• Jiminyfingers@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Holier-than-thou? Andy Hamilton is a Chelsea season ticket holder, or at least was until last year. He is one of your own saying this, its not rival fans trying to banter you, or the media getting their knives out for the club.

    • Extremiel@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I wrote my comment in response to the people in this thread, most of which have clearly not even read the article posted but just used the oppertunity to blame Chelsea for everything.

      Should have clarified that, my bad.

  • Opposite-Mediocre@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Didn’t need to. Sports washing worked perfectly. Cleaned through billions of money in Chelsea. Along with that probably opened up many legit business opportunities. Cherry on the cake has thousands of people now like him.

  • xStealthxUk@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Yep wev won it all and got our owner taken away by the government becuase of a war… keep hating we dont care.

    We will be back and you can hate us soke more Hamilton you prick

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        1 year ago

        The red bull multi ownership model is not good for the sport so the comment about business first and football second is a bit ironic

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          Not good for the sport but very good for red bull and the clubs they own. That’s not ironic.

        • PM_ME_FOXY_NUDES@alien.topB
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          1 year ago

          I am not basing my comment exclusively on the Premiere League, every professional league and club is a business, just like Red Bull.

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            funny to see english fans argue who the worst team is in their league

            Flair of a corporation that started this multi-ownership bullshit

  • PM_ME_FOXY_NUDES@alien.topB
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    So funny to see english fans argue who the worst team is in their league. Meanwhile, football is fucked anyway and its a business first and a sport second, so no matter if its the Saudis sportwashing or an American pumping billions into it, the image of that pure, innocent and local football sport is long gone.

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    1 year ago

    The thing is the drop in talent and quality is significant. People want to watch the best players and teams playing at an elite level

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      1 year ago

      I just want to see fun competition. Eredivisie is high enough a level for me.

      I do recognize I’m in the minority, though.

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      1 year ago

      Eh, high quality football is also “””boring””” and data driven. So many cool football moves are as good as outlawed. You don’t need to look further than classic nr. 10 being a dying breed, replaced by players best described as ‘pressing machines’.

      Much bigger problem/reason is that lower leagues aren’t media talking points(let’s face it, sports are men’s reality TV shows), finding a broadcast is hard, etc. It’s just much harder to get into if you aren’t local.

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        1 year ago

        The Championship is a superb league. The quality might not be as good in terms of talent compared to the PL, but it is far more entertaining.

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    I love how local and lower level football really does answer nearly all of everyone’s concerns but they’d rather pretend the Prem was the only football league on Earth and they’re forced to put up with it. Absolutely self-inflicted.

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      The thing is the drop in talent and quality is significant. People want to watch the best players and teams playing at an elite level

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        Eh, high quality football is also “””boring””” and data driven. So many cool football moves are as good as outlawed. You don’t need to look further than classic nr. 10 being a dying breed, replaced by players best described as ‘pressing machines’.

        Much bigger problem/reason is that lower leagues aren’t media talking points(let’s face it, sports are men’s reality TV shows), finding a broadcast is hard, etc. It’s just much harder to get into if you aren’t local.

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          The Championship is a superb league. The quality might not be as good in terms of talent compared to the PL, but it is far more entertaining.

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            1 year ago

            Defending American billionaires lol. Why do we do this lol, we are such capitalist dickriders

            Don’t worry, I think football was ruined well before Abramovich.

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        I just want to see fun competition. Eredivisie is high enough a level for me.

        I do recognize I’m in the minority, though.

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    The Championship is a superb league. The quality might not be as good in terms of talent compared to the PL, but it is far more entertaining.

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    I just want to see fun competition. Eredivisie is high enough a level for me.

    I do recognize I’m in the minority, though.

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    I fail to understand your point. How is getting a loan “ruining the sport”?

    Also where do you get that they get loans with hardly any interest, if any? What kind of bank or financial institution is gifting money away?

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    Ok so by your logic

    American billionaire who spends a lot = oligarch

    American billionaire who is cheap = not an oligarch

    That makes a lot of sense

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    Seems like a lot of people understand that statement as “omg they are the worst” but as i see it, it’s more like “football is fucked in so many ways, and these guys somehow check nearly all boxes”