The state of the Premiership

[Rosco]

According to Andersred - one of the few reliable sources of financial analysis of the Premiership, only four clubs in the Premier League can currently operate without owner support.

Man United
Arsenal
Spurs
Liverpool

So that means that 16 of the Premier League clubs are operating beyond their means, at some point down the road that means they could fall foul of the FFP rules if they're properly enforced.

The implications of that news are hard to figure out ... if teams try to come into line with FFP it means they're going to be trying to shift a lot of big money unproductive players off their wage bills.

Who is going to take them ?

Are we going to see footballers actually take wage reductions in future ?

 

[HC]

[quote author=Rosco link=topic=48271.msg1463553#msg1463553 date=1326457262]
Are we going to see footballers actually take wage reductions in future ?
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It'll be hard to say when but I do believe that its inevitable.

 

[Fabio]

Re: The state of the Premiership

Hope fucking so

 

[peterhague]

Looking at that it's clear to me how these regulations could really backfire if they're in isolation. No effect on the big boys, and forcing the others to be less competitive. Doesn't take a genius to see where that could lead. I've always said that FFP is good in itself, but there has to be further artificial ways of increasing competition if it's actually going to have a positive effect on the pitch, and not just on the bottom line.

 

[SummerOnions]

There should be clauses like if you play 4 players from your academy (not bought) then you can get an exemption from FFP or something.

 

[Hansern]

Think the FFP will be all talk and no action to be honest. Banning the big teams from the Champions League will be suicide in their eyes.

 

[Gary25]

Re: The state of the Premiership

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Hope fucking so
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Fucking sure.

 

[robinhood]

Re: The state of the Premiership

[quote author=Fascistio link=topic=48271.msg1463642#msg1463642 date=1326464810]
Hope fucking so
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I'm not sure I do. Won't it mean that success will depend almost entirely on how many supporters you have? Obviously that won't be too bad for us, but it's not how we came to be so good. People put money into this club that wouldn't have been there on support alone, and it will have greatly helped our success.

 

[robinhood]

[quote author=peterhague link=topic=48271.msg1463653#msg1463653 date=1326465381]
Looking at that it's clear to me how these regulations could really backfire if they're in isolation. No effect on the big boys, and forcing the others to be less competitive. Doesn't take a genius to see where that could lead. I've always said that FFP is good in itself, but there has to be further artificial ways of increasing competition if it's actually going to have a positive effect on the pitch, and not just on the bottom line.
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It's a bit like trying to shut the barn door after the horse has bolted

 

[robinhood]

Limiting squad numbers is good. They should maybe consider doing this at academy level too. Perhaps providing subsidies for weaker clubs to improve their academies with, if this would help competitiveness. I don't know if this is already a consideration or already happening.


Also maybe subsidies for stadium development. It's a good idea to limit benefactor overspending by taxing all clubs to a degree and then spreading that money out evenly among the clubs. So essentially, rich Russians and Arabs can pay for the development of the whole league if they want to (to a degree), otherwise they can fcuk off.


This way we don't refuse their money into our economy, but we make better use of it than just letting them spend all of it on their one little play thing.