Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
And in the LEAST surprising news of the day, bumbling slaphead buffoon Brian Barwick has (according to the news on 5-Live) told Richard Scudamore that he thinks taking the Premiership abroad for a round of games is a "fantastic idea".
Personally, I think he proved he was not fit for office when he f***ed up the England appointment two years ago - its primarily thanks to Barwick that we've now got our faces pressed to the glass looking in, whilst the rest of Europes proper footballing nations look forward to the Finals. Lets not even bother asking what this much-vaunted "root and branch" investigation into the national teams abject failure has actually achieved. Precisely FA, as per usual.
Scudamore and the Premier League are only ever going to look after their own interests and to hell with anything else. If its a moneyspinner then its a goer as far as they're concerned - thats obvious and as good as goes without saying. But the Football Assocation, as the governing footballing body in this country, is supposed to have a duty to look after the best interests of the game as a whole, the national team, and those of its fans. We're constantly told of "tired, burnt out" players being a factor in the national teams failure. Well now we're going to jet them half way round the planet in the middle of an already congested fixture list, to squeeze in an extra game. And Barwick thinks this is "fantastic".
It would have been interesting to see how it would have played out had the FA not backed these plans - I was reading somewhere that under FIFA regulations, the FAPL would actually require the national associations backing in order to go ahead with this. Predictably though, Barwick has jumped into bed with Scudamore and promptly creamed himself over these absurd plans, so we'll never know. I suppose it was asking too much for the FA to stand up for whats right.
Depressing.
Personally, I think he proved he was not fit for office when he f***ed up the England appointment two years ago - its primarily thanks to Barwick that we've now got our faces pressed to the glass looking in, whilst the rest of Europes proper footballing nations look forward to the Finals. Lets not even bother asking what this much-vaunted "root and branch" investigation into the national teams abject failure has actually achieved. Precisely FA, as per usual.
Scudamore and the Premier League are only ever going to look after their own interests and to hell with anything else. If its a moneyspinner then its a goer as far as they're concerned - thats obvious and as good as goes without saying. But the Football Assocation, as the governing footballing body in this country, is supposed to have a duty to look after the best interests of the game as a whole, the national team, and those of its fans. We're constantly told of "tired, burnt out" players being a factor in the national teams failure. Well now we're going to jet them half way round the planet in the middle of an already congested fixture list, to squeeze in an extra game. And Barwick thinks this is "fantastic".
It would have been interesting to see how it would have played out had the FA not backed these plans - I was reading somewhere that under FIFA regulations, the FAPL would actually require the national associations backing in order to go ahead with this. Predictably though, Barwick has jumped into bed with Scudamore and promptly creamed himself over these absurd plans, so we'll never know. I suppose it was asking too much for the FA to stand up for whats right.
Depressing.
to Scudamore and his money making scheme. And I believe we have every right to lambast the FA, as we see another lower league team (the grassroots of the game) enter administration, when the prem teams are discussing how they can make another £5m.