FFP

[Sdwbvf]

Worcester City is another one. West to North Central to South Central in three seasons.

[Stu]

I've never had more fun.

Yeah. I'd take "today's football" over pretty much anything else I can remember.  And I'd be surprised if there were many under 50 who thought differently.

It’s shit that this thread exists. We’re all thumbing through accounts year after year. If this is fun for some then good luck I guess but this alongside the endless wringing of money from the sport with endless tournaments isn’t for me.

[tomd2103]

The pyramid is supposedly the English games strength, but its very hard to see any of the promoted clubs surviving again. A few more years of pointless promotions for inevitable relegations and this idea will seem more palatable.

I think the split could be a PL1 and PL2. There’s enough decent clubs in the championship to generate interest. This way the TV deals can continue to grow and it can be sold as a way of increasing funding further down and bridging the gap for the promoted teams.

More radically I could see the PL starting a TV company off the back of it, monopolising the coverage.

Yep, I've long thought that the Championship sells itself a bit short being tied in under the EFL banner, particularly with a TV deal.  It's a good league in it's own right and would be even stronger if it aligned itself with the Premier League and went down to 20 teams.  If you took last season as an example and relegated the four teams that finished in the bottom four positions to make 20, you'd be left with a pretty strong league with clubs that had pretty much all had grounds with over 25,000 capacities. 

With the National League becoming a much stronger league as well with most teams in it being full-time, a restructuring of the league structure might be required. 

[eamonn]

The pyramid is supposedly the English games strength, but its very hard to see any of the promoted clubs surviving again. A few more years of pointless promotions for inevitable relegations and this idea will seem more palatable.

Leeds sell more shirts than us  Sunderland have Netflix. This will give them hope and comfort.

[john e]

FFP is very important nowadays in football
It still bores the shit out of me though

[Dave]

This time last year the Douglas Luiz to Juventus circus was in full swing. Definitely doesn't feel like we're desperately trying to sell somebody by this time next week to keep the baliffs away

[Beard82]

Yes - unless other clubs are waiting to we're really desperate so they can low-ball us

[dekko]

Yes - unless other clubs are waiting to we're really desperate so they can low-ball us

This is my concern. 

Also most of the clubs who can afford the kinds of fees we'd be wanting probably suspect we'll be challenging them for europe again next season, so allowing us to fail FFP and get a points deduction is in their interest......

[PaulWinch again]

Highly doubtful. If a rival wanted a player I would be really surprised if they pushed it that far. I suspect we probably don’t have a big issue, or there’s something that’s already in place to go through.

[dave.woodhall]

I've never had more fun.

Yeah. I'd take "today's football" over pretty much anything else I can remember.  And I'd be surprised if there were many under 50 who thought differently.

It's an age thing. For the older generation the third division days were best. I loved the eighties, however bad it was. 

[kippaxvilla2]

I started liking football less when we failed in 1992-93.  And this feels similar.  I just cannot seem to get passed that last game of the season.

[eamonn]

You'll be glad it happened when we win Unai's trophy next May.

[Rory]

I've never had more fun.

Yeah. I'd take "today's football" over pretty much anything else I can remember.  And I'd be surprised if there were many under 50 who thought differently.

It's an age thing. For the older generation the third division days were best. I loved the eighties, however bad it was.

I guess you had a couple of nice times in the '80s, to balance things out.

[kippaxvilla2]

There was hardly anything as bad as losing to Oxford in the league cup semis.  So there’s a fair raft of shit to go at from 83 onwards.

[kippaxvilla2]

87-88 was wonderful.