European Super League Mega Thread

[Amo]

I’ve gotta admit, spurs are as culpable as the other 5, but why are we the ones who are being torn apart more so than any of the others?

Are we?

 

[NickHSpurs]

I have to say I am in favour, and I never thought I'd say this.

Football has been going this way for years. UEFA have completely mismanaged the CL and their constant tinkering with formats. Their answer is always more games against dross.

People will shout and moan, but eventually people will accept it. I am certain the clubs will move forward with this regardless. They will have calculated the reaction and are doing it anyway.

We are very lucky we are in the party to be honest.

The PL is a joke anyway in that we have had clubs bought by countries and gangsters, buy their way to trophies, at the expense of Spurs. It feels like we will never win anything without lots more money pumped into the club to level the playing field.

People say if you play Real Madrid every year it loses it's appeal. Really? The current CL format throws up loads of repeated fixtures every year, and do people seriously think playing Burnley twice a year is more captivating for audiences than it would be playing Madrid or Juventus?

I’m glad you’re happy with five domestic away days, as a match going fan I can tell you it’s an absolute fucking disgrace. Just making football less and less accessible to the fans.

 

[dspursusa]

I don't agree with how this new Super League has been set up at all, its dirty AF, but this is utter BS from Micah Richards - City are where they are thanks to financial doping.

Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards told BBC Radio 5 Live said despite holding a position as an ambassador at the club "the first word that came to me was disgrace".

"From where Manchester City have come from, from Division Two [what is now League One] all the way to the Premier League and they earned that the right way through hard work, great support and not doing things the easy way and went all the way to winning the Premier League"

 

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[C0YS]

I’ve gotta admit, spurs are as culpable as the other 5, but why are we the ones who are being torn apart more so than any of the others?

Are we? I don’t think we are. There’s a lot of jokes about both us and arsenal not deserving it which is valid because we are both not very good at the moment and on paper we are the least successful club in the mix in terms of trophies so there’s some of that.

but I think Levy has got a lot less criticism than other figures and based on polls on forums we seem to be one of the most open fan bases to the idea Out of the English clubs. Which makes sense because we seek to benifit more from it than teams who expect to be in Europe and fighting for titles anyway.

 

[dirtyh]

I don't agree with how this new Super League has been set up at all, its dirty AF, but this is utter BS from Micah Richards - City are where they are thanks to financial doping.

Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards told BBC Radio 5 Live said despite holding a position as an ambassador at the club "the first word that came to me was disgrace".

"From where Manchester City have come from, from Division Two [what is now League One] all the way to the Premier League and they earned that the right way through hard work, great support and not doing things the easy way and went all the way to winning the Premier League"

no way he said that, no way. staggering hypocrisy.

 

[JerryGarcia]

If Bayern and PSG were in it I'm sure many would assume the same. But they're not and it's still going ahead. Barcelona say they needed this or they'd go bust. Equally bullshit as Spurs (who tbf to them haven't even given this really odd defense that many fans are trying to push).

Self-interest isn't a good justification for being complicit in something morally dubious (especially when admitting it's morally dubious!)

Personally I can't see PSG and Bayern staying out forever if it goes ahead as planned but good luck to them, I'd like the whole thing called off myself.

Self interest isn't a justification for screwing the rest of the league at all but the reality is we don't carry as much weight as the likes of Real and if we declared ourselves out, the dildo brothers at West Ham for example would be signed up in no time. The whole thing falls apart without sponsors and you'd imagine they'll only pay the big bucks if the vast majority of the mega clubs are involved.

 

[tiger666]

I'm still not convinced this will actually happen.

 

[EssexSH27]

I’ve gotta admit, spurs are as culpable as the other 5, but why are we the ones who are being torn apart more so than any of the others?

English owners id say. Other teams have the excuse to wanting to change the game to match their countries.

 

[topper]

I'd watch it!!

 

[slartibartfast]

 

[delawarespur]

I'm still not convinced this will actually happen.

Besides the fact it might just be a really really well-sold pressure move to make UEFA give into some demands, even if it is real, I actually really think fans can stop this if they all come together.

 

[mr ashley]

Because we broke the top 4 the right way, no oil or state money just smart ownership and a lot of patience and that showed them what could be done. There wasn't a lot of jealousy in what we achieved but us joining the dark side was a kick in the teeth for such fans and I can't blame them.

How? That’s just pure jealously if it is.
Everton could be in our shoes, if they’d had better owners with a clear plan. They’re playing catch up with their stadium and training ground and there’s a chance they’re too late. Theyll be kicking themselves because they didn’t do what we did.

I guess just like we are probably kicking ourselves that we didn’t build on our late 80s success and translate into early stage PL glory

I don’t understand either the self loathing or the loyalty to other clubs fans. Because if the boot were on the other foot there would be no sympathy for us.

 

[Yiddo100]

Bamford hitting the nail on the head

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

The crazy thing is whenever we get a draw in the CL or even the EL people say “I want to play the big boys other wise there’s no point”
Now people are saying it would get boring.

Yes because it would be against the same teams week in week our year in year out so it wouldn’t be special like it is/was when we for example played Real Madrid in the champions league that was a rare and special occasion, if you play them every other week for years the novelty wears of quickly.

It’s completely bollocks and I’m glad 90% of fans, FA, PL, UEFA, FIFA and governments are all against its as it’s a disgraceful disgusting greedy proposal, makes me feel sick.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Bamford hitting the nail on the head

What did he say?

 

[ajspurs]

Love Bamford mentioning the shame of there not being the same reaction to the ESL for things like racism.

 

[dspursusa]

Bamford - On the European Super League: "We have just seen what everyone has seen. It is amazing the things they are talking about. I can't comprehend. It is amazing the uproar and it is a shame it isn't like this with other things, like racism.

 

[adamsky]

We had the least choice, if we had said no we could easily have been replaced by another club, it wasn’t going to derail the idea. It would have been stupid from Levy to let us be left out, if it doesn’t then we are in the same position.

 

[Matthew]

Are we?

yes, tot eh extent of everyone ripping on us etc