thomas

Perez's increasingly desperate chirping definitely sounds like a man scrambling for money because he owes the Mafia A few of those clubs are turbofucked.

Hope we had agreed a price already when he came on loan. We'll probably try to haggle it down anyway and end up missing out.

Sure mathematically Fulham could get 10+ points from last 5 while we get 0. Realistically I can see only that second one being an actual possibility though They have, in descending order of teams likely to fight hardest by the time they face them IMO - Chelsea - will want to hold on to 4th and Champions League Burnley - desperate to stave off relegation and will fight hard. Southampton - level with us on points right now but will fight if they've been dragged into the relegation conversation Man United - will be comfortably in 2nd and may be an easy game. Us - if we're safe by then we'll be complacent I don't really picture a world where there aren't an easy 2 losses in that grip of games and drawing one of the other 3.

McManaman does that horrible thing where someone can't keep their own gob shut and "yeah"s over someone in the middle of their sentence. yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah "It was a good tactical move by jurgen klopp to kind of slow down and see out the game." Absolutely drives me insane to encounter people like that in real life. Always end up berating them. Shut the goddamn fuck up and let someone speak.

total shite about the takeover printed again? Luke Edwards:

Maybe we need some kind of fair play in finances to keep these clubs spending responsibly and on a road to sustainability, with strict enforcement and penalties to make sure they fall in line.

Oh, pitch meeting references are tight!

Anyone theorizing this is done for some hypothetical American audience please remember this is still the overwhelming national opinion of the sport as explained by our greatest hero

I really want to know what he was about to fuck up and spell instead of "Managers" with that big "whoops" of an A

Seems like a slam dunk for brand opposition Coke : "Proud sponsors of the Super League." Pepsi: "We stand with the fans."

my man's on that OCK podcast shit. Gets up in the middle of the night to piss, stubs his toe, and mutters "Damn Americans!" under his breath

There has to be some expectation of literally global brand toxicity given the backlash so far. Wouldn't sponsor them for shit if I was a fortune 500.

i think there are teams that don't necessarily want the super league to go through but definitely want to be on that lifeboat if it's happening

Famous American Owned Clubs Chelsea, Tottenham and Man City? Also it's not like we invented the idea; breakaway super leagues have been floated before, we're just the only ones competent enough to make it work.

I promise you they're not thinking about us. We get 'soccer' demoted to ESPN3 while World Youth Aardvark Ping Pong finals get top billing on regular ESPN. The average american would rather watch Loki's Kitchen of Tuna Horrors than football.

If they were smart they'd force it to get bundled in with some "football/sport package" you won't opt out of and it'd be another £5/mo upcharge. Then they'd relentlessly murder you with ads for it and get enough people watching to trumpet it as a success.

Boy the CL final sure brings in a lot of money. What if we had an international league of "big clubs" where we could bill every game as a CL final? I'm sure none of the importance, novelty and spectacle would wear off in under a month and we'd be megarich!

Can we get a mod ruling on this? Literally a thread made SPECIFICALLY for potentially dopey/misguided - but ultimately harmless - optimism and hope should be a place where not all opinions are "aloud" just because someone wants to be a buzzkill.

Pathetically predictable parade of pablum protecting putzes present in press produce provocation.

There's too much focus on these 2 scant wins. It's not about winning games; it's about the accumulation of points. And what's the best way to accumulate points? Winning games. Figure it out, geordies. Checkmate.

I believe the "contract upon relegation" talk is just an Edwardsian ruse made up to irritate fans. His one job was to tread enough water to stay up and now we learn that if he fails to do that he'll be rewarded? Nah. No way.

he's never in a million years resigning. he's a sentient trash fire but a sly, cynical one at that.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/fifa-executive-committee-where-are-22-men-who-voted-russia-and-qatar-now-a6756701.html Fifa executive committee: Where are the 22 men who voted for Russia and Qatar to host the World Cup now? Fucking Hell