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[Keeper!]

Michael Jackson played basketball???

is that what they call kiddy fiddling in the states?

 

[Manc in London]

There appears to be a battle between clubs on the basis who can release the most 'scouse' statement to score some points on social media. Nonsense, like "Our club was built on the shoulders of our fans", "Our very existence is to serve our community" etc.. Enough to make you want to throw-up.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Not that it is any much surprise, but Bayern released their official statement.

Good on them! I do not like Bayern, but they've got my respect over this big time. Bayern are literally one of the elite European clubs. As big as either of the NW Redshirts from this country and bigger than City Cheslea Arsenal and Spurs. A European Super League is a misnomer if they aren't in it.

Well done Bayern for doing something my club should have done and for making a mockery of this breakaway.

 

[mccity]

and decent P.R.

And also on a personal level it must be pretty cool owning one of the most successful clubs on the planet, especially when all that happened under your stewardship

 

[Cityfan1977]

I live in the states... they are the most boring leagues in all of sport, even baseball is more competitive albeit not my thing. In the Nfl and NBA the top players cry and whine and move every few years to the top bidder. Soon you have juggernauts and ultimately it's the same 4 clubs recycled as champs. Let's not even get started on the playoff system especially in NFL where you literally only need to outcompete 3 other teams in your division to be guaranteed playoff contention so the team who does just enough to qualify then gets hot for a few weeks is declared champion... There is no relegation and very little of the bottom ever beating the top.

The difference is it has always been like that has the NFL format changed since the 1980 s?

 

[Akira]

 

[willipp]

he would be easy to recognize, he'd be the guy resting his elbow on your head! ;)

Can’t believe anyone wouldn’t recognize Michael Jordan. Those teeth, long ears and whiskers are unforgettable.

 

[yankblue]

It's not far off, half of the games end up meaning nothing especially in NBA. In the NFL fans start cheering against their teams to ensure the best draft picks.

I shouldn't be getting sucked into this but my take:

There are pros and cons to the "American" system (parity between teams being chief among them so I'm not sure what the OP is on about there, championships are spread far more evenly). There are pros and cons to the "European" system.

However they are fundamentally different and incompatible. It's comparing apples and oranges. Relegation would not work in America (interestingly enough fan groups of certain leagues want one) because the leagues are closed. A salary cap and salary floor would not work because there are hundreds of teams in the pyramid with vastly different spending power.

The Super League replaces some of the best parts of the European system with some of the worst parts American system. And it's all for money. That's why this is so fucked.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Sterling and Mendy have retweeted Pep's press conference.

Man City players are showing their first clear signs of opposition to the European Super League, as the likes of Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy, Raheem Sterling, and Riyad Mahrez retweet a club post highlighting a quote from Pep Guardiola directed towards the ESL

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Interesting...

That's great, just need to other mooted names like Disney to come out with Mickey Mouse holding a trophy saying "there's only room for one of these at Disney"!

 

[BlueBlood84]

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Well that is a surprise, they must be going through their own TV channels

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Well that is a surprise, they must be going through their own TV channels then

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Well that is a surprise, they must be going through their own TV channels then

Gonna play for the House of the Mouse.
Disney already have their with gloved hand in your pocket from cradle to the grave so what's one more franchise ay

 

[PhdWave]

Nope.

The UEFA proposal has qualification based on ‘historic achievement’ as well, so you’d still get Liverpool finishing 8th and getting in off the back of underperformance in the League.

Not to mention the huge hike in games will be a challenge to the integrity of the National Leagues too, particularly if the top teams don’t have to worry about trying as they’ll qualify anyway.

And the bunch of crooks behind it are as morally compromised and hateful towards our club as the other lot.

I simply do not share your opinion about one being infinitely better than the other. They both fucking stink, and to be honest if we leave the ESL (which I want) only to sign up to UEFA’s shit show of a revamped CL I will be just as angry as I am about the ESL.

Where is the historic achievement you have mentioned?

From UEFA's press release:
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Qualification for the UEFA Champions League will continue to be open and earned through a team’s performance in domestic competitions.

One of the additional places will go to the club ranked third in the championship of the association in fifth position in the UEFA national association ranking. Another will be awarded to a domestic champion by extending from four to five the number of clubs qualifying via the so-called “Champions Path”.

The final two places will go to the clubs with the highest club coefficient over the last five years that have not qualified for the Champions League group stage but have qualified either for the Champions League qualification phase, the Europa League or the Europa Conference League.
""

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

Exactly. European football should be a bonus, not the aim.

Never thought of it that way before...but absolutely agree!!

 

[doobyedoobye]

This kind of sniping needs to be stopped on this matter. Peps words were better yes but Klopps as much against it as Pep

Sniping?

 

[55yr old teenager]

Solhekol on ssn
“Now the anger of the 14 clubs, now this is really important, it’s not directed at the six premier league clubs.
These 14 clubs have nothing against Arsenal, Spurs, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea”
Think you forgot someone there you twat.
If it’s that important you’d think he’d at least get it right.
Never liked that smarmy ****.

Thought exactly the same. Made me want to smash his smarmy face In

 

[PhdWave]

Man City players are showing their first clear signs of opposition to the European Super League, as the likes of Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy, Raheem Sterling, and Riyad Mahrez retweet a club post highlighting a quote from Pep Guardiola directed towards the ESL

That's great Fucking balls

 

[Damien10]

If anything it should be the Americans changing their sports format.

Leave our game alone.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Price, Henderson or Ibe?

very good sir

 

[Keeper!]

Never thought of it that way before...but absolutely agree!!

European night used to be something to savour, they have rapidly become a chore apart from the knockout stages, so many boring , meaningless games in front of tourists, more interested in getting their Instagram pic on line during the game.

 

[burning blue soul]

Solhekol on ssn
“Now the anger of the 14 clubs, now this is really important, it’s not directed at the six premier league clubs.
These 14 clubs have nothing against Arsenal, Spurs, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea”
Think you forgot someone there you twat.
If it’s that important you’d think he’d at least get it right.
Never liked that smarmy ****.

good, keep our name out of it as much as possible!