Picked an interesting day to have a little social media down time. Suffice to say @oldheatonian and I have been saying for months now, look to the US for where the drive for a super league was coming from. The promise of finance to the greedy self acclaimed elite clubs....
..bankrolled from the US. Broadcast partner? Amazon would be my guess and already lined up. The effect of covid at all levels of the game is catastrophic. To dress this up as they have with a spin that it will benefit the whole pyramid is a lie of outrageous proportion. Tell....
...you another name to look out for again as more info comes out. Rock Parry. Somewhere in that hierarchy I bet that name surfaces again. Just a hunch.
This is nothing short of a coup within the game by the rich who are frightened of losing their wealth in uncertain times
Rick Parry obviously. Fmal this bloody autocorrect man
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Chatting to the ever erudite @AliKhaled_ about #ESL today and he asked for quote for something he's writing. Hope he doesn't mind if I share it here:
"As a lifelong Newcastle fan, a legacy fan as the new ESL would have us known, I have personally been through the highs and lows..
..of supporting your team. I have been there through the Keegan 'Entertainers' years. Seen us challenge for titles and get to finals only to suffer glorious defeats. I've seen us take on the best of Europe and win; Barcelona, Juventus, PSV and more taken down by my boys...
.. I've also seen us relegated twice under the current ownership and the hard battle to regain our place in the top flight of England. In the game of football it is simple. You are where you are based on sporting merit alone. The league table does not lie. Each season is...
Right then time for a game of who's who. A NUFC thread that may help to clarify something......so is our guy a Shiekh, a Fake Shiekh, a royal or what? I think I know where some of the confusion lies.........
Chairman of the Bin Zayed group who are very much Dubai based. He is distantly related to the ruling family as far as I am led to understand. Let's use cousin as a western noun that makes sense......