Quote Originally Posted by WBA1955 View Post
Do you think any of them would have gone to City or Chelsea if they had still been top half championship/bottom half prem?
As I have said before football is the new formula one, it's not about who has the best run club, the best scouts, the best acedemy it's about who has the richest owner.
Clubs used to be built from the bottom and it took a few seasons. Now a club could be 17th in the prem one season and qualify for the champions league the next.
The "game" holds little interest for me these days.
Yes, the richest owner and the biggest pay check, that’s what matters - so sadly but true.

My diminishing interest in football is closely linked to the above.