The Super League (46 Viewers)

[Dostoevsky]

Nottingham Forest is probably the only one, but that was a long time ago. Belgrade isn't really small.

Our city has like 2 million people. It's not big either, but that's not even about the size, but it's a horrible league despite football being very popular. Red Star and Partizan are the only two representative clubs we have and both have decent results. Not decent results per se, but when you take into consideration how poor we are and how budgets are basically non-existent, we do rather well.

 

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[fredrik]

This.

I simply can't digest the fact that my hometown team won't be able to play against those teams EVER. And yes, my hometown team is quite poor and does poorly. But same team managed to beat Liverpool and play draw against Napoli. And same team managed to win the whole thing 30 years ago.

Also, the worst thing in how this is self proclaimed league, where you have some random teams appear to be in it, but not some better teams. Not just that, but majority of teams can't even get relegated.

It's such a stupid thing.

The big clubs takes the financial risks, and brings the big money, why should your team be entiteled to get some of that money and play those teams? My hometown team has no chance in hell to compete on that level, and dont deserve too, like so many other teams around the world. Should women complain they cant play madrid and juve in cl?

 

[s4tch]

this is one of the best reactions so far, certainly matching ceferin's plea and adl's "can i join too"

 

[Amer]

Can't wait for this to start.

It's so happening.

Finally someone pissed on UEFA big time. Fuckers deserved it.

 

[kappa96]

 

[Cerval]

Jesus christ

 

[Badass J Elkann]

Jesus christ

Great human rights for the 6500 odd people who have died building those stadiums in Qatar. Yeah suck up to PSG some more, they'll soon come begging to want in on the super league.

 

[Dostoevsky]

The big clubs takes the financial risks, and brings the big money, why should your team be entiteled to get some of that money and play those teams? My hometown team has no chance in hell to compete on that level, and dont deserve too, like so many other teams around the world. Should women complain they cant play madrid and juve in cl?

That makes no sense.

Real Madrid, Manchester and all other big clubs have huge profits while some even have huge debts. They give players 300k euros per week while my hometown team gives like 50k euros per month. But my hometown team has small profits, has no budget, has nothing, yet it managed to beat Liverpool and draw against Napoli. Sure, other teams did trash us. This was Champions League. My team managed to win the league, then we went through three or four phases to get past other European teams from different leagues where we managed to beat Red Bull Salzburg in the last phase. It was how the game was played, those were the rules, and we managed to get into CL groups deservedly so. It was not only a huge success for my team but a huge achievement for a whole country, since we're going to host Liverpool, Napoli and PSG, just like what happened a couple of years ago. Kids and talented players from Partizan went all around Europe and we gave one of the biggest talents out there, some amazing world class defenders came from my country. They all dream about winning league here while they are kids, so they can go fight for a CL spot so they can show their worth. It's just a big thing for everyone. Now, all of a sudden, some nobodies and self proclaimed elites pops up, and just takes it away because they want more money and power, and not just that, but they want a closed competition

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

This.

I simply can't digest the fact that my hometown team won't be able to play against those teams EVER. And yes, my hometown team is quite poor and does poorly. But same team managed to beat Liverpool and play draw against Napoli. And same team managed to win the whole thing 30 years ago.

Also, the worst thing in how this is self proclaimed league, where you have some random teams appear to be in it, but not some better teams. Not just that, but majority of teams can't even get relegated.

It's such a stupid thing.

The CL will still be around and without all the top teams, it might give your club a chance to do better and even win it

 

[s4tch]

infantino moralizing cute

 

[Dostoevsky]

The CL will still be around and without all the top teams, it might give your club a chance to do better and even win it

That's just bullshit.

Champions League was what it used to be. Champions League is not the same competition with WBA, Sampdoria, Frankfurt, Betis and Metz.

 

[Snobist]

The CL will still be around and without all the top teams, it might give your club a chance to do better and even win it

 

[Cerval]

The CL will still be around and without all the top teams, it might give your club a chance to do better and even win it

Might be a nice competition

 

[Alex-444]

 

[Badass J Elkann]

That's just bullshit.

Champions League was what it used to be. Champions League is not the same competition with WBA, Sampdoria, Frankfurt, Betis and Metz.

It's not going to be the same competition when you got clubs like slavia prague and Hapoel who gives a fuck competing, and more so when it's expanding numbers in 2024. It's been diluted for years.

 

[swag]

Dead humans have no rights, so well done Infantipants.

 

[fredrik]

That makes no sense.

Real Madrid, Manchester and all other big clubs have huge profits while some even have huge debts. They give players 300k euros per week while my hometown team gives like 50k euros per month. But my hometown team has small profits, has no budget, has nothing, yet it managed to beat Liverpool and draw against Napoli. Sure, other teams did trash us. This was Champions League. My team managed to win the league, then we went through three or four phases to get past other European teams from different leagues where we managed to beat Red Bull Salzburg in the last phase. It was how the game was played, those were the rules, and we managed to get into CL groups deservedly so. It was not only a huge success for my team but a huge achievement for a whole country, since we're going to host Liverpool, Napoli and PSG, just like what happened a couple of years ago. Kids and talented players from Partizan went all around Europe and we gave one of the biggest talents out there, some amazing world class defenders came from my country. They all dream about winning league here while they are kids, so they can go fight for a CL spot so they can show their worth. It's just a big thing for everyone. Now, all of a sudden, some nobodies and self proclaimed elites pops up, and just takes it away because they want more money and power, and not just that, but they want a closed competition

I understand the dream, but that dream is replacable by someday playing for a super ligue club. The problem with cl as of today and even worse in the future is the number of small clubs and uninteresting matches throughout the competition. On a global level it lessens the sport and interest. Clubs of similar statue competing in hard fought matches is interesting and will be of the highest quality. It might be fun for locals watching their team lose 6 matches in cl group stage but it does nothing for all others.

 

[Gigiventus]

Care to give me an example of a single club in the last 30 or 40 years that came from a small town/city in the provinces and went on to become the European champion? A single one?

PSV

 

[Dostoevsky]

I understand the dream, but that dream is replacable by someday playing for a super ligue club. The problem with cl as of today and even worse in the future is the number of small clubs and uninteresting matches throughout the competition. On a global level it lessens the sport and interest. Clubs of similar statue competing in hard fought matches is interesting and will be of the highest quality. It might be fun for locals watching their team lose 6 matches in cl group stage but it does nothing for all others.

Then there's the market thing.

Not any club outside of super league will be able to buy a player that's wanted by them. Every club will try to milk Super League clubs, nobody outside of it will manage to match those numbers. So clubs will end up with worse players in average, making league even less interesting. Competition will be eradicated.

 

[Amer]

The amount of moralising in these last few days, it's just incredible. I really can't believe what we're witnessing.

Players and coaches who make millions talking about how money and greed will destroy football. Give me a fucking brake.

And then there are delusional ManC fans and others.

Not to mention these UEFA and FIFA executives and their mafia-like reasoning. Like they are honourable and everyone else is either poor and stupid, or rich and greedy.