Reckon a change of name is first thing in line.
European Super League
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Yeah it's obviously bollocks but meant or not it's still an attempt to build a bridge with the fans etc. I doubt we'll get similar from the Glazers.
The big issue with this new CL proposal is the parachuting in of clubs based on their coefficient. Its not quite as bad as ESL, but its still wrong in my opinion. Essentially insulates the biggest clubs from a couple of years of poor performance affecting them too much.
It won’t work with out the English 6
pure and simple
It will not go ahead, they needed the 6 teams from the lost influential league in the World, they no longer have them
Good luck getting the financing they need to make it viable without any of the English, German or French clubs on board.
It's as dead as a very dead thing.
What should amaze people (but really doesn't amaze me) is that we keep getting told these owners are hugely successful businessmen and would have talked to high-powered lawyers to take on any trouble caused by the PL, UEFA and FIFA
Turns out they seemingly took very little good advice and must have expected all fans to think this was a wonderful idea. Quite how they reached that conclusion tells me they pretty much don't know what they are doing and are - like lots of bosses - arrogant w@ankers who think they can buy what they like when they like and treat others with total disregard. How could they think fans would love this nonsense?
Great businessmen? well our share price has fallen by more than 6% - so they've also lost money. Not too brilliant, if you ask me. But of course the good news is we are going to be rid of Woodentop...
Turns out they seemingly took very little good advice and must have expected all fans to think this was a wonderful idea. Quite how they reached that conclusion tells me they pretty much don't know what they are doing and are - like lots of bosses - arrogant w@ankers who think they can buy what they like when they like and treat others with total disregard. How could they think fans would love this nonsense?
Great businessmen? well our share price has fallen by more than 6% - so they've also lost money. Not too brilliant, if you ask me. But of course the good news is we are going to be rid of Woodentop...
In some ways, this may have been a ploy by Perez and co to reign in the premier league. Woody fell for it. Failed.
It can go ahead for all I care. Was dull with us in it and even more so now. Strange that we've heard so little about reactions in Spain and Italy
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Yeah, about 75% of the clubs have left, and those still standing are facing financial ruin regardless.
At least the league would be an interesting weekend.
I wouldn't be able to take an apology from the Glazers seriously anyway, it would be the most emptiest of gestures.
Genuinely curious to see what they come up with. It would never work without any English or German clubs, and whatever new concept they come up with will be rejected automatically.
Part of me hope they push forward with it and that Real Madrid completely implodes financially.
Dont misunderstand me, i think its dead but perez is hanging on. Interesting to see what they do. Smart call by perez would be to get into bed with fifa and morph the ESL into the World Super League and have clubs from MLS, Argentina, Brasil, Mexico etc.Some changes
Yeah, about 75% of the clubs have left, and those still standing are facing financial ruin regardless.
At least the league would be an interesting weekend.
This is where I believe there was a lack of clarity in narratives. It was my understanding that ESL replaced the existing European competitions. and the format wasn't necessarily the same teams in the ESL leagues each year. If is was I would have expected that element to evolve over time and further discussions. As for the Carabao; it's usual for season ticket holders to opt in or out of the Carabao and the same being true on TV, and the same being true for the CL etc. It'd be interesting to see stats on Carabao attendance over CL etc. I tend to opt out of Carabao in favour of CL etc, in part because paying for 2 season tickets and all comps is too much financial commitment. To me, I cannot see how it's not sustainable, more so than the carabao, particularly when I've been to carabao and the stadium didn't seem as full as CL etc. The experience of those European nights is better, there is just more theatre.
I voted yes, if i had the chance again, i'd vote yes again. I've read many comments about how us vote yes should be treated, it's my view. To change back would be hypocritical of me. That isn't a WUM, the experience of those CL etc nights are better..
I think it should be "our club' is what he's getting at.Speaking to the fans, I guess. Would've been even worse if he said "my club"
At least we got an apology but this feels like damage control and too little too late from him. He fecked up, knew all of this beforehand and didn't even think to consult with the people at the club, Klopp, the players and most importantly the fans before he took that horrendous decision.
He kind of distances himself in that regard.
That statement was worded more carefully than anything the Trump administration ever released. They probably felt "our" would imply our as in FSG.
(I buy none of it but at least he seems to know where his profits come from).
It's reeks of PR company spin, theres more than a few stock phrases sprinkled in there but whatelse are they gonna do, it's either spill the dirt and throw everyone under the bus or say nothing. I'd actually have more respect for the Glazers if they went full scooby doo villian.
Agnelli the ESL will 100% go ahead and the english clubs will have to pay fines for withdrawing (talksport)
I think the three American owned clubs will see very little investment going forward.
Well 50% of the cost anyway. The fans would only need 50.1%.
In what world can a league go ahead if it only has, what? 3 teams left in it. It'll just be Madrid, Barca and Juve standing by the end of the day.
and if Talksport told me April was the month after March, I'd check my calendar!Some changes
Yeah, about 75% of the clubs have left, and those still standing are facing financial ruin regardless.
At least the league would be an interesting weekend.
I don’t personally have an issue with the idea of a SL. It’s the guaranteed qualification which is the main gripe for me. Had they said the same qualifying criteria apply as CL the who cares about a revamped format. That’s basically what UEFA just approved anyway.
Dunno but i'll buy the popcorn.
It sounds like an absolute car crash of a system to me. Makes watching the CL considerably less appealing.
Yeah, I don’t love that but at least it’s based on performance in the european competitions. Essentially a reward for performing well and a safeguard against a blip.
So, what's the current status? Real, Barca, Atletico, and Juve waving the ESL flag while shouting 'this is what football is supposed to be' and 'give TV deal billions please (no really, we're freaking bankrupt)'?
Can't believe Pogba didn't score a single goal or get a single assist in the whole tournament. #PogOut
All we've heard for years is there are too many games and players face burn out - then geniuses come up with a new Champions League which seems to include everyone from United and City to Salford and Altrincham playing each other 25 times then the top 20 played each other in play offs seven or eight times before getting to a knockout stage.
Seriously, how many extra games is it? 20? What a mess
On a positive note, Phil Jones went through the entire tournament without making a single mistake...
There should be no safeguards against a blip. If you don’t want the consequences of a blip, don’t blip.
Well that was short lived.
No doubt it will be back again in some guise or other at some point in the future.
No doubt it will be back again in some guise or other at some point in the future.
True. At least there's some vestige of competition, though.
That's hilarious, thanks for that!
I just don't see how they could make a law to ensure that it would be fan majority-owned. Its a pipe dream. The legal ramifications would drag this idea on to the next generation of fans.
They were reporting in France that UEFA made a proposal for an African Super League with a similar concept, don't know if it was closed too...
Agree 100%. Don't remove the uncertainty of everything. Its geniuinely exciting to see who will finish top4 this season. Thank feck we are pretty much safe, but the next 6 games are huge for 5 or 6 other clubs. If Liverpool knew they'd get in anyway because they won it a couple of years ago we are getting back into the realms of "are they really going to try that hard" - which was the whole problem with ESL in the first place.
There is obviously a lot of BS in there but at least this guy has some balls to do it. Meanwhile what we got from our guys is a bland 2 sentence corporate crap and knowing that Joel is a vice president of ESL, it's disgraceful.
yeah, he just tried to save his club from debt and sold the story well to other clubs. Some people couldn´t say no to money.
In this era of angry mobs, I honestly don't understand how they could plan this entire multi-billion pound endeavour without remotely planning for the occurence of an angry mob of football fans ready to bring this thing down. Us football fans have been doing angry mobs long before social media made them popular again.