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[Other Sport] England v Wales tonight
- Thread starter crodonilson
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My immediate reaction was the same, but I was thinking about this earlier.
On the face of it, disgust at the transfer fees in these times is perfectly natural given the concerns for pretty much all but the clubs at the top table (but also extending to non-playing staff at the 'safe' clubs).
BUT the transfer market is pretty much the only way that football wealth is redistributed from the haves to the have nots. If Villa didn't splurge £28m on Watkins, Brentford might struggle. Arguably the real beneficiary there is Exeter, with their sell-on clause (15%?) going a long way to secure their immediate future. There are many other examples I'm sure.
I know many of the transfers are between the clubs with a lot of money and doesn't therefore trickle down, but that just means that the net spend evens things out for all but a few notable examples. The £1.24bn figure is a lot of recycled cash that doesn't leave the industry and does benefit the football pyramid.
What I believe should really be the focus of anger is the continued player wage inflation and astronomical agents' fees. ALL of this is lost to the clubs and is the reason that despite huge amounts of cash sloshing around at the very top, hardly any makes its way down anywhere near the grass roots to support the entire pyramid.
It is absolutely disgusting that a professional club can be wound up for owing what it takes Gareth Bale to 'earn' in a couple of days
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HellBilly
think I will skip this and watch Trump's twatter account instead
GREASED WEASEL
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I was at that match
Wales won 1-0
Their only win at Wembley in 84 years!
Peter Sayer played that night,albeit as a Cardiff City player
Three days later Scotland took Wembley home with them
England have been very consistent over the last 45 years.
GREASED WEASEL
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That last image
Rix,Coppell,Butcher,Wilkins,Mariner,Thompson,Sansom,Shilton & Mills
Two are missing,I think it's Bilbao '82,so Bryan Robson is one the other escapes me
I remembered them as well . . . and it was Graham, not Brian Rix!
crodonilson
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Certainly gone downhill since Tyldesley left, I agree.
Anything not food related?
And come on Crodo! We all know that today, people consume content via a variety of platforms on pull rather than broadcast basis.
Just think, ten years ago, nobody would have known that that sentence meant.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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I am asking myself how it has come to this where I am more interested in watching the 2 new Albion signings play for Poland vs Finland than watching England against Wales.
The actions of Greenwood, Foden, Abraham, Sancho and Chilwell are so depressing because players that win World Cups and European championships show better discipline than this.
The actions of Greenwood, Foden, Abraham, Sancho and Chilwell are so depressing because players that win World Cups and European championships show better discipline than this.
Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
Me too, and I haven't got any!!
It clashes with Ireland’s MASSIVE play-off game v Slovakia (with potentially THREE Albion players featuring). Bollocks to watching an England game that means nothing.
Indulging one's interests in both football and sandwiches does not necessarily have to be mutually exclusive...
southstandandy
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- Jul 9, 2003
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Absolutely can't wait
for the next Albion match.
for the next Albion match.