Leicester have shown the dream is possible and that should give others hope but an level playing field it is not (despite the villa Park slant being evened out in the summer).
It's like being in a car race, where one guy can afford a F1 car and the rest are driving Ford Fiestas. And he's supposed to get a big pat on the back for winning is he?
Agree totally with the article. Completely bored with the PL/Sky scenario. Would love the bubble to burst. Most PL matches are really glorified friendlies. Why thousands still flock to watch them and pay through the nose for the privilege is a bit of a mystery to me.
I'd love us to be like Man C. Outstanding football, good management. They've spent money but they've spent it sensibly. It's taken years to get to where they are now; when they started they were a club fearing relegation.
The last I heard the Arabs have spent £2bn there. Think of all of the sanitation projects, schools, hospitals and public housing they could have built with that.
Indeed. Think of all the money which has been poured into Villa over the last dozen years or so, which could likewise have been spent on worthy projects. Could even have raised Villa Park to the ground and used the space and surrounding area to build new housing, schools and hospitals. We could have survived by doing a ground share with Blues.
Nope, don't think think you can do sums like that. Money which goes into football clubs rarely makes a profit for the owners. It does get recycled in all sorts of ways into the community.
Nope, don't think think you can do sums like that. Money which goes into football clubs rarely makes a profit for the owners. It does get recycled in all sorts of ways into the community.
I don't think the statement is about owners making money McP. From my point of view, it's more about the salaries and commission paid to players and agents.
Using Villa as an example, I wonder what the agents commission on McCormack's £12 million transfer was and how the player's £35 000 + per week salary is recycled into the community? ( I know he bought some gates but they were faulty). Suppose his local off license does ok though. An average person could fund a lifetime on his 3 year contract.
In terms of value for money, we would have been better off subsidising entry to matches for local school children or donating the money to Acorns.