European Super League

[GLITCH]

Arsenal are gonna definitley be the runt of this litter, might not ever win a game in this

Don't think Arteta will want to play the big boys with the likes of Elneny, Ceballos and Bellerin. I'm a bit more excited about the STW now.

 

[roz]

Good.
Sheff. Utd, Fulham, Burnley, West Brom.

Who's going to miss games against them.
I mean really!

Those are the only games we actually tend to win

 

[Vicki]

People acting like the group stages of the current European competitions aren’t already bland and a mere formality.

group stages are ****e
same as playing west brom and sheffield

bin all the excess

 

[Penn_]

FIFA rely on the World Cup to finance themselves they aren’t going to ban players ffs.

Just trying to protect UFEA.

 

[teamsoutheast]

The legacy and history of this football club.

Kroenke and whoever else in the higher echelons at the club were involved in this should hang their heads in shame!

This was discussed long before Kroenke though as far back as the early 1990's....

 

[Bloodbather]

People acting like the group stages of the current European competitions aren’t already bland and a mere formality.

The point is that the opportunity exists for teams to break through and make a name for themselves. European football pyramid is built on upward mobility, ESL brings the caste system into it. Some clubs will always be in the higher echelons of the pyramid because of their performance, sporting-wise or financially, but they are not entitled to it. This model makes it as such.

 

[Vicki]

He wanted to redevelope the existing Europa cup.

and that's what they're doing

The 'redevelopment' went something like this

1) a Cup for the 'Champions'
2) a Cup for champions and others
3) a 'champions' 'league' for a lot of clubs, with a small league format
4) a League with big Clubs

 

[Highbury_2006]

group stages are ****e
same as playing west brom and sheffield

bin all the excess

A despicable attitude.

 

[Oxeki]

So Arsène Wenger's prediction comes true

 

[North5]

@Vicki getting paid 10p per post

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

This was discussed long before Kroenke though as far back as the early 1990's....

For all their flaws do you reckon Hill-Wood and all the old school toffs who inhabited the higher echelon's of Arsenal prior to the sale to Kroenke would have done this?

Whatever else was wrong with them they were steeped in Arsenal and English football tradition. They would have known better.

 

[14Henry]

group stages are ****e
same as playing west brom and sheffield

bin all the excess

They may be **** for you but tell that to a young 19 year old playing for say Zagreb or Anderlect or whatever getting to play against Real or Barca.

It's not **** for those fans who rarely get to compete at that level seeing their "smaller" team against the best in the world.

 

[razörist]

Arsenal are gonna definitley be the runt of this litter, might not ever win a game in this

Not that I want this but you do get the whole purpose is to make big money for only a few clubs right. That money will go to better players, better managers. If this happens, sure we’ll suck at the start. But overtime you’ll get better and it will be a lot of superteams in 1 competition. It not like we’ll still have Cedric and David Luiz when we get 350M.

 

[Highbury_2006]

and that's what they're doing

No, not at all.

 

[glitchform]

I hope no one tries to take the moral high ground. We’re infamous for scamming our way into the First Division over Sp**s and now we have scammed our way into Europe’s elite despite being midtable. Reminds me of those rich kids who fraud their way into Oxbridge cos Daddy has deep pockets. Kroenke is Arsenal through and through.

We definitely did not pay our way into division 1 in 1919, if anything Henry Norris saved the arses of Liverpool and Man United after the 1915 matchfixing scandal. Scammed, yeah go on, but only because even back then, the northern clubs were big powerhouses. It's funny how noone mentions that.

Tottenham had also finished in the bottom two of division 1, and if they were promoted, (despite by all accounts deserving relegation) we would be moaning about dirty cheating middlesex. It's sheer propaganda on both sides through and threw. If you want moral high ground go back to the days of Dial Square FC.

Let us not forget that Tottenham Hotspur also bribed their way into the football league in 1908, and unlike the supposedly hushed up doings of Norris, their transfer record as concerns Stoke during that year actually reflects this.

 

[2Smokeyy]

Holy.

Needed.

 

[Penn_]

The point is that the opportunity exists for teams to break through and make a name for themselves. European football pyramid is built on upward mobility, ESL brings the caste system into it. Some clubs will always be in the higher echelons of the pyramid because of their performance, sporting-wise or financially, but they are not entitled to it. This model makes it as such.

It doesn’t though, the only way to truly break through for decades now is to have a billionaire backing you.

 

[Maybe]

You think EPL will accept us back just like that !!?

What is the PL without big clubs? They would lose all the revenue and a lot of clubs would end up bankrupt, especially from lower divisions

 

[Vicki]

Did the player know about this at all?

Brilliant!

I remember when I was working at ( big multi-national company ) as a ( secretary ) and the CEO came and asked me whether this hostile take-over that he was planning was OK

 

[Penn_]

We couldn’t go to the Champions League, so the Champions League will come to us. Elite.