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ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC" part 3

John from Bootle said:
Yes, I'm aware of that, but surely you can see the differences? They started their little cabal way back anyway; seeded draws and groups, more and more league placings resulting in CL footy. Last minute retrospective rule changes to keep one of them in the competition, arguably at our expense. It's a competition for the elite by the elite, as you can see with the other changes they've pushed through in the last couple of years, using the collapse of the Super League as yet more leverage. They've already got their cash cow.

Most people have been willing to accept this, though not all are happy about it - bit like the formation of the PL. Their actions caused mass outrage because it was the worst of the worst, because it was a closed shop they wanted.

Look, fwiw, I'd have the football league back in a heartbeat, but the game has moved on from that, but that doesn't mean it's fine to just set up a closed shop competition, in secret. Their actions were despicable and are not really comparable to ours, because we accepted no safety net.
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Well said mate.

Completely different circumstances and proposals.
 

NathDogg said:
Well said mate.

Completely different circumstances and proposals.
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All about greed at the end of the day.

The Premier League was all about the top table being able to negotiate a new TV deal and them to have the lions share of it.

They throw the football league under the bus and kept the money to themselves.

We as one of the top 5 drove the deal and was having meetings with the TV companies to drive it.

You can pretend that if we had still had a seat on the top table we have went against the Euro Super League but history shows we would have done the deal and sold everyone else down the river to line our pockets.
 



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