[spireitematt]

I suppose it was natural I should be a one-off! Bit surprised at you Matt as a young man full of ideas ......... in fact your being such a definite NO has made me wonder whether I might yet again be wrong, but I did say YES to a lot of things.

Thank you Dev but I believe that if it ain't broke don't fix it. Yes I do have a lot of ideas which I believe could change football like a lot of other fans but those in suits don't listen to the fans they do what they want which is the complete opposite.

Matt I'm wondering how much more evidence you need of broke ..... and how broke it needs to be before we fix it. Are we waiting for a footballing aleppo?

How many clubs do you want struggling on the edge of administration? How poorly would you like to see our national teams perform?

We have the probably richest league in the world .......... and internationally it takes us until the 93rd minute to beat Slovakia. Clubs like Crystal Palace are amongst the world's rich list, but a city like Portsmouth has a dropping-to-bits stadium and a team that can't win at Accrington. Our FA Cup is made ridiculous by top clubs refusing to play their best players and scheduling matches to suit TV not fans.

If it ain't broke don't fix it is a phrase popular with red-neck American tea-party types NOT bright, intelligent young Labour members ........ And don't forget to watch Neil Kinnock on Panorama on Monday telling us how to win an election (because he was so good at it!)

I don't think restructuring the leagues will help the National team or having Premier League B teams in the JPT or Whatever its called now will help us in the future. Yes it needs fixing but not what they're proposing.

My ideas would be:

• Make the fit and proper person test more stricter for football ownership
  
• Put more money from the Premier League into grassroots football
  
• Put a cap on how much a player can be paid the cap would depend on what division the player would play in
  
• Make the UEFA A & B Licenses cheaper like they are in Spain and Germany
  
• Make Premier League clubs field at least 5/6 British players in there first teams
  
• Put the National League teams in the Football League Trophy instead of Premier League B teams
  
• Get clubs to work with the fans to lower prices to attract more fans through the turnstiles
  
• Scrap the January transfer window and the players you start with at the beginning of the season you finish with but have loan deals if needed
  
• England selection needs to be looked at and instead of focusing on Premier League players look at players in the Championship and L1.
  
• Give the FA Cup winners a Champions League spot then certain clubs would take it more seriously
  
• Stop clubs changing there kits every 5 minutes as fans can't keep up or afford them. Clubs would have to have kits for 2 seasons.
  
• Stop TV companies changing kick off times and dates to suit there audience as its stupid to make Southampton fans travel to Manchester on a Friday night.
  

If I was really radical I have a cap on how much Premier League clubs could spend in a transfer window and if they spent over they would have points deducted.