Just so.

Several of us have posted in similar vein in recent weeks and I'm sure it's not just Us Lot, but it's a narrative that rarely if ever breaks out in the broader national conversation(TM) because the careers of those who would need to facilitate that are also predicated on the same house of cards.

For me the radical solution is what someone said the other day: a 10- or 12-team Permanent Premier League, or maybe everyone gets 5-year slots with rebidding every five years, with places sold purely by auction.

It would suck all the rest of the money out of "the pyramid" but honestly that's fine with me. We'd all be much more on a level playing field financially, have decent access to decent players at the level of football the thing would operate at, and the rest of the 92 would have much more chance of winning something. You could even keep the FA Cup broadly as-is to let the rest of us have a pop at the Big Boys once in a while.

Posted By: Old Man on January 10th 2022 at 17:00:52

Message Thread

Are we the new Millwall, (NCFC) - CB41, Jan 10, 14:39:33
- The media seems to be genuinely upset that we're not ... (NCFC) - Basil Wrathbone, Jan 10, 15:56:18
  - I think they hate themsleves (NCFC) - paulg, Jan 10, 16:26:10
  - I feel like I’m in the Emperor’s new clothes story sometimes. I can see he (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Jan 10, 16:21:11
    - This ^^^^ 100% (n/m) (NCFC) - Worthing Yellow, Jan 10, 17:15:54
    - it's all a massive ponzi scheme (NCFC) - CWC, Jan 10, 16:29:13
      - Just so. (NCFC) - Old Man, Jan 10, 17:00:52
      - I don’t judge staying in this league as success (NCFC) - littletinyphil, Jan 10, 16:56:17
      - It totally is. (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Jan 10, 16:55:01
        
        Been waiting years for the bubble to burst (NCFC) - littletinyphil, Jan 10, 17:01:37
        
        it's never going to burst (NCFC) - CWC, Jan 10, 17:16:15
        
        YOU own an NFL team. (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 10, 18:11:46
        
        He’s David Tepper (n/m) (NCFC) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 20:19:39
        
        hell's teeth, you're going to be VERY wealthy. You could buy NCFC (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jan 10, 17:38:33
        
        probably be able to retire early as well i shouldn't think (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 10, 17:53:42
        
        Yep, all that, and he'd still have well over $3 billion left (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jan 10, 18:02:08
        
        then we might as well go the whole og and get the font sorted at last (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 10, 18:24:50
      - Exactly that! (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Jan 10, 16:41:29
      - that too; they're basically in the pay of said morally bankrupt billionaires (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Jan 10, 16:33:32
    - Its like being around Trump voters..... (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 10, 16:23:30
      - Or an ITK person...... (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 10, 16:25:51
- Good life =NCFC Delia+Michael=Felicity+Briers (NCFC) - KevinBond, Jan 10, 15:32:51
  - I’ll be Margo (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Jan 10, 15:46:13
- It's weird isn't it? (NCFC) - Captain Bligh, Jan 10, 15:26:53
  - I know i'm slightly inclined to bore on about this (NCFC) - paulg, Jan 10, 16:01:52
    - Honestly a big part of me feels that way (NCFC) - Old Man, Jan 10, 16:55:54
      - He was flawed certainly (NCFC) - paulg, Jan 10, 18:09:49
        
        Don’t think Webber have Daniel the weapons he needed tbh (n/m) (NCFC) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 19:12:15
    - Spot on for me and (NCFC) - Captain Bligh, Jan 10, 16:40:22
      - 🤦🏻‍♀️ *heart* (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Jan 10, 16:53:54
        
        Oops. Your emoji tells me I dropped a clanger there. My apologies! (NCFC) - Captain Bligh, Jan 10, 17:53:31
        
        I almost felt that the Brentford win was attributed to Smith (NCFC) - camcan, Jan 10, 17:06:10
      - Bwod is a woman. (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Jan 10, 16:51:48
    - Sigh! I still feel this quietly in my hard. For the sake of unity which feels more (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Jan 10, 16:09:51
      - I did it for you, so you can blame me! (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Jan 10, 16:19:45
        
        Thanks for saying it for me, too (n/m) (NCFC) - Azteca, Jan 10, 16:41:56
        
        👍 (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Jan 10, 16:22:35
  - It’s their loss. There was a crowd who was against us when we got promoted (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Jan 10, 15:49:08
- The Norfolk Wool Mill (NCFC) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 14:51:40

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