Beren

I don't dislike him (actually I'd go as far as to say I quite like him), but he's not the one to challenge the establishment in any meaningful way.

Yup, brilliant from Barnes. Come a long away from his rigid anchor role on Channel 5 Cutting loose

Absolutely. Now it's back to the regular uncompetitive shite.

Now it's a race to the bottom. Who will be the loser left in a league by themselves

Marvellous

Although I want this to happen so it can fail and the domestic league can be rid of these behemoths. And Spurs.

The PL should just say the first three if the six to drop out from the ESL won't be deducted 20 points and watch the backstabbing begin.

Going to be galling as fuck when we still set our ambitions to finish 17th in new world order, and watch Norwich and West Brom win domestic honours before we do. Fucking Ashley.

Can't wait for the inevitable leaked internal "whip" memos.

Putting faith in the principles and integrity of this pack of bastards

Y'know Arsenal begged to get them in

Yup the club with the least history and heritage are the ones being the most respectful!

Yeah but those contracts don't run forever.

Depends how long those contracts run surely?

I imagine there's a fair few mercenaries playing for these European Super League teams, but not all of them. I very much doubt the money men involved in getting things to this stage consulted their big superstar players. Reckon you'll see a few players who value winning things for their countries grumbling on social media very soon.

Imagine a season where any club could somewhat realistically win the league. Holy crap.

It could potentially be amazing and save the sport. If they get kicked out of their domestic leagues, it could reset the clock on the monumental imbalance in the league. Although you need to get rid of VAR and get some kind of salary cap put in place too.

We excel at spite tbf

Nah, reckon the clubs would be fight like owt for it in a genuinely competitive setting. Can't call that empty.

I'd watch the crap out of a CL season without any of the usual suspects vying for it. Although it sounds like if Germany and France weren't involved it'll just be Bayern, Borussia and PSG.

If you were starting from scratch, the idea has a better chance of making sense. The majority of domestic league games are essentially meaningless in the big picture of a season. My main gripe is that it's a closed shop. No promotion or relegation. That obviously layers on to existing systemic financial imbalances, of course.

This is class entertainment tbh

Anita is a great shout. Incomprehensible number of appearances.