[Foxman_WBA]

I think as fans we now need to realise that football as of 3/4 years ago is dead. The money pumped in has change the dynamic so drastically that the prestige and the reward for winning a cup (league or FA) is now as appealing as the charity shield. It’s all about league survival and that it. Success has been overtaken by fear as the driving force and so clubs no longer care for bonus competitions. Man City can take it seriously because they have basically already won the league but even they field weakened sides. It’s got to a point that fans no longer matter, I don’t agree that the TV would be gutted to see an empty stadium with no atmosphere, the TV will see it that if there are 10k fans in the crowd that’s 10k subscriptions they are missing out on. If it was that much of an issue, man city would never be shown on TV. Which just isn’t the case. I think we all need to realise that football as we all knew it is dead and the premier league is now all that matters and so negativity and not losing is more of a reward than winning. To not get relegated is the be all and end all for 14 of the 20 teams and that is it, cups are just a hindrance that gets in the way of that end goal. Football is dead :/