The Super League | FA + PL: New Charter & Fines | UEFA: Settlement

[franksinatra]

I just cant believe any club let alone City are prepared to throw everything away, all the tradition, history, excitement and challenges for a few extra quid. What about the fans, clearly we dont mean anything anymore to the owners.

I dont want to watch a closed shop competion run on the back of a sham domestic league. Wheres the pleasure in that.

I would feel embarrassed watching City play another team outside this cartel, knowing that however badly we play, however much we lose by, we will still qualify for this super league and the other club wont.

If this happens, and im preying it wont, that's the end of it for me as a match going fan im afraid, its just not what im about or into as a person, I feel pretty low at present.

Basically a few billionaires have decided they want to remove competition, reap in all the revenue and stop all the other clubs and fans potentially having any success by skewing the market so heavily in their favour. We were that club in 2008.

Not only will we destroy our own legacy but were taking hope and aspiration away from other clubs. If we were allowed to stay in the Prem, what would be the point for the other clubs facing us, when we have an additional 425 million pound war chest to strengthen our squads. What would be the point in other clubs investing, improving themselves knowing what ever they did they would hit a ceiling and for fans knowing finishing 7th will be as good as it gets.

For me, regardless of whether it goes ahead, we know, if deep down we didn’t really know, where our owners stand now. And the most painful aspect this is only the first stage, once this lge is established these people, who only see money, will be trying to squeeze things even more, and in effect these, money obsessed individuals, are the de-facto regulatory body of the game. Next step matches played abroad, at time zones to suit other audiences. Our club has been stolen.

 

[HelloCity]

Fucking hell. Already feeling shit enough and you twats are using this thread to slag off Sterling.

You utter thunder cunts.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Will the original Champions league format still exist ? Or is this replacing it ?

Will there be relegation and promotion for these league. Ie: could Burnley ever reach this league if they finished 3rd in the prem next year or so ?

surely. Fans won’t bother. They can’t have a packed Stadium for PL say for Man City v Everton , and then less than half a stadium for Man City v Madrid.

 

[Esteban de la Sexface]

I can understand this, somewhat.

Most of us have supported City since we were kids off the backs of our parents doing the same and their parents the same. City is our club.

It's not that we're walking away from City, but City seems to be walking away from us. The fans don't matter any more, our voice is silent, our presence unnecessary, our support replacable. We aren't the working class Manchester "team of the people" anymore, just the rags or dippers in Blue. Our identity, history, passion and morality are all being sold off here, so can any of us honestly say this is the club we support and love?

I've been against the City Football Group concept from the start as ultimately it was always going to end here. Globalisation is the death of local support. It's disgusting and unethical.

I've been saying it for a while about the direction the club was taking, it gives me no pleasure but the club I loved, and I did love it, passionately is now dead

 

[bellsouth]

PSG chairman is on the UEFA board so its tricky for them but I think they will eventually follow suit. In Germany they have the 50 plus 1 rule which means 49% of the club is owned by the fans so it would have to go to a vote. Only RB Leipzig don't have that rule as they are owned by Red Bull so I can see them joining

PSG are suddenly the only UEFA team left in the Champions League, hmm I wonder if cynically they are waiting to win it and then throw their lot in with this Super League?

 

[nmc]

Get your point but having promotion and relegation as a jeopardy is a great way to ensure a competitive season to the end etc - I don't see removing it as a step in the right direction..........

It gets worse... in some US sports teams ensure they finish as low as they can once they cant qualify for the post season - to get better draft picks !

 

[Citizen Green]

PSG are suddenly the only UEFA team left in the Champions League, hmm I wonder if cynically they are waiting to win it and then throw their lot in with this Super League?

That would be excellent shithousery from them to be fair.

 

[BlueAnorak]

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

We signed up for this because we were left with very little choice. Become a 2nd tier club, financially and competitively disadvantaged or join.

Fans might prefer the first option but after the investment of our owners, there was only one realistic option for them. We would have probably preferred to continue as of now as we're not doing too badly but that option was no longer available.

You know mate, I keep playing this out looking for a positive from our perspective.

I can't, wrong is wrong - call it what it is.......

 

[Vic]

Where on earth do they envisage getting match officials from?

You don't think refs would work for more money?