- The abolition of the League Cup and the Community Shield
- 24 clubs each in the Championship, League One and League Two reducing the professional game overall from 92 clubs to 90
I suspect Premier league FFP and the redistribution of the TV money will be the carrot for the traditional big clubs.My spider senses are tingling at this. All seems too good to be something proposed by the likes of Man United and Liverpool.
Premier League would be reduced to 18.League Cup is just pointless nowadays IMO, it's an unnecessary additional competition that adds games to an already-packed schedule. France sacked theirs off, I don't think Italy, Spain or Germany have one either so just us. I'd welcome it's abolishment. As for the Community Shield, I don't mind it because it's effectively a Super Cup-esque season-opener but wouldn't lose sleep if it was eradicated too.
Not sure I understand the maths between the second point of note, there are already 24 teams in those three divisions so how does that lower the overall total of pro clubs in the English league system?
18 team prem, 16th place has a first round against 5th in Championship, winner of that plays winner of 3rd v 4th for promotion.How’s does this bit work??
- Two sides automatically relegated from the Premier League every season and the top two Championship teams promoted. The 16th place Premier League club in a play-off tournament with the Championship’s third, fourth and fifth placed teams.
Are they tingling due to the access to the club accounts? There is very little chance that Roman is clean.My spider senses are tingling at this. All seems too good to be something proposed by the likes of Man United and Liverpool.
Gotcha, thanks. Again, 18 teams would be better IMO - less games over the season in a crowded enough schedule as it is.Premier League would be reduced to 18.
How’s does this bit work??
- Two sides automatically relegated from the Premier League every season and the top two Championship teams promoted. The 16th place Premier League club in a play-off tournament with the Championship’s third, fourth and fifth placed teams.
Are they tingling due to the access to the club accounts? There is very little chance that Roman is clean.
Most controversial part is this, which Samid left out:My spider senses are tingling at this. All seems too good to be something proposed by the likes of Man United and Liverpool.
The proposals also rewrite the Premier League’s 20-club democracy in favour of placing huge power in the hands of the nine clubs with the longest continual stay in the division. As things stand that is the big six, as well as Everton, Southampton and West Ham. Those nine clubs afforded “long-term shareholder status” would have unprecedented power, with the votes of just six of them required to make sweeping changes. These clubs would even be able to veto a new owner taking over a rival club.
Most controversial part is this, which Samid left out:
Most controversial part is this:
Most controversial part is this, which Samid left out:
Not at his personal account of course. But like Trump uses his towers for laundering money, I wonder whether Roman would be doing something similar. To be fair he seems very smart and is unlikely to muddy something he enjoys.The Chelsea club accounts will be cleaner than a whistle. The idea that the Premier League will ever get a peek at Roman Abramovic's personal accounts is pretty ridiculous.
My spider sense is tingling more at the idea of huge clubs doing something that may end up costing them huge sums of money.
My spider senses are tingling at this. All seems too good to be something proposed by the likes of Man United and Liverpool.
Most controversial part is this, which Samid left out:
I guess neither City or Chelsea would have happened if this was in place before Roman:Most controversial part is this, which Samid left out:
United and Liverpool have always sacrificed their potential benefits for the sake of the league. Always and since the beginning of the league. If it were anything like La Liga, the other 16 clubs bar Arsenal would feed off scraps.The Chelsea club accounts will be cleaner than a whistle. The idea that the Premier League will ever get a peek at Roman Abramovic's personal accounts is pretty ridiculous.
My spider sense is tingling more at the idea of huge clubs doing something that may end up costing them huge sums of money.
Most controversial part is this, which Samid left out:
United and Liverpool have always sacrificed their potential benefits for the sake of the league. Always and since the beginning of the league. If it were anything like La Liga, the other 16 clubs bar Arsenal would feed off scraps.
Don’t mistake reducing the number of official games for concern over player welfare, they’ll use these breaks to go to Malaysia or Mumbai or wherever someone will pay them for a friendly.
I’d like the league cup with a limit on the number of over, say, 23s, non homegrown players allowed on a team.
Exactly, which is why the failure to enforce FFP is a huge issue. If state run clubs can spend whatever they wish and are unbound by economic realities why should United and Liverpool share the TV revenue when they could earn far more money going it alone allowing them to compete better with such clubs?United and Liverpool have always sacrificed their potential benefits for the sake of the league. Always and since the beginning of the league. If it were anything like La Liga, the other 16 clubs bar Arsenal would feed off scraps.