It's hard to see the status quo lasting

If the owners can acclimatise the fans to the idea of the super league that's one route it could all take (and faced with existential demise, you could see fans flipping to support it relatively quickly - the Spanish league might be the canary in the mine on that front).

Equally, at the point at which the Prem bubble explodes, you'd have thought that the world football bubble would have exploded too. And there might follow a big old reset.

I'm not sure that anybody can long term plan in that way, but I don't think Delia and Michael are given enough credit for their sheer experience and success as owners. You get the vibe the stance they take is a principled one, in a very dirty business.

I'm proud of my club for taking that path.

Football finance, at the moment is a giant Ponzi scheme - those holding the assets when it all comes crashing down will get burnt, principled or not.

Which is why I think the criticism against them is unfair. They could easily have cashed in and retired, and the recent Guardian article makes it plain that if an offer came in they'd put it to the fans.

The mythical benevolent billionaire buyer is just that, a myth.

The multimillionaire chancers are much more commonplace.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary, Mar 7, 08:19:21