Champions League restructuring

[sickbeggar]

Just looking at the table. Keep our nerve and finish above Leeds and we're in the CL lads

[PaulWinch again]

Meeting for the PL 14 tomorrow. Kick the ****** out.

I hope we're right at the vanguard on this. Us, Everton, Newcastle (though Christ alive the state of their ownership), West Ham need to be strong.

Haven't West Ham (and Southampton) already cosied-up to them when it comes to PL voting?

They’d be rather shortsighted not to review that position.

[darren woolley]

This is a terrible idea it's just about money they are running off in to the sunset with there bags of money and don't care about what this will do to the Premier League and EFL Leagues.

[PaulWinch again]

If players are concerned about their international futures then they need to use their voice and deal with this. The “superleague” won’t be in great demand if none of the top players want to be involved.

[simboy]

If UEFA and FIFA are against this then who in their right mind, as a player is going to sign for these idiots? It has the possibility of ending up like the Chinese league, made up of overpaid has-beens or never weres looking for a last big pay day. Even "us lesser clubs" pay their star players about £120k per week [which is enough to live on I would have thought], so who is going to give up the prospect of not winning a World Cup medal for an extra £50k per week? Long time retired.

Thats why players will come out against it, and as long as FIFA and UEFA don't compromise it will die a death ... 

[Nunkin1965]

So which sides are going into next seasons Champions League?
Don't the preliminary rounds start in July or something like that?

[ADVILLAFAN]

Super League players banned from international football.

Has anyone broken the news to Southgate regarding Mount and Eric dier?

[sickbeggar]

I dunno. The only thing this has going for it, is it could take-out UEFA and FIFA. Two organisations mired in self-interest, corruption and obsessed with "improving" the rules and competitions where its totally fucked up football anyway. . Not saying the ESL are any better but they couldn't be much worse

[PaulTheVillan]

Imagine being a young player say Phil Foden for example, and now because your owner is a greedy ****** you can no longer play for your country, or to do so you have to leave the club you've been at since a child.

I rarely have sympathy for football players but this looks like it's been done over their heads and they could be punished for actually doing nothing wrong.

[Clive W]

Just seen this in the DT

“ An anonymous board member for one the English Super League clubs has spoken to Sky Sports to describe the proposals not as "civil war [but] it's a nuclear war."

In an extremely inflammatory statement, the anonymous exec said: “Our job is to maximise our revenues. The wider good of the game is a secondary concern. The clubs don’t care about the backlash and opinions of the fans."

At least it’s an honest statement, even if it’s disgraceful and hidden behind a cloak of anonymity

[Ads]

If they kick them out, we will legitimately be the biggest and most successful English club again. Trololololol

[simboy]

Imagine being a young player say Phil Foden for example, and now because your owner is a greedy ****** you can no longer play for your country, or to do so you have to leave the club you've been at since a child.

I rarely have sympathy for football players but this looks like it's been done over their heads and they could be punished for actually doing nothing wrong.

I would have thought the players are only just above you and I in the decision making process. 

[sickbeggar]

If they kick them out, we will legitimately be the biggest and most successful English club again. Trololololol

Bring back the Wanderers I say. We'll need some competition.

[CT]

Imagine being a young player say Phil Foden for example, and now because your owner is a greedy ****** you can no longer play for your country, or to do so you have to leave the club you've been at since a child.

I rarely have sympathy for football players but this looks like it's been done over their heads and they could be punished for actually doing nothing wrong.

I would have thought the players are only just above you and I in the decision making process. 

That’s what makes me laugh when supporters groups say that they weren’t consulted.

Like that would make the slightest shred of difference.

[Dave P]

If they kick them out, we will legitimately be the biggest and most successful English club again. Trololololol

And also "typical Villa" would peak with a 7-2 win over Champions Liverpool and 3-0 hammering at Arsenal away meaning absolutely nothing.  Prior to that, the most typical Villa thing I could think of was beating Champions Manchester City away and losing to Division 4 Bradford in the same cup run.