Completely against this any way but the very fact you can you have a European 'Super' league that has Spurs and Arsenal in it but not Bayern Munich or PSG is quite ridiculous.
Fine - let them go. Let them play in a meaningless tournament that no-one, apart from the clubs and TV, want. And it will be meaningless because with no relegation loads of the fixtures with nothing at stake will be basically friendlies.
At the same time, ban them from the Premier League. None of this playing your under 21s crap in the Premier League or cups. And tell them when they want to come back they will have to start in tier 4.
Fine - let them go. Let them play in a meaningless tournament that no-one, apart from the clubs and TV, want. And it will be meaningless because with no relegation loads of the fixtures with nothing at stake will be basically friendlies.
At the same time, ban them from the Premier League. None of this playing your under 21s crap in the Premier League or cups. And tell them when they want to come back they will have to start in tier 4.
Seriously, fight fire with fire.
This really needs to happen.
The PL, FA, UEFA all need to hold their nerve. Then when it starts, players in that league can’t represent their country.
There's a big difference between talking about the clubs and the players.
The clubs 'will be banned'
The players 'could be banned'.
I think FIFA will buckle when it comes to players playing in the World Cup. If the super league becomes THE competition in world football, they'll have no choice but to let the players play in the World Cup.
Introduce a timer for possession so we arent subject to this boring horrific pass the ball around and dont shoot or cross ever blasphemy tactics, even when your in the 90th minute and 1-nought* down
Introduce a timer for possession so we arent subject to this boring horrific pass the ball around and dont shoot or cross ever blasphemy tactics, even when your in the 90th minute and 1-nought* down
To be fair even the fans of the clubs said to be involved don't want it. I don't think i've seen a single person in favour.
Basically a nonsense idea devised by club owners with no interest in anything other than 'how can we make even more money'.
Fuck them. Who do they think is going to be interested in a closed shop league with no relegation without some of the best teams in Europe participating in it anyway? Especially when even their clubs own fans don't want it. It'll bomb massively.
To be fair even the fans of the clubs said to be involved don't want it. I don't think i've seen a single person in favour.
Basically a nonsense idea devised by club owners with no interest in anything other than 'how can we make even more money'.
Fuck them. Who do they think is going to be interested in a closed shop league with no relegation without some of the best teams in Europe participating in it anyway? Especially when even their clubs own fans don't want it. It'll bomb massively.
If enough people in Asia, the Middle East and the US (who are used to this closed shop setup) care it won’t matter.
People through the turnstiles means very little to the bottom line anymore.
To be fair even the fans of the clubs said to be involved don't want it. I don't think i've seen a single person in favour.
Basically a nonsense idea devised by club owners with no interest in anything other than 'how can we make even more money'.
Fuck them. Who do they think is going to be interested in a closed shop league with no relegation without some of the best teams in Europe participating in it anyway? Especially when even their clubs own fans don't want it. It'll bomb massively.
People in Africa, China, India , Asia will pay for it through tv subscriptions
I can't see how this works. Surely with the money involved in TV deals etc a super league would kill some clubs.
Look at someone like Leeds for example, they have splashed the cash on some decent players so they can compete in the best league in the country.
If a UEFA super league is introduced then surely that makes the Premiership the equivalent of the Championship. That won't attract the viewing figures required to pay salaries.
I think this is a really dangerous concept, and disrupting footballing pyramids at an already turbulent time seems insane.
I can't see how this works. Surely with the money involved in TV deals etc a super league would kill some clubs.
Look at someone like Leeds for example, they have splashed the cash on some decent players so they can compete in the best league in the country.
If a UEFA super league is introduced then surely that makes the Premiership the equivalent of the Championship. That won't attract the viewing figures required to pay salaries.
I think this is a really dangerous concept, and disrupting footballing pyramids at an already turbulent time seems insane.
The super club teams were hoping to continue playing their domestic games.
This 'league' would be played midweek and therefore competition for the Champions League and Europa League.
To be fair even the fans of the clubs said to be involved don't want it. I don't think i've seen a single person in favour.
Basically a nonsense idea devised by club owners with no interest in anything other than 'how can we make even more money'.
Fuck them. Who do they think is going to be interested in a closed shop league with no relegation without some of the best teams in Europe participating in it anyway? Especially when even their clubs own fans don't want it. It'll bomb massively.
If enough people in Asia, the Middle East and the US (who are used to this closed shop setup) care it won’t matter.
People through the turnstiles means very little to the bottom line anymore.
I know which game I’d pay to watch post COVID, the one with a lot of fans in the ground making real noise, not the one with a lot of empty seats and little atmosphere...people through the turnstiles is what the tv product is all about, only owners and tv execs have yet to understand that, but they will...
This is another attempt at pure greed and stifling smaller clubs dreams of playing in the PL. Dock points off the six who have signed up, ban them from our domestic cup competitions and let them then fuck off and die when they realise German clubs etc will not be taking part.
To be fair even the fans of the clubs said to be involved don't want it. I don't think i've seen a single person in favour.
Basically a nonsense idea devised by club owners with no interest in anything other than 'how can we make even more money'.
Fuck them. Who do they think is going to be interested in a closed shop league with no relegation without some of the best teams in Europe participating in it anyway? Especially when even their clubs own fans don't want it. It'll bomb massively.
If enough people in Asia, the Middle East and the US (who are used to this closed shop setup) care it won’t matter.
People through the turnstiles means very little to the bottom line anymore.
I know which game I’d pay to watch post COVID, the one with a lot of fans in the ground making real noise, not the one with a lot of empty seats and little atmosphere...people through the turnstiles is what the tv product is all about, only owners and tv execs have yet to understand that, but they will...
Millions of people watch people playing FIFA. The world’s changed.
Crowds don’t matter to a lot of people, especially who these owners are targeting.
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That being said, don’t Barca have a similar model?
At the same time, ban them from the Premier League. None of this playing your under 21s crap in the Premier League or cups. And tell them when they want to come back they will have to start in tier 4.
Seriously, fight fire with fire.
The PL, FA, UEFA all need to hold their nerve. Then when it starts, players in that league can’t represent their country.
Could be the reset football needs.
UEFA will ban players from International competition if they play in this Super League
Wont do anything about racists though will they...
The clubs 'will be banned'
The players 'could be banned'.
I think FIFA will buckle when it comes to players playing in the World Cup. If the super league becomes THE competition in world football, they'll have no choice but to let the players play in the World Cup.
Interesting that the Premier League press release does not mention a ban.
Premier League would lose a huge amount of revenue if they banned all 5 teams taking part.
People through the turnstiles means very little to the bottom line anymore.
Totally and utterly categorically against.
Not a surprise though, this has been in the pipeline for the last decade.
Look at someone like Leeds for example, they have splashed the cash on some decent players so they can compete in the best league in the country.
If a UEFA super league is introduced then surely that makes the Premiership the equivalent of the Championship. That won't attract the viewing figures required to pay salaries.
I think this is a really dangerous concept, and disrupting footballing pyramids at an already turbulent time seems insane.
This 'league' would be played midweek and therefore competition for the Champions League and Europa League.
Dock points off the six who have signed up, ban them from our domestic cup competitions and let them then fuck off and die when they realise German clubs etc will not be taking part.