| PL - 2 tiers 17:55 - Apr 21 with 4196 views | bsw72 |
Very soon there will be a set of teams such as us, Leeds, Sheff Utd, Leicester etc which may have squads too strong for the Championship but not strong enough for the PL as it currently stands. Just wonder how long it will be until the 2nd tier premier league division starts to get discussed again.
Obviously it significantly weakens the EFL and not something I would be in favour of, but you can see the argument start to grow as an alternative to the PL becoming a closed shop with no promotion / relegation.
If the Premier league were to expand to 2 divisions of 18 teams and assuming this season's 20 teams are part of it I wonder what the additional 16 teams would be from the EFL which would make up the rest . . . not sure whether it would be the top 16 from the champs or maybe pulling in some of the larger Lg 1 sides as well. |  | | |  |
| PL - 2 tiers on 22:17 - Apr 23 with 295 views | ClareBlue |
| PL - 2 tiers on 12:35 - Apr 23 by VanDusen |
It's going to happen. The Americans are all buying up clubs and I swear once they get that majority in the Premier League that is what the aim will be - 39th game, franchising, and all the other nonsense.
Frankly it can't come soon enough. I have never been so bored of football as I have been this season. Soulless grounds with next to no atmosphere because they're full of tourists; half and half scarves; foregone conclusion games 90% of the time; patronising media.
Essentially all of the tradition and 'rules' of football supporting have been re-written in 2-3 decades to favour the armchair fans who now vastly outnumber those of us who follow our team live through thick and thin. Agreed by far the best solution would be for that Super League to go ahead or at worst a closed shop Premier League. And if Ipswich ended up in either (most likely the latter obviously) I think I would probably give up going as it's simply not the football I grew up loving.
BUT - for it to work the EFL MUST strongly resist any attempts for the brands to insert their U21 clubs into it and cheapen the competition or even club-to-club agreements or franchise arrangements. Yes, the best players would disappear to the big league on a regular basis, but is that any different to now - anyone successful at a Bournemouth, Brighton, or Fulham etc. is also immediately poached by the big clubs stopping any continuity anyway. Frankly, though, is there any point in playing these teams any more - I gave a home league game a miss this weekend for the first time in years and instead enjoyed some local EFL action instead of travelling hours to get to Portman Road. Sadly, I have to report it was much more enjoyable - probably shows why Championship gates have risen off the scale recently! |
Completely agree. Football is about passion and emotion and dare I say even entertainment. It's not actually that impirtant, so it's got to offer something. After 50 years of watching Ipswich I found this season exactly as you describe and have no desire to even try and get a ticket at the moment. The sanitised version of football that is the Premiership is not for me. Give me a weekend in Plymouth or that night in Barnsley or a Friday night at a packed PR scoring and conceeding goals, that's what it's about to me..
The sooner an elite European league is formed the better. |  | | |
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