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Offline ASHTONVILLA

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #405 on: October 20, 2020, 04:03:02 PM »
I honestly think it would bomb. It's not just English fans, I don't think fans of German, Italian, French and Spanish clubs will watch it either. If I were a a fan of a German club other than Bayern Munich, I would be thinking great, let them fuck off and the rest of us can have a proper competition without them. Same in France with PSG, and Spain with Barcelona and Real gone.

I don't even think it will popular with their own local fans (yeah I know, but they do have some). I spoke to one of my shareholders today, who is a big Man U fan (been to all three European cup wins) and grew up in Salford. He really doesn't like the idea at all.

Offline frank black

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #406 on: October 20, 2020, 04:19:31 PM »
I’d love to know the viewing figures for the existing Champions League. My view, albeit not particularly scientific, is that it’s fucking tedious before the latter part of the knockout stages. Is there really any appetite from viewers for a big league format?

Agreed, I believe the viewing figures for the majority of premier league fixtures doesn’t make good reading either. I don’t watch the CL until the knockout stages.

If they want to set this up I can’t see it being interesting unless new teams qualify like they can now with the CL. This invitation stuff is bollocks people will soon get bored with it. There needs to be jeopardy as well as rewards in football.

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #407 on: October 20, 2020, 04:19:33 PM »
Is acceptance of this tied in to a football league bailout, or have they skipped that irritation this time around?

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #408 on: October 20, 2020, 04:20:03 PM »
It's a stupid ploy by the red pair to try and get their own way in the Premier League.  Doubt it'd happen, but I'd stick by my suggestion that the Premier League come back and tell them that if they join a European Super League, they'll be replaced by Celtic & Rangers - with no way back except start at the bottom.  Likewise UEFA should tell them to do one if they think about joining.

Really need to teach these morons a harsh lesson.

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #409 on: October 20, 2020, 04:23:38 PM »
So utterly wipe out Scottish professional football? Bonus!

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #410 on: October 20, 2020, 04:28:40 PM »
A top PL match gets about 1million viewers. Champs League games hidden away on BT struggle to hit 250,000.
« Last Edit: October 20, 2020, 04:36:02 PM by London Villan »

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #411 on: October 20, 2020, 04:31:56 PM »
So utterly wipe out Scottish professional football? Bonus!
Don't get me wrong ... I wouldn't want the ugly sisters anywhere near the Premier League.

However, promoting two "big" sides from the Championship (Middlesborough & Norwich?) doesn't carry the same level of threat.  They could laugh that off, since there's no club in England/Wales [outside the Premier League] that could have their level of support, or attract the TV audiences they do.

However .... Celtic & Rangers would.
« Last Edit: October 20, 2020, 04:34:40 PM by algy »

Offline Bobby Boy

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #412 on: October 20, 2020, 04:34:56 PM »
What's the point of a league where the team in 17th play the team in 18th with 12 games to go? No relegation so no jeopardy.

Dead rubber after dead rubber. Who is genuinely going to give a shit about the majority of games?

I'm a big fan of American Football and while there's no relegation the poorest teams do get the pick of the best players in the college draft so there's always a sense of potential improvement.

This will be about as sterile as modern professional sport gets for the majority of the time.

Offline Big Ming

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #413 on: October 20, 2020, 04:51:01 PM »
If all football in England is played under the auspices of the FA, where will they play their home fixtures?

Offline Big Ming

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #414 on: October 20, 2020, 04:54:08 PM »
Founder clubs cannot be relegated for twenty years.

What absolute putrid scum these people really are.

No surprises those money grabbing parasites at FIFA are onboard.


They just do not get it , the jeopardy of relegation and promotion is part of it

Stan says "it's like dogging....... the element of danger".
« Last Edit: October 20, 2020, 04:56:05 PM by Big Ming »

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #415 on: October 20, 2020, 04:55:46 PM »
I do not think these people who come up with these ideas know why fans go to football , and they probably do not care either .  it is all about overseas subscriptions   :-\

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #416 on: October 20, 2020, 05:59:30 PM »
I do not think these people who come up with these ideas know why fans go to football , and they probably do not care either .  it is all about overseas subscriptions   :-\

And you only have to look at modern shirt sponsors to see the influence that gambling has on the game. I would not be surprised to see 9am kick offs soon for the far East betting markets

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #417 on: October 20, 2020, 06:07:58 PM »
On you go , feck off

Offline N'ZMAV

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #418 on: October 20, 2020, 06:11:21 PM »
seems Man Utd and Liverpool haven't taken their hammerings the other sunday well... both can fuck off for me.

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Re: Premier League reform proposals
« Reply #419 on: October 20, 2020, 06:31:31 PM »
La Liga president Javier Tebas said: "The authors of that idea - if they really exist, because there is nobody actually defending it - not only show a total ignorance of the organisation and customs of European and world football, but also a serious ignorance of the audiovisual rights markets.

"A project of this type will mean serious economic damage to the organisers themselves and to those entities that finance it, if they exist, because they´re never official. These underground projects only look good when drafted at a bar at five in the morning"

Shows what they think of it.

 


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