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Not your finest moment. This has seen almost universal condemnation from fans of these clubs, and most wanting their owners out.
Eh?
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Not your finest moment. This has seen almost universal condemnation from fans of these clubs, and most wanting their owners out.
A director or two going doesn't change anything. The owners just find a replacement buddy who still holds similar views to their own.Listening to the athletic podcast and they did mention that the owners and directors don’t just have to pass the test when entering the league but every year (which obviously doesn’t work). Obviously the owners won’t be forced out, but directors at each of the 6 clubs will likely be sacrificed out of this.
They also touched on the biggest issue potentially regarding sanctions will come if it’s revealed all/any of the clubs leaked confidential information during the process of trying to start the ESL.
Well, well, well.
Arsenal Chief Executive Vinai Venkatesham confirms in a fan forum question time that there were fees involved for the sign up and the exit of the contracts for the ESL.
Not just a "proposed" league, aye?
That isn't news.
Was just a bit of a chinwag with the lads, time for us all to move on I sayIt is to some in this thread.
You never formally joined the league and it was just a "proposal" according to some in here.
It was announced fairly early on that 20 year contracts were signed.It is to some in this thread.
You never formally joined the league and it was just a "proposal" according to some in here.
Well, well, well.
Arsenal Chief Executive Vinai Venkatesham confirms in a fan forum question time that there were fees involved for the sign up and the exit of the contracts for the ESL.
Not just a "proposed" league, aye?
we're a bit of a running joke.I'm only a casual fan of the EPL, don't even have a club I support.
Can you explain to me if this Tottenham trolling is a regular thing?
As in the same way we troll St Kilda for their perennial troubles, or people troll North for being poor?
Or is this a new thing with Tottenham? They've been trolled like crazy the last few days.
Man City, Man Utd & Chelsea have won 17 of the past 21 titles. Call that exciting?Yeah nah.
Leicester wasn't a surprise? Liverpool won their first Premier League title last season. Man City were in tier 3 as recently as 1999. The relegation battles can be just as exciting as the top of the table. There's a chance West Ham will qualify for the Champions League for the first time ever.
One season isn't indicative of that though, especially in a covid year. Should be performance over a considerable time. The UEFA club coefficient is far fairer. Besides that, I like it a lot. Idea needs to be taken more seriously.Funnily I was also thinking about this last night and came up with something somewhat similar. Here are my changes.
Division A 12 Teams. Division B 12 teams.
Super League winner is the team with the most wins in Division A over a 22 game season. No finals. Bottom 2-3 teams in Division A drop out, top 2-3 teams in Division B go up. Bottom 4 teams in Division B out, replaced (either via domestic placings/Europa/some sort of mix of the two).
For finals, the champions league still exists and is run concurrent to the Super League and largely in it's current format. Except, all teams in the Super League also automatically play UCL. The remaining 8 spots come from domestic placings/Europa finalists. What this would mean in practice in the EPL for example...
Let's say Man City and Man Utd would be Div A, Leicester in Div B, and let's say these three teams were top of EPL. There would then be room for one more spot, which could be won by whoever finished fourth - essentially exactly the same as it is now.
I feel this gives everybody what they want. RM gets to play against top sides across Europe and gets more big time games to keep money flowing. There is still a totally open competition that anyone in Europe can go up and down in. UCL itself is largely unchanged.
Edit: Also I disagree with your "teams to start the comp". Teams to start the comp should be based on current placings. Yes that means Leicester in and Liverpool out - as a Liverpool fan I'd relish the chance for us to win our way in legitimately.
Pretty clear now that the only reason we joined was to bait Real. Left at the first opportunity knowing they wouldn't and now we automatically progress to the final.
Galaxy brain thinking from the board.
Yes if they go with the top 12 in the UEFA coefficient I'd be fine with that. As long as whatever system they use for selection is clear, unbiased and based on performance.One season isn't indicative of that though, especially in a covid year. Should be performance over a considerable time. The UEFA club coefficient is far fairer. Besides that, I like it a lot. Idea needs to be taken more seriously.
Not that much less exciting than Tigers, Hawks and Cats winning 10 of last 14 titles.Man City, Man Utd & Chelsea have won 17 of the past 21 titles. Call that exciting?
Pretty clear now that the only reason we joined was to bait Real. Left at the first opportunity knowing they wouldn't and now we automatically progress to the final.
Galaxy brain thinking from the board.
Not that much less exciting than Tigers, Hawks and Cats winning 10 of last 14 titles.
35 point penalties for the 6 PL clubs. That might relegate at least 2 of the campaigners.
You’d be pretty well f’ed if that happened.