European Super League

Chels may have pulled out, but the question is, why did they sign up in the first place?

Let’s be clear, neither they, nor Citeh, or any of the others of The Greedy Six, are the heroes here. If anyone deserves credit, is the fans of football everywhere.

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I’m totally biased but he speaks a lot of sense. Achieving it will be the tricky bit though.

I think we all know that players and managers need capped salaries to make the game sustainable but the whole of Europe need to get on board with it.

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All we need now is for Baldymort to go and Spuds to climb down humiliatingly and my night is complete! :champagne:

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Oh, agree entirely.

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Haha the shame.

Enjoy the moment. Must be hilarious from the sidelines. Comedy gold :joy:

Arsenal deserve what they get too, or at least those on the board.

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Reports that Athletico on the verge…

Just a fall boy for the Glasers. Next one will be along soon. Potentially problematic for Ole.

Now Agnelli has gone! They are certainly toppling tonight!

Barcelona and Atletico are out.

Not a fan of The Groan, but David Squires’ cartoons are usually good. Today’s is brilliant:

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In fairness the ESL is turning out to be quite exciting and highly entertaining. The knockout stage has been cracking so far and none of them have kicked a ball yet.

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2018, Der Speigel called it.

Per KPMG:

Among the 12 founding members of ESL, only Chelsea FC revealed no financial debt as of June 2020 (Liverpool FC have not yet disclosed their financials for the 2019/20 season). The reasons behind high levels of financial indebtedness vary from club to club:

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Looks as if the ESL has reached the knockout stages already!

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Cheers Geoff,post removed.

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"As a result of listening to you and the wider football community over recent days we are withdrawing from the proposed Super League.

We made a mistake, and we apologise for it."

Hahaha :joy:. Seriously?!. More like you realised your plans were numbered Stan. Please close the door on your way out.

GOYG!

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Football 6 - Owners 0

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After putting everyone through this and not even having the courage to see it through the boards from ALL of these clubs have show themselves to be not fit for purpose and need to resign.

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For some reason the Dead parrot Sketch came to mind

Screenshot 2021-04-20 at 23.19.05

Can’t think why

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Surely best jokes thread ?

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