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Agree about him personalising criticism of club owners. However he does make some serious points. Elsewhere the Du k & Maguire transfers are mentioned as evidence of the financial madness in football. Although that is true, at PL level with TV money they can"afford" ludicrous fees and wages. The real madness is at championship level where clubs are spending more than their revenue on player wages. From a business point of view that is suicidal and unsustainable. The caveat to that is, of course, promotion and it is the premier league crock of gold at the end of the promotion rainbow that drives clubs and their owners to throw financial common sense out of the window. Would Hargreaves Lansdown's accountant have advocated spending more than they earned to bring in the best financial brains in the industry? Yet that is what SL was doing until changing tack and putting the club on its current path. Having said all of that you only have to read this forum to see that many fans don't understand basic financial economics - or chose to ignore it- in the clamour for the£40K per week striker that would surely take us to the promised land.

Like happened to Swindon a long while ago, while for almost exactly the same offence ( IIRC) Man U got a slap on the wrist by way of a a hefty fine. It made Swindon think, but made Man Utd think how lucky they were to be a rich and successful club!

In all honesty, I have no idea and I don't think the Premier League do. I'd be shocked if there were repercussions in the PL for their failings in the Championship. I haven't read the article but he does tend to touch a nerve with a lot of people in football. For someone who is trying to become a credible journalist and increase his appearances on Sky/BBC, he doesn't need to write distasteful things about the owners of each club which detracts from his articles.

It may well go to the last game- at home you seem rather strong, that could be your ace in the pack Essex at home final game. Have it spinning like a top- but within County cricket regs of course. I'd sooner Somerset won it despite supporting Gloucestershire than one of the usual suspects tbh- about time the West Country started building up its sport profile bigger (except a certain team in Bristol of course).