Overseas Reds - How do you feel about overseas league football?

[Red_hot]

I don't want to get embroiled in an OOT debate or anything, because I think anyone who is a red is a red and thats that.

But it's not really a dumb thing to say. Liverpool FC rests on the local community. It's where it's roots are and where it belongs, and it exists primarily for the local community.

Nobody ever set up a Liverpool football team so that people in Australia or Singapore would watch it. It was set up for local people to support. It's great that we're so famous that others love us and are adopted into the family too.

But Bob is right. The whole raison d'etre of Liverpool Football Club and the reason why it was established was to serve the people of Liverpool. We are its community and they are our team.

All others are welcome to share it too, but it must never EVER be taken from us, even if it's more profitable elsewhere.

Again...spot on!

[alunevans]

there was a comment in the offical statement that pretty much summed it up for me - i can't find the exact quote but it was the reasoning behind this idea, it was something like

"well, now the premier league has pretty much saturated the UK market,"

wtf - what kind of statement is that, so what if the premier league has "saturated" the uk market - its the ****ing english league, to be played in england - it's a sports competition thats been played in this country for decades - it shouldn't have anything to do with ****ing markets being saturated etc - football is no longer a sport, it's a ****ing business and it ****ing stinks

Eventually the bubble will burst cause fans will just get fed up with all the **** thats going on and start to turn away from the premier league and start going to watch local non league teams etc - where football is still a sport - i have mentioned before that a few of my mates play in the west cheshire league which is as a good a standard of amatuer football around, I have to say I have enjoyed watching them more than liverpool - they usually get about 100 or so people watching and this is a league where the majority of players pay subs to play

Top flight football as a sport is dying

Long live grass roots football where it is still a sport

[BillobShaisley]

Not sure if its been said, but the proposal is for this to be an "Extra" game with full points towards the league.

So which teams have to play Man U, Chelsea, Arse 3 times a year and who gets to play Derby 3 times?

Retarded idea even, ignoring factors of dignity, class and integrity

[BillobShaisley]

Just think if Liverpool played in the US and their are about 20 hot women in Liverpool Cheerleading outfits

It's all about money in the end and if I get a chance to see Liverpool play 4 hours from where I live I'll be there and I'll be a very very happy person. :handshake

Who gives a crap about the integrity of the league or the effect it has on the thousands of supporters who turn up every week (sometimes twice a week) to support their team year after year, some poor whining yank and his mate in Hong Kong want to see a game too.

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[darkstar]

This is a horrible idea. I think about not only about our club, but as a competitive match the supporters of other clubs like Sunderland or Birmingham could be relegated on goal difference from having to play the LFC, Arsenal or the Scum three times in the league. If they want to spread the EPL name do it somewhat like the Argies, and have a rotating preseason tournament between set countries.

[Nicey]

Its a terrible Idea, but I understand why they are doing it and to be honest if they played in Hong Kong I'd be down there in a shot ... Sets a worrying president though and I think we should as fans try and protest against it ...

Its all about China ... thats why all the advertising is Air Asia at the match's...

The game is changing but I would not like to see it go down this route ... **** the overseas fans I say ! they get to watch far more footie as it is

[dom9]

Its a terrible Idea, but I understand why they are doing it and to be honest if they played in Hong Kong I'd be down there in a shot ... Sets a worrying president though and I think we should as fans try and protest against it ...

You mean like George Bush?

[Nicey]

Thats the wrong word right

[The Erectile Banana]

I think it's a terrible idea.

Another step down the road of football clubs turning into US style franchises.

If this happens it will set a dangerous precedent and completely compromise the integrity of the Premier League as a competition.

It could mark the beginning of the end of football as we know it.

[Sir Bob]

The real scary part of this is that this will be the start. if this goes ahead and is successsful, theres no way that'll be the end of it. the season after we'll be playing 2 games overseas, then before you know it, it'll be 5 or 6. It'll be justified by clubs saying they need the cash to compete with other clubs.

lets face it, say DIC buy us, they will want us in Dubai for at least 1 game a season. Maybe this is why DIC are still so keen to get us, as they know in the not to distant future we'll be there at least once a season, generating millons in tourism etc for Dubai.

[fdoyle]

The idea is an absolute load of boll*x

[El Jefecito]

LFC is revered by fans all over the world. Why should they not share in the experience? I'm in the US and I'd travel pretty much anywhere in the continetal US to see us.

Like it or not the EPL is a commodity now, change is inevitable, accustom yourselves to it, make sure the impact to your good selves is minimal and be happy that we are so loved abroad that we will come out of this ahead (and hence make more money and hence be more competive) of most other teams.

It's not like you are going to have less games to see. It's no different than playing in the world club championship where almost none of us can afford to travel to see.

[El Jefecito]

The real scary part of this is that this will be the start. if this goes ahead and is successsful, theres no way that'll be the end of it. the season after we'll be playing 2 games overseas, then before you know it, it'll be 5 or 6. It'll be justified by clubs saying they need the cash to compete with other clubs.

lets face it, say DIC buy us, they will want us [given their racism etc this would of course exclude Yossi] in Dubai for at least 1 game a season. Maybe this is why DIC are still so keen to get us, as they know in the not to distant future we'll be there at least once a season, generating millons in tourism etc for Dubai.

Change is inevitable. Can you see any advantages of doing this?

[Finnish_Red]

Training camps & pre-season friendlies, enough IMHO

[Red_Polo]

I believe LFC exists for its fans wherever they may be from. But the culture of the club was built on the culture of a city and a people, and has evolved with a Liverpool community at its very core. This idea is effectively a proposal to take the game away from that core in search of greater profit. An admission that the community doesn't matter, just the money.