whitesocks
The past means nothing. This is a message for life
- Jan 16, 2014
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Arguably there were things wrong in the game when the premiership was created - crowds were down, stadiums were in poor repair, our league was third rate and the better players wouldn't come here.
And this malaise fed into the national team that was uncompetitive.
Satellite tv was always going to pour money into the game so the problems would have been fixed anyway, but draining resources from the other divisions has made the premiership the no 1 in the world, with crazy transfer fees and salaries.
In this crisis, it seems reasonable for the premiership to help out the other divisions. But that is not what's driving this big project.
Fenway are driving and it seems odd as surely Liverpool are doing very well - big cup, champions and although Klopp looks a little rattled, they surely will finish in the the CL places and are amongst the favourites to collect more silverware. What's their problem?
According to swiss ramble, this success hasn't translated into money to spend and strengthen. Income has been eaten by salaries and bonuses. Fenway are not in this for the glory - this is an investment and they figure if they are not coining it in now, then what's the point. They see the teams at the bottom getting beaten week after week and not contributing very much but collecting £100m for their efforts as they go down, plus parachute payments to come. That's their profits leaking away, as they see it.
That is not an unreasonable view, but the core problem is not those at the bottom but the oil clubs with the wealth of nations. To consistently finish above those clubs you have to spend more money than you'll ever make back.
Spend more money was Benitez's complaint at Liverpool, but the money wasn't there and they effectively went broke trying to keep up.
And this malaise fed into the national team that was uncompetitive.
Satellite tv was always going to pour money into the game so the problems would have been fixed anyway, but draining resources from the other divisions has made the premiership the no 1 in the world, with crazy transfer fees and salaries.
In this crisis, it seems reasonable for the premiership to help out the other divisions. But that is not what's driving this big project.
Fenway are driving and it seems odd as surely Liverpool are doing very well - big cup, champions and although Klopp looks a little rattled, they surely will finish in the the CL places and are amongst the favourites to collect more silverware. What's their problem?
According to swiss ramble, this success hasn't translated into money to spend and strengthen. Income has been eaten by salaries and bonuses. Fenway are not in this for the glory - this is an investment and they figure if they are not coining it in now, then what's the point. They see the teams at the bottom getting beaten week after week and not contributing very much but collecting £100m for their efforts as they go down, plus parachute payments to come. That's their profits leaking away, as they see it.
That is not an unreasonable view, but the core problem is not those at the bottom but the oil clubs with the wealth of nations. To consistently finish above those clubs you have to spend more money than you'll ever make back.
Spend more money was Benitez's complaint at Liverpool, but the money wasn't there and they effectively went broke trying to keep up.
