25-05-2020, 11:54
Hodgkinson is right in what he said. Too many clubs have been pounding away at the financial ceiling for far too long. This pandemic is where that ceiling will collapse in on them.
Now will it be 50-60 I don't know, I'd say every club from the Premier league down will feel the effects in one way or another, but there will be some that get buried under the weight.
We will or should be fine. Hurt, but fine. The likes of Southend and Macclesfield for example will go without the proper help, they were on the way when the season could be played normally so now, no chance.
I think we'll see one or more of the more reputable clubs suffer too. I Iook at what lee bowyer said about in one game his whole Charlton side earned less per week than one of the opposition players, this can no longer be allowed to happen for one, but the side who had one player who earned more than another team will surely be one of those that is greatly damaged by this situation.
I look at our league and I fail to see many, if any at all, with a system that is sustainable. Maybe Barnsley and Luton one of whom tries to keep homegrown and another who has reached this division and not over exerted much like us in prem season 1. Otherwise I'm struggling. It's been well said that Leeds need promotion this season to keep their manager and best players and its not just a quality issue. Fulham can't seriously afford to be paying 80k plus to mitrovic alone, whilst they have one of the smallest grounds. Qpr have flaunted ffp for a good few seasons, but are probably lucky they've got eze. Derby are well known for pushing it too, and were being examined (still were I think) as were Wednesday. I'd guess that 5-10 clubs aren't feeling it as much as others, or aren't as worried at least. Us being one.
I feel this is what football needed, and in some ways it could be the refresh it needed, I've seen somewhere that it's was suggested that there could be a slight copy of the American football system after all this where each club selects a few players they want to keep, then the rest enter a draft, with the wage cap in effect too. Sure some players will move abroad due to it, but it's no great deal. If some foreign player leaving helps English football become better both in health and as a product then I'm all for it.
Now will it be 50-60 I don't know, I'd say every club from the Premier league down will feel the effects in one way or another, but there will be some that get buried under the weight.
We will or should be fine. Hurt, but fine. The likes of Southend and Macclesfield for example will go without the proper help, they were on the way when the season could be played normally so now, no chance.
I think we'll see one or more of the more reputable clubs suffer too. I Iook at what lee bowyer said about in one game his whole Charlton side earned less per week than one of the opposition players, this can no longer be allowed to happen for one, but the side who had one player who earned more than another team will surely be one of those that is greatly damaged by this situation.
I look at our league and I fail to see many, if any at all, with a system that is sustainable. Maybe Barnsley and Luton one of whom tries to keep homegrown and another who has reached this division and not over exerted much like us in prem season 1. Otherwise I'm struggling. It's been well said that Leeds need promotion this season to keep their manager and best players and its not just a quality issue. Fulham can't seriously afford to be paying 80k plus to mitrovic alone, whilst they have one of the smallest grounds. Qpr have flaunted ffp for a good few seasons, but are probably lucky they've got eze. Derby are well known for pushing it too, and were being examined (still were I think) as were Wednesday. I'd guess that 5-10 clubs aren't feeling it as much as others, or aren't as worried at least. Us being one.
I feel this is what football needed, and in some ways it could be the refresh it needed, I've seen somewhere that it's was suggested that there could be a slight copy of the American football system after all this where each club selects a few players they want to keep, then the rest enter a draft, with the wage cap in effect too. Sure some players will move abroad due to it, but it's no great deal. If some foreign player leaving helps English football become better both in health and as a product then I'm all for it.
Another day, another door, another high, another low