RadcliffeRick
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The Super League | FA + PL: New Charter & Fines | UEFA: Settlement
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Completely out of order re Champions League Revamp.Then you'll be equally annoyed by the announcement that the Champions League will offer guaranteed places to the bigger clubs?
The competition needed slimming down not expanding, there are far too many predictable matches which noone wants to watch.
It's tough to find a solution as the self-anointed "Big six" will only be happy if they have a permanent place in the conpetition which obviously reduces the competitiveness and credibility of it.
It made me laugh reading Joel Glazer going on about the "football pyramid." There is no pyramid if you close off the opportunity for clubs to progress higher up.
This morning I was confident that this was a bargaining tactic on the part of the clubs involved. After hearing Ceferin and others quotes from today I'm less confident a deal will be agreed between UEFA and the ESL clubs. Very worrying times for all those that care about the future of the sport.
No club should be guaranteed a place, once that is done, the credibility of a competition is done.
That's the issue I have here.
Greed is terrible but a fact of life, but a closed shop is totally out of order and against every principle of sport and football.
Pulled the post.Sid. You and must stop conversing, people will talk. I hope you are wrong on this one. This is potentially serious shit
It just popped up on my Twitter as Breaking News and scared the shit out of me.
2 dubious sources for now.
If it is confirmed later i will post over in Off Topic.
Now where we again............
Thats right Perez what a twat :-)
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Thats the trouble too. Even if this falls apart, the uefa revamp of the CL is also a fucking travesty that needs nixing. Dont let that get lost in all this.Completely out of order re Champions League Revamp.
No club should be guaranteed a place, once that is done, the credibility of a competition is done.
That's the issue I have here.
Greed is terrible but a fact of life, but a closed shop is totally out of order and against every principle of sport and football.
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True, but at least the likes of West Ham, Leicester can still qualify for CL and keep dreaming under new UEFA proposalsThats the trouble too. Even if this falls apart, the uefa revamp of the CL is also a fucking travesty that needs nixing. Dont let that get lost in all this.
This SL is total abomination in every aspect.
Sorry but PSG has already cut that deal ... we’re too late for that.Before we pull out I want the entire UEFA board to fly to Manchester, genuflect to our chairman and promise concessions if we go back to their fold. Six yellows and a red card given to PSG would be a great start.
And that's one of the main points, we're saying that withdrawing from the Super League isn't enough, the Champions League also needs fixing but we take the lesser of the 2 evils for now because one of them is still fundamentally merit based.Thats the trouble too. Even if this falls apart, the uefa revamp of the CL is also a fucking travesty that needs nixing. Dont let that get lost in all this.
It's a start and the only way for the owner/execs to rebuild the trust of the supporters.how would we all feel if the club did pull out? is that enough? have they redeemed themselves or is a big big apology and explanation needed too?
Domino effect, once one of the major clubs wobbles and falls, more will follow.....I think it means UEFA want to convince us to pull out.
If that's not the blue touch paper fuse that our owner lights to get out of this crazy, greedy and utterly selfish nonsense, there is no hope for our club!
but not forget....if it's true, the execs have a lot of reconciliation to do to us fans.Everyone seems to be very quick to forgive.
Who gives a toss what that greedy mercenary things of anything, he's made his bed, now let him lie it it.James Milner not quite sure why he doesn't like it. Maybe as he is 35 and missed out on even more money.
If true then the contract was signed while the team was half performing at Wembley.
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City could be using this for leverage against Uefa and the newly appointed Tebas (clutching desperately at straws)
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Somebody silence the clown already please.
Seriously someone fuck this **** off for good. (Perez)
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There arent even many sports that are shorter. his bellendery has hopefully convinced our leadership of the utter buffoonery they have agreed to.Seriously someone fuck this **** off for good. (Perez)
Confidence in our owner is damaged irreparably, but there's still time to make the right decision. Do we have the bottle for it? I don't know, but these cunts (Perez chief of all) have always hated us and worked against us, so what exactly will change?
The window of opportunity here is slim, but if the voices of the fans mean anything, or the players/manager fighting to make CL history for the club, then City should pay the yanks back in full and take our ball home.
The window of opportunity here is slim, but if the voices of the fans mean anything, or the players/manager fighting to make CL history for the club, then City should pay the yanks back in full and take our ball home.
I suppose the beacon of hope is that when the initial reports came out, City weren't one of the clubs listed to have greenlit this. It was only later on that it emerged City were involved. That would suggest at least that the decision to join was likely a very late one compared to the others.
I'm not justifying it, but it's the most concrete backup to the idea we have that City weren't keen and felt pressured into it. That would give hope to the idea that City would be the first to look for a way out if at all possible, especially now given the backlash.
I'm not justifying it, but it's the most concrete backup to the idea we have that City weren't keen and felt pressured into it. That would give hope to the idea that City would be the first to look for a way out if at all possible, especially now given the backlash.