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Sven wrote:Someone will remind me...who was the manager/team that got absolutely slated and charged by the Premier League for fielding what they said was an 'under strength' side when playing the top teams a few years ago?
I recall his (the manager's) response was effectively "It's my squad, I'll pick my team as I see fit in order to save my best players for the games that matter, i.e. against the teams around us in the table!"
I was always an advocate of 'your play the best team you can at every opportunity' but in this new world of money football and whilst I personally don't agree with it, I can (in some small part) appreciate where he was coming from
For me, as a football supporter, I believe the 'ambition' and/or 'challenge' of Cardiff City FC going up against the best is what should continue to drive us to continue our support and (so it appears by the sudden increase of crowds at the CCS since we got promoted) and not just the pursuit of financial again by 'treading water' in the top Division
To do that, IMHO, will eventually drive supporters away when they realise they are being short-changed by financially ambitious owners rather than proper custodians of the game of football and it's once proud values!
Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:16 pm
SirJimmySchoular wrote:Sven wrote:Someone will remind me...who was the manager/team that got absolutely slated and charged by the Premier League for fielding what they said was an 'under strength' side when playing the top teams a few years ago?
I recall his (the manager's) response was effectively "It's my squad, I'll pick my team as I see fit in order to save my best players for the games that matter, i.e. against the teams around us in the table!"
I was always an advocate of 'your play the best team you can at every opportunity' but in this new world of money football and whilst I personally don't agree with it, I can (in some small part) appreciate where he was coming from
For me, as a football supporter, I believe the 'ambition' and/or 'challenge' of Cardiff City FC going up against the best is what should continue to drive us to continue our support and (so it appears by the sudden increase of crowds at the CCS since we got promoted) and not just the pursuit of financial again by 'treading water' in the top Division
To do that, IMHO, will eventually drive supporters away when they realise they are being short-changed by financially ambitious owners rather than proper custodians of the game of football and it's once proud values!
Couldn't agree more.
I'm just watching football on Sky and someone said " Chelsea are going to have to spend some REAL money if they want to compete with Manchester City "
As I said above, no other sport allows people to buy success through mis matches of the very best in the world against those who are in the process of getting better through hard work and as yet unfulfilled talent. We don't let heavyweight world champions smash talented 18 year olds round a ring then tell them how great they are for winning again.
As you say, fans will eventually walk away from football unless something is done to establish a more level playing field. If the only chance of winning anything in domestic leagues is to start as an international then get bought for millions by one of the rich clubs with a monopoly on the title, well then eventually no one will bother to go through the normal levels of progress and there'll be no good players for them to buy anymore.
It's a pity , but the game is getting spoiled and whilst I hope I'm wrong I can see it getting worse. How long can it be before they start insisting that you've got to have women players in the team ? I'm sure we've all noticed that we've already got lots of lady pundits on tv who are somehow experts on the game. That's another subject of course, but it's probably inevitable