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Its no different to the English clubs ditching the FA and forming the PL. UEFA and FIFA are not forces for good in football. I'm not in favour of SL but I would be in favour of the end of UEFA and FIFA.
Those clubs ditched the Football League, not the FA. They're still members of the FA. They wouldn't be allowed to enter the FA Cup otherwise.Its no different to the English clubs ditching the FA and forming the PL. UEFA and FIFA are not forces for good in football. I'm not in favour of SL but I would be in favour of the end of UEFA and FIFA.
Except that it's by invite which is stupid. This last couple years has shown how competitive the league is now. Villa are course to qualify for the CL and Newcastle had their first run in the competition in a long time. They need to keep the league qualification for teams to earn their way into the competition.It is essentially the new Champions League format in a way. Only teams play 8 games and do not play the same team twice in the league phase. And clubs from same nations can face each other.
The FA do hold one share in the PL and can vote on certain matters.Its no different to the English clubs ditching the FA and forming the PL. UEFA and FIFA are not forces for good in football. I'm not in favour of SL but I would be in favour of the end of UEFA and FIFA.
It's no different to the English clubs ditching the FA and forming the PL. UEFA and FIFA are not forces for good in football. I'm not in favour of SL but I would be in favour of the end of UEFA and FIFA.
Every league has top teams who avoid to get relegated. That's just the level they work at. It's very difficult for a top club to lose their grip of being in the top flight. We've been in it since day 1 too and always managed to avoid it when the going got tough. When you're a big club you have the resources to get out of trouble. We got Klinsmann when we needed help for example. It's not a closed league at all.Precisely. Five teams set up the premier league and they're never been relegated once. One of them even hired lampard and still avoided it. This is a closed league for those clubs and has been for over two decades.
True enough, viewing it from the top down - which as you say is how it was designed. Viewed from the bottom up, and if you scrunch your eyes and stick your fingers in your ears, the dream that Scragthorpe Rovers could work their way up the pyramid and win it is still there. The Leicester freak show helped in that regard. I think it is important that whatever happens in Europe, the notional possibility remains.Precisely. Five teams set up the premier league and they're never been relegated once. One of them even hired lampard and still avoided it. This is a closed league for those clubs and has been for over two decades.
It is different because the PL wasn't set up to be a semi-closed league where the founding members can't be relegated. If Everton finish in the bottom 3 the fact that they're a founding member of the PL won't save them.Its no different to the English clubs ditching the FA and forming the PL. UEFA and FIFA are not forces for good in football. I'm not in favour of SL but I would be in favour of the end of UEFA and FIFA.
Did take Barca long…