Accrington owner - State of EFL Football

[Carlton Blade]

This affects us as well. Personally, I want a club to support a decade from now. Football is in trouble unless something changes. So much cash at the top, it either starts to filter down or we lose clubs

 

[Gin&Juice]

Its a rare video to find nowadays.

Anyway, this is where all this unsustainable ownership stems from.



EFL have ‘approved’ these owners, yet are happy to bury their head in the sand when the shit inevitably hits the fan.

At the top, those with money are protecting their assets for political reasons, they have money to throw away but it’s small compared to what they could lose (Chelsea, PSG etc).

Obviously this breeds success, which filters down to lower teams. Inflation of player’s market value, having to spend for success etc.

 

[SwissBlade]

Carlton Blade Problem nowadays and its been like this for nearly 30 years, is that the whole game is so competitive and for want of a better term, teams are desperate. There is a desperation amongst fans (just look at Leeds and Wednesday recently and the way they have reacted to our promotion). They want their club in the top flight as it will attract 'better' players and amazing times... or so the PR machines will have you believe. But the fans will still drink in the same pubs, eat the same pies and buy the same tat.

The gap between Championship and Premier League in terms of finances is so huge, it's obscene. But this was always going to be the way when the premier league fired up.

I agree that the powers in the game have to do something, but what exactly is hard to know. The FFP doesn't work when the clubs breaching the rules just get a few points docked and a transfer embargo.

It does seem that the EFL tried to do a lot with Bolton to allow them as much time as possible to sort a deal.

There are a lot of outside forces on football clubs, but at the end of the day, the owners themselves have to do more. How can it be right that Fulham can be promoted and suddenly spend £100m on transfers (god knows what they put into wages) and then come straight back down with their soul ripped out (Scott Parker said words to this effect)

I personally don't care about the likes of Coventry, Reading, Bolton and Sunderland. Because for everyone of them there is another club like Accrington willing and able to take their place.

 

[DI36O]

Carlton Blade Problem nowadays and its been like this for nearly 30 years, is that the whole game is so competitive and for want of a better term, teams are desperate. There is a desperation amongst fans (just look at Leeds and Wednesday recently and the way they have reacted to our promotion). They want their club in the top flight as it will attract 'better' players and amazing times... or so the PR machines will have you believe. But the fans will still drink in the same pubs, eat the same pies and buy the same tat.

The gap between Championship and Premier League in terms of finances is so huge, it's obscene. But this was always going to be the way when the premier league fired up.

I agree that the powers in the game have to do something, but what exactly is hard to know. The FFP doesn't work when the clubs breaching the rules just get a few points docked and a transfer embargo.

It does seem that the EFL tried to do a lot with Bolton to allow them as much time as possible to sort a deal.

There are a lot of outside forces on football clubs, but at the end of the day, the owners themselves have to do more. How can it be right that Fulham can be promoted and suddenly spend £100m on transfers (god knows what they put into wages) and then come straight back down with their soul ripped out (Scott Parker said words to this effect)

I personally don't care about the likes of Coventry, Reading, Bolton and Sunderland. Because for everyone of them there is another club like Accrington willing and able to take their place.

The Fulham case is crazy, no idea why they thought that would work.

In terms of owners I gather what almost all of them do in the football league is bridge the gap between income and expenditure which keeps the club operating. It's the framework which is flawed. Player's wages and agent fees need to come down but the existence of parachute payments means any other club would need a Chris Wilder to even have a chance of success.

It's the Premier League that's the problem and the reason why football league clubs will start to die off. They're raking in cash up there while dozens of clubs are dying on their arses purely because they're not one of those 20. It'll eat itself.

 

[SwissBlade]

The Fulham case is crazy, no idea why they thought that would work.

In terms of owners I gather what almost all of them do in the football league is bridge the gap between income and expenditure which keeps the club operating. It's the framework which is flawed. Player's wages and agent fees need to come down but the existence of parachute payments means any other club would need a Chris Wilder to even have a chance of success.

It's the Premier League that's the problem and the reason why football league clubs will start to die off. They're raking in cash up there while dozens of clubs are dying on their arses purely because they're not one of those 20. It'll eat itself.

Agreed, but you can put all sorts of measures in place and yet you'll still end up with clubs like Fulham going a bit mental.