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"Whole Game Solution" **Updated with Club Statement**.
- Thread starter Mark Colling
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The football pyramid is the whole essence of hope and aspiration for any football fan, However the steps of that pyramid are being eroded and filled in with an ever increasing,grease covered incline. The sport of football has been replaced with a money making conglomerate, driven by greed and the fear of failure as proved by the 1 billion plus, yes billion, of transfer fees paid in this window. How can any lower league football team compete with that. Rather than interfere with the current format I wish the greedy gits would do one and form their own super league thus leaving our fans to continue their Saturday release from the daily grind, never to return.
Great responses already from Pompey (http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/footb ... -1-7561446 ) and AFCW (http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/arti ... 93471.aspx). Anyone know when we can expect a response from the Board and/or the AFT?
Just makes me so angry. It's clear to anyone with a brain cell that most of the problems with football in this country stem from the vested interests, greed and self-preservation of the Premier League. That's untouchable so we're looking at one of the most convoluted and unnecessary mix-ups I've ever seen, of the current format. Looks to me mainly a way of sucking up to the Premier League clubs by possibly allowing B teams, and/or paving the way for Rangers and Celtic to join the English leagues.
The Football League isn't perfect, but broadly its essence and format represents (or maybe used to, before the awful rebranding) everything good about English football. Why the hell are we messing with it, when it's clear that the Premier League is a Frankenstein's monster that needs reining in? Football often reflects society, and the inequality, greed and downright unfairness we're seeing in English football now certainly reflects British society at present.
The Football League isn't perfect, but broadly its essence and format represents (or maybe used to, before the awful rebranding) everything good about English football. Why the hell are we messing with it, when it's clear that the Premier League is a Frankenstein's monster that needs reining in? Football often reflects society, and the inequality, greed and downright unfairness we're seeing in English football now certainly reflects British society at present.
Apart from that, it's just a series of bizarre, wishy washy assumptions and conjecture. All laced with Mr Harvey's loathsome business speak, of course.
Example.... the logic for reducing leagues to 20 teams is to reduce the number of midweek games. This apparently enables players to 'deliver a better product'....yuck. More bizarrely, he thinks that no midweek games will mean more fans will attend at the weekends. Oh, and let's stick on another vague assumption, that clubs can have smaller squads and save money.
You'll notice the same sort of ideas aren't being directed at the likes of Chelsea and their 38 players out on loan.
Example.... the logic for reducing leagues to 20 teams is to reduce the number of midweek games. This apparently enables players to 'deliver a better product'....yuck. More bizarrely, he thinks that no midweek games will mean more fans will attend at the weekends. Oh, and let's stick on another vague assumption, that clubs can have smaller squads and save money.
You'll notice the same sort of ideas aren't being directed at the likes of Chelsea and their 38 players out on loan.
I wonder who Shaun Harvey's favourite football is? If it's a Premier League team then I'm not surprised at all, if it's a Football League team then he genuinely is stupid and clueless about his job and what he thinks is right because his sh!t ideas are going to hurt his own club/
Liam Vercoe":a0h3iz1v said:
I 'think' he's a Leeds fan, though I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't a football fan at all. Do 'sports property' fans speak like this '...in an increasingly challenging global sports market, it is absolutely essential that sports properties can project a modern identity'?
By the way, I didn't think anyone could beat Jeremy Hunt in 'Most Punchable Smug Face' stakes...
Liam Vercoe":1lqtkt0n said:
I doubt he's even that interested in football let alone supports a team. He's not a football man he's a business man, his interest is money and his job is to pave the way for the elite to earn lots of it.
I'll be very, very annoyed if Argyle saw fit to respond to the letter (now removed from the link in the OP), without making any attempt to speak with their own fanbase.
That shows complete contempt for us all.
That shows complete contempt for us all.
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The Leeds fans didn't want him at the EFL, they started a petition to get rid of Harvey, I can see similar happening to get rid of him from the EFL as CEO.
Harvey out
Harvey out
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PL2 3DQ":2umm7ci6 said:
And wouldn't it be grand if someone from Plymouth led the way? If our club owners can't see what's in front of their eyes, the AFT are currently no use to anyone, it comes down, once again, to the average supporter to kick it off.
The letter is still there via the link at the bottom of the FSF statement, albeit minus Mr Harvey's mobile number!Bermudian Green":2eyfgj1f said: