Which is actually more fair than the coefficient bollocks UEFA are implementing
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Which is actually more fair than the coefficient bollocks UEFA are implementing
Saw some of the more clueless Yanks still talking this up with no promotion and relegation which is a pile of shite IMO.
Devils in the detail "a chance to qualify" is that the same as me having a chance to win the lottery.
Same clubs who pushed UEFA into the coefficient are running this. UEFA didn't want the coefficient it was pushed by the big clubs.
Agreed.
My main gripe is with the virtue signalling when we all know the key issue is power/money
Agreed, by all involved, but ESL is worse than UEFA as UEFA needs to keep smaller teams happy to stay relevant while the goal of ESL is to make the top members richer with less risk.
You don't have to be afraid to @ me, buttercup.
If you bothered reading anything I've posted on the subject, I'm not and never have been in support of it. Its simply an inevitability of the business that is football. And you can't just wish the money effect in professional sports away.
The reality is, with the money in football, the only way to make whats become an exceedingly stale set of competitions more, ahem, competitive, is fixed spending. And you'll never be able to control spending without a closed system - no one will agree to it.
Don't @ you because I don't want to talk 'soccer' with you thanks.
Ah, the old 'I want to talk about people, but want to do so without recourse' trick..... Your specialty.
Good documentary last night on BBC2:
Kicking off: The Rise and Fall of the Super League
Would think it's available on iPlayer
Kicking off: The Rise and Fall of the Super League
Would think it's available on iPlayer
So did i
European Super League: Fresh plans for 80-team competition announced by chief executive Bernd Reichart
A new-look European Super League would be based on sporting performance only with no permanent members, A22 chief executive Bernd Reichart told German newspaper Die Welt; teams would be guaranteed a minimum of 14 matches per season
Cheers, Sheikh's crying.
Get that investment in quick!
Mind you, the article says "A new-look European Super League would be based on sporting performance only with no permanent members"
Tottenham in super league
Mind you, the article says "A new-look European Super League would be based on sporting performance only with no permanent members"
European Super League’s new vision: up to 80 teams and all places on merit | European Super League | The Guardian
A new-look, open European Super League could contain up to 80 teams in a multi-division format, the competition’s chief executive has said
amp.theguardian.com
No more cash injections, spending based only on funds generated. Obvious this is to keep the elite like Real and United happy but will mean UEFA will have to up their game with FFP. It will have to work if they are to fend this off.
Only the plus side we are generating more revenue from our stadium than anyone other than United in this league so either way should benefit us.
European Super League’s new vision: up to 80 teams and all places on merit | European Super League | The Guardian
A new-look, open European Super League could contain up to 80 teams in a multi-division format, the competition’s chief executive has said
No more cash injections, spending based only on funds generated. Obvious this is to keep the elite like Real and United happy but will mean UEFA will have to up their game with FFP. It will have to work if they are to fend this off.
Only the plus side we are generating more revenue from our stadium than anyone other than United in this league so either way should benefit us.
I am pretty conflicted about a super league now to be fair. The content is key obviously.
If it’s an open competition I have a lot less concern and if it has far stricter spending rules that protects against doping then I might swing in its favour. upto UEFA to offer something better.
Devil is in the detail.
So 60-80 teams would close to replace not just the CL but the EL as well? Or is my math off?