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Post by lostinspace on Dec 20, 2019 22:34:34 GMT
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Post by lostinspace on Nov 10, 2020 18:38:41 GMT
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Post by irishrover on Nov 10, 2020 19:46:33 GMT
I think that says more about the FAI than the current situation. They are an embarrassing organisation even by Football governing body standards.
The other story does not surprise me - I'm a bit baffled why more EFL clubs didn't kick up a fuss about playing behind closed doors. I'm not sure what they were expecting to happen.
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Post by eppinggas on Nov 10, 2020 20:20:27 GMT
I think that says more about the FAI than the current situation. They are an embarrassing organisation even by Football governing body standards.
The other story does not surprise me - I'm a bit baffled why more EFL clubs didn't kick up a fuss about playing behind closed doors. I'm not sure what they were expecting to happen.
I think the cunning EFL plan was for the Premier League to start throwing untold millions at the EFL. Because we all know that deep down, the PL exists primarily as a charitable institution and are benevolent spendthrifts. |
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Post by irishrover on Nov 11, 2020 17:33:24 GMT
I think that says more about the FAI than the current situation. They are an embarrassing organisation even by Football governing body standards.
The other story does not surprise me - I'm a bit baffled why more EFL clubs didn't kick up a fuss about playing behind closed doors. I'm not sure what they were expecting to happen.
I think the cunning EFL plan was for the Premier League to start throwing untold millions at the EFL. Because we all know that deep down, the PL exists primarily as a charitable institution and are benevolent spendthrifts. I get that there was a desperate hope among the authorities that money would somehow fall out of the sky from either the Prem or the government. But surely clubs weren't that dumb to plan on the basis of that. I've never understood why there wasn't more kickback against playing in front of empty stadiums - it does rather seem like Turkey's voting for Christmas. |
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Post by eppinggas on Nov 12, 2020 9:09:21 GMT
I think the cunning EFL plan was for the Premier League to start throwing untold millions at the EFL. Because we all know that deep down, the PL exists primarily as a charitable institution and are benevolent spendthrifts. I get that there was a desperate hope among the authorities that money would somehow fall out of the sky from either the Prem or the government. But surely clubs weren't that dumb to plan on the basis of that. I've never understood why there wasn't more kickback against playing in front of empty stadiums - it does rather seem like Turkey's voting for Christmas. The iFollow revenue was never going to keep Clubs remotely on an even keel. I'm surprised that no further EFL Clubs have not gone into Administration. Allegedly 10 EFL Clubs are struggling to pay bills... might be a few more than that. Southend paid their tax bill to the HMRC a few weeks back, which surprised even Southend fans. I can only guess that the EFL 'strategy' was that fans would return during the season and (at some stage) get a big enough hand out from the PL to keep Clubs going to plug the financial hole. Which is not a strategy. It's just wishful thinking. I do think the PL will get to pledge money to the EFL eventually. But there will be a price to be paid. Best case scenario is the loss of say, the League Cup. Worst case scenario. Premiership B teams in the pyramid. |
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Post by irishrover on Nov 12, 2020 13:51:19 GMT
I get that there was a desperate hope among the authorities that money would somehow fall out of the sky from either the Prem or the government. But surely clubs weren't that dumb to plan on the basis of that. I've never understood why there wasn't more kickback against playing in front of empty stadiums - it does rather seem like Turkey's voting for Christmas. The iFollow revenue was never going to keep Clubs remotely on an even keel. I'm surprised that no further EFL Clubs have not gone into Administration. Allegedly 10 EFL Clubs are struggling to pay bills... might be a few more than that. Southend paid their tax bill to the HMRC a few weeks back, which surprised even Southend fans. I can only guess that the EFL 'strategy' was that fans would return during the season and (at some stage) get a big enough hand out from the PL to keep Clubs going to plug the financial hole. Which is not a strategy. It's just wishful thinking. I do think the PL will get to pledge money to the EFL eventually. But there will be a price to be paid. Best case scenario is the loss of say, the League Cup. Worst case scenario. Premiership B teams in the pyramid. Worst case scenario is actually giving up control of the game to the big 6. They tried that and only failed because of old school English parochialism. Everton and Liverpool fell out over some fairly petty stuff and broke the voting alliances in the Premier League that would have created that situation. Must have been baffling to all of those superich international owners that all that influence and potential profit could be thrown away on the basis of a local spat but it may ultimately have saved English football as we know it although it remains to be seen. |
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