| The 3 promoted teams (probably) going down, same as last year 19:47 - Feb 1 with 1125 views | Dubtractor |
And again looking likely that none of those teams will break the 30 point barrier.
Us and Southampton have both thrown a lot of money at trying to be competitive too.
Can't help but think this is bad for the game. |  |
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| The 3 promoted teams (probably) going down, same as last year on 19:51 - Feb 1 with 1070 views | bsw72 |
As i said earlier - PL becoming a closed shop with the financial gap between the established clubs and the promoted clubs getting ever wider.
Forest may well be the last of the long term Championship clubs to have made it, just, last season.
I think Financial fair play is actually working against the promoted clubs but if Leeds don't survive next season (they will get promoted) then everyone else will be doomed. |  | | |
| The 3 promoted teams (probably) going down, same as last year on 19:56 - Feb 1 with 1021 views | Zx1988 |
Agreed. If the three promoted sides go down, it'll be first season clubs up against fourth season clubs next year - men against boys.
But it's what the PL wants though. If they can't have a full closed shop, they'll gladly take seventeen permanent members, with three 'guest' sides each season. If they can make the 'guest' sides a fixed pool of six, so much the better. |  |
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| The 3 promoted teams (probably) going down, same as last year on 20:01 - Feb 1 with 970 views | Illinoisblue |
It’s not a good look at all but we’ve got 38 games to be better than Wolves. We’ve made it harder than it should be to break the mould. |  |
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| The 3 promoted teams (probably) going down, same as last year on 20:03 - Feb 1 with 951 views | Zx1988 |
| The 3 promoted teams (probably) going down, same as last year on 20:01 - Feb 1 by Illinoisblue |
It’s not a good look at all but we’ve got 38 games to be better than Wolves. We’ve made it harder than it should be to break the mould. |
Alternatively, it's a sad indictment of the inherent advantage that multi-season teams have, that a club can become a complete basket case and still stand a chance of survival. | |
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| The 3 promoted teams (probably) going down, same as last year on 20:10 - Feb 1 with 825 views | Pique |
Depressing, isn't it?
If you were promoted at the right time, you'll effectively now be a Premier League team in perpetuity. Even if, like Bournemouth, you're effectively a League One outfit on paper.
After 20 odd years of hoping we get to the promised land, it's been a bit of a shock to realise that it's actually a closed shop. Whatever we did, we were damned. Spend over £100 million to strengthen the squad? Sorry, you've just killed all cohesion and team spirit and it's impossible to integrate everyone in time: relegation. Don't spend the money? You'll get killed! Relegation.
Personally I'm disillusioned by the whole thing. So we go back down and build again - for what? To get destroyed in the Premier League again because the whole thing has moved up another level during our absence?
I've been focusing a lot more on non-league recently and supporting my local team. Nice crowds, can have a pint, sensible prices and some pretty decent football.
The modern game, at the top level, is dead. We now have an NFL-style detached super league in all but name. |  | | |
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