cheshiregreen":xh2u2a2m said:
Straight out of the Exeter school of bottling it.
Or a cunning move to make them the richest club in the EPL?
Rumours were the Chelsea Pitch Owners company were going to evict if they went for it.
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Straight out of the Exeter school of bottling it.
Or a cunning move to make them the richest club in the EPL?
Rumours were the Chelsea Pitch Owners company were going to evict if they went for it.
The damage has already been done as far as their standing and reputations are concerned. Loathing of the Six will doubtless reach new levels and rightly so.
Channel 4 news reporting that Chelsea are withdrawing, but separately report that the 6 have signed 20 year SL contracts. Sounds like a lot of the new wealth creation will go to lawyers. What a cock-up!
Dreamgreen":338oilig said:
Yes, the football journalist on BBC News at 6 o'clock said he had heard whispers of Man City possibly getting cold feet. I am afraid all the CEO's of these supposed defecting clubs are likely to end up looking foolish and the Man U one in particular. He was formerly a banker with the US Bank J P Morgan, and doubtless it was he that crabbed the finance packaging together. Will the CEO's fall on their swords? That is the mega question.
Perez says that the SL “will save football”. So how come the key organisations of FIFA and UEFA have not been involved in the discussions? He says that there are too many matches of poor quality. Well, if you have wall-to-wall televised games many of those will be poor quality, but please define “quality” and what determines its quality? Are players any more skilful now that they were 5, 10. 20, 50 years ago? Is the quality of the Premier league higher due to the import of so many international players and managers? And let’s not confuse quality with entertainment. Arsenal haven’t been entertaining for many a year and the England team are 4th in the world rankings and yet few of their games have been entertaining – perhaps we should only play Belgium, France and Brazil?
The new league will be bad for football. They cannot be allowed to play in their own SL while also playing in the domestic league. And will they play in the League Cup and FA Cup? Earlier this season, when we were willing against Orient, how many of us were relishing the next opponent being Spurs. When we got into the 3rd round of the FA Cup, how many of us wanted the big draw – we got a Premier League team, but what a disappointment! Why did we take so many to Anfield or to the Emirates a few seasons back? The reason is that those clubs have a heritage. Sunderland are not the “best” team in League One, but we get more satisfaction from beating them that we would Posh, because of Sunderland’s heritage.
A football team is not like other businesses. These owners not understand that they are mere custodians of the club; there will be no one at the club now that were around when many started supporting their club. and there should be many that are supporting the club when the owners have long gone. With the creation of the SL, these owners are creating something that is could be interesting, a bit like the new cricket 100 league - it certainly ain’t football.
The new league will be bad for football. They cannot be allowed to play in their own SL while also playing in the domestic league. And will they play in the League Cup and FA Cup? Earlier this season, when we were willing against Orient, how many of us were relishing the next opponent being Spurs. When we got into the 3rd round of the FA Cup, how many of us wanted the big draw – we got a Premier League team, but what a disappointment! Why did we take so many to Anfield or to the Emirates a few seasons back? The reason is that those clubs have a heritage. Sunderland are not the “best” team in League One, but we get more satisfaction from beating them that we would Posh, because of Sunderland’s heritage.
A football team is not like other businesses. These owners not understand that they are mere custodians of the club; there will be no one at the club now that were around when many started supporting their club. and there should be many that are supporting the club when the owners have long gone. With the creation of the SL, these owners are creating something that is could be interesting, a bit like the new cricket 100 league - it certainly ain’t football.
Man U shares now lower than when the ESL was announced, I wonder if they'll be left holding the legal bill when the collapse has ended.
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There’s a twist in this story every five minutes... absolutely incredible stuff.
Agnelli reported to be gone from Juventus too.
Agnelli reported to be gone from Juventus too.
But now what?
Reforms already to Champions League, so the six are likely to get a better financial return when they qualify.
How will the six be regarded within English football moving forward?
How can this situation be avoided from happening again in next few years?
Reforms already to Champions League, so the six are likely to get a better financial return when they qualify.
How will the six be regarded within English football moving forward?
How can this situation be avoided from happening again in next few years?
That John Henry statement is just someone looking at the value of his investment going down. It’s not an apology. It’s a desperate attempt to maintain value of his capital. The whole lot disgust me. The retraction is as hollow as a promise made before an election.