Arsenal, City, United, Chelsea, Spurs and Liverpool were part of the original plans. I don’t think them signing up will be much of an issue. They were all for it.
I think a title race without them clubs would still be very watchable for people.
Regardless of the big tv money I think that version of the game could survive quite well tbh.
Tbh no one even really knew how it would take form and evolve because everyone shut it down instantly in favour of the devils they know.
It had me though at the premise of putting a mic on the refs.
It will happen in the future and it will be on UEFA’s terms, wrestling the power away from them was a move you only get to play once and the club’s bottled it hard. I still think it’s a crying shame would have loved to see Sky, UEFA, and the money clubs eat shit for once.
I’m not sure why when essentially three or four clubs from each were set to benefit. Fans of Villarreal or Sassuolo aren’t gonna end up wanting it no matter what because they are never getting the invite.
It was just sold horrendously, Perez as the front man for the whole thing didn’t work, the same for all the general statements the clubs released. I do think football will eventually go down that path but the system put in place will have to be much fairer than the original ESL proposed. Once the PL money dries up a better version may emerge
@shamrockgooner True, I obviously have no idea what the average there thinks but in general I do think perceptions of the ESL were slightly more positive (could be because most at least follow Real or Barca). There also doesn’t exist the current attachment to league football that you have in the PL tbh, I mean La Liga screw over their fans with ridiculous kick offs and a stupid Super Cup that involves four teams playing in Saudi Arabia or somewhere in January.
While Arsenal are spending £50m on Ben fucking White and considering a £40m bid for Aaron Ramsdale.
Imagine if we weren’t run by a bunch of incompetent fraudsters what we’d be able to do in this market with the insane discounts being applied.
At least Inter broke Juve’s stupid run of titles before all this mayhem broke up thier team, it’s still such a shame for Inter as they had a really nice squad.
What is the next La Liga TV deal going to look like if Real and Barca are second rate former giants that can’t attract the biggest players in the world anymore?
I’m suspicious of trickle down ideology but to some degree all clubs have an investment in the biggest clubs in their league continuing to be giants.
Tv deal isn’t really going to matter to fans though is it? And the benefits of la Liga deal to non Barca/Madrid clubs has never even really been felt. Don’t know much about Italy TV deals to be fair…
So many supporters in Spain have a club but also pick a side in the Barca-Real rivalry. I wouldn’t underestimate the amount of people with an investment in those clubs being the best in the world. I really think the SL will become very broadly popular in Spain and Italy.
Eventually people will be bored of watching just those 3 awful plastic teams winning everything.
So their revenue will slow down, blood money or not.
And those cunts at UEFA will be feeling the pinch either way so something will change, or they will get fucked so happy days either way.
Imagine signing Barella in a shrewd piece of business. Something we could do if we hadn’t just extended the walnut brained housekey minder who’s been ruining our midfield for the last half decade. Now please excuse me, I have to go scream into the void.
Oh great, we’re back to OA being literally the only place online where a substantial number of people think that the Super League is a good idea. I thought that moment of collective madness came and went but people are back on that bullshit haha.
I remember being on a break from the forum and returning after the whole thing had already imploded, as I was reading through the hundreds of posts on the topic I couldn’t believe my fucking eyes
Yeah people just want change for sake of a change.
Absolutely no effort to see what was being proposed and the subsequent effect it would have had on the world football.
OA is different, always has been.
Hakimi
Lautaro
Lukaku
All going in one window. Must be a hard and bitter pill for Inter fans to swallow after the jubilation of winning the title.
I feel like with an extra two players this year they’d have been potentially dominant next season even with the return of Allegri at Juventus. Such a shame that it ended the way it has for them
Inzaghi has a huge task in his hand. The team is very good in parts but you can’t lose your two major goal threats, your best wing back who was fundamental to your success and then expect to pick up where you left off.
Fuck me sell 28 year old Lukaku and 24 year old Lautaro for around €200m and replace them with a 35 year old Dzeko on a two year deal who’s been finished for a couple years now.
They’re killing Inter lol
Really wasn’t significant collective of the forum at all for the most part the majority read like a sky sports headline muh football is dead.
Obviously normal JakeyBoy is going to take the boring moral superiority approach to it but i feel like summer English nationalist Jakey would have been in favour of progress.

Really wasn’t significant collective of the forum at all for the most part the majority read like a sky sports headline muh football is dead.
Obviously normal JakeyBoy is going to take the boring moral superiority approach to it but i feel like summer English nationalist Jakey would have been in favour of progress.
Ah yes, Brave Three Lions @JakeyBoy is my favorite version of Jake.