The General Football Thread

They're from Gravesend

 

I guessed they might be from somewhere like there or Leicester and Luton.

 

I think the next ten days marks the end of Bury.
Very sad. Hopefully someone with a bigger heart than wallet steps forward.

 

****ing awful mate.

Mental that historic football clubs can go bust for about ten million or so and an average-decent defender went for £80m a week or so ago.

Disgusting really.

 

Feel shamed for the sport I love. Loved, that maybe more appropriate. I'm starting to not recognise it anymore. First time I've said that.

 

So sad. Poor old Bury. To think they beat us 4-0 in an FA Cup Final once.

 

At the risk of making an unpopular comment, it was the inauguration of the Premier League, and thereafter wall-to-wall televised subscription football which made this lopsided situation amongst the leagues. Unfortunately, the genie is now out of the bottle, but even so, if the world abandoned their TV football subscriptions, footballers salaries would return to something realistic, and football clubs further down the pyramid would be able to exist in a world they could afford. There would be major disruption, no doubt.

Right now, the Premier League hoovers up pretty much all the money. You might think the clubs within the PL deserve it, but in truth, TV has created such a focus that a person from Bury would possibly rather follow a football club from another end of the country. How is that the right thing in a game popularised by the working class, noted for following their local clubs? Of course, this is the modern lopsided world, but why should 72 clubs, plus non-league clubs just exist to feed 20 others? Don't those 72 plus others count for just as much? Of course they do.

To my mind it is about time the Premier League started to realise its responsibility and at least fund the EFL to make sure no lower league club goes out of business, provided they stay within easy-to-live-by constraints.

 

Charlie Austin netted on debut then

 

Sign him up.

 

They've won more FA Cups than almost half the Premier League.

 

League cup draw coming up soon.

If not the Skates then any lower league team away please

 

Is anyone else hoping well be drawn against pompey in the draw tonight?

 

Not particularly. I'd rather we drew them in the Final.

 

Me but I've been hoping for it for about 6 years now.

 

never hope to draw Pompey...that's one loss I couldn't take.

 

Apart from how unlikely that is I'd like to see the plod try and bubble that

 

Yeah, it would be fun.

 

But just think of how great a win would be? Harry was our manager for our last win and they've beat us 4-1 twice since then.

It's only fair that we get a cup tie with a two tier advantage like they did imo

 

Not sure that's how I'd describe it, I think it'd be utter carnage.

Luckily it's never going to happen.

 

Yes, I was only kidding on the 'fun' aspect. We'd have to consider playing it behind closed doors. That might even be sensible. Or minimum tickets to either club.