villalad21 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Man Utd, Man City, and Chelsea has always felt like fake clubs for the past 15 years anyways. Would be delighted to see them gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Just now, HKP90 said: Fifa has to double down and squash this or it’s finished. Exactly, and the time to do that is right now, this minute. The authorities have the power, not sh*thouse US owners and vampire investment banks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 How weird that already i now look down on and see those greedy clubs as comical rather than seeing them as a powerful rival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Every part of me things that PL, UEFA, FIFA etc will all cave in and come to some sort of compromise to stop this whole thing. But, I hope to god they stand firm and tell them all to piss off and block players from participating in Euros/World Cups etc. I don’t see how they can do that much tbh. But yeah, hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 minute ago, PieFacE said: Every part of me things that PL, UEFA, FIFA etc will all cave in and come to some sort of compromise to stop this whole thing. But, I hope to god they stand firm and tell them all to piss off and block players from participating in Euros/World Cups etc. They've passed the reforms to the CL. This might turn into a dick swining competition. I think they'll hold firm and tell them to f*** off and honestly, it will be brilliant if they do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StanBalaban Posted April 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Delphinho123 said: They've passed the reforms to the CL. This might turn into a dick swining competition. David Cameron fully backs this idea. 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 19, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56800351 European Super League a 'grotesque concept', says Aston Villa chief executive Christian Purslow. Quote The European Super League (ESL) is a "grotesque concept" and goes against everything football stands for, says Aston Villa chief Christian Purslow. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham are among 12 clubs who have agreed to join a new ESL. "These proposals do away with sporting merit," Purslow told BBC Radio 4. Leeds owner Andrea Radrizzani said the ESL plans would "kill dreams of players and fans". Speaking to the Today programme, Purslow said: "It would enable a small number of clubs to be in this competition come what may and, for millions of people in football, that goes against everything the sport means and stands for. "The idea is that the uncertainty that comes with sport, that makes it so compelling, that we all love, is actually damaging to the business models of these huge clubs. "So the scheme is designed to take away that uncertainty, to give predictability to their businesses so that, if they're badly managed or have a poor year, they're still in the premier tournament. "Does that sound like sport or football to you? To me it sounds a grotesque concept." Quote Writing on Twitter, Radrizzani said: "Absolutely against the sporting spirit, the dream of millions of fans to conquer the champions on the field, with planning, vision, work. Kill dreams of players and fans. "The teams are fans and WE are custodians of the club." The ESL will be a "new midweek competition" with teams continuing to "compete in their respective national leagues". After it was announced on Sunday, Fifa expressed its "disapproval" of the proposed competition and called on "all parties involved in heated discussions to engage in calm, constructive and balanced dialogue for the good of the game". World football's governing body previously said it would not recognise such a competition, and any players involved could be denied the chance to play at a World Cup. Uefa, Europe's governing body, reiterated that warning on Sunday when it said players involved would be banned from all other competitions at domestic, European or world level and could be prevented from representing their national teams. "It would be extraordinarily difficult for this to fly if the core football authorities - Fifa, Uefa and the Premier League - were so adamantly against it," added Purslow. "We have a prestigious European tournament called the Champions League, which enjoys fantastic ratings. "It's for that reason that it's remarkable that so many English clubs are involved in this scheme given they enjoy the benefit of being in the two most compelling and successful football tournaments that are televised around the world. "I think Fifa will be important because players and fans ultimately are what football is all about, players would have no truck with any proposal that impacted their ability to represent their countries, and I'm quite certain that ultimately this will be about fan opposition, because there is no business in the world that ignores its fans. Those businesses are in peril." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Arsenal and Spurs also left the ECA. ban them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hobsons Choice Posted April 19, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2021 Has there ever been such a brazen coup in the history of sport? Maybe when that dude picked up a football and created rugby. 3 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Man City were in division 2 not too long ago. I don't get how they can be so history-blind. They wouldn't even be in the PL if we had a closed shop. Disgusting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted April 19, 2021 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2021 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PieFacE Posted April 19, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19, 2021 Talk Sport is so shit. They've been saying "Wenger is coming on next" for about 2 hours now. The whole station is complete garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted April 19, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 minute ago, BOF said: Yeah, I woke up and found out that football had exploded. Before my first coffee of the day. Mental. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Arsenal and Spurs also left the ECA. ban them all I don't understand where the Electrical Contractors Association comes into it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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danceoftheshamen Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I do not like that statement from Fifa above "" After it was announced on Sunday, Fifa expressed its "disapproval" of the proposed competition and called on "all parties involved in heated discussions to engage in calm, constructive and balanced dialogue for the good of the game". World football's governing body previously said it would not recognise such a competition, and any players involved could be denied the chance to play at a World Cup."" That looks already like caving in to me. They initially said they would not recognise it and players "could" be denied the chance to play a World cup and now it's altered to "We dissaprove and we need to engage in calm balanced discussion for the good of the game" Bunch of corrupt weaklings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I would bloody love them to leave and it be a disaster. Can I have that for Christmas please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted April 19, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19, 2021 FIFA are shit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted April 19, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19, 2021 Just now, HanoiVillan said: If that is the first post of any footballer on the subject he's just won the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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