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Unread 14 May 2009, 19:33   #3
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Re: The (sad) future of cricket

Correct. But not contradicting anything I said though. All clubs owned by billionnaires are now considered big clubs (if they weren't previously). As such, clubs like Wigan will lose players to said clubs - they probably wouldn't if they didn't have particularly rich owners.

Result: over a period of time the clubs owned by billionnaires will accumulate very good squads, stealing players from lesser teams (while the top4 steal the top quality off them). Will be a few exceptions where clubs implode - eg newcastle <3 but again, that was due to a terrible chairman and/or stupid fans. Sacking sam allardyce because they weren't playing pretty football... hope they go down.

And a few long term projects like QPR - not sure whats going on there but seems to be failure so far. But they're (or were) running the club like ****ing idiots.

Basically clubs with money are guaranteed long term safety (unless the owners up and run or so) - but not immediate success. Eg, if newcastle go down, you will be utterly amazed if they don't bounce straight back. If Blackburn Rovers go down.....
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