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

[paulchapo]

Exactly. Just weather it out. People will continue to buy season tickets. People will continue to go to games. Even better, the overseas fans will still watch on telly.

No we won't. You better take in all the legal shitstorm that's coming our way too and players who can't play international football fucking off, probably Pep too. It's football's equivalent of Kerry Packers cricket fiasco.

 

[malg]

Sky is up,MNF

They started it.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Turn coat I was here before him fella, noticed you couldn’t reply to the posts contents. Keep clapping fella keep clapping.

Posts contents?

 

[D'Silva]

It's only one UEFA guy from a minnow country letting off steam

Yup not gonna happen and I don't think it's UEFA's best interest to act like a scorned ex-gf and blow this fight wide open. They still have a good chance of convincing City and Chelsea to remain. The proper thing to do is let the remaining fixtures be played. I fucking hate it when sporting events are turn into an arena for power tripping, protests and boycotts. That's plain unprofessional and irresponsible. UEFA of all sides should be trying to be level headed in this mess.

 

[burning blue soul]

This bit is belting
“The value of live media rights is stagnating or declining as some of our competitions fail to meet the needs of fans and new generations seek entertainment in ways which didn’t exist 10 years ago,”

scripted competition storylines to keep the masses happy!

"It starts with the fans of the game, giving them what they want and deserve"

We are so lucky! Thank you Euro Super Duper League

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

I do feel Sky have a little bit of cheek showcasing outrage at this, given it was they that kickstarted this whole thing off back in 92.

Don't be fooled. It's not outrage at the clubs. It's more likely outrage at losing out to DAZN.

 

[SWP's back]

Well at the present time West Ham and Leicester say hi.....

Both in full on reverse mode but I do take your point. It doesn’t take away from mine. I was just making the point that it would potentially guarantee a place each season for clubs that haven’t made it into the “top European competition” for the last 15 years other than Leicester, once.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

This is a Man Utd, plan that benefits Arsenal and Spurs significantly but less so Manchester City. We had no say in its inception and were at best cool to it, and yet we are stupid enough to sign up to it and damage ourselves in the process. At least Man Utd had a reason for doing so, as did SPurs. huge debt. What is MCFC's reason?

I will accept pragmatic fear but we had better explain ourselves this time. During the FFP dispute we wer verysilent but they have alienated a lot of supporters and we deserve some explanation - not a statement from Joel Glazer.

The JG statement was very odd

Actually wresting control of the game away from UEFA and giving it to the clubs is in the long term best interest of the game imo. I’m a lifelong City fan, on a City forum, watching on whilst City fans slag off our owner, call for the club to be banned, and insult fellow blues who see things differently. And I’m the bad one? I think not.

If the clubs were benign actors maybe. They aren’t though. I’m not slagging anyone but we disagree, which is fine

 

[wolviedinho]

Gary doesn’t back the super league but he backs the revamped champions league. Load of tosh. Closed shop with uefa also. All Liverpool this and united this by their mouthpiece sly sports

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Major league professional team sport is big business and has been for a long time. The business got bigger in the UK because Sky poured all that money into - as you rightly point out - and people running these businesses are only going to look to make them bigger: that is their job.

Things always change and evolve and if you don't innovate and simply stand still, you end up falling behind. If Sky get fall behind, tough shit.

If other clubs get left behind, it's tough but that's business.

yeah but not really representative of the growth in football for decades . Seems those at the top now are cashing in while they can and closing the door On everyone else.

great example to society.

What next all the rich folk in the uk move to a part of the uk and build a big wall round it and hospitals and schools and security and say fuck it we are the rich people , we deserve all our money now. You poor people can make your own way with your own money we deserve all our own wealth. you are on your own now and you cannot come in our club.