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Is it time for Premier League players to strike??
- Thread starter crodonilson
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It’s providing plenty of ‘entertainment’ this morning with Jordan and Keown having a go at each other on TS this morning
- Mar 1, 2021
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This all comes from Guardiola being unhappy with the scheduling mixed up with covid complications. It is true that PL seems to care more about the tv money than either players or fans but players have got themselves on the wrong side of the argument by appearing not to respect covid protocols or in some cases getting jabbed.
Having said that there is an interesting article in the "I" today pointing out how the PL relegation scrap has been unbalanced with Watford having not played for 3 weeks and Leeds for 2. This while Newcastle play through and Everton forced to play with 5 injured and 6 with covid. It could be argued that clubs with less responsible players are being given an advantage they don't deserve. A mini break for all might have been better.
Having said that there is an interesting article in the "I" today pointing out how the PL relegation scrap has been unbalanced with Watford having not played for 3 weeks and Leeds for 2. This while Newcastle play through and Everton forced to play with 5 injured and 6 with covid. It could be argued that clubs with less responsible players are being given an advantage they don't deserve. A mini break for all might have been better.
Raleigh Chopper
New member
I wish our strikers could actually strike a bit more often.
I know you are right [MENTION=5208]drew[/MENTION]. Everybody in the chain gets what they deserve one way or another!
Doonhamer7
Well-known member
- Jun 17, 2016
- 1,284
What’s that got to do with a strike or giving up their career. Childlike tantrums just shows immaturity of an individual. Also What does Clapton suing someone have to with this?
Neville's Breakfast
Well-known member
I don’t think that was the point being made. More about the 50k to 250k a week they would be sacrificing whilst on strike. I can’t imagine the Players Union covering those wages.
PL is football is about nothing but money. It drives everything.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,202
EPL player strike would just be hilarious. Sooner it happens, the funnier. Dear Baby Jesus, PLEASE make it happen sometime soon 
drew
Drew
Take it you don't go to games then.
When I'm watching, I'm not thinking about how much each player earns. When the players are on the pitch I'm guessing they're not thinking what they're going to spend then next pay check on.
drew
Drew
Looking at the post again, I'm not sure you're right.
- Oct 17, 2008
- 10,704
Oh do **** off. I'm amazed you have the nerve to show up. LEAVE.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
I don’t blame them, with their pay and conditions it must be very difficult for them. Poor lambs.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Yes but there again you are one of the very few people who appears to argue when anyone has a difficulty with the club or the league or with the way anything is run. Almost any thread of this sort and you'll find a way to disagree.
I think most the people I know who are long time supporters feel similarly about modern football.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Exactly. It's what's driving football above all else and has degraded the game immensely. All the cheating and play acting wasn't around in the past before the PL came along. It's polluted the game out of all recognition and now the rewards are so high for success and the costs so dramatic in failure that it pervades good sportsmanship. The latest example of multitudes of players pretending to have head injuries like the Newcastle ones recently are a great example.
drew
Drew
Well I've had disagreements with PB and have exchanged emails on certain subjects so I'm not automatically 100% behind everything the club do.
Just for the record, my first game was when Clough was manager. The atmosphere at the Goldstone, when full, was brilliant but the ground itself was a shithole. In my view, football is better now than it was in the 70s. Better stadia, better players, better pitches. When I go to away games, I'm not herded along the road by the police to the ground and then back again after the game.
Do I envy players what they earn, not really, but then I don't worry about what pop stars earn or leaders in industry etc. The only thing that would concern me if they're not paying their fair share of tax!
There is a lot of money in football and if it's going to anyone it should be the footballers and not 'investor' owners.
drew
Drew
I agree that the cheating and play acting wasn't around as much before the PL but I would suggest that's more to do with the influence of overseas players rather than the money. It could easily be rectified if we had referees that were fit for purpose but I guess that's another thread.
Elite level anything is all about business and money, F1, PL, IPL, etc etc, you need to drop several rungs before you get to competition driven sport. It's impossible to define but sunday league and banger racing are purer sporting events than PL or F1
Completely untrue. Below are hospitalizations in London. London is where omicron is most rampant. It is far too early to dismiss the effect of omicron.
That said, this is indeed an inappropriate thread. There have been far too may people recently bereaved by covid for piss-takling joke threads.
Quite.
It is a shame this clickbait joke thread is the one having to host sensible comments like yours. Funny old world.
Absolute bollocks, we produced some of the best shithouse players.
Hi stakes = high risk
TOtally agree about officials, not fit for purpose in the PL, which is an embarassment, at least it should be for the PL and refs.