Soccer/Football Thread Part 3

[Jack Straw]

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

You will never convince me that Ronaldo deserved that PK in the 95th minute nor did Buffon deserve a red for questioning it after Juve came back on Aggregate.

That match was a sham.

All the top clubs benefit from shady refs. It's just hilarious when the shoe's on the other foot.

 

[Jack Straw]

Twitter was made for times like this. Highly entertaining.

 

[Jack Straw]

Woodward resigns! WOW.

 

[Starat327]

Woodward resigns! WOW.

Thjis is the one outcome i wanted to avoid. I needed United to be stuck in mediocrity.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

All the top clubs benefit from shady refs. It's just hilarious when the shoe's on the other foot.

Or you know that time Juve was actually involved in a match fixing scandal but to be fair @Starat327 did say recent years... Juve have been good little noodles akin to @Striiker

 

[Jack Straw]

Thjis is the one outcome i wanted to avoid. I needed United to be stuck in mediocrity.

Are you speaking Dutch?

 

[Starat327]

Are you speaking Dutch?

Why so mad? With all these teams leaving, Spurs may have a chance to finish second now!

 

[Jack Straw]

Why so mad? With all these teams leaving, Spurs may have a chance to finish second now!

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I still think it's a semi decent idea. It's putting more money in the club's pockets instead of UEFA's but hey let the world act like they're the good guys somewhow.

 

[Striiker]

Or you know that time Juve was actually involved in a match fixing scandal but to be fair @Starat327 did say recent years... Juve have been good little noodles akin to @Striiker

 

[Starat327]

I still think it's a semi decent idea. It's putting more money in the club's pockets instead of UEFA's but hey let the world act like they're the good guys somewhow.

I dont think its a bad idea tp have more games (and eliminate other games) but im not on board with it being a static set of teams who get to reap the rewards AND control who gets in/out. It would ruin domestic competition.

Though, as someone who supports Juventus, youre used to that anyway (this year aside) :p

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I dont think its a bad idea tp have more games (and eliminate other games) but im not on board with it being a static set of teams who get to reap the rewards AND control who gets in/out. It would ruin domestic competition.

Though, as someone who supports Juventus, youre used to that anyway (this year aside) :p

You're not wrong.

 

[kudymen]

Petr Čech was very calm that day

 

[Flybynite]

Alexa: "Play Boyz II Men It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday", in honor of the Super League announced...yesterday lol

 

[Starat327]

Petr Čech was very calm that day

There's video of the encounter... hes actually saying "I understand ... just give us a little time"

 

[Cody Webster]

Is there enough room in the Super League for these guys?

 

[Jack Straw]

Well that was a fun 48 hours. Now what?

 

[1865]

I still think it's a semi decent idea. It's putting more money in the club's pockets instead of UEFA's but hey let the world act like they're the good guys somewhow.

This is an incredibly narrow view of what football actually is.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

This is an incredibly narrow view of what football actually is.

I view any and all sports as businesses it’s how my brain works.

UEFA and FIFA are also unbelievably corrupt. They just don’t want to lose money with these statements about the Champions League, World Cup, etc with bans. They don’t actually care about the spirit of the game.

EDIT: There is a major difference between how North Americans and Europeans view their sports.

 

[trostol]

Hope FSG sells Liverpool over this most recent debacle

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I view any and all sports as businesses it’s how my brain works.

UEFA and FIFA are also unbelievably corrupt. They just don’t want to lose money with these statements about the Champions League, World Cup, etc with bans. They don’t actually care about the spirit of the game.

EDIT: There is a major difference between how North Americans and Europeans view their sports.

I guess as North American’s were just used to all of our teams/talent in our major sports being consolidated to one league. It’s been a long time since the AFL (NFL), ABA (NBA), WHA (NHL), etc. ran opposition to the big sports leagues in this continent.

 

[BritainStix]

I view any and all sports as businesses it’s how my brain works.

UEFA and FIFA are also unbelievably corrupt. They just don’t want to lose money with these statements about the Champions League, World Cup, etc with bans. They don’t actually care about the spirit of the game.

EDIT: There is a major difference between how North Americans and Europeans view their sports.

Who cares what UEFA or FIFA think? I care about the domestic league. We have the best league in the world in the UK. I'm sick of our American owners trying to change our sport because they don't like the fact that they have to spend money to be competative. The first major problem is that no sport should ever be viewed as a business first. But that's where we are with these monsters I guess.

The Glaziers are the biggest leech to ever hit the premier league. It's disgusting.

 

[1865]

I view any and all sports as businesses it’s how my brain works.

UEFA and FIFA are also unbelievably corrupt. They just don’t want to lose money with these statements about the Champions League, World Cup, etc with bans. They don’t actually care about the spirit of the game.

EDIT: There is a major difference between how North Americans and Europeans view their sports.

There absolutely is, and that’s been part of the problem. This issue was clearly lead by the American owned clubs who see things very differently.

I don’t want to assume anything about American fandom, but the franchise situation doesn’t exist over here. The club is the identity of the town, my club is 156 years old and the pyramid of the 92 football league clubs in England is the best set-up in world football. Clubs generally don’t move, (look at the feedback to the MK Dons situation for that) nobody is ever safe and this Super League travesty would totally destroy that. Competition is paramount and relegation is central to that.

Whilst the clubs are a business, football doesn’t work like that over here. What city and Chelsea have done over the past two decades has been awful but this was ten times worse and the unified outcry against the ESL speaks volumes.

Power to the people.

 

[Appleyard]

Hopefully this will be a step to more countries going towards the German model and 50+1.

Amazing that German leagues right now are so secure, profitable etc that Bayern and Dortmund give zero shits about a super league... and fan interests come first most of time, tickets are cheap and the quality is damn good. Like after England Germany has the most competative big league top to bottom. The bottom of La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 are pretty damn poor.