This statement from Sheffield FC about the perversion (Neymar, PSG) in professional football:

https://www.facebook.com/sheffieldfc/photos/a.10150277606436903.341775.123481571902/10154867879361903/?type=3

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Absolutely. I was reading about the Neymar deal last night and was shocked at the numbers. £200 million transfer fee and £40 million a year in salary. Truly staggering.

I like the rough sign at Sheffield FC, on a muddy pitch, "The home of football".  Football has long since lost its soul at the top end and lost touch with its heritage.

Ok, lets really be honest with ourselves and if Town were to progress to the Premier and consolidate, a bit like Watford,Swansea etc, how many who ridicule the Premier at the moment regarding plastic fans, no soul etc would stop going and support Cleethorpes. The Premier is the promised land that every team and real fan wants to be in, otherwise if Town achieve promotion this season we may as well refuse to go up. (Waits for the criticism)

Quoted from Gaffer58

Ok, lets really be honest with ourselves and if Town were to progress to the Premier and consolidate, a bit like Watford,Swansea etc, how many who ridicule the Premier at the moment regarding plastic fans, no soul etc would stop going and support Cleethorpes. The Premier is the promised land that every team and real fan wants to be in, otherwise if Town achieve promotion this season we may as well refuse to go up. (Waits for the criticism)

Its just the stupid size of the fee and his wages,

There are millions living in poverty in Brazil so I hope he is sending some of that outrageous salary home.

let me think ! if PSG offered me £40 million a year what would i do?????? :)

Quoted from Gaffer58

Ok, lets really be honest with ourselves and if Town were to progress to the Premier and consolidate, a bit like Watford,Swansea etc, how many who ridicule the Premier at the moment regarding plastic fans, no soul etc would stop going and support Cleethorpes. The Premier is the promised land that every team and real fan wants to be in, otherwise if Town achieve promotion this season we may as well refuse to go up. (Waits for the criticism)

Lets be really really really honest....when its 50 + quid a game can we afford to go ?  Never mind the 5 quid a programme, 3:50  a tea and you are sat next to a Japanese tourist nattering on to his girlfriend about the oppositions Japanese national player ...i would just accept it isnt for me and listen on the radio instead.

I wouldnt support another team but i may go and watch just for some live football kicks, although slightly envious of Hull in the fact they made it there ahead of us i truly wouldnt want it long term.  One quick..."hello....we are Town" season would do for me as lets face it, there are only 2/3 mega rich teams with realistic hopes of succeeding in that League and being mid table, outside chance of a cup every season, whatever League you are in is ...boring.
At least in the lower Leagues its affordable boring and its "our" club.

Quoted from ginnywings

Absolutely. I was reading about the Neymar deal last night and was shocked at the numbers. £200 million transfer fee and £40 million a year in salary. Truly staggering.

It's bad enough when the transfer fee is £40m

The amount of money being spent athe moment is a urine take on these so called "Financial Fair Play Rules".

Wage Caps, Transfer Limits, 8 British players starting every match.

Quoted from 4055

let me think ! if PSG offered me £40 million a year what would i do?????? :)

Nah, Paris is a dump full of the French.

I would stay in Barcelona 😊

It's a question I often ask myself - would I still support the Mariners as fervently if we ever made it to the PL?

I'm going to be totally honest here but I felt I was closer to the club, and did more on a voluntary basis, when we were non-league. I used to write more, go to events more, get involved more because I felt we all needed to do more to help us out the mire.

Then last season, back in the FL, I actually went to fewer games. It wasn't a conscious decision to dial things down, but it made me wonder if I slacked because, in some ways, the job was done.

I never gave up on us - and I never will - but if we got to the PL it makes me think that a) I wouldn't be able to afford to go, and b) the atmosphere won't be anywhere near 'what it was in the good old days' because when you watch the Mariners lose at home to Braintree you at least know you're surrounded by the most ardent supporters and not the glory hunters who don't care for the soul of the game.

I don't watch premiership on tv, im not interested in "the product" in the slightest, I could honestly say if Town were like Chelsea or Man City I wouldn't arsed about ut

Easy to say from here, but in practice I doubt it's that easy just to walk away from your club.

Can't blame the player  if some one is prepared to pay him that.
But it was already at an obscene level and this would push it to a morally questionable level.
players  earn in a week what the pm & doctors etc ....you know jobs that are actually important.    Earn on a year.
They earn in a month more than the majority of the world's population earn their entire lives.
There's the knock on effect as well. It's not just the very best players.....theres squad players in the premier league earnings 6 figures a week and youth players on 30k or more.
The guy in the street can't relate to them anymore  I can't and quite frankly it's turning me off the game at the highest level.
Would much prefer watching town than paying  £££ to watch premier league or champions league  
Indeed I sometimes take in non league games these days .
In fact I was at Sheffield fc last week for their friendly v Donny  
Proper old non league ground  m but a club with a very proud history

I don't watch premiership on tv, im not interested in "the product" in the slightest, I could honestly say if Town were like Chelsea or Man City I wouldn't arsed about it.

It's not just about football, morally it's obscene that sort of money could support a small country, make life changing events to thousands. Yet you just know at some point hypocritically people like this will be asking people like us to donate money to some cause or other charitable event, It's gone way out of control even if he played an average of two games a week at 40 million a year FFS .

He's still young I hope he remembers to build his pension pot up lol.

I don't think we'll ever have to worry about becoming a PL team with plastic fans .

Just cancelled my BT sport and sky sport subscriptions. They are not having any more of my money to prop up overpaid and corrupt folk.

Off to watch thackley v Harrogate railway in the extra preliminary round of the f a cup costing £3
Sorry could not lay my hands on a gtfc ticket at chesterfield this week

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They haven't sold out so how have you not got a ticket?

Quoted from Mrs Doyle

It's not just about football, morally it's obscene that sort of money could support a small country, make life changing events to thousands. Yet you just know at some point hypocritically people like this will be asking people like us to donate money to some cause or other charitable event, It's gone way out of control even if he played an average of two games a week at 40 million a year FFS .

He's still young I hope he remembers to build his pension pot up lol.

Excellent point. Helps salve their conscience.