Exactly

They wanted a slice of both pies, including guaranteed no relegation from the ESL, the greedy b*****ds. Football in this country needed the PL to man-up and tell them to FO and go. But too many pigs are feeding at the money trough in and around the PL for that to ever happen.

Posted By: Elmham Yellow on February 13th 2022 at 09:53:14

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There was outrage when the big 5 wanted to quit the PL (Other Football) - ingi, Feb 13, 08:13:20
- Everything is fucked (Other Football) - Under soil heating, Feb 13, 09:50:01
  - This is a good post but it’s overwhelmingly depressing! I can’t cope with all that (Other Football) - Bravo win or die, Feb 13, 11:02:53
    - Sorry BWOD ☹️ (Other Football) - Under soil heating, Feb 13, 11:14:18
  - Quite (Other Football) - CWC, Feb 13, 10:10:24
    - Yep. We proudly take our place in the hierarchy of fuck. (n/m) (Other Football) - Under soil heating, Feb 13, 10:21:47
  - Can’t disagree. (n/m) (Other Football) - Chopper, Feb 13, 10:04:30
  - Quite a lot of sport is a bit fucked (Other Football) - paulg, Feb 13, 09:59:15
  - 🎩☝️ (n/m) (Other Football) - JD3, Feb 13, 09:58:49
- some truth in what you say (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 13, 09:05:05
  - and probably lost.... (n/m) (Other Football) - Saucerer, Feb 13, 09:13:02
    - ha ha ha ... probably (n/m) (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 13, 09:24:59
- The main problem was that they didn't want to quit the PL (Other Football) - mr carra, Feb 13, 08:54:55
  - Exactly (Other Football) - Elmham Yellow, Feb 13, 09:53:14
- Michael Cox wrote a really good piece on this in the Athletic. (Other Football) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 13, 08:42:00
  - Really good point in your post. Working for the PL as a (Other Football) - Chopper, Feb 13, 08:51:59
    - It’s in the interest of the PL bosses (Other Football) - Elmham Yellow, Feb 13, 10:02:48
- I remember several of us being very happy if they decided to toodle off (n/m) (Other Football) - Bravo win or die, Feb 13, 08:31:48
- The outrage came predominantly from the fans of the (Other Football) - Chopper, Feb 13, 08:31:13
  - The real football fans will enjoy seeing certain players (Other Football) - MonkeyPuzzle, Feb 13, 08:49:32
  - Yes, quite (n/m) (Other Football) - Bravo win or die, Feb 13, 08:32:40
- They should have gone, trouble is teams like Newcastle (Other Football) - littletinyphil, Feb 13, 08:18:17
  - Not so certain Newcastle owners would be so keen if (Other Football) - Chopper, Feb 13, 08:38:59
    - 100% this. (Other Football) - Under soil heating, Feb 13, 09:38:57
      - This (Other Football) - CWC, Feb 13, 10:51:10
      - Should be the founding members of the 1992 premier league really (n/m) (Other Football) - NorskyNormann, Feb 13, 10:32:59

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