Great stuff as always, folks. I'm more than happy to pay for truly original and interesting content.
I'd be interested to know what you guys think would be a suitable punishment for the owners behind the Super League move? Or if they should be punished at all?
You alluded to other unscrupulous owners that would've been involved given the chance (agree 100% on Ferrero and Preziosi), and it is undoubtedly unfair on fans to punish the teams as a route to punishing the owners, but is that the only fair and viable solution available? I can't think of any feasible way UEFA and the domestic leagues could hit the owners alone? And they'll clearly have learned from this and just come back again and again more organised until they get their Cartel Cup.
I'm not sure about allowing teams escaping punishment because it impacts innocent fans being a correct move. If you or I committed an offence, we'd be punished despite the effects it may have on our dependants. And after all, they sought to exclude other teams in their own league domestically and abroad from European competition for at least 20+ years, so would a ban from European competition for 3-5 seasons be a balanced solution?
On another note, any chance of a pod on Samp's Scudetto season? It's the 30th anniversary this year!
Great pod guys. Also, I personally don’t feel you have to explain yourselves as to why your offering a subscription only service, it’s only fair people pay for a service for content that costs you time and money.
In terms of football, do you have any pods planned to talk about the fan culture in Italy, both in its negative and positive forms? I’ve been raised in England all my life but as being of Italian parentage i grew up following Italian football and I feel it has a far richer fan culture that in England. From the Livorno-Pisa rivalry, North-South divide, it both feeds itself from football but also is based on its routes of Italian politics and also the geo-political culture between regions and/or provinces. Think it would be great to talk about it.
Was also thinking maybe a serie of pods to to discuss the lexicon used and what they all mean, especially ones that have become synonymous with Italian football. Fantasista, bomber, plusvalenza etc
Hey Ivan, thanks for this - we really appreciate it. Those are all great ideas and we will bear them in mind when we do our content planning as we go forward. As for the Italian football words - we have produced quite a comprehensive Calcio dictionary which is available at a discounted price of £1.99 for subscribers. If you'd like one, let me know and I'll send you the link.
Superb analysis on the nonsense of the proposed European Super League together with highlighting what we have allowed our game to become with various erosion on ticket pricing amended kick off 's etc.
Happy to subscribe to a movement that provides generous value for money and that fights to slow down what is otherwise inevitable a change for the worse.
It started with Sky; scumbags!
One criticism however is:
a) drinking coffee with milk
b) made worse by having cappuccino in the afternoon.
Great stuff as always, folks. I'm more than happy to pay for truly original and interesting content.
I'd be interested to know what you guys think would be a suitable punishment for the owners behind the Super League move? Or if they should be punished at all?
You alluded to other unscrupulous owners that would've been involved given the chance (agree 100% on Ferrero and Preziosi), and it is undoubtedly unfair on fans to punish the teams as a route to punishing the owners, but is that the only fair and viable solution available? I can't think of any feasible way UEFA and the domestic leagues could hit the owners alone? And they'll clearly have learned from this and just come back again and again more organised until they get their Cartel Cup.
I'm not sure about allowing teams escaping punishment because it impacts innocent fans being a correct move. If you or I committed an offence, we'd be punished despite the effects it may have on our dependants. And after all, they sought to exclude other teams in their own league domestically and abroad from European competition for at least 20+ years, so would a ban from European competition for 3-5 seasons be a balanced solution?
On another note, any chance of a pod on Samp's Scudetto season? It's the 30th anniversary this year!
Hey, thanks for this - we will address your question on this week's 5 things and will definitely look into the Samp pod, thanks for the great idea!
Great pod guys. Also, I personally don’t feel you have to explain yourselves as to why your offering a subscription only service, it’s only fair people pay for a service for content that costs you time and money.
In terms of football, do you have any pods planned to talk about the fan culture in Italy, both in its negative and positive forms? I’ve been raised in England all my life but as being of Italian parentage i grew up following Italian football and I feel it has a far richer fan culture that in England. From the Livorno-Pisa rivalry, North-South divide, it both feeds itself from football but also is based on its routes of Italian politics and also the geo-political culture between regions and/or provinces. Think it would be great to talk about it.
As ever though, keep up the great work!
Was also thinking maybe a serie of pods to to discuss the lexicon used and what they all mean, especially ones that have become synonymous with Italian football. Fantasista, bomber, plusvalenza etc
Hey Ivan, thanks for this - we really appreciate it. Those are all great ideas and we will bear them in mind when we do our content planning as we go forward. As for the Italian football words - we have produced quite a comprehensive Calcio dictionary which is available at a discounted price of £1.99 for subscribers. If you'd like one, let me know and I'll send you the link.
That would be most welcome, thanks!
Superb analysis on the nonsense of the proposed European Super League together with highlighting what we have allowed our game to become with various erosion on ticket pricing amended kick off 's etc.
Happy to subscribe to a movement that provides generous value for money and that fights to slow down what is otherwise inevitable a change for the worse.
It started with Sky; scumbags!
One criticism however is:
a) drinking coffee with milk
b) made worse by having cappuccino in the afternoon.
Ciao ciao.
Thanks Vic - glad you enjoyed it despite the coffee violations :)