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Post by cheekymatt71 on Mar 28, 2014 8:17:15 GMT
"It's a double-edged sword," said Scudamore. "When your most popular club isn't doing as well, that costs you interest and audience in some places."
"There are lots of fans around the world who wish Manchester United were winning it again," added Scudamore.
"But you have to balance that off against, generally, we're in the business of putting on a competition and competition means people can compete."
Boo Fucking Hoo Mr Scudamore. All those poor Asian fans seen supporting a mid-table piece of crap
Everyone I have spoken to has said its the best Premier League season in years, mainly due to laughing at Man U cock up
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2014 8:21:49 GMT
The man is an enemy of football.
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Post by Olgrligm on Mar 28, 2014 8:30:10 GMT
Shortly after we were promoted, he said something about the best supporters being the hordes of gloryhunters in Asia because of their loyalty despite never seeing their team play.
This is also the man who said '15 years ago there was a lot of opposition to the Premier League, but I don't think anybody could argue that it's a bad thing now'.
He needs a new job. He'd be much better suited to running a bank in London.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2014 8:33:13 GMT
Well....thats what happens when you pander to an "audience" ... like having no respect for the FA cup, the worlds greatest domestic trophy to gain "audience" in the World Club Championships (they then flopped in). I wonder if Scudamore remembers this "executive shareholder decision".
They instantly devalued the FA cup for every english club and as a world spectacle to win these fickle fans they are now so concerned about winning back. They didn't give a shit about anyone else then, so they can't expect anyone to give a shit about them now. Their share price is sustained by marketing to this foreign audience, without this market, they lose millions.
Maybe someone should tell Mr. Sucdamore that there are NOT "fans around the world who wish Manchester United were winning it again"..... "Fans" would support the club whatever the status of competitiveness, they sold their right to true fans when they prostituted themselves to the Americans and the Stock Market....
"Go brand United"
I hope the Stock Market bankrupts them, they fucking rot as a club, and set an example to the world.
People on this board have been slagging off German clubs, these clubs are run so well, with home grown fans at the heart of their clubs, they put us to shame.
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Mar 28, 2014 8:45:42 GMT
I think the guy enjoys making these statements to piss off the every day fan. He thinks he is some visionary with his 39th game in Dubai and European Super League ideas. In actual fact he's just a grease monkey who has shown he will always sell to the highest bidder no matter what it does from real football fans.
Losers since the inception of the Premier League
- Fans being priced out of games
- Clubs like Portsmouth/Leeds spending too much to chase the dream
- Lower league clubs going out of business
- England national team having no players coming through the system
- No-one outside the Big 4 can now win the Premier League
- Somehow creating 3 leagues within a league, and reducing competition
- Champions League becoming crap and dominated by 3 leagues (Spain, Germany, England)
Winners
- Players salaries
- Players Agents
- Rupert Murdoch
- Richard Scudamores bank balance
- People in Asia watching the games for free
- Foriegn owners using the UK as a place to stash some savings and build their personal brand
So overall competition has become worse, smaller clubs are dying but at least Wan-tan Ting can watch his beloved Man United on TV
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2014 8:50:02 GMT
I think he should stick to horses
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Post by greyman on Mar 28, 2014 9:29:38 GMT
Well at least this proves that there is bias, unconscious or otherwise, in the way the Premier League looks at particular clubs. Can you imagine their horror if somebody like Everton or Aston Villa ever won it or even, God forbid, somebody like Blackburn.
There should be no question of balancing the need for Man Utd to win the League with 'holding a competition'. There should only be the competition. So anybody still arguing that the game is run according to 'rules' and that every club and player is treated the same should read these words and weep.
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Post by stokeox11 on Mar 28, 2014 9:31:08 GMT
I spent 10 minutes talking to him a couple of years ago. That's 10 minutes of my life I will never get back; he is a complete twat!
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Post by manchesterpotter on Mar 28, 2014 9:33:09 GMT
He is a creature.
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Post by JoeinOz on Mar 28, 2014 9:36:03 GMT
What utter bollox he spouts. He doesn't even have the decency to acknowledge the advantages of a more open competition.
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Post by greyman on Mar 28, 2014 9:48:31 GMT
What utter bollox he spouts. He doesn't even have the decency to acknowledge the advantages of a more open competition. I think he does Joe, he just thinks they have to be 'balanced' against the League's need to ensure Man Utd finish in the Top Two and preferably Top One. |
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Post by Will_75 on Mar 28, 2014 9:59:43 GMT
"But you have to balance that off against, generally, we're in the business of putting on a competition and competition means people can compete."
this is a breathtaking statement. seriously, it's like Serie A in the 80s. Generally?! No Peter, ENTIRELY. With apologies to Terry Pratchett, the competition is the thing and the whole of the thing, otherwise it's not a competetition at all is it?
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Post by vahl on Mar 28, 2014 10:01:58 GMT
"But you have to balance that off against, generally, we're in the business of putting on a competition and competition means people can compete." this is a breathtaking statement. seriously, it's like Serie A in the 80s. Generally?! No Peter, ENTIRELY. With apologies to Terry Pratchett, the competition is the thing and the whole of the thing, otherwise it's not a competetition at all is it? Exactly my thought. Scudamore is deluded and, the fact he has all this power whilst coming out with statements such as this is worrying indeed. It's not nothing new though. |
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Post by ChesterStokie on Mar 28, 2014 10:21:38 GMT
"But you have to balance that off against, generally, we're in the business of putting on a competition and competition means people can compete." this is a breathtaking statement. seriously, it's like Serie A in the 80s. Generally?! No Peter, ENTIRELY. With apologies to Terry Pratchett, the competition is the thing and the whole of the thing, otherwise it's not a competetition at all is it? You've absolutely hit the nail on the head there Will. This is the man at the top effectively saying in the competition that I run all teams are equal but some are more equal than others. He needs to very quickly offer a full retraction or resign. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2014 10:25:23 GMT
This sort of s---e is exactly what's wrong with the game! I could say more but I wont.
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Mar 28, 2014 10:31:18 GMT
you can imagine his next idea will be that Man U are allowed to start every game with 12 players on the field. Just because they have most have and they need a headstart every game
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Post by Kenilworth_Stokies on Mar 28, 2014 10:36:41 GMT
The EPL Brand! The EPL Brand! Won't somebody please think of the EPL Brand?!?!
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Post by southcarolinastokie on Mar 28, 2014 11:51:25 GMT
He should run sports over in the States where a team brand is bigger than the league. He is a twat of the highest order.
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Post by nott1 on Mar 28, 2014 11:55:47 GMT
There is even more of a majority wishing Manu will NOT be winning more matches and I'll be one of those!
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Post by underdog on Mar 28, 2014 11:55:58 GMT
I hope they go down and down...a nice financial crisis in the club followed by player exodus, subsequent successive seasons of relegation.......stuff that dreams are made of.
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Post by onionman on Mar 28, 2014 12:24:06 GMT
It's like when Hitler died in his bunker. He'd been a really popular character among some of the more right wing Nazis, it was a thoroughly disappointing day for his pet cat, and in the long run the viewing figures for Newsnight took a serious hit, with little or no war coverage for several years after 1945.
But you have to balance that against, generally, we're in the business of not really supporting genocide.
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Post by RAF on Mar 28, 2014 12:31:38 GMT
I hope they go down and down...a nice financial crisis in the club followed by player exodus, subsequent successive seasons of relegation.......stuff that dreams are made of. unfortunately that will never happen.There will always be a russian oligarth or playboy arab wanting to take brand Manure on. Sad but true H |
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Post by nott1 on Mar 28, 2014 12:35:02 GMT
I hate these glory hunting oligarchs and they they can keep out of Ukraine too!
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Post by greyman on Mar 28, 2014 12:36:07 GMT
I hope they go down and down...a nice financial crisis in the club followed by player exodus, subsequent successive seasons of relegation.......stuff that dreams are made of. unfortunately that will never happen.There will always be a russian oligarth or playboy arab wanting to take brand Manure on. Sad but true H oligarch, you thick bastard  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2014 12:41:33 GMT
I hate these glory hunting oligarths and they they can keep out of Ukraine too!  |
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Post by nononsense on Mar 28, 2014 13:55:49 GMT
"It's a double-edged sword," said Scudamore. "When your most popular club isn't doing as well, that costs you interest and audience in some places." "There are lots of fans around the world who wish Manchester United were winning it again," added Scudamore. "But you have to balance that off against, generally, we're in the business of putting on a competition and competition means people can compete." Boo Fucking Hoo Mr Scudamore. All those poor Asian fans seen supporting a mid-table piece of crap Everyone I have spoken to has said its the best Premier League season in years, mainly due to laughing at Man U cock up Best Premier League season in years ???  |
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Post by Godo on Mar 28, 2014 14:04:00 GMT
It's the football as an abstract product mentality as opposed to something that is activlty supported by local people. Scudamore is anti football and so he should be sacked on that basis. This is stacking up to be the most exciting season, top and bottom, in a long time. That's what fans want, not the ability to manuipulate betting etc.
Perhaps as it moves forward in it's quest for global domination China will start to develop bigger teams who can conmpete against western clubs for fan support and then hopefully all of this shite about share of global markets etc can disappear up it's own pie chart.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2014 15:16:07 GMT
What utter bollox he spouts. He doesn't even have the decency to acknowledge the advantages of a more open competition. I think he does Joe, he just thinks they have to be 'balanced' against the League's need to ensure Man Utd finish in the Top Two and preferably Top One. Exactly (and I know you didn't mean it in a positive sense, Mr Grey). the league can only stand one or two seasons, at most, before there is a serious danger half the planet walks away from manure and starts watching La Liga. I think the guy enjoys making these statements to piss off the every day fan. He thinks he is some visionary with his 39th game in Dubai and European Super League ideas. In actual fact he's just a grease monkey who has shown he will always sell to the highest bidder no matter what it does from real football fans. ... So overall competition has become worse, smaller clubs are dying but at least Wan-tan Ting can watch his beloved Man United on TV (apologises for the snip) I think that depends what you mean by small, matt? I should think it was impossible to say our club was dying. Our club has never been so healthy. Pompy are dying; but Scudamore has long since forgotten who they are. As Okie (I think it was?) found out somewhere in Asia, recently; all taxi drivers know who Rory Delap is and that he can chuck it miles. Rory Delap was/is the best thing to ever happen to Brand Stoke City (so far). From a financial point of view, there is now absolutely no comparison between us and Brentford. Where twelve years ago, you would have said there was little difference at all. However, compare us with Manure - or even Tottenham - and there is again, no comparison. Malcolm, or someone could confirm - maybe? - but the split of direct revenue to the league from UK v foreign sources must now be somewhere near parity? Add in shirt and DVD sales - that supports the big brands - and foreign income dwarfs home-grown. If Scudamore posted on here, he would be on the side of those saying that, just because you go, doesn't make you a better fan. I know a lad over here who is one of the biggest manure fans you could (wish to  ) meet. Knowledgeable and passionate about manure and the wider game too. His family is originally from Greece. For his honeymoon, when they can finally afford it, the big trip back to the old country is planned. And a visit to the UK the centrepiece for him. His first and probably only visit to The Theatre of Dreams. To say that lad is jealous that I have watched us against manure, at said theatre, is putting it way too mildly. manure could play their 39th game in any city in the world - against whoever - and would instantly sell out (though everyone there would much sooner see the real thing at Old Trafford). Real fans - So far as Scudamore, global TV companies and close to a billion people (they reckon) per week are concerned; anyone helping to increase the strength of Brand EPL is a real fan. ... it's like Serie A in the 80s. Generally?! No Peter, ENTIRELY. With apologies to Terry Pratchett, the competition is the thing and the whole of the thing, otherwise it's not a competetition at all is it? It is exactly like Serie-A, but with 100 times the money. There's a Top8 (stretching it) and then there's the teams they have to beat. Eventually Serie-A died (And we all used to watch Serie-A, free, on a Sunday!). Scudamore's job is to ensure no one gets to pick up where Brand EPL left off. Brand EPL is about four things:
A set of high value, historically successful brands
A high tempo, aggressive, free flowing game
A handful of world stars
A visible, passionate, loyal and noisy live-crowd
If anything, Scudamore could be accused of taking one of those things for granted ... One goes and the whole thing comes tumbling down. |
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Post by Clem Fandango on Mar 28, 2014 15:39:08 GMT
He sums up everything that is wrong with football today.
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Post by mrcoke on Mar 28, 2014 16:24:38 GMT
Scudamore isn't anti football, he is pro making £millions for himself and his cronies.
If the ref makes a mistake on Saturday against ManU's interests he will under pressure to "balance" his decisions.
The value of world-wide TV rights outweighs everything in the Prem.
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) meet. Knowledgeable and passionate about manure and the wider game too. His family is originally from Greece. For his honeymoon, when they can finally afford it, the big trip back to the old country is planned. And a visit to the UK the centrepiece for him. His first and probably only visit to The Theatre of Dreams. To say that lad is jealous that I have watched us against manure, at said theatre, is putting it way too mildly.
