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Offline Hockley Lion

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #780 on: April 19, 2021, 08:31:11 PM »
Nobody's going to forget this, even if they change their minds. It'll be unbearable being their supporters at matches.

I think they should be thrown out permanently tbh. They are clearly untrustworthy and treacherous. I don't want them anywhere near football.

However, if they were only to be demoted to Div 2 (old 4th div to be clear ) it might be the best way to get money into the lower divisions. Especially if gate receipts were equally divided both home and away or better still across the division so that even when Arsenal play Spurs the gate money is shared throughout the division.

They'd have no option but to sell their players because they couldn't afford them and they'd put in transfer requests the following day anyway. Sky/BT or whoever would probably bid for TV rights even.  Change promotion and religation to 2 teams up 2 down and let them fight it out. It'd be un-missable to watch and it'd take 2 of them at least 6 years to get back to the Prem. I don't think teams in that division would mind not getting promotion for a few seasons because they could be raking it in. They'd also be able to leave a mark on them and maybe teach them a little humility. The longer they stay there the wealthier the "little" teams would get making it more difficult for them. It has a certain poetic justice feel to it I think.

Mind you. I can could see a lot of angry big six supporters trashing towns across the country.

So nah. Kick them out. Permanently!

Utv.

In fairness, this is not down to the fans of the "big six".  They're as disgusting with the idea as everyone else.

I agree. I genuinely feel for them as I've posted earlier. It's not their fault at all. You only have to imagine how we'd feel if Villa were in on it. I'm glad Purslow said his piece this morning. I only hope they mean it.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #781 on: April 19, 2021, 08:31:45 PM »
Meh, Amazon are the logical choice. They're extremely evil and they have the resources to wait out any storm.

Anyone could live without amazon. A fan European boycott of them just for hosting the ESL product would probably see it binned off sharpish, if people can be actually arsed obviously.

Offline Woodyoubetagainstus

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #782 on: April 19, 2021, 08:34:07 PM »
Big Sam lost his job for trying to take some money on the side.

Get rid of the Scum 6

Totally different set if circumstances.

Personally I would love the 6 to crash and burn however they haven’t released this with a view to it not happening with consequences.


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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #783 on: April 19, 2021, 08:44:35 PM »
First it was the 39th game that was muted. A concept born in the USA  with the Globetrotters and then NFL to take the circus on the road for more money.
When that was scuppered they started saying they wanted more voting rights then they wanted changes to champions league. They keep getting knocked back when this was the aim all along so they have waited for a pandemic to drop this out now knowing fans are virtually silenced
By the fact that they cannot collectively group together. Could you imagine the abuse 40k + crowds would be handing out.

I really hope this time the wankers are punished as now they have showed thier hand there cannot be a way back for them

Offline BC Villain

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #784 on: April 19, 2021, 08:47:15 PM »
Nobody's going to forget this, even if they change their minds. It'll be unbearable being their supporters at matches.

I think they should be thrown out permanently tbh. They are clearly untrustworthy and treacherous. I don't want them anywhere near football.

However, if they were only to be demoted to Div 2 (old 4th div to be clear ) it might be the best way to get money into the lower divisions. Especially if gate receipts were equally divided both home and away or better still across the division so that even when Arsenal play Spurs the gate money is shared throughout the division.

They'd have no option but to sell their players because they couldn't afford them and they'd put in transfer requests the following day anyway. Sky/BT or whoever would probably bid for TV rights even.  Change promotion and religation to 2 teams up 2 down and let them fight it out. It'd be un-missable to watch and it'd take 2 of them at least 6 years to get back to the Prem. I don't think teams in that division would mind not getting promotion for a few seasons because they could be raking it in. They'd also be able to leave a mark on them and maybe teach them a little humility. The longer they stay there the wealthier the "little" teams would get making it more difficult for them. It has a certain poetic justice feel to it I think.

Mind you. I can could see a lot of angry big six supporters trashing towns across the country.

So nah. Kick them out. Permanently!

Utv.

In fairness, this is not down to the fans of the "big six".  They're as disgusting with the idea as everyone else.

I agree. I genuinely feel for them as I've posted earlier. It's not their fault at all. You only have to imagine how we'd feel if Villa were in on it. I'm glad Purslow said his piece this morning. I only hope they mean it.

Call me cynical (the Lerner and Xia years have had an affect), but NSWE had an application form stuck in front of them, it would be "Where do we sign?"  Purslow would be all for if it if he was still on the payroll at Anfield.

Offline London Villan

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #785 on: April 19, 2021, 08:56:40 PM »
What did the 12 think the reaction would be?

Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #786 on: April 19, 2021, 08:58:15 PM »
Bad, that's why they announced it when no crowds are in the ground.

Offline London Villan

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #787 on: April 19, 2021, 09:00:32 PM »
Would they have expected governments to oppose it?

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #788 on: April 19, 2021, 09:04:25 PM »
I think it stinks, however if anyone thinks they are going to get kicked out / punished domestically and players punished at national level you are fooling yourself.

It’s still a capitalist industry and there’s not a thing UEFA or FIFA can do about it.

It's neo-liberalism at an extreme. Once again I think the bankers have overplayed their hand, I really don't believe for a minute they understand the depth and importance fans give to their teams and the game in general.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #789 on: April 19, 2021, 09:04:43 PM »
You'd have thought so, governments like bandwagons, usually!

Not sure what the reaction has been elsewhere, can the Spanish government revoke Real Madrid's royal status and force them to be renamed?

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #790 on: April 19, 2021, 09:09:20 PM »
If I was UEFA first thing I'd do is on Friday kick Citeh, Madrid and Chelsea out of the the CL and give the remaining 3 slots in the semis to Dortmund, Bayern and Porto. Still have 2 high quality ties for TV and let's see how opposed to the new ESL those 3 are.

Offline Woodyoubetagainstus

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #791 on: April 19, 2021, 09:09:59 PM »
The stadiums will be full, streaming / TV deals bursting with cash, commercial sales and corporate packages
At premium rates,  they don’t care about the common fan.

We have had ample opportunities to stand our ground and it’s never happened.

It’s over.

Offline Woodyoubetagainstus

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #792 on: April 19, 2021, 09:10:40 PM »
If I was UEFA first thing I'd do is on Friday kick Citeh, Madrid and Chelsea out of the the CL and give the remaining 3 slots in the semis to Dortmund, Bayern and Porto. Still have 2 high quality ties for TV and let's see how opposed to the new ESL those 3 are.

Cloud cuckoo land.

Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #793 on: April 19, 2021, 09:12:21 PM »
Oh, bellend is back I see.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #794 on: April 19, 2021, 09:12:38 PM »
If I was UEFA first thing I'd do is on Friday kick Citeh, Madrid and Chelsea out of the the CL and give the remaining 3 slots in the semis to Dortmund, Bayern and Porto. Still have 2 high quality ties for TV and let's see how opposed to the new ESL those 3 are.

Cloud cuckoo land.

Haven't you got a pretend pub to be running or something?

 


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