European Super League

[AberGooner]

All I can see is a bunch of very rich owners who don't want their finances to be put at risk by the thought of various well run "smaller clubs" spoiling their little monopoly year on year. Look at us, Sp**s or Juve this season. Had horrific years and at risk of getting no payday at the end of it.

I'm not denying that the likes of UEFA are corrupt but this is not the answer. To banish any form of competitive competition is criminal. Of course I want Arsenal to play the best in Europe every season but I want us to earn it through what we do on the pitch, not because these owners don't like the idea that some "smaller teams" are better at running their clubs than they are.

 

[SingmeasongSong]

Roman and the Sheikh sending their hitters after Henry and the Glazers. Love to see it.

If oonly it was us and we could regain some sympathy just shortly after Kroenke hitting off for pastures new.
Free. Arsenal. In peace.

 

[Kingslayer]

 

[Mo Britain]

That's simply not the case even when Sky tries to convince you it is. Yeah, some clubs won't be relegated, but there will still be a chance for some to play it, just as it is with the CL, although CL takes a lot of rubbish teams so it makes eastern countries happier and they give their votes.

Didn't you guys complain for years that you dont want to play Dundlak, Rapid, Lokomotiv and Dynamo even when we were in the CL?

No I didn't. I don't give a damn who we play so long as they are entitled to be there.

Eastern countries reached a number of finals even in the old Communist days. If you're old enough you'll remember Steaua denying the mighty Barcelona their first European Cup victory. Or CSKA Sofia knocking out Ajax who'd just won three European Cups in a row and had Cruyff etc in their ranks. Etc etc

If the quality is here then the big teams will beat the little teams 9 out of 10. If you fix the draw so they can never play you, you're not necessarily better than them. Just better at fixing the odds.

 

[Rex Stone]

Sounds like Vinai was pretending his Zoom connection wasn’t working.

He’s gargantuan.

 

[EmeryCouldnt]

Has he ever said a critical word about the Glazers before?

I still don’t think he has. That picture could mean anything.

also, depending on your perspective, the majority of fans follow the super clubs and would be able to watch more high profile games. So some fans win and some fans lose.

People giving credit to Rashford as if that post is a protest and the same people who give credence to astrology. Attributing significance to something that has very little.

 

[Mo Britain]

Certainly mental to think about, but this disregards the immense power Super clubs have and how many fans would stick around to watch Leeds vs Fulham?


The clubs could be doing this as a show of power. The clubs could be doing this because they plan to follow through.

Who would have watched Chelsea v Man City in pre-Abramovich days?

 

[Rimaal]

The fact that the PR for this has been so bad and incompetent suggests to me they know no one can stop them. If they thought this depended on convincing people of their arguments, of winning them over, they'd have hired the best PR firms in the world and paid them millions. Instead they announced a tacky website on a Sunday night, none of the clubs have said a singe thing, and Perez has gone on a chintzy talk show. They're not bothering to win hearts and minds, they've dropped the bomb, it's done, they're not backing out, it's been in planning for years. It's happening.

They did hire the best, they have iNHouse, the firm that made Boris Johnson mayor of London.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Players should take stand on pitch not in social media. If you have balls just refuse to play even it will hurt few millions of your contacts

 

[Highbury_2006]

Sounds like Vinai was pretending his Zoom connection wasn’t working.

He’s gargantuan.

They should remove the paywalls as a signal to the greedy billionares.

 

[Highbury_2006]

Players should take stand on pitch not in social media. If you have balls just refuse to play even it will hurt few millions of your contacts

Or ask for a transfer. Words doesnt matter.

 

[EmeryCouldnt]

Who would have watched Chelsea v Man City in pre-Abramovich days?

so are you saying there would be a shift of power and the clubs remaining in PL could pickup enough elite players to be appealing?

 

[Mo Britain]

I think the Super League clubs should just sod off and create their own circus with their own rules and then we can have two codes like Rugby Union and Rugby League. They can call their stuff Moneyball or whatever.

 

[roz]

Came here to post this. You can't help but be proud of Rashford.

You are the biggest sucker around for any pr move from a famous player.

 

[Maybe]

No I didn't. I don't give a damn who we play so long as they are entitled to be there.

Eastern countries reached a number of finals even in the old Communist days. If you're old enough you'll remember Steaua denying the mighty Barcelona their first European Cup victory. Or CSKA Sofia knocking out Ajax who'd just won three European Cups in a row and had Cruyff etc in their ranks. Etc etc

If the quality is here then the big teams will beat the little teams 9 out of 10. If you fix the draw so they can never play you, you're not necessarily better than them. Just better at fixing the odds.

OK, let's put it like this, isn't it the case that the vast majority of the fans support "big" clubs? So who is actually watching Steaua, Dundlak, or Lokomotiv? That's why the CL is crap for 95% of the time, and the greedy clubs want to fix that and earn some great money with that.

I wouldn't mind watch Real - Juventus game in the middle of the week, but I won't pretend like you that I have any ****ing interest in Steaua even if they reach semi finals, and that goes for 95% of the fans out there

 

[SingmeasongSong]

Hate the ESL idea, but what the **** FIFA, Boris, Rummenigge - such hypocrites

 

[El Duderino]

I don't know, Amy? Who wants to be frozen out of the squad by Slick Mik and his Yankee Overlords?

(This is OTT BTW)

 

[Mo Britain]

so are you saying there would be a shift of power and the clubs remaining in PL could pickup enough elite players to be appealing?

Given time, yes. Funny as it may seem to some a lot of people enjoy supporting their local clubs and the idea that these 12 apostles who wish to save football by getting every single fan in the world to support one of them is not only wrong it is laughably out of touch with the human psyche and its aspirations. But then you would expect these people to lack, shall we say, the common touch.

 

[Beany]

‘Uefa has power to throw clubs out of CL – time is running out for ESL to stop them’

Paris Saint-Germain are the sole Champions League semi-finalists who have not signed up for the European Super League

inews.co.uk

The lawyer quoted seems like an eminently sensible chap...

 

[Highbury_2006]

I don't know, Amy? Who wants to be frozen out of the squad by Slick Mik and his Yankee Overlords?

(This is OTT BTW)

Willian will post a quote about the fans importance on Twitter.