ANDY Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Inspector Lestrade said: Think you have completely misjudged it, this was not about saving football from itself it was purely about looking after a select few who surprise, surprise turned out to be the ones in debt. They saw a cash cow and to hell with the rest, they were actually prepared to let potentially dozens of clubs go bust, centuries of heritage and tradition washed away. Yes, football will have to look at itself and make major changes this is not the end of it just the beginning. I’ve misjudged in it your opinion. Not in mine I haven’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Jim said: I’ve misjudged in it your opinion. Not in mine I haven’t. OK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post striker Posted April 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2021 Thankfully that's over, we can now return to the hypocrisy and apparent morally acceptable greed and self interest of the Premier League. Talking of hypocrisy, maybe Sky will reflect on this having spent the last 48hrs scrambling for the moral high ground, talking about heritage of football, the importance of fans, while being well aware they turbo charged this culture of greed, themselves changed the dynamic of football for their own ends and blackmail clubs to accept terms, often without any thought for fans. FIFA and UEFA don't come out of this well either. Both beset by dishonesty, bribery and corruption. And, let's not think this is anything other than protecting UEFA's £3bn+ revenue. There's been apparent outrage by authorities to football becoming a cartel, but it already is. Just in a fake format the allows society to turn a blind eye to the money merry go round, which will still and forever more unfairly benefit a few clubs in an effective closed shop. 7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Should be said that no battle has been won here. The nuclear bomb was stopped but the landscape has already been torched with napalm. The likes of Sky, BT etc., presenting this as some sort of victory for the fans is quite nauseating frankly. They are very much culpable in this mess. Root and branch reform needed up and down the pyramid. I won't hold my breath. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Well if this forces change for the better then great - i don't think it will and i'm convinced the breakaway group will still end up better off ultimately There needs to be a fan charter which must include things like wages to turnover at a realiistic level - not the catastrophe it currently is proper fan representation in the boardroom - not just a few platitudes at talking shops Cheaper tickets - more access to POTG at decent prices Much less dicking around with kick off times/days - allowing travelling fans the opportunity of going to away games without having such travel issues as missing last trains/connections etc Ultimately the outflow of money to players and agents is killing our game and it needs to be rethought and be realistic to the clubs ability to pay And do away with the ridiculous restrictive practice of P&S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Manwë said: Looking at the statement by the ESL, and the singling out of the "English Clubs" and external pressure, it's fairly clear that the UK Govt were going to come down so hard on them that the Big 6 would either have to move to the continent, or play only British players. Thank you Tories, thank you Boris, and thank you Brexit. You have saved Football. I’m not a Tory and didn’t vote for Brexit but to be fair the Uk Government did a good job in this so credit where it’s due. Not sure I could bring myself to actually ‘thank’ them though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2Owl Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 45 minutes ago, TaxiMark said: Wow he made me feel sick actually...I mean he says it would have never gone ahead until the fans approval ...yet they were doing it behind their backs ....unreal. So if their fans would have been happy with it he would have no problems turning his back on the rest of the PL clubs, the whole of the EFL, and the rest of the clubs across Europe. C*nt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Sky can proper fizz off though. The same channel that built an entire news platform around football transfers. The same channel that at the start of this season did a pre match promo on Chelsea where they whacked off about the 250 million they'd spent in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 13 minutes ago, striker said: Thankfully that's over, we can now return to the hypocrisy and apparent morally acceptable greed and self interest of the Premier League. Talking of hypocrisy, maybe Sky will reflect on this having spent the last 48hrs scrambling for the moral high ground, talking about heritage of football, the importance of fans, while being well aware they turbo charged this culture of greed, themselves changed the dynamic of football for their own ends and blackmail clubs to accept terms, often without any thought for fans. FIFA and UEFA don't come out of this well either. Both beset by dishonesty, bribery and corruption. And, let's not think this is anything other than protecting UEFA's £3bn+ revenue. There's been apparent outrage by authorities to football becoming a cartel, but it already is. Just in a fake format the allows society to turn a blind eye to the money merry go round, which will still and forever more unfairly benefit a few clubs in an effective closed shop. Yeah, it's time to see out a real path for football, need to have a genuine non tribal discourse and set out where we want to get to. I would like to see a more level playing field but not sure how we do that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Jim said: I’ve misjudged in it your opinion. Not in mine I haven’t. Yeah, but your opinion is objectively wrong. Edited April 21, 2021 by owlinexile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 28 minutes ago, ANDY said: Standard S6 get-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Just now, Inspector Lestrade said: Yeah, it's time to see out a real path for football, need to have a genuine non tribal discourse and set out where we want to get to. I would like to see a more level playing field but not sure how we do that. Agree, needs some proper robust governance, whether that's an official regulator or not, this collective momentum should be used for positive change. I highly suspect the media (in particular Sky) will go back into hiding and the status quo will return, following a wet lettuce of a government review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 1 minute ago, striker said: Agree, needs some proper robust governance, whether that's an official regulator or not, this collective momentum should be used for positive change. I highly suspect the media (in particular Sky) will go back into hiding and the status quo will return, following a wet lettuce of a government review. Yeah, it would be nice if it was robust and worthwhile, football is underestimated in the corridors of power. British football is shown all over the world and gives the country much positiveness abroad. It should be built on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Other 14 PL clubs divided on whether to sanction the big 6. Shock. Horror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 2 hours ago, mcmigo said: There is $5b of JP Morgans money sitting there waiting to be spent on football. Trust me, this won't go away after a year of financial turmoil for football. UEFA will have sniffed that money and will be all over it from today. It's not like it HAS to be spent on football. They were willing to spend it turn football into a closed shop for the risk-free generation of even more money. If they aren't able to get away with that, it's not like there aren't plenty of non-football related investments out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 20 minutes ago, SiJ said: Sky can proper fizz off though. The same channel that built an entire news platform around football transfers. The same channel that at the start of this season did a pre match promo on Chelsea where they whacked off about the 250 million they'd spent in the summer. Sky’s hypocrisy is amazing. They’ve made money the focus of the game and paved the way for these owners to try things like this. And this won’t be the end of it. Can’t help but feel the owners did this to test the waters and gauge the public reaction. They’re not stupid - they knew this would get a significant backlash. At the end of the day they really don’t care what fans think. John Henry can put an apology video out, but balls does he mean it. Just ticking a box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 The 6 will go unpunished the FA wouldn’t penalise a club because of the actions of the owner #irony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 22 minutes ago, SiJ said: Other 14 PL clubs divided on whether to sanction the big 6. Shock. Horror. I can understand that it's a difficult line to walk, and it will have profound effects if they get it wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taximark Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 8 million quid it's cost these clubs to sign up to the ESL for 2 days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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