Be a dream scenario mate we’d have a low wage bill! Again, how do you gauge that though? And still de Bryne would be best player in league and want to play for a top club. I think clubs and all of us need to accept the game isn’t going to return to the past, and clubs need to work on improving themselves in the right way, or finding ownership who can. Not a lot is gonna changed realistically.
They never get booed off though - been on their board and they are adamant that they haven't been booed off this season (well before Saturday anyhow!!)
No that can't be true - it doesn't happen at their stadium. All their fans love the club and support no matter what......
Dont agree that two relegations are a sign of a poor owner .. he stuck by his team and got them back the next season ... that takes a bit of courage and determination. Not sure the signs are that Short has that ... although we hope Coleman is the turning point.
Easy answer, point yourself just twelve miles southwards where I expect we will still be scraping our collective backsides along the sand and watch 'proper football'. You will find that converts seeking the way of the true Fan are always welcome.
It is the EPL that call the shots and the rules apply to every club , if they decide a figure of X million pounds is the maximum each club can pay all of its players each season , so be it, each club must then decide how much they want to pay each player and still stay under the cap, this is purely based on salary/wages not transfer fees , a restriction but leading to a more level playing field and more interesting and changing scenario where a manager earns his coin
There’d be a breakaway league in a matter of hours mate. There’s already the FA and FL, if the big clubs dug in, for all the ‘we can’t conpete’ Talk the rest would go with them because they know the draw money in. It simply isn’t going to happen imo, clubs need to find ways to get to their level, not to drag them back.
Imagine going to an auction with a tenner in your pocket, everybody else turning up has less cash, and a dirty evening with a stunning model comes up. Before bidding starts you are told that the maximum bid allowable is £5 and by the end she walks off with somebody else whilst you are waving your hard earned tenner in the air. You are gonna feel a little peeved.
The total figure of the cap for each club would exclude any but the EPL, a massive pool of money the same as it is now but spread more evenly, but we can continue the way things are and not expect any success of significance All it takes for nothing to change is for everyone to do nothing It is a fact of life the gap between the haves and have nots widens each and every year Anyone that thinks this will not be mirrored in football is just fooling themselves
We already are at their level in everything but wealth, that is a completely different category and all the endeavour in the world will never change it, not one person I have spoken to is satisfied with the setup at present where success is bought by a wealthy few, far better if it had to be earned, so any move to correct the imbalance would at least have popularity on their side
Hang about a bit !!!!! you all have the same amount of money to spend, so if they spend their money first, you are able to snap up Rodwell at a bargain price
Well, I have always had a soft spot for Sunderland and I do admire the support that they receive in the North Durham area. But I would rather Sunderland get back into the top flight than stay 'one down' because the North East needs at least two clubs doing well. It's the state of the game that concerns me overall rather than the individual clubs though when each goes all Franchise then I will have no time for that particular club.
