Interpolic

A purely selfish thing but one of the things I loved about the championship was that the games came thick and fast. Fewer teams means fewer games and I fear i'd become even more detached if we weren't in action as much. They're talking about fucking off the League Cup as well, so the plebs of the PL would only play 35 games a season if they got knocked out of the FA Cup in round 3.

The timing of this is suspicious btw. The news about £15 PPVs has been buried.

That's exactly why they've proposed it, they think all of the other clubs should effectively be their feeder clubs.

This will be one of the main motivations for this whole proposal from the 'big six'. They've been moaning for a while at the relatively equal distribution of TV money, which to anyone but them is a positive thing that makes the league more competitive. But they want to be in Real/Barca's position where they're hoovering up all the TV revenue instead.

It worries me how many people have said a fiver a match would have been fair enough but 15 quid is too expensive. It's more money on top of an already fairly obscene amount of money to the average person. Where's the goodwill for fans of the game who have by and large been through a shit time all year? It has crossed my mind that maybe I'm being harsh/unrealistic because all clubs have lost a revenue stream in the form of gate receipts and will want to replace that. Then I remember the outrageous sums of money that have been thrown around by PL clubs in the last few months. They had a choice then whether to restructure their finances a bit while we're in such unusual times but they've decided instead to carry on as normal and try to bleed yet more cash out of the fans to fill the financial void. 19 clubs to 1 voted for this and 19 clubs to 1 are so tone deaf it's unreal. I said a few months ago that it was a no brainer for the PL to take learnings from lockdown and show 10 or so games a season on free to air TV once crowds are back in. The viewing figures have been and will be huge, it increases the reach of the league getting more people interested and is good PR that creates goodwill on both sides. Instead we hear this spiteful waffle that the PL are increasingly disappointed they've had to give so much of their product away for free?! That just about sums it up. I thought we'd see the PL at least throw fans a bone as a result of this situation, yet they've become even more entrenched in their disgusting greed. So depressing.

Come to think of it, the PL are probably thinking they'll fleece domestic fans to make up for the shortfall in Chinese revenues given what recently happened with the broadcaster over there.

Paying considerable money for THREE separate subscriptions isn't enough for them When most people are super worried about losing their jobs and various other things. Tone deaf greedy wankers.

I'm fucking furious at that like. Having all the games on the telly recently has been really good and made perfect sense given there were no fans in the ground. But as usual, the greedy cunts can't fucking help themselves. Depressing.

Imagine slinging him out on his fat arse, man

You're just naming transfers.

Might well fuck this cunting thing off tbh.

Pre-lockdown results weren't that weird at all but the first 4 weeks of this season have been fucking mental.

Whattt

"I don't like to promote the violence... but many people need some good slap right now"

Evra asking Sky to rip his contract up

Yeah he's sat on my bench as well, for absolute fucks sake.

I was trying to quote the stream post but it disappeared when I posted it (someone linked to an illegal stream).

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night's alright

Didn't realise Chris Wood was a Kiwi. That's a bit exotic for Burnley.

Good spot.

Nobody with a genuine fondness for the club would say it. Funnily enough, Benitez never said owt like that despite no previous connection to the area.

Actually reckon that'll be a 442 with Hendrick on the right and Joelinton up front.

I'd criticise the lineup but wouldn't want to insult Nice Bloke Steve.

Sweat, grit and sausage rolls

Will have been feeding the players worms all week, hoping that's Dyche's secret.