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Offline manic-road

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #165 on: April 18, 2021, 06:13:27 PM »
I wonder how many fans of the clubs involved actually want this? And how many players for those clubs a really up for it?
What is it ? 12 teams, 6 English, 3 Spanish and 2 Italian ?

Enthralling.

Exactly, no PSG or Bayern Munich, no relegation would just be a total bore in no time.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #166 on: April 18, 2021, 06:14:50 PM »
Gary Neville. Wow. Passion.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #167 on: April 18, 2021, 06:15:01 PM »
Fair play to Gary Neville.

Just the 6 points Gary? How about make it hurt, 30 would be a good start.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #168 on: April 18, 2021, 06:15:06 PM »
Imagine if we are one of the six...

Offline Damo70

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #169 on: April 18, 2021, 06:15:38 PM »
The Premier League clubs supposedly involved will be making a statement tonight. Apparently this is driven and supported by six Premier League clubs and three clubs each from Germany, Italy and Spain.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #170 on: April 18, 2021, 06:18:08 PM »
I can't bear to do it (unless we've beaten them), but has anyone been on the forums of the 9th, 7th, 6th, 5th and 2nd placed teams to see what they think of this?

Offline nick harper

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #171 on: April 18, 2021, 06:18:35 PM »
Gary Neville. Wow. Passion.

Deduct points and relegate them ! It was a great rant and absolutely on the button. And that from a Man Utd man. Fair play to him.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #172 on: April 18, 2021, 06:19:46 PM »
Hats off to Neville on his comments. Passionate stuff.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #173 on: April 18, 2021, 06:22:13 PM »
The Glazers, the John Henry's of this world have zero concept of or interest in the history of the game or the integrity of competition.

They may as well be selling washing powder or insurance.

The beauty of football, the soul of football leaves them cold.

Dead behind the eyes the lot of them.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #174 on: April 18, 2021, 06:25:02 PM »
I can't bear to do it (unless we've beaten them), but has anyone been on the forums of the 9th, 7th, 6th, 5th and 2nd placed teams to see what they think of this?

It's evidently not necessarily representative but most Man City fans on Blue Moon are saying that they would be done with Man City if it went ahead, it's about even on RAWK before they locked the thread.
« Last Edit: April 18, 2021, 06:29:05 PM by Bobby Boy »

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #175 on: April 18, 2021, 06:28:27 PM »
Be interesting what Sky's position is on this if of course it comes to fruition, the Premier League had been their jewel in the crown but it's been eroded these past few years with BT & Amazon, the broadcast rights would be astronomical but you'd think before signing up to any deal someone must be lined up to pay the asking fee to broadcast.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #176 on: April 18, 2021, 06:29:34 PM »
Snippet of Gary Neville if you didn’t see it. Really well said

https://twitter.com/skysportspl/status/1383832540054659082?s=21

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #177 on: April 18, 2021, 06:32:46 PM »
If that's what they want to do, so be it but they should be expelled from the Premier League if they do. If they have to choose, let's see what they do then and if still go then let's see how things are in a few years time. My sense is that they would be cutting off their nose to spite their face. The top sides left behind will become stronger and the European Super League will probably get boring very quickly. Even a Man United fan I speak to says that European competition was at it's best when only champions took part in the European Cup and everyone else played in the UEFA cup where you could be drawn against someone you hadn't played/wouldn't play for years. I imagine a lot of us would empathize with that view.

Offline PhilVill

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #178 on: April 18, 2021, 06:34:14 PM »
Goodbye and fuck off to them, let Rangers and Celtic join a new Premier League here with 18 teams, I’ll happily watch that and will ignore all the bollox of the money grabbers.

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Re: New Champions League format
« Reply #179 on: April 18, 2021, 06:36:05 PM »
Can one of the mods please merge this with the thread in Heroes Discussion please? I set this one up because I couldn't find the other one but there's no point discussion on the same point now happening on two threads.

 


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