Futbol/Soccer Best Posts: European Super League

  1. Enigma
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    Enigma Civil liberties > Police safety

    Apr 18, 2021
    A greedy horrid decision. I hope they squash this immediately in midst of all this backlash.
     
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  2. hargydon
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    hargydon No investigation, no right to speak

    Dec 21, 2023
    No need for the Saudi’s to get their oil drenched hands into the Champions League then. Seems like a happy medium instead of wholesale integration. Could be a fun watch if teams take it seriously.
     
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  3. aleeex1923
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    Dec 21, 2023
    well there are 8 groups 4 teams each is from 15th of June until 13th of July so almost a month, it has the same format and number of games as the national team's world cup and has all the winners from past 4 years of the champions League from each continent and some teams that ranked best in the past 4 years on their continent. Is goona be a good competition.
     
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  4. aleeex1923
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    Dec 21, 2023
    Rangers had the chance to compete in the Champions League and ended up being the worst team in the history of the competition, officially lmao

    Also they lost the Europa League final against 11h place from Bundesliga 2x lmao
     
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  5. hargydon
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    hargydon No investigation, no right to speak

    Dec 21, 2023
    But isn’t the normal League 1 competition already terrible? What’s the point in a team like Man City playing Burnley? Where’s the balance when the value of each club is vastly different? I don’t understand why everyone was up in arms about this Super League when football has been destroyed by capital since before we were all born…

    Hopefully it gives clubs like Celtic & Rangers who have no competition in their leagues a chance to compete in a more balanced league setup & in turn attract more investors & improve the experience for both players & fans.
     
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  6. aleeex1923
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    Dec 21, 2023
    Here we go again boys

    The European Court of Justice has ruled that FIFA and UEFA contravened EU law in blocking the formation of the European Super League in 2021, saying the governing bodies are "abusing a dominant position."
    A case was brought against FIFA and UEFA by A22, the backers of the ESL, who claimed the governing bodies had broken competition law to block the prospective league.

    The court has now delivered its verdict in favour of the claimant and against FIFA and UEFA.

     
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  7. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

    Apr 20, 2021
    Dead on arrival this idea. Thank goodness the applied pressure forced the clubs to withdraw.
     
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  8. Alpha
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    Alpha

    Apr 20, 2021
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    The Super League is suspended while restructuring takes place and then it will be completed.
     
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  9. Alpha
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    Alpha

    Apr 20, 2021
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  10. Detroit24
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    Apr 20, 2021
    thats an intense environment....seems like a great time! I’m in
     
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  11. BIGFOOT
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    BIGFOOT More than a myth!

    Apr 20, 2021
    Surely those numbers aren’t right?










    They only have 5 fans not 32
     
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  12. BIGFOOT
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    BIGFOOT More than a myth!

    Apr 20, 2021
    Will take this into consideration too

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  13. Ricky
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    Ricky Hip-Hop CEO ™

    Apr 20, 2021
    Tbh I have no idea who these guys are, just googled weirdest name lol
     
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  14. BIGFOOT
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    BIGFOOT More than a myth!

    Apr 20, 2021
    I’ve supported Manchester United all my life so if this ESL goes through I will call it a day and support a different club.... taking suggestions as to which team to follow lads.
     
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  15. Jakey
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Apr 20, 2021
    April fools was 20 days ago wtf is this.

    This is a disgrace. So disrespectful to that fans and everyone around football, I can't actually put together the words. Half of my life I've been watching football and I feel like I should stop
     
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  16. aleeex1923
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    Apr 19, 2021
    Leeds players during the warm up yesterday before the game against Liverpool one of the teams that will participate in the European Super League.

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  17. aleeex1923
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    Apr 19, 2021
    To anyone asking why we are against this competition. It's mainly because there will be a lot of money up for grabs if you win a game or if you win the entire thing, basically the big teams will be forced to play in their own leagues with their 2nd squad in order to focus on the European Super League.

    And since the games are mid week teams will be playing here instead of Uefa Champions League.

    And you can even relegate from your own league you will still qualify for the ESL, you won't have to fight to win the Championship anymore or to finish in the top 4.

    Champions League is one of the best competitions in football, besides the World cup and it is here since 1955 and they wanna ruin it now and let's not speak about every league in all the countries across Europe who are what football is all about since the beggining of this sport.

    Personally, I swear on my life I would not watch a single minute of this f---ing s--- and I hope they do ban all the teams from their own leagues and from any european competition and let the real fans enjoy football without them.
     
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  18. Enigma
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    Enigma Civil liberties > Police safety

    Apr 19, 2021
    It’ll be interesting to see how some of the big players for these clubs react to this. Imagine Messi was just like “I’m not playing in this, I’m playing for argentina.” Could also push the clubs away from this.
     
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  19. BIGFOOT
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    BIGFOOT More than a myth!

    Apr 19, 2021
    It eliminates competition. The 15 clubs will never face relegation, there’s no pyramid at all. It’s the same teams playing every single year pretty much. Boring.

    I think the revamp idea of the CL is much better than ESL.

    It’s a money grab from the owners of the clubs. They don’t care whatsoever as to what the fans say...
     
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  20. Freestyle
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    Apr 19, 2021
    I don't get how this is different from Champions League/Europa League etc.... it's just a new player that wants their money

    And to be honest, I don't care whether the owners of the Super League are getting s--- ton of money or if it's the UEFA

    imo it's the UEFA fearing for their "monopoly" and threaten to exclude the clubs from domestic leagues and hoping that FIFA will exclude them from international games - which tbh won't happen

    so at the end of the day, for me it's either money to the UEFA or money to some other already greedy rich f---s... that begs the question: what's the difference?

    I don't care whether it happens or not - but if it actually does happen they need to rethink the structure, 15 standing teams won't cope well, need to do 10 standing 10 qualifying teams or whatever

    maybe I am missing the bigger picture, if so please enlighten me bro!
     
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