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18-04-2021, 09:41 PM
WeeRussell

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Originally Posted by Ozyhibby

By the time it happens you’ll convince yourself that it was unavoidable and Hibs had to jump because everyone else had. Fact is, Hibs have already signalled a willingness to look at a different league and I think it’s only a matter of time.

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Nah I think if and when that time came I’d be at the end of my tether with all the sh*te changes ruining the game and just no bother with it. There’s plenty other sports I’m into now, football used to be a long way ahead of them all, but become less so in recent years.
18-04-2021, 09:44 PM
lord bunberry

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Originally Posted by Ozyhibby

By the time it happens you’ll convince yourself that it was unavoidable and Hibs had to jump because everyone else had. Fact is, Hibs have already signalled a willingness to look at a different league and I think it’s only a matter of time.

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Some will, but a lot won’t. I’ve no interest in watching us play in an Atlantic league. If this super league goes ahead there might be a chance of a British league, I wouldn’t necessarily be against that, but I’d much rather we kept the status quo. Hibs are one of the biggest clubs in Scotland, that might not be the case in any new setup.
18-04-2021, 09:49 PM
AgentDaleCooper

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Originally Posted by 660

It is pretty funny watching these ex-players whinge about this when they were the beneficiaries of obscene television money pouring into football. Suddenly they’re against “greed” in football and claiming to speak for fans. Hypocritical pish.

It’s an awful idea but football was dying long before this and fans haven’t been a priority for decades. What’s the difference now?

to me, it's akin to watching middle class liberals whine about brexit and trump, completely failing to see that it's their own system that prepared the ground for this to happen. it has indeed been dying for a long time, but the answer is not to plough on blindly and pray for some kind of permanent equilibrium - the only kind of stability that can be created with money is tyranny.
18-04-2021, 10:06 PM
007

What happened to the big announcement at 9.30pm? This all feels very Friday 5pm to me.
18-04-2021, 10:10 PM
007

Hope Hibs come out with something similar to put our minds at rest.

https://twitter.com/BrayWanderers/st...649699847?s=19
18-04-2021, 10:10 PM
DH1875

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Originally Posted by 007

What happened to the big announcement at 9.30pm? This all feels very Friday 5pm to me.

They can't announce it as 3 of the 15 proposed teams have said their not interested. You'd have thought someone would have checked with them first :confused::greengrin
18-04-2021, 10:20 PM
Hibbyradge

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Originally Posted by AgentDaleCooper

all hail the market, let us all submit to it and hope that it's riches trickle down, it's for the greater good :wink:

I'm fairly certain that's not what I said, it's certainly not what I believe and it's exactly the opposite of what would happen if this goes ahead.

The drip down of riches happens now. It will stop if there's a breakaway.
18-04-2021, 10:22 PM
Del Boy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56795811
18-04-2021, 10:27 PM
HoboHarry

With any luck those mhanky b@@@@@@s and their equally foul cousins from Glasgow will join the English league as they've wanted to do for years......
18-04-2021, 10:28 PM
007

https://www.arsenal.com/news/europea...ague-announced
18-04-2021, 10:36 PM
Ozyhibby

If Uefa have any balls they will suspend all 12 clubs, effective immediately.

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18-04-2021, 10:36 PM
Hibernia&Alba

Proposal for a European Super League released. Fifteen founder clubs will administer the competition themselves. Five additional clubs may be eligible to qualify each season:

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...n-super-league
18-04-2021, 10:37 PM
bringbackbenny

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Originally Posted by 007

https://www.arsenal.com/news/europea...ague-announced

The 'Founding Clubs', what a pile of sanctimonious crock
18-04-2021, 10:39 PM
Hibbyradge

Is the plan for this Super League to play along side the domestic leagues and European competitions?
18-04-2021, 10:39 PM
Callum_62

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Originally Posted by 007

https://www.arsenal.com/news/europea...ague-announced

In exchange for their commitment, Founding Clubs will receive an amount of €3.5 billion solely to support their infrastructure investment plans and to offset the impact of the COVID pandemic.

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18-04-2021, 10:41 PM
LeithMike

Other 3 clubs in the wings must be Bayern, Dortmund and PSG. Sounds serious and difficult to see how clubs reverse this. Also sounds like the Spanish and Italian clubs need this to happen due to the large debts they are carrying.

Would finish domestic leagues if the Superleauge clubs get money which dwarfs that on different in the domestic leagues. How could Lyon or Marseille compete with PSG?

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18-04-2021, 10:44 PM
Brummie_Hibs

What hasn't been discussed is if this league is not sanctioned by FIFA/UEFA then there is nothing stopping them rewriting the football rulebook.

4x 25min quarters
Timeouts
Set play subs
Sin bins
More opportunities for commercial breaks...
18-04-2021, 10:47 PM
1875godsgift

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Originally Posted by Ozyhibby

If Uefa have any balls they will suspend all 12 clubs, effective immediately.

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:agree: And the FA.

Wonder what odds you'd get on Leicester winning the league just now when it's almost mathematically impossible? 5000-1? :greengrin
18-04-2021, 10:48 PM
Hibernia&Alba

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Originally Posted by Hibbyradge

Is the plan for this Super League to play along side the domestic leagues and European competitions?

Yes, but the national associations have released a statement announcing any clubs involved will be suspended from their domestic leagues. Of course they will also be kicked out of existing European compeitions.
18-04-2021, 10:48 PM
HoboHarry

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Originally Posted by Ozyhibby

If Uefa have any balls they will suspend all 12 clubs, effective immediately.

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For doing exactly what UEFA themselves are trying to do constantly?
18-04-2021, 10:49 PM
Vault Boy

A truly sickening indictment of the state of the 'elite' game.

Hopefully they get hit with everything that's been speculated about - law suits, league expulsions, and international disqualification for the players. The executives and staff who are complicit in this move should live in shame, but I'm sure they're just laughing all the way to the bank.

The contempt shown toward the fans is disgraceful. Utter *****bags. The writing has been on the wall for a while though, the Premier League is a plastic mess. A lot of my pals have been out of love with it for a long time.
18-04-2021, 10:50 PM
Hibernia&Alba

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Originally Posted by Brummie_Hibs

What hasn't been discussed is if this league is not sanctioned by FIFA/UEFA then there is nothing stopping them rewriting the football rulebook.

4x 25min quarters
Timeouts
Set play subs
Sin bins
More opportunities for commercial breaks...

Yes, good point. If they are not members of FIFA, they will be able to do as they please: play quarters, scrap offside rule etc. It could be two different codes, like rugby.
18-04-2021, 10:52 PM
Ozyhibby

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Originally Posted by HoboHarry

For doing exactly what UEFA themselves are trying to do constantly?

I’m not really taking a side on this. I’m just saying that if uefa want to save themselves they have to go hard now and suspend all the clubs involved effective immediately. And the National FA’s would have to follow.

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18-04-2021, 11:08 PM
HoboHarry

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Originally Posted by Ozyhibby

I’m not really taking a side on this. I’m just saying that if uefa want to save themselves they have to go hard now and suspend all the clubs involved effective immediately. And the National FA’s would have to follow.

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Not sure about that, there's no way back if they do that. It may well be that the 12 clubs have thrown down a challenge because they don't want UEFA's new format of the Champions League. I don't have a side either, just seems to me that this was inevitable.......
18-04-2021, 11:12 PM
007

Are these teams going to want to opt out of their domestic cup competitions altogether now or are they just going to disrespect them even more with the teams they put out? Or I guess they'll be able to afford to snap up the top players from the other clubs and would operate with even bigger squads.

Is there a limit on squad sizes? If not then there should be. There should be limits on the development squad sizes and younger age groups too.
18-04-2021, 11:20 PM
SHODAN

Suspend them all. Now.
18-04-2021, 11:21 PM
Callum_62

https://twitter.com/MarcelFCBbut2/st...949705747?s=19

Not a patch on

DA DA DA DA DA..... THE CHAMPIONS!

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18-04-2021, 11:22 PM
Ozyhibby

https://twitter.com/carlmillar7/stat...943040522?s=21

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18-04-2021, 11:23 PM
Tobias Funke

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Originally Posted by Diclonius

Suspend them all. Now.

This is purely to get UEFA to come to the table to negotiate a better deal for the greedy canutes. But yeah, if this goes ahead they should all be suspended.
18-04-2021, 11:28 PM
WeeRussell

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Originally Posted by Higgo

This is purely to get UEFA to come to the table to negotiate a better deal for the greedy canutes. But yeah, if this goes ahead they should all be suspended.

There’s an argument to say in announcing what they have already, even if only intended as a threat, they should be suspended now.

The press releases suggest it’s going ahead. They’ve made their beds.

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