You know theres gonna be a movie about this eventually.This has been a fecking crazy 48 hours. And they say football isn’t entertaining. You could make a reality TV series out of the nobbiness of these club owners and CEOs.
European Super League
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So it will just be Barcelona playing Real Madrid every week for a year, then?
Yes! Thank feck this nonsense has been put to bed nice and quickly.
Need to hound out those cnut owners next.
Need to hound out those cnut owners next.
No, out.
Holy shit. I've tried to address the points in the most polite way (believe me).I voted "YES" for the ESL because:
1. I'm sick of VAR, the lack of consistency of English referees. I'm honestly tired of being frustrated with the lack of accountability with refereeing
You think we'll somehow get better refs when the European refs of late have not been much better. And that's your main point!?!?!
2. I lost interest in watching Manutd games against the likes of Granada, Burnley, Cyrstal Palace, etc. I find myself always scrolling through Instagram during these small team games. During big games against the likes of City, Liverpool and Chelsea, however, I'm fully emotionally invested. And I like that feeling. So hopefully the ESL can bring back my passion for football
So you basically a fair-weather fan who only likes watching 20% of the games in a season? That's fine but don't pretend otherwise because football is about derbies a few times a year, not a few times a month.
3. I'm sick of paying multiple telecommunications hundreds of dollars per month for sports coverage. The ESL can solve this issue by having its own network or partnering up with leading streaming companies such as Netflix, Hulu, or Disney. I do not mind for paying affordable streaming services. Currently, I'm subscribed to Netflix and Disney.
This has got to be the most laughable/gullible of all. How do you think they would finance 4 bn/year? Do you think you'd be paying less for that given the current PL deal is for 1.5bn/season and you are complaining it's too expensive? Do you remember how cheap (free) BT was when they first started ? And you think Disney will be fair to you
From a football fan perspective that does not reside in UK, I don't see any downside to the ESL. I notice that is a lot of talk of "English Pyramid", "Coaches jobs", "Stadium infrastructures investment", "UK tv rights", etc. Not to be insensitive, but none of those are a concern to global football fans that just want to watch the best players compete against each other in a convenient platform at bargain prices.
The stuff that excites me most about football:
1. Watching the best team which also means best players and managers competing against each other
Yeah, you are the Glazers' dream. You are also delusional if you think you'd be supporting the same club if this shitstain of a project ever got off the floor.
2. Transfer market. Imagine trading Bruno Fernandes for Harry Kane. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I think that is what us younger fans want to see. Shocking and exciting transfers. Changing team dynamics, etc
This makes me sick. Sounds like some NFL supporter's wet dream. Absolutely not. And it's not what younger fans want to see, it's what foreign fans who have no appreciation and do not try to understand the football culture in the UK would think would be nice. Or if you play FIFA or Football manager as a way to learn about football.
I think the ESL can provide an outstanding product. I will probably receive backlash for this post. But this is my geniune opinion, and I cannot wait for football to be exciting again. I want to be emotionally invested week in and week out, and that can only happen if the best players in terms of skills and branding are pitted against each other.
It's also telling that you are talking of the league as a product. This is a lot more than a product to anyone who supports this club passionately. It's no fecking franchise.
Only took him a decade.
They didn’t even have the balls to stand their ground for more than two days. They planned this whole thing without taking into account resistance and just folded which means they genuinely thought everyone would be ok this.
Feck them.
I've watched I about 5 times and still sniggering like a gimp.Oh boy I love a good Brent meme.
We are out? Was it semi final stage already?
Bingo. So it was true City and Chelsea only followed as they pulled out quick. I’m disgusted at us for seemingly being the one of the main culprits of trying to break away
Please tell me Spurs were planning on covering the cost of sacking Jose with this shite
Arsenal pulling out now it’s done thank god
True but he needs to grow a pair.
Everyone has their own tipping points. Glad Gary's reached his, at least.
Sack him
Some irony in @Wednesday at Stoke considering the benefits.
So, if there are fees due for pulling out... who does this money go to?
United,Liverpool,Arsenal,City,Chelsea are out ! get the feck in !
Edit. And Spurs.
Edit. And Spurs.
Time to close the thread?
Oh no , how will the world turn now?
Cant get past a semi
Please tell me Spurs were planning on covering the cost of sacking Jose with this shite
Too late to re-hire him?
Whoever leave last should crown themselves as champions before turning the lights off
Yes I do. All of them are hypocrites. Keane was the first player to try and get over £100k a week. The Glazers took over the club, in part, because of Ferguson and his racing horse. Money is all about football now. Sky are taking a moral standing yet they were the ones that ruined football as we know it.
I heard Barca are meeting with fan groups and I think they'll pull out too.
Real v Inter then
seems to me like the spanish and italian clubs really wanted this to happen
I wonder why
I wonder why
Both Klopp and Guardiola had media commitments. Ole did not. He would not have had time to comprehend let alone give any meaningful information out after our game against Burnley.
Allegedly Maguire was active behind the scenes and Rashford, Shaw and Bruno were more vocal in the public domain.
It's a beautiful day...