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Today’s Football 2021/22 Season

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Saint Domingo said:
86 out of the 92 English football teams exist for absolutely no reason other than to provide fodder for the other 6. Even amongst the top 6, Spurs and Arsenal will probably only ever be allowed to contest for cups now (and even then Spurs probably don’t have much of a chance of that).

The game is built purely for United and Liverpool, but Chelsea and City have so much money that they will have their say regardless. These teams are buying squad players more expensive than most teams record signings yet they’re making themselves out to be organic socialist football clubs protecting the game from the likes of Newcastle (whilst they try and set up their own super league). It’s disgusting but no one cares as long as it’s glory glory Liverpool.
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I just hope fans of the other 86 clubs will eventually cotton on and put pressure on the authorities to change things but sadly I can't see it when an occasional 4th round win over a top 6 club is classed as some trophy win these days by the media to keep these clubs fans happy with their lot.
 
ForeverBlue92 said:
I just hope fans of the other 86 clubs will eventually cotton on and put pressure on the authorities to change things but sadly I can't see it when an occasional 4th round win over a top 6 club is classed as some trophy win these days by the media to keep these clubs fans happy with their lot.
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The pyramid system is designed now to keep fans satisfied. We’re the only team outside the top 6 that hasn’t been relegated since the prem started (although we’ve circled the drain multiple times). Most teams don’t spend long enough stuck in stasis to realise that they can’t progress any further. By the time fans of a club realise this they’re probably too busy in a relegation battle to care much about it. The last thing the authorities want is the likes of us Leicester West Ham Newcastle all in good shape, knocking on the door of the CL and calling out the corruption in the game week after week. They’d much rather we got relegated instead so that they can keep the charade going. A club solidifying itself in mid table then launching a sustained assault on the top 4 is a nightmare for them. Look how Leicester have been destabilised though, story after story linking their players and manager to other clubs, refs ensured they didn’t get CL twice in a row at the expense of United, and now they’re back in mid table with Rodgers probably leaving. If they get the next appointment wrong they’ll be back in a bottom half scrap forgetting the fact the door was shut on them which is exactly what the league wants.
 



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