Gary Neville Derby Interview

[markowl]

7 minutes ago, TheEnchanter said:

 

Well his dad was called Neville Neville. 

 

Oh you mean JRM?

 

[the mighty wednesday]

3 hours ago, FoxOwl12 said:

Don't know about the Chartists, but I do know about that excuse for a human being Tony Blair. See he's not on your list. Indirectly responsible for the killing of hundreds of thousands men women and CHILDREN.

I'm a bit undecided about Blair. I am sure though that it is wrong to abandon the Labour Party because of one PM facing an issue which I don't think a Tory government would have handled any differently, especially when the result lands us with the current bunch of charlatans and right wing nutters.

[vulture_squadron]

On 23/01/2022 at 12:42, horny owl said:

He’s right but the only way to stop this is do away with parachute payments to failed clubs by having flexible player contracts to counteract lost revenue.

And allow owners to spend whatever they like if they can prove they have the money to spend thus doing away with ludicrous FFP rules which don’t allow non premier league clubs compete for a place at the top table.

Wouldn't necessarily stop clubs going bust though. Neville's point here is that you have to make owners accountable for the costs they commit to. Mel Morris should have to give up his ownership of the stadium if he can't pay the bills. The fact that that legislation doesn't exist is kind of mind boggling.

[SiJ]

2 hours ago, vulture_squadron said:

Wouldn't necessarily stop clubs going bust though. Neville's point here is that you have to make owners accountable for the costs they commit to. Mel Morris should have to give up his ownership of the stadium if he can't pay the bills. The fact that that legislation doesn't exist is kind of mind boggling.

Yeah. 

 

I think his point on owners have to provide some sort of proof of funds/guarantee is the key really. 

 

Yes, you can spend what you please, but you have to have provide proof the cash to do so. I'm not sure that would be perfect, but it would mean there is some form of accountability. 

 

Had far too many owners in the past and today chasing the "dream" and spending money they never really had in the first place. 

[owls maniac]

Who gives a poo that Neville is wealthy? What he is saying about the state of football and how clubs should be protected like national trust buildings is spot on. 
 

Totally laughable that people call GN a “champagne socialist” but then stick up for billionaire scumbags in the government who never do anything positive for anyone. 

[Guest FoxOwl12]

How did this get political. Nothing at all political in Nevilles' interview. FFS

[@owlstalk]

8 hours ago, FoxOwl12 said:

How did this get political. Nothing at all political in Nevilles' interview. FFS

Just the usual right wing nobbers who insist on pushing their right wing agendas on everyone else

[Fairy Tail Owl]

2 hours ago, @owlstalk said:

Just the usual right wing nobbers who insist on pushing their right wing agendas on everyone else

Lefties as well to be fair. No need either way

[@owlstalk]

1 hour ago, Fairy Tail Owl said:

Lefties as well to be fair. No need either way

 

 

Aye - right wingers were first to jump in tho and start firing shots

 

As per

Idiots

[S36 OWL]

Maybe Neville would be better pointing the finger at the Premier league and their disgraceful parachute payments,which give the relegated clubs a massive advantage over the rest of the championship teams before a ball is kicked. Clubs are putting their entire existence at risk by having to overspend just to have a chance of competing with the failure payment clubs. This is the issue, and it needs to stop. 

 

The EPL must create a rule which states Premier league clubs must insert a relegation clause into every players contract that sees their wages cut to a sustainable level upon relegation to the championship, and bin parachute payments. 

 

This problem can be solved overnight. 

[Hirstys Salopettes]

On 25/01/2022 at 22:04, @owlstalk said:

 

 

Aye - right wingers were first to jump in tho and start firing shots

 

As per

Idiots

can we please not mention wingers 

 

we don’t play them 

 

and if we did, they wouldn’t fire shots 

[owlinexile]

On 23/01/2022 at 16:28, Rotherham Owl said:

 

A Prem wage cap of £10 to £15 would actually kill the game in England.

 

No foreign players, all the best English players playing abroad, no English teams in the Champions League, less fans less tv money less money to trickle down the football pyramid and ultimately no kids aspiring to be the next Salah or Kane

 

I find it quite hard to care about most of those things.

 

English club football wasn't any less entertaining for the fans before the era of every team being stuffed to the gills with hugely overpaid alleged 'best in the world' foreign mercenaries and wall to wall saturation TV coverage.

 

Watching a bunch of teams I don't support bankrupt the whole system trying to collect all the world's 'top' players like Pokémon just isn't what football is about, as far as I'm concerned.  Would much rather have a top division filled with Championship players and a stable financial system that doesn't need a constant influx of literal money-launderers, human-rights abusing Saudi aristocrats and narcissistic Thai alleged-businessmen to keep clubs in business.

 

Let some other country take its turn ruining the sustainability of its Football League trying to satisfy the bottomless greed of 'top' professional footballers and their agents for a while.  It'll still even definitely all be on TV so you'll still be able to watch all these 'elite' players if you want.

[owlinexile]

On 23/01/2022 at 21:55, the mighty wednesday said:

Let's be realistic about this I put Boris Johnson at the top of the list. Possibly the second and probably the third and fourth in your list look right up his street.

 

If the thing that finally brings Boris down turns out to be that he banged the Duke of Edinburgh, it will all have been worth it IMO.