More English Champions League chuckles

[vegster]

Some top end whingeing on 5Live at the mo.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Surely Sky would be happy for England to lose the fourth place as it weakens their main rival's product? They would just talk about the 'race for third' instead.

It wouldn't weaken the product really?

 

[Stat Brother]

Luckily Arsenal allegedly have £200m in the bank to fall back on.

Not spending any of it was clearly a shrewd decision :faceplam:

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Of course it does. The most committed fans might watch foreign teams in the CL but the majority of English viewers want to watch the English teams. BT will get by far the most viewers for games involving the English sides. The possibility of several\all of our teams going out early will be a nightmare for BT, but the idea of one not even qualifying at all (and therefore losing a minimum of six matches involving an English club) has to make what they're offering less attractive.

Millions will still watch the semi finals and final.

 

[Ernest]

Quite funny really, it is all going down the pan. BT have hideously over paid for CL TV rights and could end up with one English team in the KO phase, the Premier League could lose the 4th place to Italy thus messing up the finances of more than one club who rely on CL money and nobody else cares.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Quite funny really, it is all going down the pan. BT have hideously over paid for CL TV rights and could end up with one English team in the KO phase, the Premier League could lose the 4th place to Italy thus messing up the finances of more than one club who rely on CL money and nobody else cares.

Can't say I care. But I do get your wider point.

 

[Simster]

Millions will still watch the semi finals and final.

I think his point stands, to be fair. People will always watch the latter stages, but even for those games the viewing figures would be much higher with English clubs partaking. As for the rest of the competition, viewing figures will be minute if we have one or no representatives after the group stages!

 

[KZNSeagull]

I do hope that there will be relegation from the European Super League when it gets created as our lot would be favourites for the drop. That would raise a smile or two

 

[Ernest]

Millions will still watch the semi finals and final.

On BT sport ? I doubt that especially if no English clubs are involved

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Man Utd

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Man Utd

Love it.

 

[BensGrandad]

Why did Mata take Man Utd penalty not Rooney?