Syed in The Times yesterday? 13:13 - Oct 10 with 2928 views | TGRRRSSS | Anyone see his article in The Game yesterday (footie supplement in The Times) He suggests the Big 6 amongst others might eventually break away with the European Super League as a way or not only making more profit but maybe finding a way amongst the creme de la creme (so called) to bring about a way opf fixing a pay cap so that the owners can milk much more besides and if it's outside FIFA then maybe this means those players wont go back to the National leagues as without those few TV rights etc will plummet. Thought provoking article in many ways but still plays on the idea people will simply keep spending to watch a few play the same few year in year out. | | | | |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 14:01 - Oct 10 with 2857 views | Antti_Heinola | A breakaway super league thing would be the best possible thing to happen. A real chance for the domestic game then to level the playing field a bit. | |
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Syed in The Times yesterday? on 14:04 - Oct 10 with 2848 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 14:01 - Oct 10 by Antti_Heinola | A breakaway super league thing would be the best possible thing to happen. A real chance for the domestic game then to level the playing field a bit. |
Not for the attending fan though. Ipswitch is an expensive enough away day as it is, imagine Baku on Tuesday night. [Post edited 10 Oct 2017 14:04]
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Syed in The Times yesterday? on 14:49 - Oct 10 with 2792 views | colinallcars |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 14:04 - Oct 10 by BazzaInTheLoft | Not for the attending fan though. Ipswitch is an expensive enough away day as it is, imagine Baku on Tuesday night. [Post edited 10 Oct 2017 14:04]
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I quite like Syed's writing and he's right the top six will break away soon. He's actually a Brentford fan. | | | |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 15:01 - Oct 10 with 2772 views | WrightUp5hit___ | Hope the money pumpers all end up in an "entertainment" sideshow. Devoid of all competion (and connections) to real football. A bit like the Harlem Globetrotters. Wembley every Christmas, tickets at 10%the day of the show as interest wanes. Relying on a 55 year old Ronaldo to pull in the kids. | | | |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 15:01 - Oct 10 with 2772 views | Mick_S |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 14:49 - Oct 10 by colinallcars | I quite like Syed's writing and he's right the top six will break away soon. He's actually a Brentford fan. |
Always puts a good spin on things. | |
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Syed in The Times yesterday? on 15:18 - Oct 10 with 2739 views | kensalriser | This has been mooted for years. Not sure it really makes sense for the clubs though - they'll win fewer trophies and have fewer chances to win games against inferior opposition. | |
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Syed in The Times yesterday? on 18:17 - Oct 10 with 2552 views | Boston |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 14:04 - Oct 10 by BazzaInTheLoft | Not for the attending fan though. Ipswitch is an expensive enough away day as it is, imagine Baku on Tuesday night. [Post edited 10 Oct 2017 14:04]
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Syed in The Times yesterday? on 19:31 - Oct 10 with 2450 views | terryb |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 15:18 - Oct 10 by kensalriser | This has been mooted for years. Not sure it really makes sense for the clubs though - they'll win fewer trophies and have fewer chances to win games against inferior opposition. |
Back in the '60's it was expected to happen at any moment. Is it any closer now than it was then? | | | | Login to get fewer ads
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 19:46 - Oct 10 with 2426 views | Lblock | Its a Syed of The Times I suppose........ As noted above I really hope this happens. It would effectively create a Super league Snoozefest for Sky's army of "passionate fans" who have NEVER set foot inside a ground. 80% of the game can wave them goodbye and dust ourselves down and start again with a competitive and entertaining game where more than 3 teams (plus a Leicester miracle once every Haleys Comet) can win the top prize and then hopefully defend that the next season. If the demi-God superstars in the Super League are outside FIFA and internationals then hopefully FIFA would collapse and need re-building. We'd also see players in the England shirt who actually give a fark again Bring it!! | |
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Syed in The Times yesterday? on 20:58 - Oct 10 with 2349 views | Toast_R | Can't see it happening myself. | | | |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 10:09 - Oct 11 with 2204 views | francisbowles | If they all F*** O** and are expelled by Fifa and Uefa, can we go back to having a four division football league, an FA Cup that matters, a knockout European Cup and Cup Winners Cup with one team from each country, an old fashioned EUFA Cup and Saturday 3pm kick offs. | | | |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 12:05 - Oct 11 with 2104 views | CiderwithRsie |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 14:04 - Oct 10 by BazzaInTheLoft | Not for the attending fan though. Ipswitch is an expensive enough away day as it is, imagine Baku on Tuesday night. [Post edited 10 Oct 2017 14:04]
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But the only people having to attend Baku away would be fans of ManU etc, in which case screw 'em, they provide the fuel for the hype-factory that is modern football anyway. I'm tempted to think that football needs creative destruction - maybe this would be the move that allows a half-way sensible national league for us to watch while Far Eastern armchair fans can watch Barca vs Man City for the 5th time this season on their tablets. And maybe it would burst the bubble of football finance and restore some sanity. Of course its also possible that the new league will simply kill off the domestic leagues as every player in the country is bought up by the breakaway clubs (maybe using some of the money they save on player salaries through this proposed cap) and the rest of us have entire teams of loanees. They should call the poxy thing the HyperLeague. | | | |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 14:36 - Oct 11 with 2022 views | timcocking | Man, they've fcuked it all up so badly. Reading the post today on how much football do i watch. Virtually nothing apart from QPR now, the whole industry makes me sick. But i'd start enjoying it again if they brought back terraces and hooligans! | | | |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 15:09 - Oct 11 with 2005 views | kingsburyR |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 12:05 - Oct 11 by CiderwithRsie | But the only people having to attend Baku away would be fans of ManU etc, in which case screw 'em, they provide the fuel for the hype-factory that is modern football anyway. I'm tempted to think that football needs creative destruction - maybe this would be the move that allows a half-way sensible national league for us to watch while Far Eastern armchair fans can watch Barca vs Man City for the 5th time this season on their tablets. And maybe it would burst the bubble of football finance and restore some sanity. Of course its also possible that the new league will simply kill off the domestic leagues as every player in the country is bought up by the breakaway clubs (maybe using some of the money they save on player salaries through this proposed cap) and the rest of us have entire teams of loanees. They should call the poxy thing the HyperLeague. |
Half of them live in Baku. It's a win/win. | |
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Syed in The Times yesterday? on 16:21 - Oct 11 with 1954 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 12:05 - Oct 11 by CiderwithRsie | But the only people having to attend Baku away would be fans of ManU etc, in which case screw 'em, they provide the fuel for the hype-factory that is modern football anyway. I'm tempted to think that football needs creative destruction - maybe this would be the move that allows a half-way sensible national league for us to watch while Far Eastern armchair fans can watch Barca vs Man City for the 5th time this season on their tablets. And maybe it would burst the bubble of football finance and restore some sanity. Of course its also possible that the new league will simply kill off the domestic leagues as every player in the country is bought up by the breakaway clubs (maybe using some of the money they save on player salaries through this proposed cap) and the rest of us have entire teams of loanees. They should call the poxy thing the HyperLeague. |
I know some Cockney Reds who haven't missed a United game since the 90s. They are better United fans than I am a QPR fan I know that United might be the enemy of the game, but United supporters aren't. [Post edited 11 Oct 2017 16:21]
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Syed in The Times yesterday? on 12:48 - Oct 12 with 1798 views | ManinBlack | I did mention Jim White harping on about this in the how much footie do I watch thread where the debate was whether the rest of the EPL would vote for the "elite six" to be given a greater proportion of the revenue as they are the only clubs people want to watch on tv worldwide in the opinion of the greedy six. The view was that the remaining 14 clubs might vote for this to happen just to keep the EPL as it is as they are afraid they will break away leaving them behind. Much like QPR, Coventry, Wimbledon etc voting for the Premier League in the first place just to be part of it. If those six do sling their hook then they might as well move the clubs to another country for their European Super League as it matters little where they play for a worldwide audience. I am not sure how that would go down with the genuine Man Utd, Man City etc fans who do follow their team around the UK but will anyone care what they think? | | | |
Syed in The Times yesterday? on 09:00 - Oct 14 with 1598 views | TGRRRSSS | Bigger the club the less they will care about their supporters - the fact is with more safety in numbers they can treat them more appallingly as the sheer volume of numbers means they can easily afford too. Be interesting, personally I'd stand firm if I was the other guys. | | | |
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