Chelsea etc etc all fighting for one trophy...their fans would not accept it. They'd see teams like Leicester / Leverkussen etc win domestic leagues while their history gets eroded over time.
Nor would we see the rivalries we have become accustomed to over time.
Can see someone wants to do it, so many things against it.
Just revamp the champions league folks
I wouldn’t.
Getting bummed by Madrid, Juve, Barca every week will be an interesting chapter in The History of the Tottenham.
True, which obviously would kill the spectacle. At the same time I’d enjoy us waving two fingers at the FA.
I can’t see it being a good idea mind.Yeah but the big teams won't mind if they're also getting a big whack of the money instead of watching Pep spend £1b on full backs and they're having to shop in the bargain bin
Hmmmm...I think you're been far too cynical.
A small point, but kick off times are not irrelevant at all. Even with Europe, depending on where you're from some of the especially late ones are antisocial. Before we ended up in a Thursday - Sunday cycle, I was a season ticket holder at my local team, but kick offs at half fecking ten at night are piss take unless that fits your culture. Feck knows how those on the other side of the world (don't 12-hour pedant me) cope.
I doubt this will actually happen for a variety of reasons but the hypocrisy of Sky and the PL is highly amusing.
In the unlikely event it does happen it’ll probably be the final straw for me.
In the unlikely event it does happen it’ll probably be the final straw for me.
That will add to their football heritage.
How would it make Sky and the PL hypocrites?
From a political point of view it is fascinating though.
What happens to sponsors? Global brands might back the plans, but other more local brands will be horrified if domestic football fans revolt against anyone and everything tied to them.
What happens to the players and managers? They have to juggle the view of the fans, the risk of losing international football, the risk of losing commercialisation, with the other side of the coin - obviously higher wages.
What happens to sponsors? Global brands might back the plans, but other more local brands will be horrified if domestic football fans revolt against anyone and everything tied to them.
What happens to the players and managers? They have to juggle the view of the fans, the risk of losing international football, the risk of losing commercialisation, with the other side of the coin - obviously higher wages.
I struggle to understand the pearl clutching, the PL and the FA don't deserve any loyalty from us given the awful way they've treated us many times in the past.
Having said that, it does take away the special feeling of big European nights if we're doing it every season without fail.
Having said that, it does take away the special feeling of big European nights if we're doing it every season without fail.