Lazarus

That may well be - but my 'pitch meetings' reference appears to have fallen on its arse

Pulling out is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

"considering all actions" means their still faffing about yeah?

That could be tasty. Then i remembered who our captain is.

Theres 55 members of UEFA? Ive just checked and bloody hell there is Thought it would be about half that

Like that but with more teeth.

Who holds the player registrations by the way? Is it the FA? Premier league? Can they refuse to release them so the players cant be registered elsewhere?

Havnt real madrid always had massive debt problems? Im sure its been mentioned on here a few times about them being bailed out by local authorities

Yep - well said everton. Any other clubs made a similar statement?

If hes got any sense, Demarco will have been asked to sit with him.

Im waiting for someone to shoehorn Corbyn into this somehow......

Yes it does. If it falls through, their actions will probably force the tv rights companies, sponsors and commercial partners to pay LESS because theyll now be worried that their investment won't be realised.

How do you punish them though? A 25 point deduction might still get man city into europe but then relegate arsenal. Or just put all six just above the relegation spots? Ban them from europe for 3 years? If you punish them financially it just exacerbates the existing problem and pushes the same problem further down the line. Let them go and price ordinary fans out of the game?

In 3 years time we'll all be watching the 'league winners cup' between the ESL winner and whatever UEFA compeitition is running.

If i remember correctly, the hillborough tragedy had a lot to do with setting up the premiership due the cost in upgrading 20+ stadiums to the recommended safety levels.

Changing FM shouldnt be as difficult as it sounds surely? SortitoutSI and the like are full of downloadable custom leagues and stuff.

Theyll be gagged no doubt as theyre employed by the clubs. However, i would imagine those players who are internationals may be seeking clarification on where they stand

FYP

Just..... wow.

Of course, we all know that the governing bodies of football are bastions of integrity, transparancy and fairness.... I bet someones been to Asda and bought a shitload of brown envelopes.

It fucks with everything football related.

Well this is weird... None of the directors of the 'big 6' are also director of a company that looks to be related to the Super league. There is a company called 'European Super League Limited' registered but it has a single director and was registered in July 2014. It appears to promote a euro super league but theres no announcement or acknowledgements of yesterdays events on their website. My quickly formed best guess is that this company is a totally separate lobbying entity. So...either they arnt planning on trading in the UK or its a bluff?? Anyway - Ive done this very quickly and i may have missed something.

Theres gonna be some serious reputation management in the next few weeks