Liverpool have been rubish for 30 years, man u can't buy a win. Man city bought success.
This all stinks to me

Unbelievable but not unexpected. I wonder what true football fans of those clubs think.

Football strangling itself. Multi millionaires running round empty stadiums. You can keep it. I had great years. Real bovril ( not the powder palace sell now). Pipes. Hooligans terraces unreal atmosphere. All gone. I hope the top 6 break away. Then cap wages at £10 k a week. Go back to local players. All the foreigners will be gone. Might even get fans back. As it is now it’s over.

I garland Martin's marvellous article with praise.

With the lack of news at the moment there's going to be loads of sensationalism around this story.

A few years ago the Times ran a April fools article about how the premiership was going to switch to an NFL style northern and southern section with playoffs to boost entertainment. They know this story sells papers.

It's in the national team and big clubs interests to make the premier league smaller. 38 games a season is too much and it effects european and international performances.

Something has got to be done to pass money down to the lower leagues. I'd like to think that the majority of premier league owners do understand that ringfencing the premier league will detract from the excitement and value of their product so they won't do anything to drastic. This initial proposal is likely to be a mixture of posturing by the premiership and exageration by the media.

Having said that, I don't want to see the size of the league reduced as it decreases the chances of us getting relegated.

and, I'm not sure broadcasters and sponsors would be happy to have the number of games reduced plus grounds like Old Trafford bring in millions of pounds per game. I'm not sure their accountants would like to lose two home matches.

Many clubs in the lower leagues need a cash injection to help them over the latest hurdles, people have been talking about £250 million - the PL top 6 + 3 hangers on have come up with a plan whereby they agree to make it happen + 100 million for the FA - They seem to be saying, we will do this but these are our terms - I am not in the know but I dont think anyone else involved at Footballs higher levels of administration has come up with an alternative plan - so if we accept that the clubs lower down really do need this money & are prepared to a deal on a "money now" basis I would assume that football admin needs to come up with a counter proposal - my guess is that somewhere between the 2 plans someone will negotiate a deal - but quite honestly it feels like its going to be difficult to live with for clubs like ours.