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Online LukeJames

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1065 on: April 20, 2021, 04:56:22 PM »
Norwich winning the League with a +2 goal difference.

Offline Bobby Boy

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1066 on: April 20, 2021, 04:57:22 PM »
Deano having his say currently on Sky.


spoke very well

Yeah, he did. He really has a strong grasp of the possibilities of football, that a third division team can win the European Cup within 11 years, for example.

A European Super League kills that for ever.

Offline Clive W

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1067 on: April 20, 2021, 05:01:17 PM »
Deano having his say currently on Sky.


spoke very well

Yeah, he did. He really has a strong grasp of the possibilities of football, that a third division team can win the European Cup within 11 years, for example.

A European Super League kills that for ever.

Very impressive from Deano

Offline Stu82

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1068 on: April 20, 2021, 05:01:57 PM »
Deano having his say currently on Sky.


spoke very well

Yeah, he did. He really has a strong grasp of the possibilities of football, that a third division team can win the European Cup within 11 years, for example.

A European Super League kills that for ever.

Dean Smith the first manager to nail it.

Offline Monty

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1069 on: April 20, 2021, 05:05:28 PM »
Loved the respect in his voice for other clubs too. Real nailed the solidarity home

Offline German James

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1070 on: April 20, 2021, 05:09:41 PM »
A European Super League kills that for ever.
I don't think it does, necessarily. Best case scenario: it opens up the field for more teams, more surprises and more reasons to compete. As long as they fuck off and can't be involved in any other competitions, I've come to the conclusion that I'd be glad to see them go.

Offline Lastfootstamper

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1071 on: April 20, 2021, 05:23:04 PM »
Sky not involved. Amazon Prime not involved either. Nothing from BT Sport yet I don't think.

The longer this goes on, the more I think the fit and proper person test will be revamped.


They want to sell their own rights. I think they have ever since the early days of the big tv deals and they had their noses put out of joint by having to share the spoils with their fellow competitors. As Gary Neville said, if they can get 150 million people worldwide to pay just a quid to watch a manure match on mutv, that's suddenly unbelievably lucrative.
Regular fans in the ground? They don't spend money. Better to flog that seat at full whack to a football tourist who'll also blow a ton in the club shop.
When it comes to generating the big bucks, we as domestic 'consumers' are now a hindrance to their ambitions, whether that be in the ground or with our cute little digital telly subscriptions.

Football has bent over backwards in trying to appease these greedy wankers over the last thirty years for fear of them fucking off. It's time to let them go. Remember the olden days when chairmen lived in mortal dread of televised football because nobody would turn up? Look how that went. I think we're at a similar juncture. Club football still matters to millions upon millions. There's more of us than there are of them. Ftf.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1072 on: April 20, 2021, 05:26:40 PM »
Yep, I agree. I'd also add that the gloryhunters will just move on to the next successful club when the rest just turn dull.

Offline Scovilla

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1073 on: April 20, 2021, 05:27:54 PM »
Agree with most of what has been said. They can fuck off.
I have one club : The mighty villa.
As a french bloke may i add that when i came to Birmingham in 1983 I knew of Villa but Villa chose me. How else could it have been?
UTV.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1074 on: April 20, 2021, 05:31:47 PM »
Norwich winning the League with a +2 goal difference.

I'm gutted we still haven't managed to win that season. Fuck sake...we doubled Arsenal and Liverpool and took four points off Yanited. Keir Curle helped us beat Citeh at VP
I'm guessing Norwich did shite in those fixtures and better than us in the other games (as well as beating us twice. They surely were the Ipswich'81 of their day).

« Last Edit: April 20, 2021, 06:34:54 PM by eamonn »

Offline Monty

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1075 on: April 20, 2021, 05:39:37 PM »
Say what you like about sickbeggar, but he's the reason I get to read the name 'Keir Curle'.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1076 on: April 20, 2021, 05:43:12 PM »
I loved what Deano said this as to be stopped.

Offline SamTheMouse

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1077 on: April 20, 2021, 05:45:42 PM »
The way this is going, football's going to end up like darts, with competing championships.

Spurs could be the new Crafty Cockneys.

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1078 on: April 20, 2021, 05:49:58 PM »
The way this is going, football's going to end up like darts, with competing championships.

Spurs could be the new Crafty Cockneys.

Liverpool could be The Lime Street Cowboys.

Offline clash city rocker

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Re: Champions League restructuring
« Reply #1079 on: April 20, 2021, 05:53:15 PM »
The way this is going, football's going to end up like darts, with competing championships.

Spurs could be the new Crafty Cockneys.

Crafty c****$ more like

 


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