G14 disbands....

Mr Alan

May have been lost with all the rafa/americans/keegan ****e but.....

Not sure if this got a mention anywhere today

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/15/sports/soccerfifa15.php

peoples thoughts? i'd say kenyon and roman are happy anyway

kryogen

dont really know if anything will really change with that tbh, its been coming a while really if you been following the story, all that matters is whats best for the sport, not one or two individual teams and i hope with broader input better decisions will be made, just not sure!

Chardee MacDennis

i presume the 18 clubs from G14 are automatically in the ECA then?

Mr Alan

Nah Kryogen, havent been following it at all. Not really that interested to be honest, i know Liverpool are in it, but as a club we have been so mismanaged over the last decade that i doubt our input or sway within the organisation was ever anything to pay attention to.

All i know is that a lot of fans of smaller clubs have cried foul in relation to their treatment by G14 and the unfair advantage member clubs have been afforded, so i presumed this is a decision that would be very much welcomed.

PHB

This isn't good for small clubs, if anything its worse for them.

kryogen

PHB wrote: »

This isn't good for small clubs, if anything its worse for them.

why do you think that PHB? im interested in your reasoning for this..... everything i have read on the matter has led me to believe that G14 was very bad for the smaller clubs, i.e. having seedings so that the big teams are all kept apart early and the smaller teams will have a very hard time progressing rather then a luck of the draw scenarion like domestic cups have....just things like that so why do you think it will be worse for the smaller teams?

PHB

G14 is bad for small clubs. At least with them they have other top clubs pulling them back. Now basically this new organisation is gona be all the top clubs from each league, then the other top clubs from the big leagues. This will mean the small clubs will matter even less. This is a direct responce to Platini's efforts, the G14 are trying to neutralise him.

Mad_Max

Anyone know what happened with the law suits they had against FIFA about players who got injured on international duties?? They drop them or was that settled.

PHB

Comprising settlement

Mad_Max

Is that for all clubs?? Surely then that would be good for the smaller teams. Some small consolation for them.