Reaping what they sow, the rugby league super leagueing of football for a magic weekend in Madrid. Scum.
Wonder if it would be all over the media if the big six of the Super League decided to break away and form a European Super League to take advantage of the worldwide interest in their sport? Maybe not..l
Horrible thought. Magic weekend for football all for the cost of 5k a person. Its all mental. It’s a spectator sport FFS.
Oh no, I just wondered if they mentioned it or not. If they are, I have some sympathy. If not, I don't.
Everton is saddened and disappointed to see proposals of a breakaway league pushed forward by six clubs. Six clubs acting entirely in their own interests. Six clubs tarnishing the reputation of our league and the game. Six clubs choosing to disrespect every other club with whom they sit around the Premier League table. Six clubs taking for granted and even betraying the majority of football supporters across our country and beyond. At this time of national and international crisis - and a defining period for our game - clubs should be working together collaboratively with the ideals of our game and its supporters uppermost. Instead, these clubs have been secretly conspiring to break away from a football pyramid that has served them so well. And in that Pyramid Everton salutes EVERY club, be it Leicester City, Accrington Stanley, Gillingham, Lincoln City, Morecambe, Southend United, Notts County and the rest who have, with their very being, enriched the lives of their supporters throughout the game's history. And vice versa. The self-proclaimed Super Six appear intent on disenfranchising supporters across the game - including their own - by putting the very structure that underpins the game we love under threat. The backlash is understandable and deserved – and has to be listened to. This preposterous arrogance is not wanted anywhere in football outside of the clubs that have drafted this plan. On behalf of everyone associated with Everton, we respectfully ask that the proposals are immediately withdrawn and that the private meetings and subversive practises that have brought our beautiful game to possibly its lowest ever position in terms of trust end now. Finally we would ask the owners, chairmen, and Board members of the six clubs to remember the privileged position they hold – not only as custodians of their clubs but also custodians of the game. The responsibility they carry should be taken seriously. We urge them all to consider what they wish their legacy to be. Everton FC Board of Directors
Rumours of Man City and Chelsea now having second thoughts, if a couple drop out, I think the whole thing will collapse.
I read from the Real Madrid president that young people are bored of football and they only want to see exciting games between the big teams. I’ve seen enough dull games between some of the top 6 to last me a lifetime. Chelsea v Man U in the days of Mourinho was a particular lowlight.
Ironic when Everton were one of the "big five" along with Liverpool, Man Utd, Spurs and Arsenal who were responsible for the breakaway which resulted in the Premier League being founded, aided and abetted by the FA, which concentrated all the riches in the one league and has led to the current situation.
Bit like it’s easy for Bayern to be so high minded when they’ve already got a monopoly and are insulated against any threat of not getting in the champions league which is why the Italians wnt it
Used to like European games back in the days when they were knock out games,European Cup, Cup Winners Cup, Fair/ UEFA Cup. Not seeded either. Man Utd or Liverpool could draw each other or Barcelona or AC Milan some minnows from Luxembourg in the first round. If this bloke thinks even more of the sort of group games we see now will be exciting he is deluded. No relegation, so half way through the season most games will be dead rubbers for teams with no chance of winning their groups. Teams at the bottom will just go through the motions with nothing as stake. As one article said a lot of games will be like exhibition matches.
Agnelli of Juventus said last season it was totally unfair when Atalanta had qualified for the Champions League on the back of one good season. Roma should have taken their place despite finishing lower as they had more history of playing in Europe. My favourite result of the season after City's wins was Atalanta beating Juventus last weekend to record their first victory over them in 20 years and move above them in the table.
Agreed, I don’t understand this obsession with football at the moment to have bigger groups or more teams qualifying from them. This new Swiss model Champions League sounds just as dull. I know the powers that be believe that just getting the star names on the pitch to play together is the be all and end all, but those players will soon stop playing to the best of their ability when the competition element erodes. The Cup Winners Cup was such an excellent competition. The best cup sides (which were often the most exciting attacking teams) in a straight shoot out. Used to get some different names and players too. It was a crime when they merged the UEFA Cup and that into the clinical format mess that is the Europa League.
My dad took me to my first City game when I was five. I can't remember the details all that well but I can remember the excitement. Growing up, most of my mates at school were Utd and Liverpool supporters. Rather than feeling jealous of their success, I pitied them that they only got to go Anfield or Old Trafford once a year, if they were lucky. My old man isn't even from Hull. He's from Stoke and supported Stoke at the Victoria Ground for years before moving to Hull. He moved here when he met my mum but he taught me to support the club of the city I was born in. If younger kids these days lack the passion and attention span of football outside the 'big teams', it's because their fathers were Utd and Liverpool supporters who never went to Old Trafford and Anfield every other weekend themselves. If more people supported their local club instead of being plastics in the first place, the market wouldn't be so skewed towards the franchising of football.
Did Burns read out where this chap was born, where his parents were from and which team his father supported?