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Big Picture Project
All industries undergo changes in the status quo. Some organizations will survive, but many, including the industry leader, will succumb. Mainly because they were the most committed to the status quo.
Changes are often brought about by outside forces or by outsiders who, not being married to the status quo, have a different vision for the future.
The EPL and EFL model is under extreme pressure right now. It has been for a while, but it has been stuttering along with poor team management, cost control, as teams are willing to overspend in search of the holy grail, something unattainable for 95% of teams.
We’ve seen tech ‘giants’ disappear overnight when a new ‘blueprint’ comes out, even though they were otherwise well managed, they still missed the boat. For the vast majority of EPL / EFL, at least 99%, they are not well managed.
The horror expressed by the leaders of the EPL, EFL, FA and many in the media for the Big Picture Project It would be funny if it wasn’t so laughable how poorly managed these organizations are. Teams continue to be purchased by owners who can’t really get ‘fit and fit’, teams spend too much in the hope that they will get it right and on real rewards down the road, like someone with a gambling addiction.
How dare these … Americans, these … Johnny, foreigners who know nothing about football, dare to offer an alternative future of our game that could help it survive and prosper for the next thirty years?
If this does not bring about a change, a self-propelled reorganization, there will be no future for 50% of the teams. Your little thought is leading to your annihilation. We have seen many teams enter administration in the last 30 years and some that have recently sunk or, at best, are now languishing at the lower levels. It’s just the canaries in the coal mine. So many have spent too much that they were in a dangerous state before COVID hit. Something has to change.
“Everything favors the big clubs …” I hear you say. Well those big clubs are going to survive. Those big clubs have several options, all of which make a lot more money for them than is currently proposed in The Big Picture.
This conversation has been long overdue. Too bad the “leadership” of the game decided to be offended by this rather than acknowledge the need for change. Do we want EPL and EFL to end up as DEC, Compaq, Blackberry, Blockbuster, etc.
Paul mcdevitt
… The simple question regarding whether Project Big Picture is a takeover is whether all the project recommendations could happen without the special voting rights for the nine clubs.
Todd
… Regarding the objectives that drive the Big Picture Project. The question is not IF it will happen … it is just WHEN it will happen.
Does anyone here who is old enough remember Kerry Packer and how he reinvented professional cricket? That will be the plan for the creation of a EUROPEAN SUPERLEAGUE after this project is rejected by the Premier League / FA.
Dave mack
Read: So what the heck is the Premier League Project Big Picture?
Relegation qualifiers
Good with “Project Big Picture“In the news, first of all, what a horrible name, I wonder who comes up with these project names.
Anyway, looking at the Bundesliga-like Relegation Play Off idea made me wonder who would have played whom in the last 5 years and what we think the result would have been, so how will I see this be third. Last of the Premier League vs Play Off Winner, my predicted winner in parentheses afterwards.
2019/20 – Bournemouth v Fulham (Bournemouth, easily based on how they finished the season)
2018/19 – Cardiff v Villa (Villa)
2017/18 – Swansea v Fulham (Fulham)
2016/17 – Hull v Huddersfield (This would end in a penalty shoot-out, possibly very boring)
2015/16 – Newcastle v Hull (Shearer’s Newcastle)
Surely an interesting alternate future, then the question arises as to whether Alan Shearer would have brought Newcastle under his tenure and made him a driving force by standing.
Mikey, CFC
Leave the League Cup alone
One of the less controversial points of the project overview appears to be the elimination of the league cup, which has either been completely ignored in favor of the headline-grabbers. What I’m curious about is why this mug attracts so much disdain.
In its defense, the cup starts early, giving us some immediate mid-week games, usually has exciting opening rounds with no replay, and ends critically long before the season is over. Although Man City has crushed the competition lately, it also used to throw in some surprising finalists. However, we often see people calling it a mickey mouse mug and a waste of time; If it’s a waste of time, clubs have the option to line up second teams and provide their youngsters with a challenging first team experience. It will surely be a loss for everyone if we eliminate this competition.
Serious question, apart from the fans of the Champions League clubs, is anyone in favor of eliminating the league cup?
Kevin, Nottingham
The top ten players can sign with PL clubs from January
One club man or many club men?
I read DC, BAC email on the debate over whether success with multiple teams is greater than success with one team and had to bite due to its conclusion.
In essence, this is the Messi v Ronaldo debate over who is the biggest winner due to their respective carrier options. The conclusion that an achievement is greater if it implies success with many clubs is so wrong that, in my opinion, it is incredible. The key that people who traffic with this argument forget is the word team against the word club.
DC speaks of a club that dominates, so it is easier to achieve with that club. What is not taken into account is that a club goes through many teams during the life cycle of an achievement with many ups and downs. Alex Ferguson is widely recognized for building three great United teams during his time with some lows between teams. Barcelona in recent years is not the same that Messi was involved with at the beginning. The ability of a player to adapt to several different teams within a club and in some cases stay while the club undergoes a transformation is just as important and in some cases more important than the player moving to multiple TOP teams.
In some cases, the moving player spends less time helping the team transform, and thus moving to a higher team out of the box creates advantages as a result. Ronaldo went from being one of the best teams in Man United to one of the best in Real Madrid (although he helped transform the team into a winning machine), but then went on to a Juventus team that had won all 7 previous titles of Serie A. The only transformation needed is to win the CL, which is still a work in progress. This is not to denigrate Ronaldo’s achievements because he is a great player.
However, my point is that it cannot necessarily be concluded that a player who played for multiple teams has achieved more than his club counterpart. The key is really in the quality of the TEAM for which they play against the Club. That is why ranking individual brilliance achievements in a team game is so subjective. Let’s use our eyes and see what the players did and enjoy their brilliance.
Don’t get me started on the other silly debate that you need to win a World Cup to be considered a great player. Mario Gotze scored the winning goal at the 2014 World Cup. He is currently a free agent at the age of 28. Which is a shame, but I think he puts that argument to bed.
Michael O, Chingford
… I really enjoyed DC Bac Email about the players who were Jordan and who were Lebrons. I liked the analogy and it made me think about who would fall in those two fields.
But then I got to the part that nomads are more impressive because of the difficulty … Let’s take Ronaldo as an example.
The First League trophy was won at Manchester United, with them in their prime, so it’s not really the hardest for him to win.
The second was at Real Madrid, again, the biggest club in Spain, more or less, and there he was the golden boy. He was phenomenal there, adding numbers that would make a normal individual sick, but he was the best stallion in a two-horse race.
The third club was Juventus, again the biggest club in Serie A history, which was so big that they could be relegated, lose their titles and dominate again.
Now I am not undermining his achievements, just that he did not win those trophies in Leicester, Villareal or Torino. You play something that I think we should all remember, and it is:
We love to compare things, we love to debate which one is greater so we can have absolutes. I think VAR has shown us that football doesn’t really like absolutes, we like messy drama, we like debate.
All those players in your email achieved miracles and are legends for their respective clubs, regardless of whether they are Jordans or Lebrons.
John (I’m more of a Muggsy Bogues) Matrix AFC
Delusions of grandeur
Listen to Lee … your team wins the league for the first time in 30 years and despite having suffered the toughest loss to a reigning champion in 4 weeks, conversations as your team have established a glorious dynasty that will last 1000 years .
I really appreciate the current condition of my team, thank you Lee… although it would probably be good for you to learn to exercise a little introspection.
Good luck in the derby against the league leaders out of control!
Andy (MUFC)
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Just in the football-like debate, if I remember correctly, one of my first contributions to this site was a submission to that former feature and it’s still my favorite celebrity doppleganger.
Former Premier League referee Mike Riley is the squidward spit of Spongebob Squarepants.
Brian, Wexford
… A classic feature. The favorites were Jamie Vardy as Steptoe, Iago Aspas as Nibbler and number one was Jonjo Shelvey as Alice the goon.
Pete (London)
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