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[BamberBridgeBlue]

What is ‘the right thing’ in this context?

Are you for real?

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Florentino Perez will be speaking on El Chiringuito TV in 10 mins about the ESL. So there should be some more infuriating quotes to read before bed.

 

[MarsLlama]

It’s about football in general and Neville is happy living off the back of the rags and owning a football team himself fucking up the league pyramid but doesn’t like it when someone has the audacity to tell him to fuck off.

Would you like it when that bitter, vicious man-baby Liverpool call their manager tells you to fuck off because he's too stupid to notice that you're agreeing with him? I wouldn't.

City have done far more to fuck up the financial power balance in football than Neville could ever dream of. And that's our right, and his. This proposal is nothing alike.

 

[PhdWave]

I’m wholeheartedly against the ESL, but they’re getting a bit sickening now

Why though?

 

[yankblue]

I don't think there's any way the rags or dippers can get away from this. They're all in. Chelsea could gazzump us I guess.

I think of the 12, City and Chelsea are the only ones who could feasibly back out. Italian and Spanish clubs are broke desperately need the cash. Same for Arsenal, United, and Liverpool. Spurs have way too much too lose, no idea how many reacharounds Levy had to give to nab them a spot.

 

[Marvin]

We're bankrolled by a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family, who also support stoning gay people.

There's a huge difference between a club having questionable funding and a group of clubs trying to literally destroy football for their own personal gain.

We're not bankrolled by anyone at the moment. And Abu Dhabi is tinpot compared to the UK if you want to run a book on it.

The problem for City is that we didn't propose this plan but we have a dilemma. We are invited. Do we accept and face hostility, or do we reject it and face being on the outside forever?

The added complication, which is the deciding factor for me, is that I can't see how these clubs think they can launch it and get away with it.

The actual format of the ESL is likely to be very similar to the new CL. I don't object to whether I am playing Real Madrid and Barcelona in the ESL in midweek, or the same sides in the CL in midweek. It's the same football teams but its the qualification that's crucial. That closed shop ring fences a cartel. I hate that idea. It will damage the game in a short period of time.

If this came in 15 years ago, we'd never have made our journey. Not as I understand it anyway.

I am hoping the reaction is so strong that City will have the confidence to withdraw knowing that the whole thing is dead in the water.

It's not playing these sides that bothers me. It's that we are putting a real barrier to competition and that's essential to hope and excitement. It will quickly get stale and boring.

 

[malg]

I think when they announce the predictable U-turn then there will be a collective sigh of relief and will be soon forgotten.

And in the background they'll get big decisions in their favour from UEFA.

 

[MCFC1993]

As a matter of interest if we leave the Premier League where do we go ? Championship, Divsion 1 ?

You cant run a football franchise (see what I did) playing 20 games a season.

I'd assume they'd extend this Super League, play each other 3 times, load of shit basically.

 

[Clevers]

I was all behind James Milner’s comments, but James, Liverpool don’t get to say “I feel the welcome our bus got was unfair”.

No bricks?

 

[OrigamiNinja]

I hope they stand firm and then we have to back out. I'd rather play West Ham, Leicester, Wolves etc... every week than European elite. I'm not losing the Premier League for the fucking Super League.

At least we can go to the away games in the Premier League!

This. We need the 14 to show the backbone that City and Chelsea didn’t. If they fold through fear of lost revenues, the 6 will have the green-light they need to push this through. I hope the news tomorrow is that the 14 have told us and the other 5 to go fuck ourselves.

 

[Stockton Heath Blue]

Best quote of the day: -

Spurs being invited into a Super League is like Bananaman being inducted into The Avengers.

 

[Brendan110_0]

I’ve read hundreds of pages of this thread today and there’s still something I just can’t get my head around.
15 founders that never get relegated but 5 that can right?
So, they get 5 teams to make up the 20 (let’s imagine they’ve got their 15), who potentially cause a shit storm with threatened sanctions from their own leagues on leaving and put themselves at risk of relegation if they don’t perform?
Will their respective leagues welcome them back with open arms like long lost sons whilst preparing to wave off the next lamb to the slaughter?
Who willingly signs up for this in their right mind?
This is potentially every 1st tier league in Europe held to ransom by welcoming back the failures at one time or another!
Am I missing something?

Yes, it’s to be played alongside the domestic league, not a replacement. But with possibly 20+ games it leaves no room for domestic cups and UEFA competitions.

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

Then you go with it and pray that regulations come in from the government etc...

Fans of the big 6 come together and turn their back on the 'Super' league. We can't half arse this one.

The government will be paid off for this.

It's been said for years, I'm a season ticket holder and pay £700 a season. Nothing more, nothing less. If they can replace me with 10 tourists over 10 games who pay £50 a ticket for themselves, bring a friend and then visit the city store it's clear who is more beneficial to them

 

[PragueBlue]

City have a great opportunity here. Do the right thing and almost overnight the hatred of who we are and what we represent will change.

Doubt it. We do that and the SL crumbles but within a few weeks we'll be the bad guys again and the media will be sucking the rags and dippers off. Whatever we do, we aren't going to win in the eyes of the media and the public they influence. If we're lucky, we might get a few weeks off.

 

[manchester blue]

Florentino Perez will be speaking on El Chiringuito TV in 10 mins about the ESL. So there should be some more infuriating quotes to read before bed.

Is this on Sky Q mate?

 

[MCFC1993]

What is ‘the right thing’ in this context?

You're just wumming now.

 

[PhdWave]

The actual format of the ESL is likely to be very similar to the new CL. I don't object to whether I am playing Real Madrid and Barcelona in the ESL in midweek, or the same sides in the CL in midweek. It's the same football teams but its the qualification that's crucial. That closed shop ring fences a cartel. I hate that idea. It will damage the game in a short period of time.

Pretty much sums up everything...

 

[malg]

So because they work for Sky - they’re not allowed to disapprove of this proposal ?

You think these two actually want this Super League ? Which would pretty make them the only people who do.

the truth is, they have lived there whole lives in football, they’re passionately involved and just like everyone on here - they don’t want it ruined.

Are you genuinely this naive?

 

[kippaxwarrior]

As a matter of interest if we leave the Premier League where do we go ? Championship, Divsion 1 ?

You cant run a football franchise (see what I did) playing 20 games a season.

We would have to apply to The FA to be reinstated and we would be put in the 5th teir of English football if accepted. The National League

 

[christened at st marks]

For the last 18mths or so (Pandemic period) it baffled me why was the North stand or roof not done, during the empty stadium period now we know, we will now be playing games in New York or where ever, MCFC one of the loves of my life has been stolen, at 68, I was looking forward to spending the rest of my time watching the likes of Phil and the Cole Palmer's coming through, now I'm lost and confused and completely shattered.
Even if we do a U turn, I'll never trust this ownership again, I'll always love City but can't watch this shite.