Right, the sanctimony is getting a bit sickening now.

Everton issuing a statement referring to 'preposterous arrogance' - as if they weren't instrumental in setting up the premier league.

Gary Neville's panties all a-twist despite spending his whole career sucking at Sky's teat, an organisation that holds football supporters in contempt.

What a lot of old cobblers.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Everton issuing a statement referring to 'preposterous arrogance' - as if they weren't instrumental in setting up the premier league.

Gary Neville's panties all a-twist despite spending his whole career sucking at Sky's teat, an organisation that holds football supporters in contempt.

What a lot of old cobblers.

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It's the aggressive faux-naivety that's really gritting my shít.
People dribbling on about 'grass roots' and 'a working class game' and 'history' as if the football landscape hasn't changed since the 1950s is making me want to kick my TV in (although it's affixed to the wall at a height of about six feet, so unless I develop Bruce Lee skills, that's not happening).
Add to that the shock that people are pretending to feel at the revelation that the biggest clubs in the world are owned by aggressive capitalists with a desire (indeed a duty) to maximise their investments and not - as they appear to have believed - socialist co-operatives.
Seriously, the amount of disingenuous posturing that's going on would make a billy-goat puke.

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Originally Posted by Burney

It's the aggressive faux-naivety that's really gritting my shít.
People dribbling on about 'grass roots' and 'a working class game' and 'history' as if the football landscape hasn't changed since the 1950s is making me want to kick my TV in (although it's affixed to the wall at a height of about six feet, so unless I develop Bruce Lee skills, that's not happening).
Add to that the shock that people are pretending to feel at the revelation that the biggest clubs in the world are owned by aggressive capitalists with a desire (indeed a duty) to maximise their investments and not - as they appear to have believed - socialist co-operatives.
Seriously, the amount of disingenuous posturing that's going on would make a billy-goat puke.

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The moment the Taylor Report took away standing, and therefore the ability to piss up the back of the stand, was the day football died...

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Originally Posted by IUFG2

The moment the Taylor Report took away standing, and therefore the ability to piss up the back of the stand, was the day football died...

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There is some truth in that. All these people ****ting on about 'the fans' conveniently ignore the fact that virtually every major development in English football since the Taylor Report has had the effect of making match-attending fans a less significant force in shaping how football runs.
All-seater stadia meant smaller, quieter crowds, while the advent of the PL and Sky meant the clubs became less reliant on matchday revenue to the point where it's now a virtual irrelevance in financial terms while also disincentivising physical attendance. Add to that ticket prices that have essentially squeezed out many local, lower-income supporters in favour of older, better-off supporters from further away and the idea of football clubs as local institutions becomes increasingly ridiculous.
Other than as a thing to pay lip service to when it suits them, there is no longer any reason most PL clubs should give a flying fúck about 'the fans'.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Other than as a thing to pay lip service to when it suits them, there is no longer any reason most PL clubs should give a flying fúck about 'the fans'.

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Yup.

"Thank you for your interest in our affairs”

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Originally Posted by Burney

It's the aggressive faux-naivety that's really gritting my shít.
People dribbling on about 'grass roots' and 'a working class game' and 'history' as if the football landscape hasn't changed since the 1950s is making me want to kick my TV in (although it's affixed to the wall at a height of about six feet, so unless I develop Bruce Lee skills, that's not happening).
Add to that the shock that people are pretending to feel at the revelation that the biggest clubs in the world are owned by aggressive capitalists with a desire (indeed a duty) to maximise their investments and not - as they appear to have believed - socialist co-operatives.
Seriously, the amount of disingenuous posturing that's going on would make a billy-goat puke.

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Couldn't agree more. Also the Bruce Lee line :hehe:

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Originally Posted by Burney

It's the aggressive faux-naivety that's really gritting my shít.
People dribbling on about 'grass roots' and 'a working class game' and 'history' as if the football landscape hasn't changed since the 1950s is making me want to kick my TV in (although it's affixed to the wall at a height of about six feet, so unless I develop Bruce Lee skills, that's not happening).
Add to that the shock that people are pretending to feel at the revelation that the biggest clubs in the world are owned by aggressive capitalists with a desire (indeed a duty) to maximise their investments and not - as they appear to have believed - socialist co-operatives.
Seriously, the amount of disingenuous posturing that's going on would make a billy-goat puke.

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They also do this whilst clad in all sorts of club merchandise.

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They also do this whilst clad in all sorts of club merchandise.

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Yes. It's like complaining about supermarkets killing the high street while clutching a full Tesco bag.

Greed is the only snake that cannot be charmed, as the man said. Sad.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Everton issuing a statement referring to 'preposterous arrogance' - as if they weren't instrumental in setting up the premier league.

Gary Neville's panties all a-twist despite spending his whole career sucking at Sky's teat, an organisation that holds football supporters in contempt.

What a lot of old cobblers.

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Hilarious watching Sky Sports with the Nevillier and the Scouse Missing Link talking about these damn foreigners coming in who don't share our values destroying our way of life. This is the same channel that has spent the whole season crying about mythical racism in the Country.

Threatening to take away work permits now.

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