Blue peter
Player Valuation: £35m
Bloody hell Tony Adams has aged
Bloody hell Tony Adams has aged
I suppose it depends.
The PSR calculation is 15m every 3 years, Owners are allowed to "prop" that up by "investing" 30m per Season, suppose it depends if Mosh wants to dig deep this year.
But it isn't really a competition now anymore because of the existing rules. The current rules are totally skewed in favour of a small number of clubs, every other Premiership team is playing in a different league effectively..
There was a time in football that the right manager could make almost any cub a title challenger.
There are now only three or four that can win the league.
If City win their case what then will be so different? Maybe the three or four who can win the title may change a little but that would be all.
All the others would still be Cannon fodder and still have to sell their best players when the big clubs come calling.
I really don't see much difference.
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Blueberry Muffin
Player Valuation: £500k
I think the difference is stopping the slide down a very steep hill. Yes the current rules are poor and punish ambitious teams, but removing the blocks entirely would potentially seal Everton out of competition for years, if not generations.
Giving City and others the ability to write a blank check means they will always be miles above us and others. They have a 10+ year headstart on recruitment, facilities, championships, and way more money than we could realistically spend. Sure, we could try to get an oil state, but why wouldn't they go get Brighton or Villa or any of the other desperate clubs?
You can change the current rules to allow for more equitable spending. We need to be pulling these teams down to the rest of us, not let them pull away and hope that we can catch up from leagues away.
Premier League: Civil War
kenada_blue
Welcome to Barcelonaton FC
We and to an extent Forest were always the guinea pigs to a failed experiment.
Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £70m
Unless Usmanov thinks he'll be back sooner rather than later. Want to see sportswashing on a level the middle eastern clubs can only dream of...
Jamalio Danubio DiCanio
Player Valuation: £950k
A fair bit of whataboutery and false equivalence in this thread.
As a basis I think it’s fair to say that:
A) current PSR framework needs reworking. It needs to be fairer to all (including clubs outside the PL). It also somehow needs to be aligned with UEFA rules. If not, then it’s a choice between a more competitive PL where the top clubs find it harder to compete in CL or a less competitive league where only 4 clubs can win league AND those 4 clubs can also be only English clubs with realistic chance of winning CL
B) almost every club will have some sort of sponsor or part owner with some ethically questionable attributes
In terms of A I think we’d all want a more competitive league but one were on field success is cautiously rewarded in terms financial capabilities. I think everyone would also like a league where each club has an equal say.
In terms of B I think we’d all like club ownership and sponsorship deals that were fair and ethical.
What City are trying to do, more than any other club before is take away democratic nature of PL, make it less fair and increase financial disparity between top and bottom of the league. They have arguably done this already to some degree though these next steps would the biggest step change in this regard since the changes in Champions League finances and structure.
As a basis I think it’s fair to say that:
A) current PSR framework needs reworking. It needs to be fairer to all (including clubs outside the PL). It also somehow needs to be aligned with UEFA rules. If not, then it’s a choice between a more competitive PL where the top clubs find it harder to compete in CL or a less competitive league where only 4 clubs can win league AND those 4 clubs can also be only English clubs with realistic chance of winning CL
B) almost every club will have some sort of sponsor or part owner with some ethically questionable attributes
In terms of A I think we’d all want a more competitive league but one were on field success is cautiously rewarded in terms financial capabilities. I think everyone would also like a league where each club has an equal say.
In terms of B I think we’d all like club ownership and sponsorship deals that were fair and ethical.
What City are trying to do, more than any other club before is take away democratic nature of PL, make it less fair and increase financial disparity between top and bottom of the league. They have arguably done this already to some degree though these next steps would the biggest step change in this regard since the changes in Champions League finances and structure.
I suspect that was BS.
I see the Mail (not a paper I'd ordinarily cite on anything) have named some co-conspirators, and we're not amongst them.
Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £70m
Retrospectively to avoid anyone but Everton and Forest getting a points deduction
