Well back to those paragons of virtue UEFA. How could clubs even contemplate running a competition for ridiculous sums of money, where the fans are an inconvenience and only the elite can succeed. Surely they know that's UEFA's job.   

It's worse as we have very little say in it whilst the same Corporations and other Clubs cream off money the Club generate.

Football is a fucking pantomime it's closer to WWE than sport these days. I feel like I'm in the last days of a dying relationship clinging on for the kids sake but doing more damage than if I just committed to fucking off.

John Barnes talking, as is his wont, absolute sense on BBC News this morning. Yes, it was an awful idea. Yes, we should be glad that it's dead in the water. Yes, the ownerships involved have some pretty serious questions to answer.   But - let's not kid ourselves that this is the first time greed has reared its ugly head in football, and let's not pretend that this is a victory for football. It's a victory for the status quo, for one group of billionaires over another group. Unless the momentum of this backlash carries on and takes aim at Sky, state-owned football, Uefa corruption and ineptitude and general inequality in football, we'll be back to grumbling about extortionate ticket prices, unaffordable TV subscription packages, ignorant kick-off times and watching the same group of clubs bankroll their way to continuous success.   Doesn't sound a million times better than the ESL to me.