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They'd make exceptions though. If Torres or Messi ever became available City and Chelsea would give them whatever they wanted to make sure they got them. Money is not an object to a handful of clubs and as they set the benchmark the rest of the clubs will follow. I don't mind players being paid £120k a week if they're earning it but there are far too many ordinary players being paid far too much. That's the problem.

What if the 7th place club qualified and knew they were guaranteed £40m for qualifying and spent the lot investing to make themselves competitive? If they didn't qualify for the next few seasons then they'll have a wagebill that they can't maintain. Depends on their wage structure though. If they had to move a player or two on then they wouldn't even feel the hit. Spread the wealth. At the minute the rich are getting richer and opening it up a bit has to be a good thing. why not do it for the premiership title then ? top 8 clubs go into play offs to decide the title. it's wrong and defeats the point of the league system. The league is the league though. The team that finishes top is the champion. That would stay the same. There would be 3 more teams to make up the CL places. 2nd and 3rd would go straight in but the 4th place would be a competition. What are you getting at?

What if the 7th place club qualified and knew they were guaranteed £40m for qualifying and spent the lot investing to make themselves competitive? If they didn't qualify for the next few seasons then they'll have a wagebill that they can't maintain. Depends on their wage structure though. If they had to move a player or two on then they wouldn't even feel the hit. Spread the wealth. At the minute the rich are getting richer and opening it up a bit has to be a good thing.

i thought that would be like newcastle east end (of lore). old people,obviously older than me, call hartlepool, "hartlepools" Queer folk down there though. Not exactly sharp on the uptake.

What if the 7th place club qualified and knew they were guaranteed £40m for qualifying and spent the lot investing to make themselves competitive?

Wasn't the rugby team called West Hartlepool? This implies there is an East Hartlepool. Possibly.

That was a question on 'Eggheads' this week. That should go in the pet hates thread. That fucking program. The way they can never just ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION. Q: Which is the fastest animal on the planet? EH: 'Well, some might say it is the leopard, which after all has a top speed of 50 mph, whereas others might say it is the tiger, which it isn't as its flat paws preclude fast movement, therefore I will say it is the cheetah" *smug facial expression* EXACTLY. Fucking bang on mate. Who the fuck thinks of a quiz program which contains so few questions? Half a bastard hour and they must ask about 20 questions max. Waste of time and money. Pricks. I enjoy it, i get a surprisingly large amount of the questions right too (H) That's because you get the chance to guess.

That was a question on 'Eggheads' this week. That should go in the pet hates thread. That fucking program. The way they can never just ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION. Q: Which is the fastest animal on the planet? EH: 'Well, some might say it is the leopard, which after all has a top speed of 50 mph, whereas others might say it is the tiger, which it isn't as its flat paws preclude fast movement, therefore I will say it is the cheetah" *smug facial expression* EXACTLY. Fucking bang on mate. Who the fuck thinks of a quiz program which contains so few questions? Half a bastard hour and they must ask about 20 questions max. Waste of time and money. Pricks.

I wouldn't want to rely on us winning all of our home games because the way we play that is unlikely. All the more reason every point away from home might prove crucial. Agreed - we have drawn 2 or 3 games at home that we should have won. We've taken 37 points out of 45 from our home games... It's our away form that needs sorting out. If we win 4 more away from home we'll win the league.

That was a question on 'Eggheads' this week. That should go in the pet hates thread. That fucking program.

Maybe, maybe not. It's better than seeing the same 4 teams in it year in, year out though. It's like a f***ing cartel at the minute. Anything that shakes things up a bit is fine with me. At least in this country we have four teams that sometimes mix there positions up. The nations with 1 club that enters there leagues tend to be f***ed for years once the loot of CL money has arrived. This is true but we're talking about the Premier League though. Giving 7 teams a chance of qualifying is better than giving 4 teams a chance. Spread the wealth man. 20 clubs have the chance atm. You know what I mean.

Maybe, maybe not. It's better than seeing the same 4 teams in it year in, year out though. It's like a f***ing cartel at the minute. Anything that shakes things up a bit is fine with me. At least in this country we have four teams that sometimes mix there positions up. The nations with 1 club that enters there leagues tend to be fucked for years once the loot of CL money has arrived. This is true but we're talking about the Premier League though. Giving 7 teams a chance of qualifying is better than giving 4 teams a chance. Spread the wealth man.

clubs would take it serious though if there was a CL place. Not sure about that tbh. We'll never know though because it won't happen.

Maybe, maybe not. It's better than seeing the same 4 teams in it year in, year out though. It's like a fucking cartel at the minute. Anything that shakes things up a bit is fine with me.

League Cup winners don't deserve a CL place like. I could just about be persuaded to give the FA Cup winners a place but not the League Cup winners. It's a nothing competition imo.

If everyone knows what the rule is at the start of the season then the team finishing 4th can have no complaints if they don't go on and qualify. It's a good thing as it would mean more of the cash being shared around rather than the current 'big 4' having it sewn up.

Is Chris Sutton one of them? No, he made 1 appearance.

Hard to believe we beat Palace home and away.

Buying young players is easy. Buying good young players is another matter entirely... Actions speak louder than words.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Best brought back to start with Lovenkrands back on the bench.

Is the right answer.

Given is a fucking snake. He speaks with a fork tongue. The bloke was engineering a move to City for months and STILL didn't hand a ransfer request in til the end of January. Fuck him.

It depends what you class as our dip in form, I think it goes back to December when we had almost a fully fit side. Which year?

Their form has picked up a bit so it won't be easy. Should beat them though but it'll be tight. Maybe 2-1

If we go up, we will only be up for 1 year Maybe, maybe not. All depends on what happens. Getting someone to buy the club from Ashley is the priority and it might happen if we go up but probably won't if we don't. Our better players will leave and we'll be fucked for the foreseeable. We have to go up and cross our fingers.