European Super League

[Melquiades]

Arsenal will be the last one I think because Stan is an idiot.

VAR will be used to kill all the games for us next season. This will be punished.

Sooo ... nothing changes then?

 

[Papa Wonga]

Its next week in New Jersey. Sponsored by Budweiser.

Any knowledge on the cheerleaders, gotta have cheerleaders man.

 

[GLITCH]

My instinct is that for all this to work you need a good tv product, for which you need presenters, pundits, refs, and obviously players and coaches. And if those people aren't happy then how can you do it? If a name like Linekar says no then others follow. But then I think that's naive, if one guy wants out they just find another guy who's happy to take the money.

Idk, surely the most powerful people in the room are the ones who'll get their way, and the clubs are the most powerful?

I honestly have no idea, anyone pretending to be certain about this, as I was about 20 mins ago, is a fool.

Let another person make a name for themselves. I still think of Lineker as the Walker's crisps guy.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

 

[A_G]

Bit late for this moral high ground they think they’re taking.

****.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

 

[RacingPhoton]

He's full of **** tbh. Dr. Pangloss to the global elite, and extremely disengenous in his arguments because of it. Yes the gains from China came about as you say, but that is not what Pinker and his ilk are pushing. They did their own way (I'm not pro-China to be clear). Jason Hickel has completely debunked Pinker

A letter to Steven Pinker (and Bill Gates, for that matter) about global poverty — Jason Hickel

Dear Steven, I’m writing to respond to a letter you posted regarding claims I made in the Guardian about the global poverty narrative. I’m addressing you directly because I think it’s preferable to back-channel debates, and because I’d like to invite you to respond to what follows.&

www.jasonhickel.org

The World’s Most Annoying Man | Current Affairs

www.currentaffairs.org

Did you read the book or are you saying that he is full of bs without even reading it? He has pretty convincing arguments. There are parts that I didn't like. But he was overall correct about most of it. I come from India which has definitely benefitted due to globalization. In just 30 years, I have seen villages getting modern with lots more amenities, towns turning into cities and some of my friends who come from poor families comfortably becoming middle class with air conditioned houses and cars.
Just started reading the first article you posted.

His first argument is that the stats before 1980s cannot be trusted. That's the best we have. Even if you cannot trust that, the numbers after 1980s also show similar numbers.
The second argument is that 1.90 dollars cannot be used as a measuring scale. The Hans Rosling book covers this aspect too. Stats are calculated based on buying power and still there is growth everywhere.

I can read the rest of the article. But I have never seen anyone give a valid counter argument. It's mostly stuff like "one cannot be happy if there are very rich people who have way more than them" which I don't believe in.

 

[Macho]

@Rex Banter speaking nothing but facts top man

 

[roz]

They’re filth. I genuinely hate Chelsea fans.

Tottenham fans are what they are, I even feel bad for them sometimes.

Chelsea though are pure, concentrated ****.

 

[Juan Matas Beard]

Doesn't help our case when the same Chelsea fans are doing this tonight.

 

[RacingPhoton]

He's full of **** tbh. Dr. Pangloss to the global elite, and extremely disengenous in his arguments because of it. Yes the gains from China came about as you say, but that is not what Pinker and his ilk are pushing. They did their own way (I'm not pro-China to be clear). Jason Hickel has completely debunked Pinker

A letter to Steven Pinker (and Bill Gates, for that matter) about global poverty — Jason Hickel

Dear Steven, I’m writing to respond to a letter you posted regarding claims I made in the Guardian about the global poverty narrative. I’m addressing you directly because I think it’s preferable to back-channel debates, and because I’d like to invite you to respond to what follows.&

www.jasonhickel.org

The World’s Most Annoying Man | Current Affairs

www.currentaffairs.org

Here are the main graphs used by Pinker. You can see that economy related graphs are adjusted for inflation too:

Have you read Steven Pinker's "Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress"? What do you make of his assertio...

Luc De Mestre's answer: He is right. World hunger is at its all time low. Famines are a thing of the past: Racism is also in decline (treatment of Other Races in the USA Post-1950): Wealth is at his all-time high (in every country). Poverty is declining faster and faster. Life expectancy is...

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[Rasmi]

How are Arsenal reacting to the events, ffs...are we just hiding in the corner or something

People are waiting for us to show our face so they can jump on us. It will be brutal if we say anything. We be smart to hide against the successful teams and shut up right now lool

 

[Mo Britain]

Hey Babanla!!! Kronke's worth went up £323 million during the lockdown alone. You are either someone's tool or a *****. Now go and **** yourself charlatan.

 

[Bosniak Gooner]

All SL teams should just not give any statements because this witch hunt on social media going on is proof some people are still living in the dark ages.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

All SL teams should just not give any statements because this witch hunt on social media going on is proof some people are still living in the dark ages.

Enemies of progress they are. Hopefully the owners stay strong and refuse to give in to the mob.

 

[ArtetaOut]

This ESL model is just not sustainable. You can't just starve out the smaller clubs and rely on those few teams to sustain the entire industry. Football is unique in the sense that there are fans of hundreds and thousands of clubs. People will eventually get sick of watching those few teams play each other week in week out and when the smaller clubs die out and interest in the super league diminish football will be destroyed.

 

[OnlyOne]

Christ, Chelsea fans chanting 'Super Frank' outside Stamford Bridge, could be over for Tommy T already.

 

[Bosniak Gooner]

This ESL model is just not sustainable. You can't just starve out the smaller clubs and rely on those few teams to sustain the entire industry. Football is unique in the sense that there are fans of hundreds and thousands of clubs. People will eventually get sick of watching those few teams play each other week in week out and when the smaller clubs die out and interest in the super league diminish football will be destroyed.

There is still going to be a football pyramid in which cash will drip to the smaller clubs.

Btw this is an expansion to appeal to different markets, such as Asia and the US.

And all this talk about smaller clubs is nonsence, Norwich get relegated twice and earn more than what the CL winner gets, tell me why the big teams invest in their squad?

People crying for years why Arsenal are not spending more when in reality there would be no business logic in doing so, are now the same people crying about the small clubs doing the same thing.

The logical step for football is for elite tams to break away from mediocre football.

 

[Papa Wonga]

Lmao

 

[Riou]

When Lineker says **** like that, is he really expecting people to forget what he's earning?

Can never tell if footballers are agenda driven, or just very stupid