Football The 2020/2021 Season Thread

[Aoami]

The team I watch are in a pub league. They don't even sell tickets. The players and fans are no less passionate...in fact probably more so.

The game won't die, if anything it will see more and more people become disillusioned with league football...or at least top flight and return to grassroots football.

Count how many people you see at your next home game, then count how many UTD/Liverpool/whatever shirts you see in Tesco on match day.

Usually 1500-2000 at a Dulwich match to be fair, but they're the exception rather than the rule.

 

[DaGaffer]

Question. If the Superleague was an actual league with promotion and relegation for all, and replaced the CL and UEFA control, how would people feel about it?

 

[Raven]

 

[Aoami]

Question. If the Superleague was an actual league with promotion and relegation for all, and replaced the CL and UEFA control, how would people feel about it?

As a fan of a non "big 6" club, I'd actually be more against this. I like the idea of the big brands being ringfenced and outside of the world of normal football. There would just have to be good contingency to make sure enough money was being filtered down to grass roots, and protections put in place to stop this happening again.

 

[Moriath]

Question. If the Superleague was an actual league with promotion and relegation for all, and replaced the CL and UEFA control, how would people feel about it?

That would be ok. Each year the top x teams from each eu league went into a new format champions league. No problems. Its the exclusivity and superiority complex that is the issue with no chance to change the teams ‘apart from the token 5 per year’. Even if like spurs are not performing.

 

[Aoami]

European Super League? Go now and not be missed this sums up my feelings well

 

[Bodhi]

Looks like it's dead in the water already:


View: https://twitter.com/alexwickham/status/1384454232867233792?s=20


I'm guessing from other rumours it's either Chelsea or City, as they were allegedly only brought in to the ESL last week, and were told get on board or miss out.

So no Bayern, no PSG, and potentially no City or Chelsea. Not really much of a Super League without them is it?

 

[Raven]

Should eject them all anyway. Fuck'um.

 

[Embattle]

Super League files injunctions to stop club and player bans

European Super League wants to stop Fifa and Uefa banning clubs or players from future competitions.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Embattle]

Question. If the Superleague was an actual league with promotion and relegation for all, and replaced the CL and UEFA control, how would people feel about it?

Perhaps but then that would only be because I dislike FIFA and UEFA to a lesser degree.

 

[caLLous]

 

[Moriath]

Bayern have made a statement and rummeniger is uefa boss or something now also. Really not going to happen imo.

 

[Aoami]

PSG were always going to be tied in to UEFA/FIFA until after Qatar 2022.

German teams hamstrung by the 50+1 model. Not sure they could join a super league without fan approval.

Both of the above would've been known by the "founding 12" and won't make a blind bit of difference.

I do wonder who else will go for it now though, with the huge backlash. Although a League of 12 teams playing each other 3 times would probably sell to the masses, and also allows for 1 each of those meetings to be a neutral venue, which is probably something that they wanted in the first place.

 

[Raven]

The 3rd games likely to be played in North America, Asia or the Middle East no doubt.

It wouldn't surprise me if eventually they start adding non-Euro teams at some point.

 

[Gwadien]

The 3rd games likely to be played in North America, Asia or the Middle East no doubt.

It wouldn't surprise me if eventually they start adding non-Euro teams at some point.

I remember watching a thing about Arsenal and China a while ago; basically, there's *way* more Chinese 'fans' than there are 'fans' in the UK.

In this context, I think fans should be read as customers.

 

[Embattle]

I remember watching a thing about Arsenal and China a while ago; basically, there's *way* more Chinese 'fans' than there are 'fans' in the UK.

In this context, I think fans should be read as customers.

No surprise as it is Arsenal

 

[Aoami]

The 3rd games likely to be played in North America, Asia or the Middle East no doubt.

It wouldn't surprise me if eventually they start adding non-Euro teams at some point.

Yep, exactly what I was getting at. City have teams in New York and Melbourne for instance. What a chance for them to play "meaningful" games there.

 

[Raven]

I did just have a thought though. Let them play in it and then schedule all their premiership games on the same day. Deduct points for no-shows.

 

[caLLous]

 

[Aoami]

More or less confirmed now. I'm not convinced this is all over though. Even if it goes away now, it'll be back in a few years.

 

[Aoami]

Maybe not, city going as well
View: https://mobile.twitter.com/MartinLipton/status/1384568903515377665?s=19

 

[Embattle]

Chelsea and City were rumoured to be the last to sign up due to the fear of missing out, so wouldn't be surprised if they were the first out.

 

[Aoami]

Atleti pulling out as well. Laporta has also said Barca won't enter without the approval of the socios.

 

[Raven]

Haha, what a mess to create ill will among your fans

 

[SilverHood]

Looks like The Glazer touch is alive and well. All they touch turns to shit.

 

[caLLous]

TalkSport so a shovelful of salt...

 

[caLLous]

 

[caLLous]

Slightly more reputable...




Edit - now TalkSport (and nobody else) are saying Woodward has resigned.

 

[Raven]

Sky reporting it now too. Woodward gone.

 

[Embattle]

Hysterical.