Champions League revamp

[Groucho]

Just googled, genuinely had no idea the true meaning behind the insult. Always assumed it meant cowardly.
Apologies.

Fair enough

 

[Lapeno77]

 

[BornBlue76]

No more red cards in games cos that punishes fans and makes them sad

Having a proper chuckle on that one!! lollol

 

[Jim Hopper]

We are pretty much the PL whipping boys. A couple of tin pot clubs haven’t got the balls or courage to stand up to these rats. It’s a league of 6 and then us. Tired of it.

 

[The binman chronicles]

and a ban from European football for say 1-2 years.

That's not a punishment, they wouldn't qualify anyhow.

 

[peteblue]

Someone somewhere will have a warehouse full of merchandise with European Super League and the team logo’s on going to waste....

 

[nsno-chris]

I mean, they want you and everyone else to give up by thinking it's hopeless

That's how they win

You might still lose by going on and on about it and not letting it drop, but it's also the only way you have any chance whatsoever of winning

This is a very delicate situation now

If protests and such from fans of the "Other 14" start happening then it might have a positive result

This is the exact wrong time to give up

The PL want their exposure to keep the money flowing; hence they won’t touch them.

However, if every fan group boycotted games against these scabs it would continue to highlight the issue and the unhappiness of the fans against the favouritism towards these scabs

But hoping the PL impose sanctions is, IMO, pointless.

 

[brieverton]

It can't be just a case now of settling down and every club going about business as normal.

But we still have to be careful how we manage things. 49% fan ownership is not in our interest to begin with.

We need a binding commitment from all PL clubs not to form a breakaway group with sanctions in place for those that do.

I'm not sure how we manage this whole 6 vs 14 thing going forward though, which seems to be entrenched now more than ever.

We are the biggest club outside of those six.

I don't want to be associated with the big six in a business sense but nor can we perpetuate a situation where we are very obviously seen as an also-ran. Leader of the small clubs is not an association I want for Everton.

It makes European qualification very important for us. We just don't have a presence in Europe, rather obviously because we have no record of anything at all for over 30 years. I can get why people were laughing and sniggering at Arsenal and Spurs in the Super League so we must be completely irrelevant on that score.

When the dust settles on this, our position is still very sobering to reflect on.

 

[MikeH72]

No more red cards in games cos that punishes fans and makes them sad

No more scoring goals because that punishes the other team’s fans and they have nothing to do with the match so it’s unfair.

 

[GwladysBlue]

What clubs of the 14 don’t want them punished?

I’m looking at Aston Villa. Their RS CEO put out a cowardly statement yesterday.

Happy just to be at the table. It’s pathetic and cowardly.

Go at them, Farhad and then destroy them with USM might in the summer and with the stadium.

 

[Terrarian]

Quell surprise

 

[JLW]

I think someone made a good point the other day about how teams have become dependent on the money involved with the PL mostly brought in because the draw the likes of Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea etc... bring in.

They’ll be terrified at the idea of upsetting these clubs and pushing them away.

Isn’t it a shame?

Clubs willing to drop their kecks and bend over backwards, lose their dignity, pride and morals for the sake of money.

Upsetting them? Its not their league they don't own it, each club is a fraction of 20 that make it what it is.

I was thinking before about how many great games has there been recently with one of these teams playing? Massively overhyped games that are generally bore fests.

 

[NewRadical]

No one was arsed about Leeds fans when they were deducted points. Or Bolton fans. Or Wigan fans. Or Bury fans....

Bury fans don't even have their club as it was because of their owner. For what is a nominal amount in the footballing world.

 

[LocalNative]

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I'd be almost certain that UEFA and Premier League offered assurances of no punishment for them to come back. It's tragic but they'd be too scared to punish all 6 of them, if it was 1-2 then maybe but UEFA is just as corrupt as any organisation.

 

[JLW]

Nothings gonna happen, stop debating it

This is done now, the clubs won’t be punished and the owners will be the focus of anger.

There’ll only be punishments for those who try and break the bubble. Cold hard facts

Sad but true mate.
Then this whole saga just leaves these clubs with the notion that they can do or try what they want.