SiJ Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Ok, I'm finding myself agree with Patrick Bamford now. Enough is enough. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl Be Back Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) Great video on this page with Danny Murphy and Dion Dublin (about 2/3rds of way down): https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56807310 It also goes over some new statements which some may not have been aware of. Edited April 19, 2021 by Owl Be Back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobayashi Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, TaxiMark said: That has absolutely nothing to do with it. So did every other top flight player what do you do say ' no sir you are paying me way too much I want less" Great pundit and speaks sense Players wages has everything to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGaffer Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Milner class. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taximark Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, SiJ said: You are probably correct. Tbf, how many of us on here roll our eyes when an international week comes along? Club football has become the be all and end all in the last couple of decades. Still - getting denied the opportunity to play in a Euros or World Cup will be a blow to most top players. Should also be said that national teams getting together is perhaps much more important for foreign players. Not for me I still love the distraction of international football supporting Wednesday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGaffer Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Just now, TheGaffer said: Milner class. Got to say this rings true with what I've heard from others within the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl Be Back Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, SiJ said: Ok, I'm finding myself agree with Patrick Bamford now. Enough is enough. Its coming to something when the stuff that Leeds have done tonight (wearing those warm-up shirts, etc) is something we all like and can get behind. Crazy times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taximark Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 minute ago, kobayashi said: Players wages has everything to do with it. Why does how much Gary Neville got paid have anything to do with this super league ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, TaxiMark said: Why does how much Gary Neville got paid have anything to do with this super league ? Not Neville in isolation but the issue of player wages is a massive reason why the game has become so incredibly monetised 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Malc Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 20 minutes ago, DJMortimer said: I was surprised to see a Sky Sports News survey showing something like 14% of supporters being in favour of the ESL. Obviously a small fraction but still considerably higher than I would like to have seen. What sort of football fans are they? I think a large proportion of that 14% don’t agree with the proposal per se, but are looking at it from the point of view that the 6 will be gone therefore giving their club a chance of silverware/European football that they felt they never had before. Not saying I agree with them, but there are different shades in play here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0wl18 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, kobayashi said: Players wages has everything to do with it. No it doesn’t. Players are paid what their club can afford to pay. The club can afford the wages because of the already obscene amounts of money in the game. That’s not the players fault. It’s not the clubs either to a certain extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Just now, scram said: Not Neville in isolation but the issue of player wages is a massive reason why the game has become so incredibly monetised It's also why it has made football so popular worldwide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakefield owl Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 For English football this all started when the PL was formed. Many forget that the clubs chose to leave the football league at this time. As the money has increased in the PL the clubs, owners, players and agents have all become too greedy - too little of this money has made its way down the football pyramid that everyone is now saying is very important. The PL has almost become a closed shop now with just a few yo-yo teams - the parachute payments are real evidence of how little the PL cares about the EFL. The irony of PL clubs talking about others being greedy is beyond the pale for me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobayashi Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, TaxiMark said: Why does how much Gary Neville got paid have anything to do with this super league ? I'm sure Gary Neville wasn't too worried as the cash came in how his wages were being funded but the ESL is the conclusion of the process that the players and their representatives were more than happy to participate in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DobbinTheDonkey Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 As Wenger said in that interview if they can gt the English clubs on board it will happen. Without the Englsih clubs the ESL is a non starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sMacLean Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Well done to the Leeds twitter. The banter begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, Inspector Lestrade said: It's also why it has made football so popular worldwide. Football was always popular worldwide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dronfield Blue Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 18 minutes ago, SiJ said: Ok, I'm finding myself agree with Patrick Bamford now. Enough is enough. You should worry. I’m sat here agreeing with Carragher. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 8 minutes ago, 0wl18 said: No it doesn’t. Players are paid what their club can afford to pay. The club can afford the wages because of the already obscene amounts of money in the game. That’s not the players fault. It’s not the clubs either to a certain extent. Clubs generally cannot afford it though That's the issue as to why so many clubs are flirting with bankruptcy Rather than mess around with arcane and ridiculous FFP rules - the authorities shgould be putting caps on wages of say 50% of income Clubs are in dire positions due to financing wages - at all levels 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Just now, scram said: Football was always popular worldwide It raised its popularity massively and that was down to signing exciting foreign players the glamour and the razzmatazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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