Champions League restructuring

[Martin Carruthers]

Thought it not being on SKY/BT was why Neville, Ferdinand etc. were so anti. Or maybe I'm too cynical and they were genuine. Or a bit of both.

[clash city rocker]

European Cup, UEFA Cup and Cup Winners Cup. That would be nice.

Jonathan Pearce loves mentioning the Fairs Cup
I've had a look at that and see Birmingham have been in the final twice . Found that surprising. Shocked actually but then read more on it.
Did Villa ever partake on this or was Birmingham then used as the representative of the city?
I see it was for teams of trade fairs pre cursor to uefa Cup likes of Juventus and Barcelona were in it.

The noses in a european final ? Dont be silly. They couldn't get into a West Mids final.In fact in they moved to the Welsh league they still wouldnt make a final.

[cdbearsfan]

Thought it not being on SKY/BT was why Neville, Ferdinand etc. were so anti. Or maybe I'm too cynical and they were genuine. Or a bit of both.

Genuine, IMO. Neville, in particular, often comes across as a decent sort.

[sickbeggar]

Thought it not being on SKY/BT was why Neville, Ferdinand etc. were so anti. Or maybe I'm too cynical and they were genuine. Or a bit of both.

Just presenters. I know if I was Murdoch and my subscription money pit had just been gutted, i'd be making all sort of statements about breach of contract. Call me cynical but they've been in the loop from the start IMO.

[Jon Crofts]

It's on the Disney Channel.

Sky is under new ownership now and I can't really see them forking out even more when 1/3rd of their market isn't playing in it (Germany).

[Monty]

Promising and surprisingly strong noises from the government. Obviously I wouldn't trust them to chew gum and spit it out, but if they do actually do something then they will have at least put a real cherry on the shit cake that is them. Like Nixon signing that pollution bill over there.

[nick harper]

Reuters reporting that UEFA meeting on Friday with a view to kicking the clubs out of this season’s Champions League and Europa League. That would be a pretty powerful act.

[cdbearsfan]

Promising and surprisingly strong noises from the government. Obviously I wouldn't trust them to chew gum and spit it out, but if they do actually do something then they will have at least put a real cherry on the shit cake that is them. Like Nixon signing that pollution bill over there.

In terms of government action, can they just say they will deny any work visas for new signings? They want to have a bunch of global megastars playing every week, they'll soon get bored if they can only sign players from Morecambe and Motherwell.

[sickbeggar]

It's on the Disney Channel.

Sky is under new ownership now and I can't really see them forking out even more when 1/3rd of their market isn't playing in it (Germany).

well if they want to right-off  their 1193m per year investment when 6 of them jump ship this summer you could be right. Personally i'd be a bit annoyed if it was me. And they don't seem to be.

[john e]

Just on the Celtic Rangers thing

If the Premier League loses six of its biggest clubs why not restructure it into a British league

Don’t just take Celtic and Rangers and leave the little Scottish clubs to rot
But have a Scottish-North-South section in the lower leagues with promotion relegation etc

[cdbearsfan]

Every pundit they've asked has slagged the idea off. I do have some concerns that Sky and/or BT may try to prevent expulsion of the Scab Six, though.

[johnc]

I woild imagine the united front against the suggestions of a Super League with an alliance stretching from a Tory Govet to FIFA to football supporters around theworld to broadcasting behemoths must be giving the Super 12 some food for thought.

[sickbeggar]

Just on the Celtic Rangers thing

If the Premier League loses six of its biggest clubs why not restructure it into a British league

Don’t just take Celtic and Rangers and leave the little Scottish clubs to rot
But have a Scottish-North-South section in the lower leagues with promotion relegation etc

lololol!!!


no.

[Footy-Vill]

The new super league will have 20 teams - the 12 founding members plus the three unnamed clubs they expect to join soon, and five sides who qualify annually according to their domestic achievements.

Isn't there a strong indicator Villa will be involved in this gluttony somewhere along the lines?

[sickbeggar]

The new super league will have 20 teams - the 12 founding members plus the three unnamed clubs they expect to join soon, and five sides who qualify annually according to their domestic achievements.

Isn't there a strong indicator Villa will be involved in this gluttony somewhere along the lines

Think we've had our quota with 6 of them tbh.