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6 + 2 Point Deductions

sbbefc said:
If a super league happened interest in the Premier league would plummet. Consequently so would tv revenue. We are staying afloat by borrowing against future revenue at or above it's current level.

It's the same reason we could fold if we went down. We could be ok for a season but if we got trapped down there with stadium debts and a huge wage bill the club would be in big trouble.

We are in a particularly vulnerable position due to the stadium. Also our wage bill is a lot higher than our rivals down the bottom end of the table.

Luckily, I doubt a super league will happen and we should stay up. But to think everything is fine and rosy is delusional.
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Mate. I don’t know if you’ve only just woken up from a long sleep and it’s still April 2024 in your head, but we are not on the verge of going bust.
 
I don't see a Super League on the horizon. The multi-club model is also in part a development in response to that threat.

The new format Champions League will be expanded and that's the route they will go down.

None of the elite clubs have made any coherent proposals to address a much reduced status of domestic leagues in the event of a super league, other than they'll carry on winning everything.
 
sbbefc said:
If a super league happened interest in the Premier league would plummet. Consequently so would tv revenue. We are staying afloat by borrowing against future revenue at or above it's current level.

It's the same reason we could fold if we went down. We could be ok for a season but if we got trapped down there with stadium debts and a huge wage bill the club would be in big trouble.

We are in a particularly vulnerable position due to the stadium. Also our wage bill is a lot higher than our rivals down the bottom end of the table.

Luckily, I doubt a super league will happen and we should stay up. But to think everything is fine and rosy is delusional.
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Hadn't thought of that...

So, eloquent Matty.... Please meet our @matty1878.

He's the boss here. Nobody. And I mean nobody. Does disaster like he does.

You'll have a great time together. Happy to help.

PS. Love you (our) Matty
 
A super league is not sustainable, and the gloss would be short term and wear off for the viewers, the fans of the clubs and the clubs themselves. It wouldn’t replace Ch League, as UEFA couldn’t have that.
 

Houghty19 said:
Remember these are PL rules that are being brought into disrepute not European rules. However this works with the PL clubs will still have to sit within those rules within European competitions which may still cause a problem as how can teams from a league based outside of Europe have any real say on those rules? It could be that if it really kicked off UEFA expelled all English clubs from any European competitions. Only a possibility i know but it doesn't necessarily open up the floodgates for a massive overspend by certain clubs. The next few years could be very interesting or boring depending on your perspective.
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It's happened before.
 
Neiler said:
England is still in Europe mate, just not the EU.

Still governed by UEFA and laterally FIFA - that’s a whole different story.
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Houghty19 said:
Thanks mate but England is definitely not in Europe we are governed football wise by UEFA but England is definitely not in Europe and if UEFA wanted they could remove us from European competition not saying this is likely but it depends how dirty this gets as to how far this is pushed thats all I'm saying.
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I saw you 2 arguing over England being In Europe or not so I decided to look up a map turns out @Houghty19 is right @Neiler take the loss on this one. Here is the proof.
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Houghty19 said:
Thanks mate but England is definitely not in Europe we are governed football wise by UEFA but England is definitely not in Europe and if UEFA wanted they could remove us from European competition not saying this is likely but it depends how dirty this gets as to how far this is pushed thats all I'm saying.
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Could you expand on ‘England isn’t in Europe..’?
 

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