Green light for the Super League?

[roydo]

It's more about the big clubs in lower-level nations for me. The likes of say Ajax, FC Copenhagen, Portugese big three, Turkish big three, Rangers and Celtic etc.

As we saw with LIV Golf you get it set up and start throwing money at it, eventually, the big names will fall into place - even if they initially said no.

Napoli have already come out and said they're interested.

You may be right. Hope not mind.

 

[allen]

My assumption was based on your statement regarding the ESL being no less corrupt than the PL.

A more relevant comparison would be between ESL & the current UEFA competitions.

When you consider the CL cartel clubs, the Collina screwjob etc. they're as bad as each other and we should have no loyalty to UEFA if we were ever approached.

You’re the one who brought the PL into it. As if joining the Super League would show those guys.

It wouldn’t show any guys.

Its ludicrous.

 

[DavidH]

Greed, pure greed. Non league footy is where it's at. Get down to Prescot Cables and have a pint. The scabs have ruined the sport.

 

[Drico]

Great news this as long as the utter filth who take over Everton don't agree to put us into some minor Euro League Division.

We're slated for the Brown League.

 

[Goat]

Germany said Nein didnt they? Reckon the PL will as well.

Only read Bayern saying nein and theres is the only voice that matters.

Its simply not happening.

Unless they target clown clubs like us.

 

[Drico]

This is the gist of it but the numbers are a bit off.

- Top 2 leagues are 16 teams each
- 3rd league is 32 with 20 of them being relegated out of the ESL each year.

Explainer on format here for anyone interested

Very clever format in the Blue League. With 20 new clubs each year, this is designed to share crumbs from the table. I don't have an issue with it at face value. However, the entry criteria would be key. Will there be some kind of qualifying competition eventually? Let's face it, these guys would probably prefer to see a few Saudi or Qatari clubs in this along with sides that finish even top half in the big five leagues rather than, say, HJK Helsinki or Sparta Prague. And with no UEFA to oversee the competition, it'll soon be dog-eat-dog...

 

[Drico]

Germany said Nein didnt they? Reckon the PL will as well.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has said "nein". They might need to send him a few Rolex watches to get him onside...

 

[bluelife]

Great news this as long as the utter filth who take over Everton don't agree to put us into some minor Euro League Division.

This is the big one.

If Everton go anywhere near any form of this farcical football then I can quite easily cut ties and mourn the club that was.

 

[jazzy]

If they resurrect it, kick them out of the league.

I really hope they do.

It would allow us to create a level playing field and a truly competitive league

 

[Saint Domingo]

Will be revolving door at the bottom to ensure every club feels like they’ve got a shot (which they won’t have) whilst it will be almost impossible for the truly big boys to be relegated from the top league.

The only good thing about all of this is they can’t take the CL trophy with them so all this ‘6 times lad’ will be completely invalidated when it no longer exists. ‘6 times lad plus top of one star league’

 

[Drico]

It's more about the big clubs in lower-level nations for me. The likes of say Ajax, FC Copenhagen, Portugese big three, Turkish big three, Rangers and Celtic etc.

As we saw with LIV Golf you get it set up and start throwing money at it, eventually, the big names will fall into place - even if they initially said no.

Napoli have already come out and said they're interested.

This format makes complete sense for the likes of Feyenoord, PSV, Ajax, Benfica, Sporting, Porto, Celtic, Rangers, Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Standard Liege (our stablemates), Gothenburg, Malmo, Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, AEK, Besiktas, Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, etc. Basically, it makes sense for big clubs in smaller countries with TV markets that simply cannot compete with the big five leagues.

It's basically a breakaway from, say, the UEFA Conference League, that creates an elite 64 - with perhaps another 100 clubs aspiring to be in the top 20 replacements the following season. So, the new competition can pick off the top 64 and the best of the rest in perpetuity without worrying about the likes of HJK Helsinki, Shamrock Rovers, or Partizan Tirana. A bit like how the Premier League did not have to worry about Grimsby Town or Halifax.

 

[Drico]

Will be revolving door at the bottom to ensure every club feels like they’ve got a shot (which they won’t have) whilst it will be almost impossible for the truly big boys to be relegated from the top league.

The only good thing about all of this is they can’t take the CL trophy with them so all this ‘6 times lad’ will be completely invalidated when it no longer exists. ‘6 times lad plus top of one star league’

I suspect UEFA will adopt this or co-opt it in one form or another. With the Saudis on board, I can see UEFA simply absorbing this "for the good of the game." It's the small clubs - those in countries like Luxembourg, Finland, or Slovenia - who will be left behind. The bigger clubs in mid-sized countries like the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Greece, and Scotland stand to make big gains from this.

 

[Drico]

Take, say, Chelsea as an example. This format is designed to ensure a Chelsea or Manchester United stays forever in the elite. I'm guessing if a 16-team league was formed tomorrow (assuming everyone wanted to join) that it would include the following clubs, more or less:

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Inter, Milan, Bayern, Dortmund, PSG, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and three others: possibly Napoli, Atletico Madrid, and Benfica.

If Chelsea finish bottom two, they go down. But are they really going to finish bottom two of the second division (Gold League)? Nope. That will be populated by good sides, but Chelsea's wealth right now ensures they won't be relegated from a league where Spurs, Porto, and Sevilla are among the better sides. And even if they were, are they really going to finish outside the top 12 of the third division (Blue League)? That will have the likes of Anderlecht, Celtic, AEK Athens, and Eintracht Frankfurt. Not a chance.

Nevertheless, despite the obvious inequities, we cannot just let clubs like Feyenoord, Anderlecht, and Sporting Lisbon wither because they happen to be in countries with small TV markets. This is the European Union after all. A pan-European league is probably inevitable and logical. It's the execution that matters.

 

[Joey66]

Çsn ee have our ten points back now!

 

[Lloydaldo11]

All driven by greed and money. Basically clubs who are protected by the farce of P&S/FFP which ring fences their dominance by cutting the rope for clubs to break their dominance has hit a glass ceiling hence all this nonsense.

All these public statements from the sky six is smoke and mirrors, behind the scenes they have their dirty mitts all over this and are clearly exploring how they can get past the optics to sign up.

Quicker they all go and get banished to non-league football the better but in reality the prem wouldn’t ever do that as they are just as self obsessed and full of greed.

People have been saying that football has gone for years. If this goes ahead, it’s a matter of time before European football becomes the NFL