Greed is a randomising factor.
Allowing players to buy out their contracts will effectively not allow clubs to plan for their future – unless, of course, you are a club that happens to have a billionaire owner. These are the same ‘billionaire owned’ clubs that are pushing up the average player wage in the first place.
Share value goes up ergo wages go up - the cycle continues, the bubble inflates...
How many players can these clubs have? How much money can they spend before the product, that is the club, is mature and ripe for selling? Then what? Who pays the wages and pampers the egos of the spoilt brats then?
Think long term - this is one of many problems in football today the bubble is going to burst - fact - basic economics, basic common sense.
The reason I go to watch football is to watch a proper game of football - admittedly, it's getting hard these days as the greed of the few have encroached on the pleasure of the many. In today’s game, contrary to what you are told, trophies and titles don't really mean that much anymore... and in all honesty don’t I think that they ever really did, not amongst the fans of the club who gave their support ‘in sickness and in health’.
Football is a working class sport, an escape, a joy and a fantasy – it provides dizzying moments of tribal ecstasy that you can enjoy with your fellow man. It can also give you soul crushing disappointments, worse than any Greek tragedy, which you and the thousands around you can only grieve alone. Those moments are important, much more important than what is now considered important i.e. ‘gloating rights’ to bully and demean supporters of other clubs.
It’s only since the culture-vapid prawn sandwich brigade started entering the grounds that things have got as bad as they have i.e. performance being measured in terms of results – fuck football – it is results that matter and it’s results that must be achieved by any means necessary. The gentrification of the terraces marches on at a frightening pace – the loyal fan is bullied out and has his enjoyment marred by the armies of imbeciles they have to suffer; sat next to them yakking on their mobiles or talking business with the culture-vapid imbecile sat beside him. Not only that – there is something wrong with the football that we are watching, it’s not right – the core fan base are educated enough in the game and, unlike the idiot beside him, he knows when something is amiss. He can’t relate to the players he supports. He can’t understand the decisions by the officials. He doesn’t know why his club has to have a new manager every season. Above all, he doesn’t believe in it anymore - his culture has been usurped, mutilated and effectively stolen. The beautiful game is now no more than an excel spreadsheet in a boardroom with an associated computer generated line graph.
The kleptoparasitic culture-vapid nuevo riche have robbed us and mutated the game to fit with their short term philosophies:
We need results i.e. trophies:
The traditional way = Hard work, vision, striving for perfection.
The kleptoparasitic way = Pay someone to do it.
Which neatly brings us back to the start of this post - greed is a randomising factor, honour is the exception rather than the rule, everyone has a price, loyalties can be turned and contracts can be broken.
The cycle continues – the bubble inflates.
[09/05/2008 10:10:50] dhjackal says: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=533279&cc=5739
[09/05/2008 10:10:52] dhjackal says: not good
[09/05/2008 10:11:06] DogFace says: oh yeah - old news
[09/05/2008 10:11:07] dhjackal says: and Adebayour want 80k+ a week otw he's off and all
[09/05/2008 10:11:25] DogFace says: If he can get it then good luck to him.
[09/05/2008 10:11:38] dhjackal says: your right
[09/05/2008 10:11:46] dhjackal says: i don't think he's worth it either
[09/05/2008 10:12:03] DogFace says: At least we'll get a descent transfer fee for the both.
[09/05/2008 10:12:30] dhjackal says: yeah
[09/05/2008 10:17:16] dhjackal says: Messi is coming to OT
[09/05/2008 10:17:41] dhjackal says: then we'll also have the 2nd best player in the world
[09/05/2008 10:18:11] DogFace says: Ha - of course you will...
[09/05/2008 10:18:36] DogFace says: ...shame they wont get to play any decent football!
[09/05/2008 10:18:48] dhjackal says: no
[09/05/2008 10:18:54] DogFace says: ...but...
[09/05/2008 10:18:55] DogFace says: come on
[09/05/2008 10:19:03] DogFace says: don't dissapoint me man
[09/05/2008 10:19:06] dhjackal says: but they'll still manage to smash Arsenal up 3 times a season
[09/05/2008 10:19:35] DogFace says: wow - didn't see that one coming!
[09/05/2008 10:20:00] dhjackal says: didn't see your 3rd trophyless season coming either
[09/05/2008 10:20:41] DogFace says: I didn't think you regarded us that highly!?
[09/05/2008 10:22:57] dhjackal says: oh i did
[09/05/2008 10:23:06] dhjackal says: i was saying that you didn't
[09/05/2008 10:23:13] dhjackal says: or did you?
[09/05/2008 10:24:23] DogFace says: I don't much care any more about trophies - if they come they come, but they don't really mean as much as they used to.
[09/05/2008 10:35:28] dhjackal says: course they don't
[09/05/2008 10:35:36] DogFace says: I’m glad you agree.
[09/05/2008 10:35:43] DogFace says: There is hope for you yet.
[09/05/2008 10:36:00] dhjackal says: they might be
[09/05/2008 10:36:08] dhjackal says: but i fear there is none for you
[09/05/2008 13:31:47] DogFace says: Is this the 'story' you are quoting?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=564936&in_page_id=1779&ito=1490
[09/05/2008 13:32:28] dhjackal says: i wasn't quoting anything
[09/05/2008 13:32:45] DogFace says: This is the source of it.
[09/05/2008 13:32:56] dhjackal says: if you say so
[09/05/2008 13:33:06] DogFace says: "All that could be solved if the club were to accept the help of Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, but chairman Peter Hill-Wood and director Danny Fiszman say no. "
[09/05/2008 13:33:09] DogFace says: Oh please!
[09/05/2008 13:33:17] dhjackal says: maybe the "source" was adebyoumoaner
[09/05/2008 13:33:19] DogFace says: This is journalism?
[09/05/2008 13:33:37] DogFace says: You must be a fucking mug to swallow shit like this!
[09/05/2008 13:33:39] dhjackal says: i hate the mail
[09/05/2008 13:33:48] dhjackal says: only racist scum read it but you seem to like it
[09/05/2008 13:34:17] dhjackal says: pls don't send me anything to do with that shite rag again
[09/05/2008 13:34:29] DogFace says: You quoted it - not me.
[09/05/2008 13:34:34] dhjackal says: no i didn't
[09/05/2008 13:34:37] DogFace says: Yes you did.
[09/05/2008 13:34:57] DogFace says: “[09/05/2008 10:11:07] dhjackal says: and Adebayour want 80k+ a week otw he's off and all”
[09/05/2008 13:35:09] dhjackal says: correction
[09/05/2008 13:35:26] dhjackal says: i didn't get that from the Mail
[09/05/2008 13:36:10] DogFace says: The Daily Mail was the originator.
[09/05/2008 13:36:31] dhjackal says: how do you know?
[09/05/2008 13:36:50] DogFace says: Look at the fucking link - it's from their website!
[09/05/2008 13:36:59] dhjackal says: HELLO
[09/05/2008 13:37:10] DogFace says: Can you see them quote their sources?
[09/05/2008 13:37:12] DogFace says: NO
[09/05/2008 13:37:13] dhjackal says: you can get information from many sources
[09/05/2008 13:37:15] DogFace says: HELLO?!?!?!?
[09/05/2008 13:37:34] dhjackal says: maybe Adebyour said it in an interview
[09/05/2008 13:37:40] dhjackal says: to several newspapers
[09/05/2008 13:37:42] DogFace says: Maybe you're talking shite.
[09/05/2008 13:37:50] dhjackal says: maybe i am
[09/05/2008 13:37:56] dhjackal says: maybe i'm not
[09/05/2008 13:38:00] DogFace says: ok
[09/05/2008 13:38:01] DogFace says: so
[09/05/2008 13:38:05] DogFace says: Quote your sources!
[09/05/2008 13:38:27] dhjackal says: Adbeyour was my source
[09/05/2008 13:38:44] DogFace says: Really - you know him then?
[09/05/2008 13:38:54] dhjackal says: might do
[09/05/2008 13:39:02] DogFace says: Can you get me a signed shirt?
[09/05/2008 13:39:08] dhjackal says: (chuckle)
[09/05/2008 13:39:19] dhjackal says: An Arsenal one
[09/05/2008 13:39:24] dhjackal says: or a Inter Milan one? or Chelsea?
[09/05/2008 13:39:38] dhjackal says: probably the latter - i'll see what i can do
[09/05/2008 13:40:20] DogFace says: I was thinking a Togo one?
[09/05/2008 13:40:59] dhjackal says: nice
[09/05/2008 14:49:22] DogFace says: http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=491302&lid=NewsHeadline&Title=Adebayor+-+Reports+I+want+to+leave+the+Club+are+%27rubbish%27
[09/05/2008 14:49:55] DogFace says: Here's a quote for you - an actual quote:
"I am very happy here. Reports which suggest I have threatened to quit are rubbish. I love the club and the fans. We have a great set of players here with a fantastic team spirit. We have had a good season but next season we want to go one better by winning a trophy."
[09/05/2008 14:50:35] DogFace says: Why don't the media ever fucking stir it up with your club!?
[09/05/2008 14:51:37] DogFace says: ...oh yeah - you don't have some fat Russian cunt banging on your door trying to destabilise and unsettle the shareholders so he can buy you out!
[09/05/2008 14:53:19] dhjackal says: course they do
[09/05/2008 14:53:30] dhjackal says: every other week we're selling Ronaldo, Brown is leaving or something else
[09/05/2008 14:53:52] dhjackal says: or one of our players has raped someone
[09/05/2008 14:54:03] DogFace says: Hang on - one of your players DID rape someone.
[09/05/2008 14:54:11] DogFace says: That's why you kicked him out!
[09/05/2008 14:54:12] dhjackal says: yeah Nani
[09/05/2008 14:54:18] dhjackal says: he raped Gallas
[09/05/2008 14:54:39] DogFace says: Clichy rapes Ronaldo whenever we play you!
[09/05/2008 14:55:05] DogFace says: I don't see him puffing his chest out and doing stepovers then...
[09/05/2008 14:55:12] DogFace says: ...greasy little twat.
[09/05/2008 14:55:28] DogFace says: He saves that shit for Derby!
[09/05/2008 14:55:41] dhjackal says: yeah yeah
[09/05/2008 14:55:48] dhjackal says: we rested him against you and Rooney then Hargreaves steps up and
[09/05/2008 14:56:04] dhjackal says: bang
[09/05/2008 14:56:24] DogFace says: What - "bang" - the ref gives you a pen!?
[09/05/2008 14:56:35] DogFace says: The 48th one @ OT this season...
[09/05/2008 14:56:40] DogFace says: (chuckle)
[09/05/2008 14:57:03] DogFace says: So – was it Hargreaves that slipped him the bung?
[09/05/2008 14:58:40] dhjackal says: don't care, we won
[09/05/2008 14:58:46] dhjackal says: end of
[09/05/2008 14:58:55] dhjackal says: and Ronaldo had to take the peno twice
[09/05/2008 14:59:49] DogFace says: Well - you boys earned it then
[09/05/2008 14:59:57] dhjackal says: i know, thanks
[09/05/2008 15:00:00] DogFace says: You played us off the park with your 'double pen' - well played.
[09/05/2008 15:00:14] dhjackal says: played you off the park anyway
[09/05/2008 15:00:16] dhjackal says: 3 times
[09/05/2008 15:00:17] DogFace says: Quite some skills sir...
[09/05/2008 15:01:06] DogFace says: you kicked us off the park!
[09/05/2008 15:01:21] dhjackal says: that too
[09/05/2008 15:01:25] dhjackal says: played
[09/05/2008 15:01:26] dhjackal says: kicked
[09/05/2008 15:01:36] dhjackal says: we beat you at everything
[09/05/2008 15:01:59] DogFace says: 'played' ha ha!
[09/05/2008 15:02:33] DogFace says: Mate... when you watch your team 'play football' do you ever look at what the other team is doing or just watch the score board?
[09/05/2008 15:06:37] dhjackal says: oh i watch alright
[09/05/2008 15:07:00] dhjackal says: i watch them get embarressed, outplayed and outclassed
[09/05/2008 15:07:38] DogFace says: I know you do and then you watch them win with a dodgy penalty.
[09/05/2008 15:07:49] DogFace says: (rofl)
[09/05/2008 15:12:06] dhjackal says: now i know you don't believe that
[09/05/2008 15:13:25] dhjackal says: we've scored 4+ goals in more than 13 games this season
[09/05/2008 15:13:38] dhjackal says: including once against you
[09/05/2008 15:14:17] DogFace says: It's all numbers to you mate - fuck reality - look at the results!
[09/05/2008 15:14:41] DogFace says: Then retrofit reality to match!
[09/05/2008 15:14:47] dhjackal says: i think you need to look at some of the results
[09/05/2008 15:14:53] dhjackal says: might explain a few things
[09/05/2008 15:15:00] dhjackal says: like why you didn't win anything
[09/05/2008 15:15:06] DogFace says: What do I care about results - results can be bought - as you well know.
[09/05/2008 15:15:17] dhjackal says: here we go again
[09/05/2008 15:15:22] DogFace says: what with more truth?
[09/05/2008 15:15:27] dhjackal says: truth?
[09/05/2008 15:15:33] DogFace says: Yes.
[09/05/2008 15:15:37] dhjackal says: so if you win its all fair, if you lose you've been screw over
[09/05/2008 15:15:54] dhjackal says: if we win it's all bought?
[09/05/2008 15:15:58] DogFace says: No - if we win we will have won against the odds.
[09/05/2008 15:16:09] dhjackal says: against the odds????
[09/05/2008 15:16:16] DogFace says: yes
[09/05/2008 15:16:19] dhjackal says: your the 3rd richest team in the world
[09/05/2008 15:16:26] DogFace says: No we're not.
[09/05/2008 15:16:27] dhjackal says: why can't you "buy" relults?
[09/05/2008 15:16:42] dhjackal says: paint it whatever way you like - your not good enough
[09/05/2008 15:16:55] dhjackal says: and Wenger is struggling with his hands tied behind his back
[09/05/2008 15:16:56] DogFace says: A) we are the 3rd most highly 'Valued' team in the word – (not valued by us I might add).
[09/05/2008 15:17:07] DogFace says: B) we are too honest to cheat.
[09/05/2008 15:17:19] dhjackal says: as he takes it up the Arsenal from his own
[09/05/2008 15:17:38] dhjackal says: too honest to cheat???
[09/05/2008 15:17:43] DogFace says: Yes
[09/05/2008 15:17:46] dhjackal says: that is the funniest thing i have every heard
[09/05/2008 15:17:46] DogFace says: That's the truth.
[09/05/2008 15:17:48] dhjackal says: your deluded
[09/05/2008 15:17:58] DogFace says: You're a mug.
[09/05/2008 15:18:33] dhjackal says: no no youe a deluded fool
[09/05/2008 15:18:44] DogFace says: Here we go again - name calling.
[09/05/2008 15:18:55] dhjackal says: who's made up some random madness to explain away the truth
[09/05/2008 15:19:13] DogFace says: That's exactly what you have done...
[09/05/2008 15:19:20] DogFace says: ...worse - you buy into someone else’s random madness (usually some fuckwit commentator) and defend it!
[09/05/2008 15:19:22] dhjackal says: so you call me a mug
[09/05/2008 15:19:25] dhjackal says: then you say i'm name calling
[09/05/2008 15:19:55] DogFace says: If you re-read it - you will see that I didn't accuse you of 'name calling' - it was a statement as to the degeneration of the conversation.
[09/05/2008 15:20:10] DogFace says: But hey, any stick to beat me with and change the subject eh?
[09/05/2008 15:22:52] dhjackal says: the league and the results don't lie
[09/05/2008 15:22:53] dhjackal says: end of
[09/05/2008 15:23:14] DogFace says: Why is it... I wonder - that you are so insecure in your teams 'dominance' of the game that you have to continually rub it in other supporters faces?
[09/05/2008 15:23:20] DogFace says: You know I'm right.
[09/05/2008 15:21:23] DogFace says: End of.
