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European Super League - Dead on arrival

The amount of brighton fans and fans of smaller clubs that want the euro 6 kicked out the league is mad around my way.

It is like they have lost all leave of their senses. It is also blind greed on their part as well because you can almost see their thought process, they want to make more money themselves.

Had to remind so many Brighton fans they rack up debts each season and are bailed out by a billionaire owner who made his money from the dubious world of online casinos and betting. Ethical they ain't.
 
Graham Potter said it spot on

As an industry we have to be mindful that we can’t keep saying ‘more money, more money’, we have to understand as an industry we might need to be a bit more responsible with how we’re spending and using our money.

We can’t keep going back to people for more and more, because there is a danger that people will choose to turn to something else.
 
P.D. said:
Graham Potter said it spot on

As an industry we have to be mindful that we can’t keep saying ‘more money, more money’, we have to understand as an industry we might need to be a bit more responsible with how we’re spending and using our money.

We can’t keep going back to people for more and more, because there is a danger that people will choose to turn to something else.
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Jeez, that’s a come on to Levy if I’ve ever heard one:D....
 
I wonder if the PL trying to change the terms of contract to prevent teams from ever leaving in the future might end up forcing the hand of these 6 clubs.
 
Danishfurniturelover said:
The amount of brighton fans and fans of smaller clubs that want the euro 6 kicked out the league is mad around my way.

It is like they have lost all leave of their senses. It is also blind greed on their part as well because you can almost see their thought process, they want to make more money themselves.

Had to remind so many Brighton fans they rack up debts each season and are bailed out by a billionaire owner who made his money from the dubious world of online casinos and betting. Ethical they ain't.
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Have they considered the size of the pot they'd be sharing once all of the clubs people watch have left the PL?
 
I'm still laughing at the fact that after the uproar over the ESL, the new Champions League format is basically the same thing and will have the same teams using the historical performance cobblers.

Yes technically Charlton could qualify for it because they're on the pyramid, but what are the chances of that?
 
Jordinho said:
A senior executive of one of the 'Big Six' believed on Saturday morning his club was set to agree to Champions League reforms rather than be part of the proposed European Super League.

In news that illustrates the chaos surrounding the failed launch of the breakaway it can be revealed that momentum for the now-aborted ESL began little more than 24 hours before the first reports of its existence emerged.

Until that stage Juventus president Andrea Agnelli appears to have discussed the proposals directly with club owners and without the knowledge of some of the senior executives involved even though they would have to try and implement it.

Agnelli along with Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, Liverpool owner John W Henry and Manchester United’s Joel Glazer were the main driving forces behind the formation of the breakaway. All four took up roles when it was announced on Sunday night.

The rush would help explain how ill-thought through the launch of the ESL was, with a formal announcement after 11pm, and how poorly it was dealt with from a public relations point of view. It was in keeping with its poor conception that it fell apart less than 48 hours after it was announced with clubs relenting under the backlash from fans, players, their own staff, the media and authorities including the UK Government.

Senior figures from the remaining 14 Premier League clubs have called for individuals from the ‘Big Six’ to be punished but it does appear that the decision to become one of the so-called ‘founding fathers’ of the ESL was taken by the club owners who had been talking among themselves.

Clearly the senior executives at the clubs involved were aware of the long-running desire for a breakaway Super League and had infuriated the rest of the Premier League with the veiled threats of it happening over the past few years. But few appear to have been aware until the weekend that it was about to be launched. Some were caught out and have since been accused of misleading the various governing bodies and their club’s supporters.

The timing of the launch was clearly linked to Monday being the day when Uefa’s executive committee was giving its final approval to the expanded Champions League from 2024-25 following a meeting between the board of the European Club Association and Uefa’s club competitions committee last Friday.

The revamp, with a shift away from group stages to a single league stage in which each club will be guaranteed 10 games, was designed to head off a possible revolt and the threat of a separate Super League.

It appeared the owners believed that by springing their announcement on Uefa they could force through what they wanted. Instead it backfired spectacularly.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1384871285973454850
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It's like when the boys are at the pub, planning a boys only holiday trip to pattaya, before asking their wife's.
 
fernadez said:
I'm still laughing at the fact that after the uproar over the ESL, the new Champions League format is basically the same thing and will have the same teams using the historical performance cobblers.

Yes technically Charlton could qualify for it because they're on the pyramid, but what are the chances of that?
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It’s very, very different. 2 places are reserved only... what’s that?.... less than 10% of total places?... and even then the club has to have qualified for European competition and the clubs who finished above them in the qualifying spots still go into the competition. Very different from no qualification at all for 15 clubs which make up 75% of total places.
 
harr1984 said:
Jeez, that’s a come on to Levy if I’ve ever heard one:D....
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Haha.... All he needs to say now is “I’ve always preferred working with my 3rd choice transfer targets than my top choices” and “I love it when my new signings arrive on the last day of the window” and the job is his.
 
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