Beauchief Owl Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 The amount of money swilling around in the PL is obscene as it is, yet they want more. TBH I would be more than happy for the so called Big 6, though only five have allegedly been approached, to leave the PL and the cups. It's not like they don't get enough European competition as it is, is it? Sheer greed. The game is losing contact with its roots IMO. Do fans really want this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Sadly it sounds like they will expect to be still allowed in domestic football ffs. It's basically the Champions League except you don't need to qualify and it keeps all the 'lesser' clubs out. ******** vermin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbone Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 23 minutes ago, asteener1867 said: European super league? I hope so...f.ook off and lets have football back Absolutely. If we ever get to the Prem, as it stands the best we can hope for one season finishing 6th beating a couple of the big boys. Then other teams will sign our best players and every season after it’ll be a lottery where we finish, 8th - 20th every season until we go down. Let the traditional ‘Top 6’ bugger off and we can actually get promoted to a league we’d have a chance of competing in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 And just to complete the poo sandwich, the Spanish clubs behind this are pushing for domestic football to be moved to midweek to accommodate the European league at the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieB Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 22 minutes ago, owlinexile said: They are welcome to do it for me as long as it means they are completely excluded from all forms of domestic competition. Let the Chinese and Arabs have their TV football and we can start the process of getting our domestic game back. 20 minutes ago, asteener1867 said: European super league? I hope so...f.ook off and lets have football back 6 minutes ago, Beauchief Owl said: The amount of money swilling around in the PL is obscene as it is, yet they want more. TBH I would be more than happy for the so called Big 6, though only five have allegedly been approached, to leave the PL and the cups. It's not like they don't get enough European competition as it is, is it? Sheer greed. The game is losing contact with its roots IMO. Do fans really want this? I don't think this proposal means they'd be leaving the Premier League, it would be a replacement for the current Champions League, where the top clubs could earn way more than they currently do in the UEFA CL, and they'd play in the "European Premier League" in the mid week European slot. Basically they'd be getting what they wanted with "project big picture".... Way more money than the likes of Leicester who have threatened their league dominance If you listen from about 2:50 of this video, that's what he is suggesting it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbone Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Very disappointed it appears to mean they won't break away from the Prem, otherwise it's just a revamped version of the Champions League 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieB Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Carbone said: Very disappointed it appears to mean they won't break away from the Prem, otherwise it's just a revamped version of the Champions League Basically yeah, but the money available is apparently way more than the current UEFA CL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauchief Owl Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Just now, Carbone said: Very disappointed it appears to mean they won't break away from the Prem, otherwise it's just a revamped version of the Champions League They'll probably field a B squad for some PL matches, as they do at present in cup matches. This in turn will lead them to buying up even more players to use in their squads which will ultimately widen the gulf between them and the rest of the PL. No doubt support from the PL clubs will be bought off by the equivalent of solidarity payments. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flo Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Would never happen doesn't have support of fans of the clubs that are in it. Tries it with the EFL and failed same is going to happen in Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieB Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Yep, they'll treat the prem as their cup competition essentially, and rest their best players for the "European Premier League" Football is a pile of shiit, if it weren't for Wednesday I wouldn't give it 1 sec of my time anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbone Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Just have done with and make it like the NFL, that's what the American owners want. Europe North A Manchester United Chelsea Marseille Celtic Europe North B Ajax Bayern Liverpool Rangers Europe North C Manchester City Dortmund Tottenham Lyon Europe North D PSG Arsenal Galatasaray PSV Europe South A Real Madrid Inter Milan Sporting Lisbon Shakhtar Donetsk Europe South B Barcelona Sevilla Porto CSKA Moscow Europe South C Atletico AC Milan Benfica Dynamo Kiev Europe South D Juventus Roma Valencia Sevilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musn't Grumble Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Yet another gerrymandering plot to strengthen the "select few" and prevent any newcomers spoiling the party. The Champions League used to be for the champions of each affiliated country until the "big six" realised that clubs like Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest beat them to it by qualifying for Europe instead. So they changed the rules, not to give the Norwichs or Leicesters a chance but to make sure that most of the big six had a better chance to qualify I'd be happy if the clubs that are pushing this, namely Liverpool and Man Utd, broke away and formed their own Elite League... They could then play each other every week for the "Super-Duper World Series Cup" for all I care. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 It would make a refreshing change if those in charge of the clubs currently at the top of the game would spend a bit of time coming up with a plan to help protect the future of those lower league clubs currently struggling for their very survival thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, rather than plotting yet more ways to solidify their already iron-cast strangle hold on the game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 So it's essentially champions league but with just the same teams every year and no need to qualify through their domestic leagues? Yeah...seems like a belting idea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteener1867 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 So they want a virtually closed shop Prem...and now a totally closed shop European "Champions" league??? Owt else....? "Guaranteed home wins"? "2 Penalties per week clause" "No Oppo slide tackling in the week leading up to a European fixture"? Absolute joke! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, RichieB said: Yep, they'll treat the prem as their cup competition essentially, and rest their best players for the "European Premier League" Football is a pile of shiit, if it weren't for Wednesday I wouldn't give it 1 sec of my time anymore. There will be no incentive to 'try' in the Premiership. They would automatically qualify for Europe every year even if they got relegated. This move should only be allowed if they agree to sever their ties to domestic football completely. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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