Football Governance

[ponsaelius]

11 minutes ago, Candi_Hills said:

The FA could just make sure that the England manager never picks ESL players. They'd have the full support of the country.

Exactly. Same goes for the FIGC And RFEF. Pretty much all of the national team players of all 3 countries play for those clubs. 

[oldtype]

Here's another example: people in Asia are obsessed with Leeds and their return to the Premiership.

Leeds' fall and time in the lower leagues was such a compelling storyline, the slang term "Leeds" literally got added to the Korean language in the early aughts. It means "bygone days of glory." A bunch of kids use it now with no conception of where it came from. A bunch of people in Korea who've never watched football before know who Alan Smith is because he's the "Leeds guy"

You lose all of these side stories that make the product compelling in a Super League. Add it all up and it matters.

 

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by oldtype

[Guest neesy111]

Just now, oldtype said:

Here's another example: people in Asia are obsessed with Leeds and their return to the Premiership.

Leeds' fall and time in the lower leagues was such a compelling storyline, the slang term "Leeds" literally got added to the Korean language in the early aughts. It means "bygone days of glory." A bunch of kids use it now with no conception of where it came from.

You lose all of these side stories that make the product compelling in a Super League. 

Does anyone support sunderland in Korea now?

[Danh1]

Just seen a video of that slack jawed, adultering, vile cunt of a human being Rio Ferdinand whinging on Facebook about this.

Maybe he should use his own money to pay the Premier League to kick them all out.

Hope he is involved in a house fire very soon. Utter, utter cunt. 

 

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by Danh1

[Candi_Hills]

Just now, neesy111 said:

Does anyone support sunderland in Korea now?

Seoul is full of massive lads fans. Do you not read RTG?

[triggs]

Just now, Danh1 said:

Just seen a video of that slack jawed, adultering, vile cunt of a human being Rio Ferdinand whinging on Facebook about this.

Maybe he should use his own money to pay the Premier League to kick them all out.

Hope he is involved in a house fire very soon. Utter, utter cunt. 

He literally said a few months ago that Ashley owns the club so he can do what he wants with it

[oldtype]

Just now, neesy111 said:

Does anyone support sunderland in Korea now?

I wouldn't know. I haven't watched a minute of Football for years. I had to google Sunderland to find out they were relegated.

[RS]

Don’t know if the Bielsa comments have been posted before but they’re worth a repost anyway:

Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa to Sky Sports: "This doesn't surprise me. The most superior teams have managed their superiority through competition. When they no longer need them to win money they discard what they no longer need. This is a very common thing, not only in football. It shouldn't surprise us. 

"The fundamental problem is the rich always aspire to be more rich without considering the consequences for the rest. As they gain more power they start demanding more privilege over the rest. 

"The most powerful are powerful because of what they bring but the rest are dispensable. What makes competition great is the possibility for one of those weak teams to develop, not the big teams playing each other. But the logic of the world at the moment and in football is not outside this - that the powerful become more rich as a consequence of the weak becoming more poor. If this was is what guides the world at the moment why is there such astonishment. This shouldn't surprise us. It was something that was coming."

[Super Duper Branko Strupar]

3 minutes ago, oldtype said:

Here's another example: people in Asia are obsessed with Leeds and their return to the Premiership.

Leeds' fall and time in the lower leagues was such a compelling storyline, the slang term "Leeds" literally got added to the Korean language in the early aughts. It means "bygone days of glory." A bunch of kids use it now with no conception of where it came from. A bunch of people in Korea who've never watched football before know who Alan Smith is because he's the "Leeds guy"

You lose all of these side stories that make the product compelling in a Super League. Add it all up and it matters.

That's mint.

[mighty__mag]

16 minutes ago, Big Geordie said:

 

Eh, it's not the same competition 

[Superior Acuña]

1 minute ago, mighty__mag said:

Eh, it's not the same competition 

As far as they're concerned the SL champs will be champions of Europe (if not the world), as were previous CL/European Cup winners. And they can say what they like.

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

Maybe they could parachute MK Dons in as one of the invited clubs if they're adopting that logic. You know, MK Dons who won the 1988 FA Cup?

[AyeDubbleYoo]

7 minutes ago, oldtype said:

Here's another example: people in Asia are obsessed with Leeds and their return to the Premiership.

Leeds' fall and time in the lower leagues was such a compelling storyline, the slang term "Leeds" literally got added to the Korean language in the early aughts. It means "bygone days of glory." A bunch of kids use it now with no conception of where it came from. A bunch of people in Korea who've never watched football before know who Alan Smith is because he's the "Leeds guy"

You lose all of these side stories that make the product compelling in a Super League. Add it all up and it matters.

Great point. 

[Happinesstan]

Same as Liverpool with their 19 PL titles.

[Happinesstan]

8 minutes ago, oldtype said:

Here's another example: people in Asia are obsessed with Leeds and their return to the Premiership.

Leeds' fall and time in the lower leagues was such a compelling storyline, the slang term "Leeds" literally got added to the Korean language in the early aughts. It means "bygone days of glory." A bunch of kids use it now with no conception of where it came from. A bunch of people in Korea who've never watched football before know who Alan Smith is because he's the "Leeds guy"

You lose all of these side stories that make the product compelling in a Super League. Add it all up and it matters.

No you don't. It's just a different landscape for stories to be written. 

[oldtype]

13 minutes ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said:

These are going to be very difficult to explain to my infant daughter when she's old enough to use the internet.

[Kanj]

@oldtype good to see you back dude, one of the OGs 

[oldtype]

1 minute ago, Kanji said:

@oldtype good to see you back dude, one of the OGs 

Thanks Kanji! I feel all warm and fuzzy inside to find that basically nothing on here has changed.

[toontownman]

8 minutes ago, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said:

Maybe they could parachute MK Dons in as one of the invited clubs if they're adopting that logic. You know, MK Dons who won the 1988 FA Cup?

 

[LiquidAK]

18 minutes ago, neesy111 said:

Forgot the thread is in the hall of fame:

Oldtype in Public - Page 24 - Hall of Fame - Newcastle-Online (newcastle-online.org)

Forgot this existed, 9 years ago man

[oldtype]

I've only just now remembered that me showing up on the broadcast at Stamford Bridge when Cisse scored that ridiculous goal and the "oldtype in public" thread are two entirely separate incidents. They had merged into one in my mind.

[Super Duper Branko Strupar]

Mag in a blazer

[Ben]

First Pundit to join the Super League coverage ? 

I'm going Michael Owen.

[Sima]

14 minutes ago, Happinesstan said:

Same as Liverpool with their 19 PL titles.

Do people refer to the 19 as exclusively Premier League titles? I know I don’t.

[Sima]

Just now, Ben said:

First Pundit to join the Super League coverage ? 

I'm going Michael Owen.

Sutton and Savage.