Episode 2021: Super League, We Hardly Knew Ye
And like that… it’s gone.
florentino perez, the first and only president of Super League 2021-21
— Ken Early (@kenearlys) April 20, 2021
Within 48 hours the Billionaire’s Plot had collapsed in a rout. Never before in the field of human sports administration have so many laughed so much at so few.
A big question is what punishments are in store for “big six”.
The mood is more to seek to curb their power, and use this to redress issues like wealth distribution – rather than sanctions
The 14 also wary of punishing staff/players in no way responsiblehttps://t.co/c5PTOv3q4C
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) April 21, 2021
Gabriele Marcotti and Miguel Delaney join us to pick through the still-steaming entrails of the ESL.
If the owners of the Super League 12 can give up on their own big, beautiful idea so quickly and so easily and with so little fight, imagine how little actual commitment they have to clubs they don’t really care about at all. https://t.co/3Go7Zc07py
— Rory Smith (@RorySmith) April 21, 2021
‘Where Is George Gibney?’ has notched up yet another worldwide award nomination, this time in the 25th annual @TheWebbyAwards.
WIGG has been nominated for Best Original Music Score & Sound Design & there’s a public vote! So please vote for us below ????https://t.co/6rVeZTxKQm pic.twitter.com/8URSEysHgC
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) April 20, 2021
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A taster of Ken on today’s show talking about the power of democratic intervention when capitalism has been left go uncheckedhttps://t.co/eUAMCNv1Ye pic.twitter.com/lftTmbjvFs
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) April 20, 2021
Go to PatreonA listener writes a motivational poem for John Terry, while channelling the mind, motivational skills and writing style of Brendan Rodgers
Yep, its our wackiest ever EOINZ POEMZ ??https://t.co/WnmGGLEyZN pic.twitter.com/DZOyhb8JEJ
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) April 16, 2021