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[sir baconface]

How the fcuk did Tottenham get in? Will one of the spare places go to Brentford? These questions are nagging me.

 

[Gremlin]

In other words - they want real-life FIFA21 all the time. FFS.

 

[jay_mcfc]

No chance. 12 months ago, when Uefa kicked city out of European football there was a suggestion by some fans that City should create a rival to Uefa. Well guess what just happened..

We were never fighting UEFA. We were fighting the ownerships of the clubs who we now stand with. Who now have statements on our club website. Who are chairmen and vice chairmen of our new league.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

people slagging off City need to open their eyes. what choice did they have ? we could rebel and win a meaningless premier league every year . we'd earn fuck all. we certainly won't sign the likes of KDB. we have to go with this to stay relevant . we of all clubs don't need this money but we do need the sporting challenge .

I hear what your saying but I would rather play in fair league with lesser players than a meaningless premier league and a sham super league.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Of course we want to see quality over quantity but quality is borne out of the best footballing sides playing against each other. I am not against the ESL, I am not against removing meaningless group games that do nothing other than line pockets. What I am against is the ESL choosing who plays in the competition, based on the club name and how many fans they have. That isn't quality over quantity. Its a protection racket.

 

[Bluemanc100]

I am still hoping City do a uturn on this. We could blow the thing out of the water if we did.

Though I understand the risks of being on the outside of this. But even being part of it we will get shafted playing to their rules. Fuck that and pull out of this charade.

It's too late... They signed up to this and therefore it's another reason to taint the club for the haters...

I'm saddened by our club and disgusted in equal measure....

 

[Gray]

Give me a Saturday, 3PM kick off against Norwich any day.

That is exactly the way I feel mate.

 

[OB1]

people slagging off City need to open their eyes. what choice did they have ? we could rebel and win a meaningless premier league every year . we'd earn fuck all. we certainly won't sign the likes of KDB. we have to go with this to stay relevant . we of all clubs don't need this money but we do need the sporting challenge .

Oh Bill, you are spot on.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Can the 48 so far who voted yes be banned from the forum as they are not City fans. Not true ones anyone. No true fan would vote yes.

Set of shithouses.

You're open to all views then?

 

[Damocles]

15 teams can never get removed from it, getting guaranteed revenue and are eternally in the elite tier, even if they arent run well?

How is that any different from now with the CL?

Manchester United are one of the worst ran clubs in football but the spending power generated by the CL allows them to keep sneaking into Europe. Any of the big clubs who fuck up spend their exceedingly larger revenues than their non-CL competitors for a few years and then get straight back in.

At the beginning of the season we could go around every top footballing nation and pick the top 3 or 4 and be right on 90% of the teams.

We're not even talking about the Super League at this point, you're failing to acknowledge that football is already broken in terms of financial power thanks to the CL. West Ham turnover about £150m if my Googling is correct. City turnover half a billion. City earn 3 times West Ham's revenue every single year. They aren't competing with us. They might win a match or whatever but in the medium term, we'll finish above in 19 out of 20 seasons. That's a disparity that is impossible to bridge on the pitch.

I think football competitiveness doesn't exist. I think the format is very broken. I think this is worse and will push it into extremely broken. But the distinction between very broken and extremely broken is almost nothing, it's fucked either way. So if it's already fucked then what are we trying to save?

 

[SWP's back]

Otherwise I guess the official statement put out by City last night was drafted in America as well

Abso-fucking-lutely is was. It's the same statement used by all clubs for this god awful abortion of a Yank model of sporting competition.

 

[jim tolmies perm]

Bernstein saying it as it is on Sky
Blaming it on spiralling debt clubs

 

[stan bowles]

How the fcuk did Tottenham get in? Will one of the spare places go to Brentford? These questions are nagging me.

They've been to a UCL final - something we've never managed.

 

[Shirley]

Obviously I do need to keep "harping on" if you're so illiterate that you didn't understand the last 3 times.

There's no competitive football and hasn't been for decades.

The "soul" of the club?

The soul of the club changed either the time we were bought by a human rights abuser who had people shot in the streets or the other human rights abuser who he sold it to who executes gay people and still stones people to death.
But that was all okay to you, it was leaving the UEFA competition that really did it. Do me a favour.

Don’t go full dipper now, you know human rights are seasonal.

 

[Blue Mist]

people slagging off City need to open their eyes. what choice did they have ? we could rebel and win a meaningless premier league every year . we'd earn fuck all. we certainly won't sign the likes of KDB. we have to go with this to stay relevant . we of all clubs don't need this money but we do need the sporting challenge .

How is it staying relevant? It would remove everything the fans cared about. It is all about making it into an American business model similar to the NFL and baseball.
I think next Sunday could be my last game.

 

[MarcIsTired1986]

This is just going to cause a load of breakaway clubs - like FC United.

And I'm all for that.

Fuck these greedy, money-grabbing wankers.

Football is a sport, not a business.

How does FC City of Manchester sound?

 

[Centurions]

It's too late... They signed up to this and therefore it's another reason to taint the club for the haters...

I'm saddened by our club and disgusted in equal measure....

The haters? We've just got into bed with them.

 

[macmanson]

Not sure this new Super League would be as popular internationally as they anticipate. The major reason most of us NA fans watch is because it is not the the franchise model. The concept of promotion and relegation is as much an attraction as the game itself.

The Canadian TV market let DAZN buy up almost all the soccer rights in Canada, being replaced with Bundesliga and MLS. In the US, NBC moved the PL to its streaming service Peacock and the UEFA competitions are on Turner Sports, which is not a major US sports network.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Absolutely. Players' increasing and outrageous wage demands is a contributory factor here too.

Yep. If these founder members wield so much power in the game, they could have used it for good, by coming together and putting an end to the exorbitant player wages. Instead of agreeing to a new ESL to "protect" football, they could have agreed that all new player contracts couldn't be more than X amount and actually protected football.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

How the fcuk did Tottenham get in? Will one of the spare places go to Brentford? These questions are nagging me.

I'll put yer out of yer misery, sbf - the odd spot is going to the custodians of The Crown Arena. Real Madrid will first host Rochdale, and then the latter will play a first home game in the European Super League by promising not to wreck the Barcelona! coach as it slowly makes it way up Sandy Lane amid a smog of blue flares.