If the super league happens, will you still support Man United? Now with added poll

[kafta]

I will still support this club, always will. Football has been soulless for a long time, so this hasn't even surprised me. On some level, being ok with UEFA and FIFA is also supporting a soulless corrupt structure anyways. I wonder if this even happens anyways.

 

[Reapersoul20]

I'd support United even if we get relegated so this shouldn't even be a question.

This is a lot worse than relegation.

 

[kouroux]

I will still support this club, always will. Football has been soulless for a long time, so this hasn't even surprised me. On some level, being ok with UEFA and FIFA is also supporting a soulless corrupt structure anyways. I wonder if this even happens anyways.

As far as I'm concerned it'd be the death of football and my support for Utd. Man Utd is an entity that makes sense to me in a certain context (english top flight division), this ESL nonsense would be too much of a new start for me to involve emotionally.

 

[Rajma]

No.

 

[kouroux]

It is baffling how this point (and I made that point myself too) has gone over some people's heads.

As if the invention of the PL is comparable. You can relegate! You can promote. None of that happens with a Super League where 15 clubs automatically play in it.

A complete disgrace.

It's because there is legitimate hatred for big institutions like FIFA/UEFA/PL which blinds many without realizing that the new world order is possibly worse

 

[red4ever 79]

World sport is always evolving and changing. Sometimes a sport starts to get stagnant and requires change. Snooker became stagnant for a while and they had to completely change the format to breath life back into it and it seems to have worked.

None of us can really be too critical of the Euro Super 12's idea until we actually see it happen over a season. It could turn out to be huge. Or it could flop. Clubs like Everton and Leicester will be sick because their whole long term plans revolves around trying to break into the top 4 of England, and then becoming a European force one day.

Gary Neville is sick because he has a long term plan to get Salford into the premier league and eventually even the Champions League, so his whole long term project with Salford now seems like a huge waste of time and money.

A league without relegation for the founding members is a franchise. Same as the NFL franchise they have built in the US. Do you think the glazers will invest any money on out club when they are aware there is no threat of relegation or chance of promotion. Overtime we will become exactly how arsenal are a mid table team with shit players getting shit results every week. I hope the domestic leagues kick them all out and you are right sadly football will continue just not as a Utd supporter for me. A dark day motivated by money and power of the American owners across 3 clubs

 

[mariachi-19]

Yeah, course I will. Salford born and bred and been going since 1986. In not going to stop supporting them just because the media tell me I should be outraged about about a European Super League

Especially one with a massively vested interest. As if sky aren’t pissed that this has the potential to devalue the premier league as the top league in the world.

 

[Lappen]

I will always support Manchester United, but today I consider myself a paying supporter, and that will end if this exclude Manchester United from PL as reported (only threats at the moment, I know). I will consider being a paying supporter even if we don't get excluded depending on what harm it does to the league and leaguesystem.
Hopefully this is just a way to get more control of the CL.

 

[R'hllor]

There is difference between Manchester United football club and Manchester United corp. , sorry to say i dont see much of a football club left there. Also, people should stop making excuses for those cnuts, shifting focus on Covid, UEFA/FIFA pricks, owners of PSG/Chelsea/City etc. There is no one else to blame than those pushing this idea and their motivation $$$, they dont give a feck about football or football fans and on top of all that they have a cheek to actually low key hide behind Covid, when people lost their loves one, their jobs etc.

 

[SER19]

Honestly, no. Naturally there'll always be an attachment but i simply will not watch these games. When spurs are ranked more important than sevilla or Ajax or lyon, you're not watching football you're watching some sort of reality TV set up

 

[LawCharltonBest]

Support United yes. I can’t change who I support

Support football? Not so much. I wouldn’t give the sport the time that I currently do

 

[duffer]

Can you imagine the crowd reaction at the next games if we were not "behind closed doors"?

 

[Adisa]

Arsenal are fecking 9th but in a super league.

 

[UnrelatedPsuedo]

the invention of the premier league was great. It extended the football league pyramid by 20 clubs which allowed the creation of more professional clubs. It boosted football from grass roots up. The premier league gives the football league money and bailed them out in pandemic.

the super league is about owners wanting to earn even more from their ‘assets’, absolutley nothing more.

The Premier League was not good for English football. Nor did it extend the football league pyramid by 20 clubs. It just rebranded Division One and wrapped a commercial focus around one league, discarding the other leagues as a side show.

 

[MUFC OK]

This isn't United.

They own our name and our stadium, but they are not the club, not the one I supported anyway - that United died the day they took over and I can't support them any more. I'm done until they're gone and I just hope that can happen while there is still a way back.

If the super league doesnt go ahead they'll probably sell in the next 10 years. The whole point for them is that at the moment being owners isnt making them enough money for their liking - unbelievably.

 

[red4ever 79]

im just in the process of buying a new TV so i can watch the premier league and european championships in the summer. Now look at it. Feck you glazers, feck you Super league, and feck you football.

Thank god for Netflix

 

[Tom Cato]

Slept on it.

Oh boy I have a lot on my mind.

 

[Grande]

It will be like when those Norwegian fish mongerers bought Wimbledon and thought they could move the team out of London and still have Wimbledon. It proved that Wimbledon was not really the rights they owned, but something else, and now Wimbledon is playing in the same division, while the fish momgerers ended up with something else really.

Now Joel Glazer thinks he can buy and move Manchester United out of England and the entire football world. But that won’t be the same Manchester United, will it? For me, I’ve dreamed in United colours since I was seven years old and Lou Macari was the one who put the ball in the scouser’s net. I’ll always dream of Manchester United to rise from the ashes again. But’s got to be The Manchester United, not just A Manchester United.

 

[MUFC OK]

The Premier League was not good for English football. Nor did it extend the football league pyramid by 20 clubs. It just rebranded Division One and wrapped a commercial focus around one league, discarding the other leagues as a side show.

Agree. Why arent people outraged about the broadcasting rights in the PL? It's already a closed group due to the fact that the likes of Norwich received 100m for relegation last season - how is that fair on their competitors in the Championship?

 

[Judge Red]

We’re a bit late to turn away. FCUM happened a long time ago. That’s where the heart and soul of Manchester United resides and the other five clubs might need their own versions now.

Fergie hung around for a while but since he retired we’ve been supporting a club run by the Glazers and Woodward and we’ve always known exactly what we were supporting. Just like Man City fans deep down know they haven’t been supporting Man City ever since their takeover.

So as for the question, will I carry on supporting? I’ve spent the last six years moaning about how pathetic this club has become, so yeah, I probably will stay attached to the brand for some reason.

 

[Zlatan 7]

If it’s a total break away from the existing leagues and cups I won’t be paying any subscription or buying match day tickets to go and watch, (imagine the price to follow and go and watch around Europe regularly it’ll be a joke). I’d probably follow the United scores now and again but not actively watch them anymore.

I’d still watch the football league matches though, just without a team to support closely.

 

[lilcurt]

No, if this was to go ahead I will do my best to leave the club behind as they are leaving the fans. This is the final step in destroying the game and taking it away from the domestic fan.

I will either stop following football altogether or support my local team, which would happen to be Wolves.

 

[Jazz]

Yes

 

[sullydnl]

Isn't that how it was before top 4 became a thing? It's not as though domestic league football was rubbish back then?

The difference is that before there wasn't another more valuable and more prestigious league for teams in the domestic league to prioritise.

 

[fergosaurus]

If we stay in the PL I'll probably reluctantly still support in some capacity but not take the SL seriously. If we decide to leave the PL or are rightfully kicked out then I'll shelve my support until these parasitic owners feck off and we return to the league.

 

[Judas]

For now yes, but could I see my general interest just naturally going down over time especially if we're not in the PL anymore? Yeah I think so.

 

[Brightonian]

I will still support this club, always will. Football has been soulless for a long time, so this hasn't even surprised me. On some level, being ok with UEFA and FIFA is also supporting a soulless corrupt structure anyways. I wonder if this even happens anyways.

It's not about it being soulless, it's about the fact you don't have to earn your place by winning football matches.

 

[Jazz]

I will still support this club, always will. Football has been soulless for a long time, so this hasn't even surprised me. On some level, being ok with UEFA and FIFA is also supporting a soulless corrupt structure anyways. I wonder if this even happens anyways.

Great comment.

For me anyway, I only care for this club. I went off of football a long time ago. FIFA//UEFA killed it for me with all the corruption. No one has been under the illusion that the sport hasn't been corrupt for a very very long time. It is strange to see this outrage when this has been a fact for such a very long time.

 

[Strelok]

Yes. I'll get to see United playing against Real, Barca, Bayern etc. on a regular basis instead of Burnley or some team I'd have to google their name.

Football, at the end of the day, is a form of entertainment. Me, as a fan, of course would be more than happy to welcome better quality.

 

[Jazz]

For now yes, but could I see my general interest just naturally going down over time especially if we're not in the PL anymore? Yeah I think so.

Why wouldn't we be in the PL? It doesn't say that anywhere in the list of plans for this competition. The only way would be if we were banned from the PL, but I'm not sure if this could occur for all sorts of reason.

 

[Alan Partridge]

Why would I watch a competition that’s not even a competition? Say what you will about UEFA and FIFA, at least they always gave a chance for smaller teams to break in. This Super League will ruin domestic competition and only increase the financial gulf between clubs which is probably the biggest disillusioning factor in football already.

I’m extremely disappointed by this. Maybe I’ll start watching lower leagues. My interest in the big-money top end is moribund.

 

[Judas]

Why wouldn't we be in the PL? It doesn't say that anywhere in the list of plans for this competition. The only way would be if we were banned from the PL, but I'm not sure if this could occur for all sorts of reason.

If we get banned, which surely can't actually happen, but if it did is my point.

 

[Revan]

Definitely. In football, I care only about United. EPL is meaningless for me if United is not there.

 

[pacifictheme]

Some minging opinions in here.

Genuinely don't know. Supported united for over 30 years but this is a stretch. fecking off the rest of domestic football for nothing but greed is fairly disgusting and I am not sure I'm up for it.

 

[dinostar77]

Sorry mate but that's bollocks. That's not being a fan, it's being a sheep.

Thats right. You can vote with your wallet. Choose not to buy the kits, choose not to go to games. Choose not pay Sky or BT for a subscription to watch Utd pay.

There are many ways to make your voice heard. Dont be a sheep. The more that make their voice heard the better.

 

[Vault Dweller]

This isn't United.

They own our name and our stadium, but they are not the club, not the one I supported anyway - that United died the day they took over and I can't support them any more. I'm done until they're gone and I just hope that can happen while there is still a way back.

Agreed. This will kill most of my enthusiasm in watching football never mind just supporting United. I don't particularly care about UEFA or FIFA, it's about the fecking brass neck and greed by this group of clubs to ringfence themselves off and adopt the 'feck everyone else' attitude to get more and more money. Yes, money has been the slow death of football for a while but this really is the tipping point in that sense. If this goes ahead, I too will be done until they (not even gonna mention their names) are gone.

 

[Renegade]

Yes. I'll get to see United playing against Real, Barca, Bayern etc. on a regular basis instead of Burnley or some team I'd have to google their name.

Football, at the end of the day, is a form of entertainment. Me, as a fan, of course would be more than happy to welcome better quality.

Have you seen the quality of the top 6 games this season?
you think Ole will play expansive entertaining football against the likes of Barca, Madrid etc?
we’ll become the Burnley equivalent In this super league trying to grind results weekly. Fun.

 

[Rossa]

No! I think I have my principles. I hope Solskjær resigns and Ferguson resigns as an ambassador as well. Hate is a strong word, so I won't use it, but I really detest our owners and the way the sport has gone. There are now an elite of filthy rich owners, most of them not British and far removed from anything concerning football that only care about money and their own ego. Why should I cater to their priorities? When United became a part of this, they sold their soul and removed themselves from what football should be all about. They explicitly claim to be superior to other clubs and make themselves part of a closed circle of a selected few. I applaud the German and French leagues that opposed to this. At the same time, I am so disappointed with United's board. I would not expect anything else from our owners, but not the board.

If the Superleague (just the name of it) becomes a reality, I am done with United as it is no longer the club I currently support.

 

[Alan Partridge]

Do the people saying this is fine because UEFA/FIFA were already corrupt really not see how the entire structure of this is entirely different and anti the ethos football? What’s the point in an “elite” competition that doesn’t even allow for the best performing teams to enter? Instead it’s just a collection of the most marketable clubs. I can only hope it becomes painfully apparent to them that they’re killing the goose which lays the golden egg - that is the magic of football.

 

[Strelok]

Have you seen the quality of the top 6 games this season?
you think Ole will play expansive entertaining football against the likes of Barca, Madrid etc?
we’ll become the Burnley equivalent In this super league trying to grind results weekly. Fun.

Did you watch us playing against PSG this season?

Plus we have no worry of getting relegated and Ole is no Jose.

Speaking of becoming the Burnley equivalent I'd say my bet goes to Spurs, if Jose is not sacked yet by then.