[Football] The PL - what’s the point?

[portlock seagull]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60819647

…£400k a week.

A WEEK! And not the 1st to command such sums in their team. It’s grotesque, it really is.

Meanwhile, on the South Coast…

 

[BBassic]

Yeah pretty icky.

City once again just throwing oil at their squad.

 

[Knocky's Nose]

Is this really him, or is it a 'Spitting Image' puppet?

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

There is no point to it. It is not a competition in any meaningful sense of the word. But then it never has been. It has always been more arms race than sport.

 

[Stat Brother]

I wonder why nobody like them.

 

[Gabbafella]

Is this really him, or is it a 'Spitting Image' puppet?

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I remember him losing in Rocky 4.

 

[Brok]

Is this really him, or is it a 'Spitting Image' puppet?

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No, its Martin Clunes.

 

[A1X]

Another one for Dunk’s pocket

 

[Swansman]

The point? Depends on who you are.

Mainly perhaps it is a sports washing tool, not least for the UK. Similar to Real Madrid in Spain back in the Franco days, you can always hide that things are not going well through sweeping it under the rug while pointing to the fancy football.

 

[AmexRuislip]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60819647

…£400k a week.

A WEEK! And not the 1st to command such sums in their team. It’s grotesque, it really is.

Meanwhile, on the South Coast…

Well they're not signing him for his looks, I mean sockboy is better looking

 

[B-right-on]

I remember him losing in Rocky 4.

Is this the 'after' shot?

 

[Beach Hut]

Benjamin Mendy was a class investment

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Yet peps a genius, if one 100million signing doesn't work try another one.

 

[Eeyore]

What he takes home in a week would last me ten years.

 

[southstandandy]

It would be far more environmentally sound, and save on all the travelling costs, if the owners of all these clubs just got their wallets out at the start of the season to see who's bulges the most.

The football is almost secondary.

In Man City's case, they remind me of a certain Harry Enfield character :

https://youtu.be/U8Kum8OUTuk

 

[GT49er]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60819647

…£400k a week.

A WEEK! And not the 1st to command such sums in their team. It’s grotesque, it really is.

Meanwhile, on the South Coast…

Agreed. It's not a game any more. I still follow the Albion - whatever division they might be in at any time - but that's pretty much the limit of my interest in modern top flight football these days.

 

[Bry Nylon]

What he takes home in a week would last me ten years.

I don’t disagree at all. But then again his annual tax contribution will be many times more than most of us will pay in a lifetime.

 

[The Optimist]

Footballers seem to get singled out for this more than anyone else. Hollywood actors get paid crazy sums but it doesn’t seem to get the same attention. All the owners of Premier League clubs (including Tony Bloom) have earned more than footballers ever will. Why is the focus on footballers?

 

[oldboyroy]

He will pay more in tax than any of our top earners get a month!

 

[Swansman]

Footballers seem to get singled out for this more than anyone else. Hollywood actors get paid crazy sums but it doesn’t seem to get the same attention. All the owners of Premier League clubs (including Tony Bloom) have earned more than footballers ever will. Why is the focus on footballers?

Interesting question. Shortest answer is perhaps that it is easier to relate to footballers. We've all played football. But to be filthy rich(er) like any PL owner, you've had to **** people over for eternity and not too many people tried doing that.