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The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey

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« Reply #1755 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 14:01:23 »

Here it comes. Project Fuck the Lot of You.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12109174/european-premier-league-liverpool-and-manchester-united-in-talks-for-fifa-backed-tournament
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« Reply #1756 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 14:09:03 »


Isn’t this more to replace the champions league? That’s how I read it?

If not - let them fuck off.
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« Reply #1757 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 14:19:22 »

There’s no way games generated by an 18 club format could fit into a domestic season - that’s an extra 34 games per club to squeeze in.

Let them go. Have no domestic league/cup football for those clubs. Bar players from representing their countries.

I’d imagine fans of Man Utd, Liverpool et al would soon get poised off watching what would be a series of glorified friendlies. The owners don’t care about that, though. Millions of Asian fans willing to pay to watch would keep it afloat.
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« Reply #1758 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 15:01:10 »

There’s no way games generated by an 18 club format could fit into a domestic season - that’s an extra 34 games per club to squeeze in.

Let them go. Have no domestic league/cup football for those clubs. Bar players from representing their countries.
If the Project Fuck The Lot of You League (I like that!) is a FIFA competition, there's no way FIFA would allow national FAs to bar players from representing their countries. This is also part of FIFA's ongoing war with UEFA and a lot of this stuff is coming out of the woodwork now because the current international calendar only runs until 2024 so there's a lot of jockeying for position ahead of that date
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« Reply #1759 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 15:06:23 »

Kerry Packer springs to mind
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« Reply #1760 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 15:17:25 »

According to the Sky report you posted (cheers for doing that btw), the idea would be that clubs would still play in their domestic leagues

"According to people close to the latest plans, the European Premier League would not be a breakaway in the sense of ending clubs' involvement in their domestic leagues."

Wouldn't there be a delicious irony if the Big Six played their B teams in the Premier League?
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« Reply #1761 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 15:40:47 »

According to the Sky report you posted (cheers for doing that btw), the idea would be that clubs would still play in their domestic leagues


Whilst moaning incessantly that they had too many games to play!
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« Reply #1762 on: Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 22:17:05 »

Seen it suggested this evening by a journo who's been covering this story in one form or another for the best part of 30 years that this is just a standard tactic by the big Euro clubs whenever they think they're not getting enough money out of UEFA for the Champions League -  threaten to up sticks and hey presto the pot improves. Whether it's different this time remains to be seen
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« Reply #1763 on: Thursday, October 22, 2020, 20:16:45 »

Accrington game vs Rovers on saturday called off due to Accy having 8 players test positive

We play them tuesday
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« Reply #1764 on: Thursday, October 22, 2020, 20:24:38 »

Accrington game vs Rovers on saturday called off due to Accy having 8 players test positive

We play them tuesday

More info released tomorrow so expect it to be called off
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« Reply #1765 on: Saturday, October 24, 2020, 08:48:42 »

There's about 13 or 14 free midweeks left for us before the end of the season plus 2nd round FA Cup day and assuming no further progress in the trophy.
A widespread bout of positive tests in a squad could affect out up to three games in theory.

PPG couldn't realistically come into play until everyone has played each other once as the minimum.

Who knows.

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« Reply #1766 on: Saturday, October 24, 2020, 12:09:53 »

Great defence by West Ham, and leading 1-0 half time.  BT Sport is OK until STFC play again.
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« Reply #1767 on: Saturday, October 24, 2020, 12:37:43 »

There's about 13 or 14 free midweeks left for us before the end of the season plus 2nd round FA Cup day and assuming no further progress in the trophy.
A widespread bout of positive tests in a squad could affect out up to three games in theory.

PPG couldn't realistically come into play until everyone has played each other once as the minimum.

Who knows.



You'd think the EFL could publish the rules on this. Rules that will have been agreed before the season started, of course.

(sarcasm)
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« Reply #1768 on: Saturday, October 24, 2020, 13:06:32 »

Enjoyed the game.  Up the underdogs.
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« Reply #1769 on: Saturday, October 24, 2020, 13:09:27 »

Enjoyed the game.  Up the underdogs.

Man City not having things their own way this season
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