The Sky deals have really concentrated money and power

and skewed things to the top end. To the extent there's been any trickle down it's been to the Champs - I'd say it was a very different animal even five years ago to what it is today, with most clubs being ex-Prem and having big budgets (in historical terms), a lot of foreign managers bringing new thinking, modern approaches to sports science and performance management and all of that stuff. The gap between top of the champs and bottom of the champs feels much wider than it did even five years ago, to me, and that's only going to grow. I can't help feeling it's all a bubble that's got to burst sometime. Nothing can grow forever.

Posted By: Old Man, Jan 6, 09:07:23