Has Manchester City Bought the Premier League Title?
As today’s football draws to a close, it looks like nothing can stop Manchester City winning the Premier League Title. It just shows how unfair it is when those with the money always win.
The only hope is that the UEFA Financial Fair Play Rules bring a degree of discipline. These rules, incidentally, may hit Spain worse than anybody else, if the practices of Spanish clubs, I outlined here are stopped.
The Anonymous Widower 
It sickens me that clubs like city and Chelsea buy titles and then claim they are true champions. They will win the league this year but it will be a shallow victory as they do not deserve any of it. They will never have the respect like clubs such as Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United. For most football fans the winning game is over. The rich clubs are becoming richer; the smaller clubs of increasingly little importance. There is a marked decline in competitive balance and football’s biggest consumer, TV, is dominating demand, with the traditional fan being pushed out. Meanwhile, the game’s global regulators (FIFA and UEFA) pursue their own interests, with the result that domestic regulators are losing their power to enforce standards. In England, the national team suffers at least in part because the Premier League is comprised of a disproportionate amount of foreign players and managers. Success for clubs from the Midlands, North East and most other parts of the country is now largely judged at avoiding relegation, or at best, finishing higher than seventh place in the Premiership. Inequality is increasing. Can competitive balance be restored? Is the game now forever doomed to crass commercialism and speculative, foreign ownership? And can football ever find its way back to the beautiful game it once was, a game loved and celebrated by families across the country? I don’t think it will and that is why with a heavy heart I have walked away from football as it isn’t about us (the traditional fan) anymore it’s all about money. So teams like city and chelsea, for me, will ultimately destroy it which is something I can’t watch any longer
Comment by Gareth | May 7, 2012 |
We need to bring in the fair play rules. It would be interesting to see, which of the top clubs scores highest on a score based on players that have come through the club from the youth ranks and long service. It’s probably Man United, although being an Ipswich supporter, I don’t want it to be. But how many Scholes and Giggs, do City have. Chelsea haven’t many either, but Terry came through the youth ranks and Cech, Lampard and Cole have been there some time.
Comment by AnonW | May 7, 2012 |