SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
A drop in the bucket compared to that new stadium that's been empty of fans.
And then the pandemic happened.
European Super League (again)
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A drop in the bucket compared to that new stadium that's been empty of fans.
And then the pandemic happened.
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
I actually rode past Blundell Park on my bike today and took a little detour through the car park, past the club shop. I can report there were no queues.I wonder how many big six fans will be exchanging their shirt for a Grimsby town one, taking advantage of the town 'shirt amnesty'
Disgruntled big six fans offered shirt swap - BBC News
Grimsby Town offers to exchange shirts for English sides in the European Super League for its own.www.bbc.co.uk
discokermit
Well-Known Member
powndland has spoken.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
It certainly progressed to the knock out stages very quickly
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
innit? and barca are champs league regulars. stunning. ETA - ah - its the stadium.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
TBF though Spurs never paid 150 million euro to sign a player who then proceeded to knock them out of the CL.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Womp womp.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Brexit II
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Except they failed to exit
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Liverpool and Arsenal out also.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Now kick all 6 out of the premier league. That would be hilarious 
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
Now kick all 6 out of the premier league. That would be hilarious
At the very least it should be no European football next season for them, unless City or Chelsea win the Champions League (or Arsenal win the Europa).
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Dunno? However I do know the sky lot have been close to presenting it as their victory tonight. Seem to think they have become the custodians of football, rather than the cunts who kicked this whole thing off 30 year ago.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
See this fucking shite at work all the time
Continually thinking they can just make decisions on their own, without getting the "considered opinions" of those who will actually be impacted, and then being surprised when those same people tell them to stuff their bastard mad ideas and force them into backtracking.Not my most well composed sentence ever, but I really bloody hate this faux, po-faced naivety bullshit.
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
Tbh, my ongoing view whenever this comes up is that if the big clubs want to piss off on their own, so be it. I think it's wrong, but not being a big club fan, I'm not that bothered. But then I've had the premiership experience. My league team are Reading. When we've been in the prem (three seasons!) seeing us play the likes of Man U and Liverpool really was something else, given I started watching the club in Div 4 as a 9 year old watching us play Aldershot, Lincoln and Barrow. For that to be denied fans of the next "little club" to make it to the top division (and here's hoping Brentford do) would be awful.Well there were quite a few "considered opinions" expressed on here
Today's outcome is brilliant.
The big clubs should be stopped from taking on more debt, and a salary cap on players wouldn't be a bad idea. Kicking agents out of the game and billionnaire owners is next.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Just heard that the new Champions League system has a 'legacy coefficient" for clubs, apparently getting a bye into future tournaments based on their performance in previous tournaments.
As the guy talking about it said, "it's just the Super League in slow motion".
As the guy talking about it said, "it's just the Super League in slow motion".
T & P
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Dead in water for sure, but for me the damage is done. Real Madrid is my local childhood club (incidentally, the whole fascist connection is massively overblown as far as the overwhelming proportion of the fan base goes, but that’s a discussion for another thread), but even if the club backs down, I’ve had it. In particular since not many fans seem to have a problem with this.
I have long had a problem with the disproportionate financial muscle Florentino Pérez brought about, achieved through dodgy land sale deals struck with the local Madrid council. And for the richest club in world to now play the violin and complain they and the other top clubs are struggling and this is the only way to save not just them but professional football as a whole is a fucking insult to anyone drawing breath and with a functional brain.
And whereas one could say the fans did not ask for this, I am still getting the impression there has been a distinctly muted reaction from the Spanish press and fans compared with anywhere else in Europe. Only Atlético fans have apparently made any kind of vocal opposition. For what I’ve read online, Barcelona is so financially fucked the super league was actually seen as the saviour of the club. A couple of opinion pieces I’ve read in the Barcelona sports dailies were actually ‘reluctantly supporting’ the super league as a necessary and justified move. Fan-owned clubs are the way forward but RM and Barca are a textbook example of how not to run a fan owned football club
The best thing that has ever happened to me as a football fan was to move here and become a fan of a small club. As someone who spent the first two decades of their life a fan of one of the biggest clubs in history, it was such an eye opener. Frankly, over the years I’ve often enjoyed myself more celebrating my humble team winning a fucking corner kick than that shower of Globetrotting cunts winning a game. I actually wish RM is kicked out of the CL semifinal even if they’ve backed down by the morning.
I have long had a problem with the disproportionate financial muscle Florentino Pérez brought about, achieved through dodgy land sale deals struck with the local Madrid council. And for the richest club in world to now play the violin and complain they and the other top clubs are struggling and this is the only way to save not just them but professional football as a whole is a fucking insult to anyone drawing breath and with a functional brain.
And whereas one could say the fans did not ask for this, I am still getting the impression there has been a distinctly muted reaction from the Spanish press and fans compared with anywhere else in Europe. Only Atlético fans have apparently made any kind of vocal opposition. For what I’ve read online, Barcelona is so financially fucked the super league was actually seen as the saviour of the club. A couple of opinion pieces I’ve read in the Barcelona sports dailies were actually ‘reluctantly supporting’ the super league as a necessary and justified move. Fan-owned clubs are the way forward but RM and Barca are a textbook example of how not to run a fan owned football club
The best thing that has ever happened to me as a football fan was to move here and become a fan of a small club. As someone who spent the first two decades of their life a fan of one of the biggest clubs in history, it was such an eye opener. Frankly, over the years I’ve often enjoyed myself more celebrating my humble team winning a fucking corner kick than that shower of Globetrotting cunts winning a game. I actually wish RM is kicked out of the CL semifinal even if they’ve backed down by the morning.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
That ^^. I can't see billionnaire owners being kicked out but agents should certainly
. And yes to salary cap too.
Humberto
Relax
It is asking the fans to forgive the multi-millionaires/billionaires for their two-faced greed for trying to bin the sport and the 'legacy fans' off to suit themselves. I don't think this juncture and this conversation is over. In other words, they've gone beyond insulting us. Backing down, holding their hands up and admitting defeat isn't a concession. It's sad if they act with impunity. They were put back in their place, which is: sign the cheques, make a profit if you can, aim for success. Anything else is a rip-off. They got smashed by the so-called 'legacy fans'.
