Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

[Lilbaz]

City have won 5 drawn 1 lost 1 in their last 7 so they are above us for a start before their game even kicked off on Saturday.

Hats off. Will have words with ally gold if i ever see him.

 

[AjaxDeSuperYids]

It's in my opinion that the CL has been to the detriment of football in general. For now the only thing that seems to matter is finishing 4th so you can play in the CHAMPIONS League without ever having to be champions. It's taken the glory out of all the other tournaments including making the once great UEFA Cup a laughed at competition that's seen as embarrasing to be a part of.

I'm so glad it wasn't always like this or our great club wouldn't have the fantastic tradition that it does have. Imagine football had only ever been about finishing 4th and playing in the CHAMPIONS(?) League. Great moments like Ricky Villa's superb extra time winning goal in the 1981 FA Cup Final replay, Gazza's free kick as Wembley against them lot, Graham Roberts late equaliser in the UEFA Cup final before we went on to win on penalties ... imagine all that time that plodding over the line to finish 4th whilst watching dreadful uninspiring football had always been more important. I'm 40 so old enough to have just seen the end of the days before football got ruined yet not old enough to have lived through our real glory years yet I find modern football quite sad really.

So in answer to your question I don't really care what competition we take part in, I want the glory of watching us in finals and winning things again.

I agree with this and I think the answer (considering the context of where the world is now) is to delete all of football and its history and replace it with a comprehensive european super league with multiple divisions

 

[AjaxDeSuperYids]

I also think we can maintain the domestic game by merging all domestic cups in Britain and creating the British Cup.

 

[AjaxDeSuperYids]

And lastly now that London is much ‘smaller’ than it once was do we really need all these London clubs?

All London clubs could now merge so we have London United and London City. LU can play at Wembley and LC can have a new stadium built in central London with a capacity of 120,000.

 

[Baleforce]

I also think we can maintain the domestic game by merging all domestic cups in Britain and creating the British Cup.

no thanks

 

[Gazza]

And lastly now that London is much ‘smaller’ than it once was do we really need all these London clubs?

All London clubs could now merge so we have London United and London City. LU can play at Wembley and LC can have a new stadium built in central London with a capacity of 120,000.

Wouldn't happen, but imagine a stadium for 200,000 ... no one would stand a chance financially if ffp was enforced

 

[AjaxDeSuperYids]

Wouldn't happen, but imagine a stadium for 200,000 ... no one would stand a chance financially if ffp was enforced

Could you safely and practically have a stadium that holds 200,000 !?

 

[Surfless]

with the right infrastructure of course - would need 3 tube stations, car park the size of Ealing, and probably its own airport.

 

[paxtonwolf]

Could you safely and practically have a stadium that holds 200,000 !?

Certainly could not happen in Liverpool. there would not be enough kids to patrol the street to 'look after your car for a fiver mate'

 

[balesleftboot]

I also think we can maintain the domestic game by merging all domestic cups in Britain and creating the British Cup.

Simply give a CL spot to the FA Cup winner instead of 4th place. That would improve the game.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

Simply give a CL spot to the FA Cup winner instead of 4th place. That would improve the game.

Wouldnt that just mean giving a CL place to one of the top 4 most seasons?

 

[Surfless]

if the cups were unified and included Scotland, NI and Wales we'd end up with less european places.

 

[Gazza]

Could you safely and practically have a stadium that holds 200,000 !?

Why not? Engineering has massively improved and could make it happen.

 

[billyiddo]

Why not? Engineering has massively improved and could make it happen.

https://www.si.com/.amp/extra-musta...ows-what-1000000-seat-stadium-would-look-like

 

[AjaxDeSuperYids]

if the cups were unified and included Scotland, NI and Wales we'd end up with less european places.

We wouldn’t have european places.

We would have a comprehensive european super league of multiple divisions and then a british cup for some domestic football.

All London clubs then merge to form London United and play at Wembley and then a new club called London City that play at a 120,000 seater stadium built near London Waterloo station.

 

[Grays_1890]

I also think we can maintain the domestic game by merging all domestic cups in Britain and creating the British Cup.

For one game a fortnight because clubs will complain about travel twice a week.

Also not very green policy friendly

 

[AjaxDeSuperYids]

Everything I have outlined will happen eventually just some it is a couple of hundred years off.

All these regional London clubs will end up as ancient relics in a museum.

 

[elyid]

Just saw this comment from Conte after the match:

"I don't understand the people that doesn't understand the importance of rotation. You have good players on the bench and then you can change the game.
"If you want to aspire to win trophies in the future, you have to count on about 16, 17, 18 players to make rotation and play game by game.

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Surely he's the ONLY person who doesn't seem to have understood this?
Starting to tinkle me off with this flimflam, he plays pretty much the same team every week despite us largely being turgid now making out like he's some ration expert.

 

[elyid]

Everything I have outlined will happen eventually just some it is a couple of hundred years off.

All these regional London clubs will end up as ancient relics in a museum.

I'm surprised two London clubs haven't ever merged. Queens Park & Chelski Rangers has a nice ring to it

 

[alekaras]

Aren't at least 2 of those managers in the prem?

That's why I said "the remaining ones."