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6 hours ago, ExiledAjax said:

Ms. Christodoulo seems to be a teacher who now runs a comparative marking company.

What are her credentials regarding football governance, football financial distribution, football refereeing, jurisprudence, dispute resolution, post-modernist theory, politics in general, or future trend prediction?

Not that she needs any of those to comment, but if we're to take her as a a serious thinker in this then she should surely have some sort of background in this?

Otherwise it's just a brain fart isn't it?

not necessarily. Sometimes a more detached view can be more beneficial to the overall picture. Like Blow Up

14 minutes ago, petehinton said:

A nige groupie? I’m honoured!!

Add me to the list! I've always wanted to in a posse   

6 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I’d imagine the reasons for his departure and the relative standing of all parties are well known within football.

yes, it would be interesting to hear how JL, BT, and SL are viewed by the wider football community at managerial/board level.

19 minutes ago, Calculus said:

You may be right, but I think it depends on whether he wants to work at a club again.

Would you employ someone who'd slagged off his previous employers once it was legally possible?

it depends what happened! If the previous employers were A holes then it wouldn't be a problem

10 minutes ago, LondonRobin said:

Came across this on X, today after the VAR debacle over the weekend. Interesting take. I for one would like to see VAR scrapped completely but fear now we have it it will be impossible to get rid of.

 

I would say that football is a product of capitalist realism, where every aspect is governed by financial aspects. 
I’m not an expert on post modernism but isn’t that where truth is subjective, it’s not THE truth, but MY truth? That could relate to VAR.

Interesting concept there, I’ll have to read more.

23 minutes ago, Roe said:

Why was the game "ruined"? It was incredible drama and one of the most amazing endings to a game you could ever have

A penalty shoot out? Never a good ending. 

1 hour ago, Markthehorn said:

Would people say the same had it been a Man U goal ruled out though ?

That's not relevant for me, I don't care what other people say. It's another good competitive game ruined.

God that's made me really sick and depressed and I didn't even see the game. I'd love to hear the VAR recording…

VAR and all the hype really has ruined the game for me.

7 minutes ago, petehinton said:

No statement from the club, in a season so poor the main highlights were replays against premier league sides in the fa cup. 
 

How funny. 

Well you know how much SL values his reputation with the board at the EFL

1 hour ago, FNQ said:

Well I know that I’m viewed by too many as being overly negative.. fair enough I get that too.

But where is the feedback / outrage on no pre game LM presser before our toughest remaining game of the season?

Where is the update on players contracts after LM said last week that discussions would happen this week? 

Where is the forums feedback on Mark Sykes comments in the EP basically confirming what a lot of us have been saying with regard to old style versus Manningball?

Have we all just given in and conformed?

 

Conformed? I've lost interest. 

21 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

One man's cowardice is another's pragmatism.

What my friend used to call, "corporate hostility"

1 minute ago, Jacki said:

Was just about to post pretty much exactly this.

The FA seem to think the answer to everything is do just bung a bit more cash down the pyramid to shut people up, and that will make everything ok. It won’t.

Sport isn’t about money, or at least it didn’t used to be. It’s about community, competition, magic and memories. It’s about joy. It’s about shocks and upsets and shared experiences. Not cash.

The way the modern world has gone is beyond depressing. 

or broadcast more matches. When will they get it into their thick skulls that fans actually want the chance to attend live games

12 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Here we go!

 

oo er. That's pretty damning :laugh:.

Just now, ExiledAjax said:

Oh thank god. It'll all be sorted out soon in that case! Close the thread. Gorringe and Al Qadi have it handled.

Joking aside, there's no doubt that within the EFL the Championship teams have the lion's share of the power. They also get the lion's share of the money that comes from the PL (including the precious parachute payments for those that make it up there). Also they're all hoping to be a Premier League team in the future, and generally don't want to turn up to their first meeting after promotion and be told they're not welcome because they shot their mouth off when in the EFL. Short-sighted, stupid, petty, yes all of those, but reality.

Good grief! What a sad bunch of weak, wet blankets they are. There are other teams apart from the top 6 in the prem. No wonder football has gone to shite.

2 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

No, and it looks like most Championship clubs are keeping their powder dry for now. I think Pompey are the highest ranked club to have put something out so far?

The EFL can't leave that FA statement unanswered and I expect the Championship are waiting to see what the EFL say next.

The Gas have made a statement. 

Perhaps the Championship clubs are discussing it privately before making a statement?

4 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

They don't get it do they? It's not about the money for us fans. 

I'll forever have the memory of going to the London stadium with 9k other City fans and us getting a draw. We then if course beat West Ham in the replay. 

Exeter fans will forever have the memory of getting a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford and it saving their club.

Some of the greatest fa cup shocks have happened in replays. 

I don't give a crap about if the likes of Man Utd want to play extra games against foreign clubs I've never heard of before. 

This is a watered down version of the SL. The big clubs don't want to play smaller English teams and instead want to play lucrative games against European teams. 

I don't care if they gave us all 5 million extra in 'compensation' it's irrelevant as we'd all be getting the extra money. 

I want the memories. 

Exactly!

People have become so blinded by cash that they think it's the motivator for everything! #capitalistrealism

1 hour ago, Bristol Oil Services said:

Missing something this ^ ^ (although I love that they have got a comma in there), fer me .... how about:

"CREATED BY THE POOR, TRASHED BY THE FOOTBALL LADS BETWEEN ABOUT 1968 AND 1989, STOLEN/CLEANED UP/GENTRIFIED BY THE RICH" ?

Then destroyed by Murdoch / Media

4 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

I think it's clear that at least some people at the EFL were aware of these changes, although perhaps not the full details of them, and had/have been promised that by allowing them they will get a better "New Deal".

This is a quote going round:

EFL chief executive Trevor Birch said: “Whilst the league had previously been involved in discussions over the future of the calendar, these were predicated on the agreement of a new financial deal with the Premier League for EFL clubs which has not progressed."

Now, call that manipulation if you like, I think it's possibly an example of naive negotiation on the EFLs part.

Yes, too subservient to the monied masters / frightened of the consequences of disagreeing.

6 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

It depends a little on how that board of 8 approve decisions. If the chair has a casting vote then it's possible that all 4 EFL members voted no, but the decision was carried with the 4 PL members voting yes, and the Chair breaking the deadlock with his casting vote.

If that was the case though I'd have thought the EFL/Parry et al would have put out a statement noting their dissent. 

Yes. But they could have been manipulated/bullied into being silent

2 hours ago, TV Tom said:

The system will go into melt-down on Monday when everyone on here who says they're undecided will decide to re-new, we all know that our love for our team is unquestionable, go on, you know you want to 

hmm, I'd like to think so.

It's not just that though. Because of that stupid SKY deal, I don't know if I can actually attend any games.

I'm really ****** off about SKY