Beauchief Owl Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Things were bad enough last year. The agent in the Pogba deal last summer received £41 million according to reports. Chansiri paid about £37.5 million for Wednesday, well under half of what Man.Utd paid for Pogba. This year it's gone even more ridiculous when you consider that Kyle Walker cost Man. City more than it cost to buy our club! If we go up we will not be able to compete with the top six financially, neither would I want to if it meant putting our club at risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handworth52 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Morepork said: They'll be Championship prices soon enough. We aren't even safe from that staying here! exactly with wolves buying 2 players for 30 million it already has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBQ24 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 The Premier League will end up at a point similar to the NFL where normal people can't afford to go, the sport is just a TV show that earns money through TV subscription and advertisements. Then the crash will come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian joicey Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 hate it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Past Member Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I think you need to change your thread title to top end professional football. I still love football, but am falling out of love with Wednesday and the top end pro game in general. I'm at the same point as the FC United of Manchester lot, a few years back .The team playing at Hillsborough, just aren't Wednesday to me and (due to pricing) the fans aren't Wednesday fans. When I started watching us as a four year old in 1980, 4 or 5 players were from Sheffield (John Pearson & Mark Smith from my schools). The players were getting probably the equivalent of 40-100K per YEAR in todays money and we played in Blue & White stripes. The ticket prices were then affordable to most. Now, Zero players from Sheffield, players on 10-50K per WEEK. We're playing in all blue and many Wednesdayites are priced out. If it weren't for being tied up in the 3 year (& kids), I would probably switch to watching my local non league side (& SWFC on rare occasions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camffiti Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 The whole of Europe is having the pants down of the English Prem clubs While our 'elite' are signing reserves for £50mil - £70mil, the very top players (Mbappe, Neymar etc) won't be coming to the Prem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueOwl Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I wouldn't worry about it... we're Sheffield Wednesday, the year we get promoted the whole thing will collapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 23 minutes ago, Beauchief Owl said: Things were bad enough last year. The agent in the Pogba deal last summer received £41 million according to reports. Chansiri paid about £37.5 million for Wednesday, well under half of what Man.Utd paid for Pogba. This year it's gone even more ridiculous when you consider that Kyle Walker cost Man. City more than it cost to buy our club! If we go up we will not be able to compete with the top six financially, neither would I want to if it meant putting our club at risk. I think I remember reading the £41m was a misprint in the report into the Pogba transfer, should have been £4.1m. Which is still way too OTT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwokenGiant Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 (edited) Premiership richest league in the world, clearly! Second richest league, anyone...? Edited July 26, 2017 by AwokenGiant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddogbob Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 In a way yes. Money has become very silly, however if I'm honest is that a generation thing. For example people in the 80's didn't like the 90's as money went up. Those around in the 90's became fed up during the 00's and so on. However which ever way you look at it. 50 million for a full back is daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BULGARIA Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Been falling out of love with footy for a while, however when i come home to Sheffield and watch the owls, the buzz is still there. I sometimes look forward to watching a premiership game on the t.v, but once it starts i find myself doing other stuff as its just so boring watching players diving, the constant stop start and the flashing ads all over the place. I work with two Man Citeh fans and they hate whats going on at their club, they call it play station football, its all so fake and sterile........ says it all really. As much as i want the owls to be successful, i didnt lose 1 wink of sleep when we lost in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoop Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 2 hours ago, Last_Great_Hope said: Don't even watch Football anymore unless Wednesday are involved. I'm the same I wouldn't know half the players in the prem if I walked past them on the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbury Owl Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 There are times when I wish the top European clubs (including Man U/City, Chelski, Arse/Tot), would just FO and form a billionaires league and live in their own bubble. It would then be all be in one place for me to completely ignore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hangonrose Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 WHAT PUTS ME OFF is the lack of respect shown (on social media and elsewhere) to those who are trying to do their best for the club they work for, and suffering threats and abuse. They deserve every penny of the obscene money that's on their payslips for the mindless drivel hurled at them if they dare to lose a match or make a mistake, although I doubt that that makes up for it. Even winning a match can have the same result 'we were useless, should have scored 10...'. Brains (if there in the first place) go out of the window. Strange how none of this happens in any other sport in the UK. Whatever happened to just supporting your club, and accepting that no club wins every game, and no player plays well every week, and no manager makes the right decisions every time - no more than any human being that's ever lived. In our PC society it's amazing that supporters aren't dragged off forums and social media for the abuse - sorry, valid opinions, as they would say - they hurl. In other situations, the police would be round. I have supported SWFC since my first match in 1960, and abuse never changed a thing for the better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike312 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 It'll come crashing down one day once the tv money comes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys_12th_Pint Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 3 hours ago, abdiwonderland said: Because of the ridiculous money involved? Part of me wants us to stay in the Championship because when full backs cost £50m, we would never be able to compete! Its becoming sickeningly vile. Not being put off but it is ridiculous. The worrying part is it is spreading to the Championship where without promotion it is unsustainable. However I have tended to give football a bit of a swerve over the close season as ready for a break from it all. Not even considered the season starts in a week and a half. Saying that will be checking on the Preston action from my Majorcan sun lounger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimisticowl Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 (edited) Well, it's circa 90 minutes of something that varies from complete crap to absolute brilliance, you never know what you are about to ge, we could beat the likes of Man Utd in a cup final or lose a home match to Rotherham. Whilst we are are all experts on everything SWFC, I am minded of a definition of the word 'expert', this being 'ex as being a has been, and 'spert' as being a drip under pressure', but on reflection I much prefer being football daft, than just daft. Edited July 26, 2017 by optimisticowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 3 hours ago, Philb125 said: Part of me prefers other clubs motives and models like brentford - I assume they don't expect to compete, but they play attacking football, take gambles on young players and sell them on over and over. Maybe its a case case of the grass being greener... our expectation levels and ambitions prevents the above. Maybe they are envious of us and our approach. yes and Barnsley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lt109 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 1 hour ago, VBQ24 said: The Premier League will end up at a point similar to the NFL where normal people can't afford to go, the sport is just a TV show that earns money through TV subscription and advertisements. Then the crash will come. I agree, but there's plenty of untapped income in the far east and the rest of the world for them to tap into [ I'm sure I read somewhere that the EPL are looking at some 11.00am Sunday kick off times for the 19/20 season and this Prospect of oversea games returns Premier League boss reiterates support for idea It’s the story that just won’t go away - this week Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore once more floated the idea of competitive Premier League fixtures being played abroad. He was reported as saying "I thought it was the right thing to do, I still do" about the idea and says Premier League clubs are still supportive of it. The FSF remain opposed to it and will always be ready to mobilise against any concrete proposals for games abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malkmus Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 It's a bad state of affairs. Football will implode and the money will disappear. Probably the day after we get promoted :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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