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Re: European Super League - 6 EPL teams sign on.

Post by stattointhailand » April 20, 2021, 8:04 pm

Have ta say there's a bit of me that thinks .......... so's you f****** well right (Som nam na), Newcastle fans have been highlighting what happens when the owner doesnt give a flyin' f*** about the club, the area or its fans for 15 years, only to be told they were wrong to want a club they could support.

"for once even Rio Ferdinand got it right .. its a disgrace the club OWNERS doing dodgy deals without managers , players n staff informed ."

Perhaps the fans of Liverpool, Man Utd et all should take advice from Rio

"If the fans dont like what the owner is doing with the club, why don't they buy it themselves"

As for Richard Masters & co at Prem Lge, ............ Its the same six clubs that you been have sucking up to and protecting by refusing to allow anyone else into their ball game for years.
What's the difference between now and 1992 when the Prem did EXACTLY the same to the Football League?



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Re: European Super League - 6 EPL teams sign on.

Post by tamada » April 21, 2021, 7:56 am

Chelsea and ManC renege. Sooperdooper League pipedream collapses. Woodward quits ManU.

The EPL going down the temple seems to have worked!

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Re: European Super League - 6 EPL teams sign on.

Post by tamada » April 21, 2021, 7:59 am

All six EPL teams bail out taking all the spare parachutes with them.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... dApp_Other

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Re: European Super League - 6 EPL teams sign on.

Post by Niggly » April 21, 2021, 8:02 am

^you beat me to it 🤨
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Re: European Super League - 6 EPL teams sign on.

Post by Niggly » April 21, 2021, 8:02 am

All six English clubs leave Super League
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21/04/2021

All six Premier League teams involved in the European Super League have formally withdrawn from the competition.
Manchester City were the first club to pull out after Chelsea had signalled their intent to do so by preparing documentation to withdraw.
The other four sides - Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham - have all now followed suit
The 12-team Super League was announced on Sunday to widespread condemnation.
Manchester City confirmed they have "formally enacted the procedures to withdraw" from the Super League.
Liverpool said their involvement in the proposed breakaway league "has been discontinued".
Manchester United said they had "listened carefully to the reaction from our fans, the UK government and other key stakeholders" in making their decision to not take part.
Arsenal apologised in an open letter to their fans and said they had "made a mistake", adding they were withdrawing after listening to them and the "wider football community".
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy said the club regretted the "anxiety and upset" caused by the proposal.
Chelsea confirmed they have "begun the formal procedures for withdrawal from the group" that they only joined "late last week".
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin welcomed the reversal, adding: "They are back in the fold now and I know they have a lot to offer not just to our competitions but to the whole of the European game.
"The important thing now is that we move on, rebuild the unity that the game enjoyed before this and move forward together."
English football's 'big six' were part of a group, also containing Spain's Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid and Italy's AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus, that announced plans to form the breakaway league, which they hoped to establish as a new midweek competition.
It was condemned by fans, football authorities and government ministers in the UK and across Europe by Uefa and league associations.
Around 1,000 fans gathered outside Chelsea's Stamford Bridge ground before their game against Brighton on Tuesday to protest at their club's involvement.
Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, who was involved in the Super League discussions, has announced he will step down from his role at the end of 2021.
Leading players at some of the six clubs signalled their disapproval of the planned breakaway league.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson said on social media his side's "collective position" is they do not want the Super League to take place.
"We don't like it and we don't want it to happen," read a message that was also posted by many fellow Liverpool players.
After City confirmed their withdrawal, England winger Raheem Sterling posted: "Ok bye."
Uefa had hoped to stave off the threat of a European Super League with a new 36-team Champions League, which was agreed on Monday.
In announcing their proposals for a Super League that would eventually comprise of 20 teams, the 12-club group said the Champions League reforms did not go far enough.
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, who was named as the ESL's chairman, said the competition was set up "to save football" because young people are "no longer interested" in the game because of "a lot of poor quality games".
None of the Spanish and Italian sides have yet released a statement after the six Premier League teams pulled out.
The Arsenal board said they did not intend to "cause such distress" and that they joined the Super League because they "did not want to be left behind" and wanted to ensure the club's future.
"Our aim is always to make the right decisions for this great football club, to protect it for the future and to take us forward," they added.
"We didn't make the right decision here, which we fully accept."
Manchester United said that they "remain committed to working with others across the football community to come up with sustainable solutions to the long-term challenges facing the game".
Liverpool said the club had "received representations from various key stakeholders, both internally and externally" before reaching their decision and thanked them for their "valuable contributions".
Levy said that Tottenham felt it was "important" to take part in "a possible new structure that sought to better ensure financial fair play and financial sustainability whilst delivering significantly increased support for the wider football pyramid".
He added: "We should like to thank all those supporters who presented their considered opinions."
Chelsea said that after having had "time to consider the matter fully" they had decided that their "continued participation in these plans would not be in the best interests of the club, our supporters or the wider football community".
Manchester City said they have "formally enacted the procedures to withdraw from the group developing plans for a European Super League".
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Re: European Super League - 6 EPL teams sign on.

Post by tamada » April 21, 2021, 8:28 am

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy said the club regretted the "anxiety and upset" caused by the proposal.
Not half as anxious 'n' upset as England's best striker in decades being held back from earning any silverware before being put out to pasture.

These sh*theads need to "pull a Woodward" and fall on their swords.

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Post by tamada » April 21, 2021, 8:32 am

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, who was named as the ESL's chairman, said the competition was set up "to save football" because young people are "no longer interested" in the game because of "a lot of poor quality games".
Absolutely and horrendously out of touch! Has he not watched Scunthorpe recently?!

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Re: European Super League - 6 EPL teams sign on.

Post by Niggly » April 21, 2021, 8:52 am

Leeds United will be the only football club in history to have got a point against the European Super League

MOT 😂
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Re: European Super League - Stillborn

Post by tamada » April 21, 2021, 9:17 am

Since I initiated this thread, I though it apropos that the title should be changed.
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Re: European Super League - Stillborn

Post by tamada » April 21, 2021, 2:59 pm

The gooners former manager summed it up perfectly.

Arsene Wenger, speaking on on beIN Sport: “I must say the biggest paradox in all of this was the English clubs. England voted for Brexit to master their own destiny. England has the strongest league in the world. By signing these documents, they were destroying the Premier League. Unbelievable.”

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Post by Niggly » April 21, 2021, 3:57 pm

Rumour has it Arsenal have now decided to start their own breakaway league with just themselves. The bookies currently have them as second favourites to win it.
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Re: European Super League - Stillborn

Post by stattointhailand » April 21, 2021, 4:25 pm

Greedy owners should be forced to give season ticket holders their tickets for free next season .... AND organise a free lottery to give all remaining seats not used by Season Tickets to the public.
That way you take money out of the right peoples pockets without affecting the fans.
A point deduction or fine or banning from Europe wont do anything to Henry/Glazier/Kronke et all, all it does is ruin the enjoyment of the innocent fans and players

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Re: European Super League - Stillborn

Post by stattointhailand » April 21, 2021, 6:40 pm

Super League fixture list just announced

Week 1 Barca vs Juve, Real Madrid v bye
Week 2 Real Madrid vs Barca, Juve v bye
Week 3 Juve vs Real Madrid, Barca v bye
Week 4 Juve vs Barca, Real Madrid v bye
Week 5 Barca vs Real Madrid, Juve v bye
Week 6 Real Madrid v Juve, Barca v bye

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Re: European Super League - Stillborn

Post by jackspratt » April 21, 2021, 7:52 pm

I reckon "aborted", rather than "stillborn" is the better adjective in this case.

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Re: European Super League - Stillborn

Post by tamada » April 21, 2021, 8:02 pm

^ Accepted. But do you think it really stood any chance of life after being conceived in total darkness?

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Re: European Super League - Stillborn

Post by jackspratt » April 21, 2021, 8:22 pm

I am not close enough to UK and Euro soccer politics to be able to offer an informed opinion.

However, given the money and the personalities involved, I doubt this is yet a dead duck.

Kerry Packer would probably back me up.

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Re: European Super League - Stillborn

Post by Drunk Monkey » April 21, 2021, 8:32 pm

tamada wrote:
April 21, 2021, 8:02 pm
^ Accepted. But do you think it really stood any chance of life after being conceived in total darkness?
total darkness is the best way to conceive ... in Scunny that is .. also a night club fire exit is a popular location ..

Seems like this is SL is consigned to the history books Jack .... for now at least but expect it to rear its ugly head again in the future .. a few years from now.

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Re: European Super League - Stillborn

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » April 22, 2021, 3:33 am

It is nice to see that this cash grab failed.
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Re: European Super League - Stillborn

Post by Drunk Monkey » April 22, 2021, 8:25 am

Cloughie was a character .. his interview with Martin Tyler when Notts Forest got relegated just before his retirement was brilliant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQJOTebwaRw

DMs SL comments

Spurs in the now crapped out Super league ... was like walking in the Crucible theater and putting 50p of the table .. :lol:

Man city , Spurs , Arsenal , Manu U and Chelaea have all apologized for the SL actions ..

Liverpool said ... its nothing to do with them . :lol:

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