But the chance of City missing out will cause much hilarity among the likes of Leicester and Spurs who were snubbed at the initial meeting.
Hes gunning for my new poster post count already!While trying not to stray even further into the realms of off topic......I think the reason,one or two....are suspicious of you is because of your initial 'bull in a china shop approach' - how quickly you put your feet under the table and your 450 posts in just 3 weeks...... You seem a good character though whoever you are/were ;-)
Lispy dwarf rag arse rimming tosser
Yeah, a couple of others have hinted at but not really fully explained, the OP/thread title has it wrong - it's not an opinion piece and it's nothing to do with the CL. It's an extrapolation from a German article from a Frankfurt news source.
The story isn't that we're not big enough for the CL, it's that the organisers of the Super League have now convinced UEFA to take ownership of the competition as a new first level of European competition with the CL and EL becoming the second and third tier. 14 teams to be given automatic entry and 10 to have to qualify. Lipton's "source" takes up the story from that point onwards and says that England would be offered four automatic qualifying berths, and therefore City wouldn't make the cut but could still qualify through the remaining qualifying slot which would go to league position.
Take what you will from that.
Oh, and in other news, the German source suggests that the Bundesliga could be considering ending their current rules preventing private investors/companies owning a majority of shares, so that from that what you will, also.
It comes across as opinion, as it is backed up by an anonymous source, with the addition "it would cause much hilarity among Spurs and Leicester fans..." As I said above, he is a Spurs fan.
Yes, the notion that broadcasting and publishing organisations might seek to maximise the advertising revenues on which they are clearly dependent, by portraying different teams in different ways in accordance with their global levels of support, is so far fetched it's preposterous.......erm, hang on a mo.....
Big enough to land Pep though eh Martin pmsl.
What a joke of a proposal.Yeah, a couple of others have hinted at but not really fully explained, the OP/thread title has it wrong - it's not an opinion piece and it's nothing to do with the CL. It's an extrapolation from a German article from a Frankfurt news source.
The story isn't that we're not big enough for the CL, it's that the organisers of the Super League have now convinced UEFA to take ownership of the competition as a new first level of European competition with the CL and EL becoming the second and third tier. 14 teams to be given automatic entry and 10 to have to qualify. Lipton's "source" takes up the story from that point onwards and says that England would be offered four automatic qualifying berths, and therefore City wouldn't make the cut but could still qualify through the remaining qualifying slot which would go to league position.
Take what you will from that.
Oh, and in other news, the German source suggests that the Bundesliga could be considering ending their current rules preventing private investors/companies owning a majority of shares, so that from that what you will, also.
Is he getting the chop??Deputy sports editor at The Sun, believe it or not.
But not for much longer...
I wouldn't like to imagine what our owner would do if this even became a proposal. You'd bet it won't get off the ground.This whole super league thing is a load of bollox. If it happens, with or without City, I'm completely done with following European level football. For me a closed league absolutely shits all over the history and traditions of the game
I wouldn't like to imagine what our owner would do if this even became a proposal. You'd bet it won't get off the ground.
What a joke of a proposal.
But the whole thing has changed. Had they gone further I'm sure we'd have gone to court.In the same way that FFPR never got off the ground? When that was only at rumour stage, this whole forum was reassuring each other at how Mansour would never allow it to be put into place either...
Imagine a competition where say Pep isn't involved and 3 English teams are all from 6th place and below? Plus imagine the outcry from teams around Europe who are excluded?I'd be done with football completely if that ridiculous idea ever came about.