Sima Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, TheInfiniteOdyssey said: What a shame there’s still plans for them to remain in their domestic leagues. Would be absolutely class if they all fucked off. Says it all that the Premier League will allow them to play reserve teams in the domestic league at the same time cow towing to them by rejecting our takeover. Fucking arseholes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 25 minutes ago, Rafalove said: Wonder why there are no German/French teams Fans have the majority stake in German clubs so that's probably why Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Covid has massively accelerated this. Realisation that they can completely exist and thrive without supporters in the ground. Global supporters happy to watch football like a video game. This and the increased involvement of American ownership and American money in the game sees this gradual slide towards a US sports model. Very, very sad I think more than anything. The very fabric of European football is based on the history of the domestic games and the subsequent qualification into Europe. I personally don't think the actual breakaway league will happen. But it will essentially blackmail UEFA into implementing the closed shop that they want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 43 minutes ago, Rocker said: PL will be begging the Saudi's to come if this happens. More likely the Saudis tell the Premier League to fuck off and buy our way into this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 It's positive imo. I'd rather they fuck about in their own sanitised, plastic 'super league' than the CL become a more closed shop. If they leave the CL that's more chance of other English teams qualifying. Itd be better if they fucked off completely. They already have the pick of the players, it's already incredibly difficult to break into the top 6 and almost impossible to win the league. Hopefully they'll take PSG and Bayern with them and leave the actual competitive, knockout football to the rest of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Nice for Arsenal to voluntarily offer themselves up as the whipping boys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 They're not going to be leaving their domestic leagues though. That's a non starter I think and too much of a risk. They will want guaranteed qualification but be able to continue in domestic football. Which is clearly bad for the competitiveness of both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 The selfishness and greed of modern day football is horrendous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) I don't think they've considered (or don't care if they have) that most of these games will be completely meaningless when it becomes apparent only a few can win it and there's no relegation. Man United v Juventus, Spurs v Atletico Madrid have never not mattered before because of the knockout format/mini league they've met in. When its 6th with no chance of winning against 7th with no chance of winning, or the bottom two with no chance of relegation or winning it. There's no rivalry between these clubs and nothing to play for - they'd be glorified prestige friendlies. How long would that stay remotely interesting. How can anyone, including fans of those clubs invest in those games? You'd need to be like a neutral from the US or Nigeria with no emotional attachment to the sport, clubs or history and no understanding of how pointless the game your watching is to sit and stare at it like the background TV it will be. Edited April 18, 2021 by Wolfcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 With all the extra revenue I could see their B teams dominating domestically. Such a scenario would absolutely murder the credibility of the premier league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Even if they remain in the domestic league, surely this dramatically upends the existing structure i.e. how many European qualification places and what teams? I don't see how this could feasibly coexist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 5 minutes ago, Kimbo said: With all the extra revenue I could see their B teams dominating domestically. Such a scenario would absolutely murder the credibility of the premier league. Yep larger squads, Premier league will become the carabao cup. They either fuck off to a super league or they stay in the premiership and quit with this nonsense. Ridiculous. Fans will quickly lose interest in both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, toontownman said: Yep larger squads, Premier league will become the carabao cup. They either fuck off to a super league or they stay in the premiership and quit with this nonsense. Ridiculous. Fans will quickly lose interest in both. Fans wallets will quickly lose interest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_F Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, nbthree3 said: Bye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 All from here btw https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9484141/FIVE-Premier-League-teams-sign-European-Super-League-snub-UEFA.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 It's getting absolutely hammered universally from what I can see. Even the fans of the clubs involved don't even want it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Really hope they fuck off. If they aren't already making everyone bored with the same teams and games in the CL, they will definitely do that with this closed league. How can you ever get excited about playing the same teams over and over again? It's hardly any surprise they have American backers, hence where the boringness of the idea come from. I wonder if this will trigger the PL to accept our takeover now. Coincidence that this latest development comes at the end of the week where suddenly our takeover saga was in the spotlight again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Fuck me, apparently other Premier League clubs don’t get to vote on it. Aye so next time they need to arrange a fixture to accommodate these games, tell them to fucking forfeit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Vote by the PL board yeah, and it looks like they're going against it. Spent the weekend formulating a response apparently. 9:30pm tonight, we'll see if it happens! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Fuck the PL too for bowing and giving in to the demands of the Big 6 all these while especially Liverpool and Spurs who wanted our takeover blocked. Now, they want to hold the PL to ransom. Karma is a b***h. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) 3 times in less than a year they have tried something like this. Fucking kick the fuckers out, had enough of it, make the decision for them. Edited April 18, 2021 by Stifler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Even the two group 10 team format with 15 teams un-relegateable is horrific, so many dead games the teams in it will start to field reserves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 And just like that https://twitter.com/skysports_bryan/status/1383798916387270664?s=20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) That's telling the Greedy 6 to fuck off. So how soon can they bugger off from the league then? No relegation this season? Edited April 18, 2021 by nufcjb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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