21 Apr 2021 19:24:12
Hi Ed’s
What’s a week it’s been ok football! What punishment do you thinks going to be given to the 6 clubs? Surely they need to be dealt with accordingly. As other clubs have been for breaking ffp rules and having owners run clubs into the ground. Hopefully something gets done just to show future buyers you must stick to the rules.

{Ed002's Note - I am not so sure punishments can be given when they failed to actually leave. If they had left and become unaffilliated to FIFA or UEFA, they could have plaed in their own league but not in the PM or FA cup, or in any recognised european or international competition and the players would be excluded from World Cup and Euros etc., regardless of what Perez says. The players would no be playing for a club affiliated with FIFA or, as the are all European, UEFA. Simply punishing the ringleaders who are behind this - in reality the owners of Liverpool or Manchester United, it would be difficult. If there is even the smallest piece of honour left in these two clubs, given all respect and trust has gone, perhaps nobody would care any longer if they declined their next entry in to European competition that they qualify for - so apologise by saying saoory, but we won't enter the Champions League this season given we were trying to destroy it. If they did that, they would lose a bunch of money but regain the respect of others in the game. The question is: "Is chivalry dead? Or do the owners of Manchester United and Liverpool not understand what it means."}

1.) 21 Apr 2021
21 Apr 2021 20:40:41
Absolute fat chance of that happening Ed. No way would they volunteer their own punishment. There has long been a jealousy that these clubs seem to get their own way a lot but now there is a palpable hatred served up on a silver platter this week. Then the hatred turns to laughter because it was all undone so spectacularly in a space of 48 hours. All those exclusive meetings and zoom calls over the years to form their greedy clique. All gone in less time that they took to travel to some of these meetings.

I completely agree that finding a suitable punishment will be hard given the sheer emotion surrounding this but something connected with the champions league would be the right place to start as you rightly said that’s what they tried to destroy.

2.) 21 Apr 2021
21 Apr 2021 21:17:04
Ed they couldn’t give two flying f’s about anyone. Henry’s apology was read of a screen and he keep saying “your” club and not “our” club which has probably pushed the liverpool fans further away from fsg. The last few days has tototalky wiped this season off along with var and the C.V. but hopefully so old values what make the game so good have been remember and clawed back into the game.

3.) 22 Apr 2021
22 Apr 2021 10:58:31
My humble opinion is they should be given a hefty point to deduction, therefore restricting their qualifications for eufa competition next season, all 6 that signed up should be punished same, all these false apologies are to appease fans, if not for fan fury, they would not hesitate to do it all over again.

4.) 22 Apr 2021
22 Apr 2021 14:21:36
They should be punished. But they won’t be - not in a way that has any real impact on them anyway. Prem bosses want them at the top of the table, want them in cup finals, want them playing in Europe. All about the brand.

{Ed002's Note - Youclearly don't understand the structure of the Premier League.}

5.) 22 Apr 2021
22 Apr 2021 17:12:08
ED02 I get what JBtoffee is saying in that the FA need these clubs as they are massive and bring in the most viewers and sponsorship if they did break rule L9 could they then be deducted points ect I just don't see how losing a vote at the table is a big enough deterent for them to try again in the future.

{Ed002's Note - So you are talking about the FA and not the Premier League which is what JBtoffee was saying? You alll seem to be rather confused. and I am not sure what the point being made really is.}

6.) 22 Apr 2021
22 Apr 2021 18:22:41
I understand it fine thanks. Just making the point that the big teams being involved in European competition and reaching the latter stages of the domestic cups increases exposure, revenue etc. and keeps the brand strong.

{Ed002's Note - What?}

7.) 23 Apr 2021
23 Apr 2021 08:42:28
The only options I can think of that may happen is UEFA removing the coefficient from there newly proposed CL structure which I think was probably put in to placate the English/ Italian teams fearful of none qualification and possibly the ECA not letting them back into their membership for the clubs that resigned and hopefully if/ when they do get back none of their representatives get anywhere near the leadership team.

8.) 25 Apr 2021
24 Apr 2021 22:58:13
I don’t think there will be any punishment for the teams as they didn’t leave as Ed pointed out. If anything is done, it’d probably be financial but that has no real effect on billionaire owners. I wouldn’t want points deducted or them being kicked out of European competitions as those places should be given on merit of the players/ coaches. If we benefited from that, I’d feel we would have cheated the system. It stinks but I can’t see anything happening; they won’t fall on their swords and opt out of Europe next year.

I think this whole debacle will lead to big changes in the next decade. I can see something like a champions league happening between the top teams in England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France, and the Europa league fought out between the other European nations. Possibly, with top teams in the Europa League qualifying for the Champions league the next season. Something like that or something that creates a 2 tier system in Europe.

The thing that disgusts me the most is the attempted use of C.V. to justify the breakaway. Shameful.

9.) 25 Apr 2021
25 Apr 2021 09:53:11
Still don’t understand why it’s called “Champions League” when runners up get to play in it. If it was a true “Champions League” competition then only the league winners from each country would qualify. Oh no wait they had that once, now wonder why that got scrapped?