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  1. Treble

    Treble Keyser Söze

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    I agree about the way they're catering the whole of football for a global market. It used to be that domestic fans were the bread and butter and the foreign fans with their knock off Ronaldino shirts and free to air games were just a bonus. Now it seems to be the other way round because there's dollars/euros/yen to be made.

    Not sure about La Liga though. Tbh it's largely a given that most of the continental clubs see the CL > the league title. Del Bosque got sacked after winning the league but losing the CL. But fck RM and Barca anyway because it'll matter to the rest of the fans of the like of Bilbao, Athletico, Deportivo etc.
     
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  2. Sucky

    Sucky peoples champ & forum saviour

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    Cba to check but I wouldn't be so sure bro
     
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  3. Treble

    Treble Keyser Söze

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    Btw lets not forget this aint just billionaire owners. It's FIFA as well. World Cups in South Africa and soon to be Qatar. All about attracting global audiences and TV subscriptions.
     
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  4. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    Bournemouth holds less than 12k and you'd assume it'd be higher than that. Premier league standard stadium it certainly isn't <laugh>
     
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  5. Sucky

    Sucky peoples champ & forum saviour

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    I cant find the prem rules on minimum capacity but the efl has a minimum of 4000.

    So I'm guessing the PL has one too.
     
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  6. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    Pretty sure it doesn't but happy to be proved wrong if you find anything. I know they require undersoil heating though.
     
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    Sucky peoples champ & forum saviour

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    Ive had a little look and can't find the actual PL rules never mind any deeper than that.

    I only mentioned it cos I had a feeling that Fulham had to expand when promoted to the prem way back, but that was a lot of weed ago so could be chatting **** tbh

    Im not the dude to be proving peeps wrong anyway I just think you are and its good for me <laugh>
     
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  8. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    Fulham had to play at QPR because their ground wasn't all seater iirc and nothing to do with capacity.
     
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    Sucky peoples champ & forum saviour

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    That could quite possibly be it<laugh>
     
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  10. Diego

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    Jimmy and Astro think it's a great idea, then again they won't have to travel twice per season to all the away destinations.


    I say twice because it would be a small league if they formed a Euro league so would probably play each other 4 times per season.
     
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    Even they would get bored with that
    Would make all their spreadsheets redundant, might just as well toss a coin 4 times
     
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  12. Diego

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    Would be interested to see how it affected the actual CL though, would the new league be invited into it and how many places would they get?

    Some big names missing every year no matter how you look at it.
     
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    Spurlock Homeboy Forum Moderator

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    A smokescreen for last weekends hammerings
     
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  14. Diego

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    Yep, sick of it mate. Upstarts getting above there station, it's just not cricket <grr>
     
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    I read an article where they could not qualify for the Champions League because they would not represent the top league from a European country
    Also they could not apply to jreoin the Prem but they could apply to join the National League, if they wanted them
    They would simply cut their own throats
     
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    That would be ****ing hilarious, 8 or 10 "TOP" teams playing each other year after year for **** all <laugh>
     
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    FosseFilberto Pizzeria Superiore and some ... Forum Moderator

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    I must confess that I was not previously aware that Fenway or the Glazers had stakes in Egyptian tourism ... thank you for this ... greedy ****ers <cheers>
     
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  18. duggie2000

    duggie2000 Well-Known Member

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    The Prem needs a small club to win it every couple of years to generate global interest and therefore income
     
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    They would end up like the Harlem Globetrotters only they would be the Pointless EuroTrotters
     
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    FosseFilberto Pizzeria Superiore and some ... Forum Moderator

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    ... but by next year they would be millionaires...
     
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