I'm just being grumpy
because the unpredictability of the game is being stripped away.
You can find the holy grail - be it recruitment (moneyball), tactics (Ramsey & Pep) or just plain cash (Sunderland 1940s, Blackburn 1991-5, Citeh & Newcastle today) but everyone eventually catches up.
In my (admittedly middle-aged) lifetime I have seen ManU, Spurs, Citeh & Villa in the second tier, but I cannot see it happening again.
And I am not happy
rant over
Posted By: Henclrikus on April 29th 2025 at 11:25:45
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- Surviving in the Premier League (Other Football) - Under soil heating, Apr 29, 11:03:44
- IMHO the best chance is building a pragmatic defensive type team. in the champs. (Other Football) - usacanary, Apr 29, 15:57:42
- Would be interesting to see what these valuations were in Aug / Sep (Other Football) - NxNW, Apr 29, 12:28:44
- interesting you mentioned Forest ... (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Apr 29, 11:44:57
- Forest realised the snuck up more by luck than judgement (Other Football) - phrankin, Apr 29, 12:53:35
- Player value estimates are pumped by the mere fact that they are in a (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 29, 11:39:54
- Yeah, wouldn’t surprise if TM do that (Other Football) - Under soil heating, Apr 29, 13:01:14
- Imagine the horror with Man Utd, Spurs and West Ham (Other Football) - littletinyphil, Apr 29, 11:25:13
- That's a really interesting, albeit depressing, read. Thanks (n/m) (Other Football) - Azteca, Apr 29, 11:24:29
- Nice analysis and it shows that now if you get promoted (Other Football) - Chopper, Apr 29, 11:21:18
- Should be 20K capacity by 2028 (Other Football) - SCC 28, Apr 29, 11:29:35
- Their training ground took over seven years to finish (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Apr 29, 11:39:31
- Quite probably (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Apr 29, 12:39:18
- Reading this earlier, worth a few mins... (Other Football) - DrDublin, Apr 29, 11:37:08
- "color" "infelicities" "potentially lethal albatross" (Other Football) - Tombs, Apr 29, 12:49:24
- It certainly was (Other Football) - camcan, Apr 29, 12:08:46
- The mega-stadium up the show ground looks in jeopardy. (n/m) (Other Football) - DrDublin, Apr 29, 12:28:20
- Their training ground took over seven years to finish (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Apr 29, 11:39:31
- Should be 20K capacity by 2028 (Other Football) - SCC 28, Apr 29, 11:29:35
- I admire your attempt to make sense of it all (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Apr 29, 11:11:29
- Far more difficult but not impossible (Other Football) - phrankin, Apr 29, 12:51:12
- Hard to argue with that H (Other Football) - Under soil heating, Apr 29, 11:18:37
- Yeah fair points but the overall top level figures are probably still useful comparison (n/m) (Other Football) - Knitted Jesus, Apr 29, 11:15:30
- I'm just being grumpy (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Apr 29, 11:25:45
- Great read, thanks (Other Football) - Knitted Jesus, Apr 29, 11:10:46
- Great post . (n/m) (Other Football) - MORDENCANARY, Apr 29, 11:07:27
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