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Originally Posted by vincerooney
I've found the premier league to be dreadful this year. Its a london love fest with constant cockney teams playing and irrelevant little clubs in the other games.
Im sorry but bournemouth in the premier league is just sad really. Its a fairytale for themselves but a team with a 10,000 capacity stadium... It shouldnt really be in the top flight.
The problem is a lot of big clubs are in the championship due to incompetence. Teams like forest, leeds, aston villa, derby, sheff wed, ipswich, birmingham etc etc. I could keep going on. Big teams who when they were in the premier league went for it. Went for ballsy signings. Spent money. Wanted to break into the top ten.
Meanwhile in the premier league you have stoke city, west brom, bournemouth, watford, swansea...some of the teams with the smallest attendances btw...are merely happy to survive. They dont spend a lot. They develop nasty defensive little sides, they collect their huge tv money and never really spend it...they develop a sort of hybrid mid table side.
Its why people are turning off.
The premier league consists of 6 teams who are trying to win the league.
The rest are just happy to keep drawing and ticking the points up to 40.
It doesnt make good viewing! Its so horrifically boring
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Vince you make many excellent points and you have hit a lot nails on their respective heads, but I am going to have to disagree with you about Bournemouth. As a fan of a small club myself, Bournemouth have every right to be there. From what I have seen and heard, I understand they play decent football and fully deserve to be there. They are a great example for smaller clubs to show how things can be done, without breaking the bank. I would rather have teams like Bournemouth working hard for the right to be in the top 10, rather than clubs being ballsy and just spending money and hope it works.
Personally, I don't think their capacity should have anything to do with it. What difference does it make if they have 50,000 fans or 10,000 fans? The 10,00 fans at Bournemouth probably make more noise than those at Old Trafford or the Emirates. When we (Camb Utd) were only allowed to take 9,000 to Old Trafford we did not stop singing and were much louder than the rest of the stadium. It was a dire atmosphere at Old Trafford, even when they were 3-0 up. We even sang songs for them..... Equally when I saw Arsenal v Man City at the Emirates, the atmosphere again, was poor. Capacity, in my eyes, has nothing to do with teams being in the PL.
As you rightly say, look at what some of the bigger clubs have done, and look where they are now. Why should Bournemouth spend just for the sake of spending? They have every chance of getting into Europe, and I would be very happy for them if they do. I can't see them not finishing top 10 either. They are a well run club, based on hard work and team ethic. Yes, it is unlikely they will win the league or even reach CL, but as long as they play good football, don't play for draws and work hard for it, they deserve to be there.
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For what it's worth, Bournemouth and Watford (and Burnley) have all won or lost more games than they have drawn, so I think its a little unfair to say they are happy to play defensively for draws. I fully agree with your broader point about some teams playing for draws and the money they will get as a result of staying up, though.
I look forward to the next round of bidding, and the PL potentially losing money from TV rights.