European premier league bombshell.....

[Seathestars]

If these clubs stay in the prem and play in this Euro thing, then play weak teams in the prem, they should be kicked out.
Th prem should not become another Carling or FA cup for these greedy grunts.

 

[JohnTheBlue]

So there'll be an 18 team league, 5 from the premiership, and the top 4 or so play a knock out to see who wins at the end.

No champions league.

So they'll still compete in their domestic league. But what's incentive.

The knockout thing, isn’t that how they do it in the rugby

 

[kenada_blue]

Headline says those two article says "big six" (no longer top 6) - Firmly believe this is an attempt to push their agenda on the "strategic review"

14 should ask the 6 to confirm if you are in or out by specific date

Only 5 teams can go in it from the prem. So 1 of those "big 6" is not gonna be a big team anymore

 

[GwladysBlue]

Is it by invite and how do you qualify via the league?

 

[Lob]

They will soon get bored playing each other 20 times a season.

I look forward to not having to listen to their non stop 24/7 twaddle. The real premier league will be a much better place without either of them.

 

[JohnTheBlue]

Is it by invite and how do you qualify via the league?

Id imagine you don’t, it will be invite only

 

[number4.]

Only 5 teams can go in it from the prem. So 1 of those "big 6" is not gonna be a big team anymore

missed that - no idea how they would get their egos to agree something. Also it is clear there is no love if Man City

 

[number4.]

They will soon get bored playing each other 20 times a season.

I look forward to not having to listen to their non stop 24/7 twaddle. The real premier league will be a much better place without either of them.

NO ONE IS SUGGESTING LEAVING THE PREMIER LEAGUE

 

[Blue 1]

Sounds like a bunch of dumb crap to me, with the intent of making the highest level of football a closed shop.

Absolute cancer of an idea. To hell with anyone involved.

 

[kenada_blue]

So if I'm reading this right it is going to be a standard league format with 16 or 18 teams and no relegation. So what I'm wondering is how they are going to handle it when there are 3 or 4 teams left playing for the title by February or March and everyone else is playing out the string with 10+ games that mean nothing. Arsenal vs Dortmund sounds like a good match that people would watch in theory, but if both teams are 25 points off the league lead and aren't playing for anything, what then? Arsenal fans are going to be showing up and watching on TV for something like that? Color me skeptical.

There is a reason that American sports have playoffs. It makes it so almost every game has at least one team playing for something all season.

Theres a knockout for the top 4 sides from what I've read.

 

[roydo]

NO ONE IS SUGGESTING LEAVING THE PREMIER LEAGUE

Indeed. They are just destroying it. And the CL.

 

[edge]

So long as they leave the prem , i would be made with them going.
Only thing I would do was say if you leave no coming back unless you start at the bottom of the league ladder and the clubs at that level agree to it.
Horrible cancer to football in this country both of them .
Make it a clear choice they either stay in the prem or play in this, it's not just there choice its every other clubs as well.
Why should they have the only vote on this.
Most of the so called big clubs have been in the second division in my lifetime the cheeky bs

 

[Lob]

NO ONE IS SUGGESTING LEAVING THE PREMIER LEAGUE

MY POST WAS MEANT TO BE JUST TONGUE AND CHEEK.

lol

 

[number4.]

Indeed. They are just destroying it. And the CL.

Yep - dont know the impact on PL; but CL dead duck if it happens. Still dont think it will mind

 

[number4.]

MY POST WAS MEANT TO BE JUST TONGUE AND CHEEK.

lol

My bad - amazing how many people have read the headline and nothing else.