Michel Platini in the Mail today

[D-Angle]

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/artic...

I would have to day, reading this, that he makes some very good points. Thoughts?

[Puggit]

As the fan of a small championship team, this makes utterly refreshing reading.

The Premier League has ruined English football, not strengthened it.

I know many fans of many non-Premier League fans who don't want to be promoted - there's clearly something broken in the game.

Platini, unlike Blatter, comes from a football background and loves football - it's in his blood. He wants to fix football. Platini is clearly hurting.

Blatter wants the gravy train to roll on - an interesting juxtaposition. Good luck Platini.

[Dracoro]

Puggit said:

I know many fans of many non-Premier League fans who don't want to be promoted - there's clearly something broken in the game.

Platini makes some points (some valid, some notso), however the fans you know are clearly talking rubbish. Sounds more like they're trying to excuse the fact that they aren't good enough to go up so try to "justify" it by saying they don't "want" to go up.

[Puggit]

Dracoro said:

Puggit said:

I know many fans of many non-Premier League fans who don't want to be promoted - there's clearly something broken in the game.

Platini makes some points (some valid, some notso), however the fans you know are clearly talking rubbish. Sounds more like they're trying to excuse the fact that they aren't good enough to go up so try to "justify" it by saying they don't "want" to go up.

Not in the least - I'd suggest you don't support a lower tier team.

The lack of comments in this thread, and my Fifa thread, show the ignorance of the lower leagues by the Premiership so called 'fans'. Football is dying.

I'm a Watford fan - I'd love us to win the C'ship, in fact last year, for the opening half of the season we were looking dead certs to do so. Many Watford fans didn't want it, and I agree: I have no hunger at all to see us in the P'ship.

I don't see the point in our top league. What is the fun in 1 or 2 clubs having all the fun, and smaller clubs really struggling.

Stoke have done well to stay up, but will be relegated next year - it's a dead cert. Yawn

[Dracoro]

Puggit said:

Dracoro said:

Puggit said:

I know many fans of many non-Premier League fans who don't want to be promoted - there's clearly something broken in the game.

Platini makes some points (some valid, some notso), however the fans you know are clearly talking rubbish. Sounds more like they're trying to excuse the fact that they aren't good enough to go up so try to "justify" it by saying they don't "want" to go up.

Not in the least - I'd suggest you don't support a lower tier team.

The lack of comments in this thread, and my Fifa thread, show the ignorance of the lower leagues by the Premiership so called 'fans'. Football is dying.

I'm a Watford fan - I'd love us to win the C'ship, in fact last year, for the opening half of the season we were looking dead certs to do so. Many Watford fans didn't want it, and I agree: I have no hunger at all to see us in the P'ship.

I don't see the point in our top league. What is the fun in 1 or 2 clubs having all the fun, and smaller clubs really struggling.

Stoke have done well to stay up, but will be relegated next year - it's a dead cert. Yawn

Not sure I agree (about fans not wanting to go up, I'd say they are well in the minority) but I take note of the rest of your comments.

As for my team, on the last game of the season we won to stop us going down to the 2nd (4th in my book ) division so yes I DO support a lower tier team!

I'd love to get up to the premiership, we did have a spell in the top flight in the early 80s and been traumatic ride ever since LOL.

Edited by Dracoro on Monday 11th May 18:29

[Wadeski]

Yeah its awful how much financial support the top English clubs have these days. It would be terrible if Real Madrid based much of their historical success on, i dont know, government money and forced transfers of players. And I notice no Premier league clubs have been relegated for match fixing like Juventus. Or involved with the Mafia like Inter.

But thats all fine, cos Man U and Chelsea have lots of money.

Edited by Wadeski on Monday 11th May 19:09

[Spiritual_Beggar]

Wadeski said:

Yeah its awful how much financial support the top English clubs have these days. It would be terrible if Real Madrid based much of their historical success on, i dont know, government money and forced transfers of players. And I notice no Premier league clubs have been relegated for match fixing like Juventus. Or involved with the Mafia like Inter.

But thats all fine, cos Man U and Chelsea have lots of money.

Edited by Wadeski on Monday 11th May 19:09

It does have too many bloody foreigners though. It's been detrimental to the national game, and had brought all the bad points from Europe into the equation (diving, etc.).


I'm not his biggest fan, but a lot of what Platini said in that article makes sense.