Proposed changes to the Premier league

[jinkyali]

The absolute hilarity at anyone saying the league Cup is pointless.

We've never won it.
Its a trophy.
Its a memory.
Its an opportunity.

So disrespectful.

 

[Eggs]

....Government Minister (Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden) on Sky News said his initial view is “this seems more like a power grab by elite clubs than an effort to support lower leagues’.

 

[Terrarian]

I'd rather cut the big six off and see how they like those apples, play each other 5 times a year, I'm sure the fans would love that.

 

[blulouie]

Corrected table below:

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Think that is the overall table including when the Football league was initially formed.
The one above is the Premier lge which they are basing it on.

No matter tho it shows we have never been out of the Big 6 no matter how Sky and the media portray it.

 

[allen]

This particular effort to consolidate power in the hands of the game’s most powerful seems to be crashing even harder than it has in the past.

The power grab is dead, but the £250 million compensation figure is out there now and that’ll be hard to put back in the bottle.

Something’s going to change, but it won’t be what’s been proposed.

 

[deipnosophist]

If Big Money wants these changes, then they will happen. It's the way of the modern world.

 

[number4.]

Your point on too many games in a 20 team league is a moot one mate - if they get an 18 team league, they have already said that they will have more "lucrative" preseason tours on foreign fields like Asia and the Americas, so they can fleece their telly clapping fanbases even further with pointless tourneys with nothing at stake but how much replica club tat they can flog, and play even more games?!

Why should the league format change or the League cup be lashed in the bin, just to accommodate that load of codswallop?!

It's a carve up pure and simple - the so called big 6 want to close the shop and keep theirs, and only their snouts in the swill, none for us and the rest, and to effectively try and hold the EFL ransom with the bail out money on the back of this, makes me sick to my stomach.

I guarantee that they will vote out our special status as soon as they are able, and we will be in the same sinking ship as every other club. Everton should have absolutely bugger all to do with this travesty. Any way you slice this, it's rotten.

i agree witheverything you say about carve up / greed and closed shop, but I don’t think it’s valid to compare an extra pre season game to the tempo and pressure of a PL game on bodies.

 

[matty1878]

So do man poo and liver scum want to make they’re own league?

 

[Joeharper07]

I agree, I dont like it, the PL should be a meritocracy where teams should not be handicapped because of their "klout" or "tv ratings"; but I don't think there is a need to throw the baby out with the bath water, some of the ideas are solid. There is simply too much football. Four games would make a huge difference

Another snippit which would be brilliant drama is giving the 18th team in the PL a lifeline and adding them in with 3 rather than 4 playoff teams from the championship

This happened for many years when the premier league started

 

[Brisan123]

This aint America fella.
Never will be , you just keep up with your World Series that only USA teams compete in. Or try soccer , what next time outs for adverts.... not happening here.

Instead of Z cars we can come out to
Gillette the best a man can get put to music
Used to drive me mad listening to that during matches during the WC in the states

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Is there a petition against this yet? If so I'd appreciate a link - possibly worth stickying when one appears.

Regardless of your political persuasion Oliver Dowden MP needs support in his position that this is a power grab by the Kopites and Mancs American owners. His plans for a fan-led review seems a sensible approach and may actually result in diluting the sky grip on our game.

Culture Sec believes 'Project Big Picture' is a 'power grab' for PL

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden admits his scepticism over 'Project Big Picture' which he believes could be a 'power grab' to keep money in the Premier League over smaller EFL clubs.

metro.co.uk

 

[tommye]

Definitely a case of the tail wanting to wag the dog.
Drop the league to 18 by hoofing them two out.

Imagine English footy being run by Fenway and the Glaziers....

 

[Voodoo Billy]

ManU and the RS eh, two big red shiny pimply cheeks of the same over-fed, wobbly arse.

 

[woomy]

I think what we need to look out for here is, I don't think this plan is what they actually want. We know it will get watered down. On reflection this seems like one of those things where you want something that most would say no to. So you come up with a more ridiculous plan, which will clearly get voted down, then you set out the compromise knowing your original plan was so far fetched this new plan will get through. Only the compromise plan is what you were after all along.

I would not be surprised if we end up with 18 teams. No league cup, no community shield, 2 up 2 down. Club's with greater say on how things are run.

 

[tommye]

ManU and the RS eh, two big red shiny pimply cheeks of the same over-fed, wobbly arse.

Speaking of which, how's your mother today Billy?