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Post by Malcolm Clarke on Dec 6, 2015 18:12:06 GMT
IMHO there is no comparison whatever between Dyke and Blatter. Even if you disagree with some of GD's ideas, he is not corrupt and he isn't responsible for the ills of FIFA or world football, or even indeed for the ills of english football, which you eloquently outline. They all occurred long before Dyke was Chair of the FA. Indeed I would venture to suggest that some of them probably wouldn't have occurred at all if he had been running the FA at the time. But you are right that the FA founded the PL on the argument that it would help the national team, whereas it has had precisely the reverse effect, because of the number of foreign players. The more real reason was the dislike at the time between the FA and Football League, to which the FA responded by creating a monster which it now can't control. Thanks Malcolm and you are probably correct that it is unfair to daub Greg with the Blatter brush. However, wasn't Dyke head of the London Weekend team that brokered the premiership deal with the Lancaster Gate cabal? Yes, he was indeed involved. Leaders look after the interests of the organisations they lead, which is what he was doing. It's all speculation, of course, but I personally think it's debatable whether the FA would have done what it did, if he had been leading them rather than the TV company.
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Post by Malcolm Clarke on Dec 6, 2015 18:21:40 GMT
Great so we can assume he'll also enforce a 10% discount (18/20) on license fees to the broadcasters, players wages and our season tickets then can't we. Knob. The PL media rights, players wages and season ticket prices are negotiated by the PL, not the FA, so it will be nothing to do with Greg Dyke. If the size of the PL were to be reduced to 18 clubs, we should campaign for at least a pro-rata reduction in the number of live games televised. Hopefully though, none of it will happen.
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Post by lordb on Dec 6, 2015 19:17:42 GMT
It should expanded back to 24 teams, not further reduced to 18. 22 teams,it was never 24. Other countries have expanded,Italy used to have 16 teams with 4 going down,hence ultra negative football. 18 teams in Germany but 20 is the norm
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Post by Malcolm Clarke on Dec 6, 2015 19:19:54 GMT
I don't support this idea but it's not a new idea and Greg Dyke didn't invent it. It was actually part of the original scheme when the PL was formed. It was reduced from 22 to 20 but the final reduction to 18 has never happened. I doubt whether it will, because unless the FA tried to impose it, it would need 14 clubs to support it and potential turkeys don't vote for christmas. I do think however that the big clubs might well support it. 'Big clubs' would support this notion for one particular reason - 4 less Premier League games every season. This (they think) will lead to better European performances and I'd say this is the real reason for messing with numbers and nothing to do with developing grass roots football AT ALL! I think that's fair comment. Of course, different people can support the same proposal for very different reasons
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