Guest ToqueJambo Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, Nookie Bear said: And I’ve thought for years that this is how Scottish Football should be marketed. Instead of trying to be like England, sell ourselves as “proper football”. Same. We talk down our own game far too much. Unfortunately the folk like Doncaster who run it are the worst for doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ToqueJambo Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) Going by Twitter, the kind of people who support this are the same folk who subscribe to The Athletic, which mostly ignores grassroots football - it's "Scottish" coverage is all OF for example - and who have YouTube channels of themselves watching EPL and CL games from their basements in Atlanta and New York. This is all being driven by American interests - American investors, American owners of backed broadcast and other media interests, club owners and "fans". The next step will be al player contracts will be owned by the league and they'll be "traded", plus there will be a draft system for young players and salary caps to try to produce a different league winner every year. They'll change the rules too. Edited April 20, 2021 by ToqueJambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJGJ Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Demo at Chelsea tonight..up to 1000 present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Dan Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Just being casting my mind back to when Kerry Packer caused big cracks in the cricketing world. This proposed super league looks to have similar initial troubles. Extract from Wikipedia Outside Australia, Packer was best known for founding World Series Cricket. In 1977 the Nine Network cricket rights deal led to a confrontation with the cricket authorities, as top players from several countries rushed to join him at the expense of their international sides. One of the leaders of the "rebellion" was England captain Tony Greig, who remained a commentator on the Nine Network's payroll until his death in December 2012. Packer's aim was to secure broadcasting rights for Australian cricket, and he was largely successful. In the 1970s the global cricket establishment fiercely opposed Packer in the courts. To counter the establishment, Packer hired the ten best Senior Counsels in the UK and put them on retainers, stipulating that they were not to take on any additional work during the court case (the sole purpose of which was to deny the establishment the best legal minds to prosecute their case) .[citation needed] When he died he was mourned with a minute's silence at the MCG as one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport. Packer was famously quoted from a 1976 meeting with the Australian Cricket Board, with whom he met to negotiate the rights to televise cricket. According to witnesses, he said: "There is a little bit of the whore in all of us, gentlemen. What is your price?"[9] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffros Furios Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, CJGJ said: Demo at Chelsea tonight..up to 1000 present CHELSEA WANKERS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Oor Paulo isn't a fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ToqueJambo Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, Locky said: Oor Paulo isn't a fan ❤️ Genuinely think he'll be back one day. Only 53 and loves us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas-voss Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Rudy T said: To me this is a pissing contest between the big clubs and UEFA. Some compromise will be found and yet again the rich will get richer. Will they though things will just become even more inflated with transfer fees and wages.Im sure the 12 teams mentioned have a combined debt of £8.4b.I know who will be loving the idea of this league though the super agents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 The more I see how upset the spoiled ******* fans of the EPL are, the more I want this to happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, Jeffros Furios said: CHELSEA WANKERS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffros Furios Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Tazio said: 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 29 minutes ago, Nookie Bear said: And I’ve thought for years that this is how Scottish Football should be marketed. Instead of trying to be like England, sell ourselves as “proper football”. ‘Legacy Football’ surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Just now, vegas-voss said: Will they though things will just become even more inflated with transfer fees and wages.Im sure the 12 teams mentioned have a combined debt of £8.4b.I know who will be loving the idea of this league though the super agents. It's not actually happening, it's no coincidence it was announced in the days before UEFA review the champions League structure. Just a further power play from genuine enemies of real football, and it won't be the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaliveits105 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 30 minutes ago, ToqueJambo said: Same. We talk down our own game far too much. Unfortunately the folk like Doncaster who run it are the worst for doing that. So the eufa guy says eufa need Rangers and Celtic - you would almost think Donkey has a job at eufa - oh wait a minute he does promoting the whole of Scottish football as usual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John Findlay Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) Unconfirmed reports that Chelsea are withdrawn from the so called ESL. Edited April 20, 2021 by John Findlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ToqueJambo Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, Footballfirst said: Celtic are all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 American owners and Spurs will never withdraw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ToqueJambo Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, davemclaren said: ‘Legacy Football’ surely? Pele and Maradona - "Legacy Footballers" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJGJ Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: American owners and Spurs will never withdraw. But the Russians will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadj Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Mikey1874 said: Just saw this 🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Just now, CJGJ said: But the Russians will Good ol' Roman 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooperstar Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 And it all comes tumbling down. What a shitshow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ToqueJambo Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I really want Celtic to be invited into this thing. It would show their and their fans' true colours. They've never been the repressed team of the people champions of the underdogs they like to imagine themselves. Since money poured into English football and the CL they've always been desperate to join the rich, elite 1% . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diadora Van Basten Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Let’s face it league football is boring each league is fairly predictable and will continue to be until they redistribute money more equally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas-voss Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 16 minutes ago, Footballfirst said: They must feel it's doomed to fail or no way would they pull out imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Avran Grant hinted that Abramovich might be having 2nd thoughts on 5live earlier. Good for them, whether I like Chelsea or not, they have realised this is a big mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo 4 Ever Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 On 19/04/2021 at 17:25, BigAlim said: Would imagine the english leagues could become less valuable and more teams may come into our market for players So could be positive for Scottish football in long term Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Francis Albert Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, King Of The Cat Cafe said: To be honest, I'm struggling to see what all the fuss is about a bunch of money-grubbing bar stewards finding a different way of being money-grubbing bar stewards. About the best post so far on this subject. All this outrage comes a bit late in the game. The so called Champions League. Decades of FIFA and UEFA corruption. A World Cup awarded to a country with zero football tradition. And totally inappropriate for players and fans as a venue. FIFA and UEFA outrage seems to me more about "not invented here" than anything else. And of course protecting their own very lucrative power. Edited April 20, 2021 by Francis Albert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I think the clubs realised it was becoming a PR nightmare, and then Perez made into into a complete PR shitstorm with his ridiculously naive selfish statement. Lots of phone calls and zoom meetings whizzing around today I’d imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo 4 Ever Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 34 minutes ago, Smithee said: The more I see how upset the spoiled ******* fans of the EPL are, the more I want this to happen Agreed and could be good for Scottish football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Others too its said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel eyes Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Barcelona rumoured to have jacked as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 So what happened behind the scenes I wonder? I am against this new pish Champions League format which has mostly slid in under the radar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Still to be confirmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homme Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Spurs won't withdraw. They still can't believe they got in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJGJ Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 minute ago, kila said: So what happened behind the scenes I wonder? I am against this new pish Champions League format which has mostly slid in under the radar. Questions need to be asked......even that format has clubs qualifying without actually being in the top positions in their own leagues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooperstar Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Barca and Atletico out too. It'll be officially over by the end of the night and will end up costing these clubs millions. Beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooperstar Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, kila said: So what happened behind the scenes I wonder? I am against this new pish Champions League format which has mostly slid in under the radar. This is the thing. All they have done is taken focus away from the terrible changes being made to the CL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutley Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Think uefa have the balls to ban them from Europe for a year or two? That would be amazing and teach the pricks a lesson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 UEFA crushed the insurrection. But at what cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Liverpool and Manchester United owners are currently on the phone to Porto, Benfica, Ajax and Lyon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, Jeff said: Liverpool and Manchester United owners are currently on the phone to Porto, Benfica, Ajax and Lyon Wish that was true. But that Celtic and Rangers were asked instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 minute ago, hughesie27 said: Wish that was true. But that Celtic and Rangers were asked instead. Knowing American businessmen it's entirely possible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfirst Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 talkSPORT@talkSPORT BREAKING: All 12 clubs are meeting tonight to discuss disbanding the Super League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 The European Not Quite So Super League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 The Leeds t shirts will be worth something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zico Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) I always thought the Russians and Arabs were high in moral fibre. Edited April 20, 2021 by Zico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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