What a fecking mess.
We finally look like we've gotten our act together and we're on our way back to being a good team again and we go and do this.
Facing being fecking relegated so a load of Billionaires can get even richer.
It's sickening.
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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.
We finally look like we've gotten our act together and we're on our way back to being a good team again and we go and do this.
Facing being fecking relegated so a load of Billionaires can get even richer.
It's sickening.
Yeah, feck this and feck the Glazers. The club is dying as you see it. Next step will be naming rights of the stadium sold on.
You're a bit slow to this party.
This is a FIFA run comp, the Super League.
FIFA have wanted in on club football for ages but UEFA have monopoly, hence club world cup talks.
12 clubs have agreed to drop the CL and play in the SL from 2024 instead as midweek games.
The FA and Sky lost their shit because the PL is now second to a SL. Why? United play Burnley on Sunday but Madrid on Wednesday, where is the weaker team fielded?
Entry to the SL is rewarded with £350m, which is a lot more than clubs currently get, essentially creating a bunch of super clubs and potentially destroying league balance.
The FA are now threatening to kick all teams taking part in the SL out of all domestic competitions.
All a bit surreal this.
I can't believe this is actually happening. I think it'll all come down to which side the FAs fall to. If they impose bans from PL/La Liga/Serie A for participating in the ESL, I can't see the clubs going forward. This is a disgusting, concentrated effort to battle UEFA for more money. The like of Perez and Glazer being in charge tells you all that you need to know.
Just watched the latest episode. It was a blinder. Better than this cr*p
No, it just follows from moving from the law of the jungle to a closed shop. Right now, these clubs are tigers hunting individually in a world of foxes, gazelles and sheep. With the SL, it's all tigers. The whole point is to distribute the meat, and if you're co-habiting with other tigers, you won't want any of them to grow bigger fangs and longer talons than you.
Just keep a couple of empty bottles by your side.
Dark day in football. 
We should have sold to the Saudis, then we'd be fine
This a fecking joke
Ffs. What a load of shit. Roman and the board what the feck are you playing at. All that goodwill we've had these past few weeks at this club down the fecking toilet.
what were the restructuring plans for CL?
build a bonfire, build a bonfire
They're hoping it all be glossed over with everyone back to work tommorow. Slimey shites
With no real relegation threat, the Glazers will never bother to invest in the club.
Juventus statemnt says founding clubs will continue to play in domestic competitions and want to implement it in agreement with FIFA and UEFA
Juventus's statement seems to indicate that the clubs want FIFA, UEFA, and their member associations to accept the SL before actually trying to push this through and fully implement it.
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Summary: there will be an independent company running the Super League that will be owned by all of the founding clubs (i.e. just like the NBA and MLS). They will each contribute 2 million Euros to seal their ownership and a further 8 million if required.
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Full statement:
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Summary: there will be an independent company running the Super League that will be owned by all of the founding clubs (i.e. just like the NBA and MLS). They will each contribute 2 million Euros to seal their ownership and a further 8 million if required.
But if the warchests are distributed evenly across the super league then surely participating teams that are based in more pleasant parts of Europe will be able to attract the players.feck me...think of our war chest this summer
We should unironically be thrown out of the Premier League, along with the other 'founding fathers'.
Capitalism will mean this won't happen though - as much as the FA will bluster - as it would basically kill the PL.
Capitalism will mean this won't happen though - as much as the FA will bluster - as it would basically kill the PL.
So if the CL changed its name to the SL, you wouldn't watch?
Yes. They have threatened to ban any player that takes part in this from the World Cup
WE'RE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF ORGANISING OUR OWN EXIT FROM THE COMPETITION, THANKS VERY MUCH, UEFA.
"Florentino Pérez, President Real Madrid CF and the first Chairman of the Super League said:
“We will help football at every level and take it to its rightful place in the world. Football is the only global sport in the world with more than four billion fans and our responsibility as big clubs is to respond to their desires.”
“We will help football at every level and take it to its rightful place in the world. Football is the only global sport in the world with more than four billion fans and our responsibility as big clubs is to respond to their desires.”
I'm done with this club. Won't be supporting this shit no way.
Kinda reminds me of Kerry Packer in Cricket, opposed by everyone but ultimately changed cricket forever. I guess Change is inevitable, even in Football!
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Statement released!!!!! Holy fecking shit.
I'm excited personally.
Jason Burt: "Told that Juventus have just quit the European Club Association and Andrea Agnelli has resigned as its chairman and from UEFA Executive Committee"
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So is this going ahead? Or do we need sign off from the PL?
So what was the point of our win today then??
I'm so disappointed I don't want to even talk about it. I was hoping with the delay in the announcement that it won't happen, but here we're. It's indeed real.
Awful day.
Awful day.
100%. Its not so much that ESL as the knock on effect. Its 18 group games per season, followed by 5 knockout games minimum. Now I'm no rocket scientist but including knockouts thats 61 games not including the FA Cup or league Cup, Club World Cup etc... To say they aren't effecting domestic football is a disgrace.
This is why Pogba has been happy lately, he's definitely one of the people behind this.
Why?
This could bring all the football fans together for a change. Who would have thought!
Seismic like my pemis.
Now imagine they do a PPV and charge $20 per match
Yeah sure, if the FA want to cut their nose off to spite their face, that's on them. What's stopping the clubs who've been kicked out starting an actual breakaway league with all the best teams in the UK? Celtic, Rangers, Cork City, a few clubs from the Championship etc