So not only are they complete crooks who tried to con the public they are also total *****bags! It was a total disgrace what they tried to do but they haven't even got the courage of their convictions.
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So not only are they complete crooks who tried to con the public they are also total *****bags! It was a total disgrace what they tried to do but they haven't even got the courage of their convictions.
All running back with their tails between their legs trying to make out as though, in the end, they listened to their fans. They don’t give a flying **** about the fans or their opinions.
Gary Neville called it when it was first announced. Bottle merchants.Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
From what I've seen only Daniel Levy has actually made a statement attributed to him personally.
The statements are amusing to say the least.
an apology from arsenal, united and Liverpool have “listened to their fans and other stakeholders”. F*** me that’s good of them!
And the pitchfork award for the best hyperbolic overreaction goes to...:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba
I think it's a thing in this country that you have to have been caught after committing a crime (or be framed for one) then stand trial and be found guilty of said crime before being imprisoned.
But didn’t you say you want to hammer the clubs (presumably includes the workers and players who have done nothing wrong) if they get stuck with the owners?Quote:
Originally Posted by MWHIBBIES
Well I didn't mean it literally. However, the Glazers in jail....in solitary....waterbaorded...subjected to cruel and unusual punishment....aye, okay :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Hibbyradge
You might be right there but the same could be said of UEFA and FIFA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart93
It will all be forgotten about in a week and business as usual. They’ll even get to keep their wildcard champions league places.
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Careful, the Huns will be along in a minute to call for your head.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba
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Why didn't you say that in the first place? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba
They did that the first time I saw Hibs play them :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Bristolhibby
When we get the inevitable, full, behind the scenes story of this, it’s going to be a hell of a read...
Aye, the same people who negotiated the new champions league format, which would further benefit their own clubs anyway, were, behind the scenes organising to leave anyway and using the UEFA information to help plan their breakaway league. Talk about duplicity and betrayal. If only football had been around in Shakespeare's day!Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottB
A Champions League wildcard you say? Maybe we'll get picked, you know like in X-Factor when Louis Walsh brings back Jedward.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
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Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba
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I’ve long lost interest in the English Premier League and Chsmpions league, but the last few days have been hilarious and thoroughly entertaining.
It's got to the point I'd rather watch a Sunday league game Vs the corporate guff on TV these days.
All six premier league teams withdraw from the proposed Super League.
There’s no chance the spfl or the sfa would agree to that. They have a duty to look after the interests of all clubs, it would go to a vote and it would have zero chance of getting through. Why would any team not involved vote to reduce its standing and influence in the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Would Hibs be included? :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
For once we fans were listened to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba
Greed lost this time !
As an old Hibby (53years and counting) who has lived and worked all over the world, the one thing that unites everybody (even in Covid times) is your footie team. The events that have happened in the last 48+ hours have absorbed everybody, including people who are not even into "the beautiful game" Today
my son Adam (Chelsea fan since 3years old ....loved Petr Cech) who is 15 today went for a walk (that is all you can do in Toronto hmmm) and we talked about it . It is not even 3 years since we were both at ER watching the Hibs against Molde in the Europa League as part of a footie trip that involved 5 of the EPL big 6. Molde have since gone on to play in the Champions league .. 24 games is the total according to Wikipedia ! Were Molde or Hibs not entitled to reach for the higher league just like any other team?
That is the whole point of the pyramid system, even from U-11 onwards, teams get good and they get promoted , teams get bad and get relegated . Any Mum or Dad who has watched their kids play footie through the age groups understands this . What we saw over the last 2-3 days was an arbitrary attempt by Chief Executives in TEMPORARY control of famous (even more famous than HMFC with their 400,000 supporters) clubs to set a course without consensus with their own team , coaches, shareholders and above all their fans. Woodward, the Glazers ,Fenway Group and others I forget to mention deserve all the criticism coming to them . I have lived in Toronto for 22+ years and there is no way a collective group of teams would attempt such an audacious money on grab US sports leagues (NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB) . The US leagues may not have relegation, but they do have salary cap and first draft pick to the worst teams. At least it evens up the teams chances of winning everything. Hell even the Raptors won the NBA after being REALLY BAD for years before that. The Super league never even gave smaller, poorer teams that option . It was an arbitrary choice of teams , determined not by present performance or even recent past performance. Why not have Ajax (4 times winners, best youth program in Europe) , Borussia Dortmund(Haaland ?) , Leicester (EPL winners , 3rd in league) and many more teams who have a better record into the top league ?
Businessmen in "let's try and make loads of money" shock. At the end of the day, that's all they did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibbyradge
No different from charging £50 for a shirt, from playing games at noon on a Sunday to suit a bigger tv audience, to awarding a World Cup in Qatar, to letting the bigger countries have 4 teams in the CL etc. etc.
I hope this doesn't deflect from all the things that are wrong with the game at the moment.
Yes, if the owners refuse to sell you must punish them somehow. Just my first choice wouldn't be to punish the clubs. If you do it like this, it puts massive pressure on owners.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
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Originally Posted by Yorkshire HFC
There’s a fundamental difference between trying to make money within the rules of the game, and trying to change the rules of the game because you want to be even richer.
This applies in all walks of life. Stop being blinkered to what’s happening here.
Exactly!Quote:
Originally Posted by jacomo
I’m still a bit sceptical over the whole thing & the fact that UEFA got their new competition in without anyone paying attention.
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Originally Posted by Dalianwanda
My hope is that UEFA and FIFA now come under serious scrutiny after this.
If Real Madrid and Juve want to resign from all other competitions and set up their own special relationship league, let them. The threat of a serious breakaway led by the richest clubs in Europe is dead, for now.
This is an opportunity for positive reform.
So, it was all just a diversion tactic?