I’ll try to be as plain and simple as possible, Dom.
The rules represent the lowering of a portcullis with 6 clubs already inside the castle.
6 clubs that built revenue streams in a time of little to no restrictions, in varying ways. Some through success, some through their location, some through having ambitious, wealthy owners that front loaded their way to being healthy, sustainable businesses (an acceptable and common practice in all business but football apparently). Most are a mix of the above.
The rest are now left to climb the walls of the castle to gain entry, rather than walk through the doorway the original six entered through.
As a result, those 6 can sit pretty inside the castle and pick off whoever they like from those attempting to scale the wall… kicking them further down while building the walls higher with the scraps they take from them. Not through any current sporting merit… just because they passed through the entry before the portcullis was slammed shut.
The rules are, therefore, unfit for purpose for a competitive sport and need to be reimagined.
I understand the fear is that another City or Chelsea happens - but you can’t cut the rope to 86 clubs in order to protect 6.
Now, for clarity - I’m not accusing Spurs of doing anything underhand to get to their current position - but surely you must see how unfairly the system is rigged against everyone that’s now trying to achieve something?
1 win in 3 months, 27 points dropped from winning positions and playing the most excruciatingly boring football known to man - if Howe doesn’t see sense and walk it will end up getting nasty next year because it will not change and the owners won’t act until the fans do.
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You will struggle to find a bigger waste of money than £110m for Anthony Elanga and Yoane Wissa - and some fans want to give the man responsible even more money to spend!
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Those Wissa & Elanga shifts… spending £105m of the £120m Isak fee on those two after you the manager get the sporting director ousted from his job, is a sackable offence in itself.
Some of the decision making from certain players is acceptable at Sunday league level but at this it's unacceptable, Nick produces are only moment.kf quality and that donkey upfront Jesus wept leave him in Islington and let him walk back to Brentford. #NUFC
We need 4 wingers this summer no doubt
Barnes offers nothing, can't beat a man and is predictable
Gordon - Pen merchant and a bottle job
Murphy - Heart of a mouse and useless cunt
Elanga - Couldn't trap a bag of cement and has the touch of a rapist
Newcastle have been poor since March. They scraped over the line to get into CL, they had a disaster of a summer with players brought in, they aren’t good enough (Ramsdale, Thiaw (started well but now poor), Ramsey (45m🫣), Elanga - he not a footballer. Wissa..never good enough.