Quote from: Brazilian Villain on October 11, 2020, 11:42:54 PMI think it's a no from Martin as well. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8829033/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Liverpool-Man-Uniteds-Project-Big-Picture-disgusting-Big-Six-power-grab.htmlThat's a fantastic article and every football fan should read it (even if it does mean clicking a Daily Mail link)
I think it's a no from Martin as well. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8829033/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Liverpool-Man-Uniteds-Project-Big-Picture-disgusting-Big-Six-power-grab.html
Quote from: malckennedy on October 12, 2020, 12:46:49 PMWhat are the chances of them getting their way on this? I know we shouldn’t be complacent but surely their chances are remote because at least 11 and probably 14 of the clubs who are disadvantaged by it will not support it?I imagine they'll have made their support for any financial assistance package to the EFL contingent on support for this in return, so that if small clubs start going bust, they can say that they wanted to help but their kind offers of assistance were rejected. If was Edens and Sawiris I'd be starting to get the other clubs not mentioned as being part of the new brigade on side. Our owners have got to be the richest outside of the 'Big 6' haven't they?
What are the chances of them getting their way on this? I know we shouldn’t be complacent but surely their chances are remote because at least 11 and probably 14 of the clubs who are disadvantaged by it will not support it?
Who gets special status outside the top 6 is meaningless ,though Leicester who won the league recently and finished 5th have the strongest case.David Conn in the Guardian points out that reducing the Prem by 2 clubs and a bigger TV share for the EFL will reduce the revenue for most PL clubs but the Champions League format will be extended and the revenues for the top clubs will increase.The consequence will be that the gap between the top 4/6 and the rest will increase.
This bit is particularly incredulous.It is not known what will happen if the plan - which has drawn criticism from supporters' groups, the government and the Premier League executive - is rejected.The Premier League said "individual proposals" in the plan "could have a damaging impact on the whole game", and that it would continue its own work on a "resolution to the requirement for Covid-19 rescue funding" for the EFL.However, one theory - which EFL chairman Rick Parry refused to dismiss when questioned specifically about it twice on Sunday - is that the six clubs have been told they could play within the Football League if their Premier League status was threatened.
I imagine they'll have made their support for any financial assistance package to the EFL contingent on support for this in return, so that if small clubs start going bust, they can say that they wanted to help but their kind offers of assistance were rejected...
Invite the top Scottish Clubs to replace them.
I don't get why we're so hung up on not being part of the three stooges (patsies) to the "big six".Are we saying we'd be in favour of this power grab if they deemed us one of the bigger boys too?This whole exercise is precisely because we're standing up to the bigger kids, and about to get back our lunch money.