It's sad I used to blame Sky for all this Premiership stuff (apparently it's now
league) but now that the beeb has MOTD again all of a sudden we get even Motty
saying 'xyz re premiership etc etc' as if football only began in 1993!! Jonathan
Pierce is also bad and he bores me to tears with his constant inane chatter
quoting stats and trying to impress. of course it isn't helped by the daily Rags
- even the Times seems to think there are only 4 football teams plus Tottenham
and martin Samuel must be an executor to Frank lampards esrate. Funny how some
'ordinary footballers (Heskey, Barry etc plus Owen saved Steve McClaren's bacon,
where were the Chelsea mafia then!! No wonder Jamie Carrager called it a day too
much celeb football centred on the Chelsea jet set!! (okay Terry and Cole played
as well but super Lamps didn't and look at the difference in midfield.

One interesting point, watch the accents of people interviewed outside MUFC
Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea - you are hard pressed to get a local accent - I
recall working with someone who was a fanatical United fan, until I found out
later she hailed from Derby! Another MUFC fan I knew hailed from Rotherham! I
just don't get this idea of supporting teams that you have no affinity with -
now I have an affinity with several clubs, for various reasons I like them to do
well but my team is Everton and always will be 'cos I was born there!





----- Original Message ----
From: Bob Dunning <bob.dunning@...>
To: sixtiesandseventiessoccer@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 19 September, 2007 12:53:22 AM
Subject: [Sixties and Seventies Soccer] Re: Musings on the Premiership being
rubbish.

> NO NO NO Bob, the Premiership should go back to 22
> clubs

But why ? There is no way 22 clubs can compete at the same level any
more. We might as well cut the dross and leave it to the 16 clubs who
can!

If you really get me on the subject, I think we should really cut the
Premiership to 10 like Scotland. Next it should refuse promotion and
relegation, then it can be just cut adrift.

That way all the TV audiances can watch Premiership football, while the
real football fans get on with a real competition where celebrity isn't
the first criteria for being covered in the football news...

Just imagine it, we can form a new League of 4 Divisions called
Division One, Division Two, Division Three and wait for it...Division
Four, where football clubs have teams made up of local lads and a few
star players.

The fans would go to their local team one week, and a nearby team
slightly further down the League the next week. Football news would be
about the football and not the hairstyles, and the overseas players
would be the Northern Irish juniors being given a trial!

Sounds great to me.

I might change my view on this when Leeds are back in the Premiership,
mind...

Bob7071





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