I think that that has been said each and every year since the start of the Premier League. And it's just not true.
The difference in individual talent is really marginal(*) and the difference between a good Premier league team and a good Championship team is the ability to harness those margins to give a sum greater than the individuals. Relegated teams are precisely those that haven't been able to do that - ergo they are just as likely to struggle in the 2nd division as in the first, and that has always been the case. I take great heart from Leicester this year who seem to be showing that there is very little difference in class once you get to a certain level, and I think that the increase in money over the next few years is going to increase the number of clubs who can compete at that level rather than moving the "top" clubs up to the next. Cheers, Damian (*)There are of course always the superstars, but there as less of them than you might think.... On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Richard Naef < rich...@triumph-computers.co.uk> wrote: > Actually it's the season after next that is going to sound the death knell > for Championship teams getting promoted. > > The premier league money is effectively doubling next year 2016-17, so any > teams relegated in 2017 will be so rich that even with paying premier > league > wages they'll be able to keep most of their players, plus invest and buy > themselves promotion, so I expect those that come down will pretty much > always go back up again straightaway thanks to money made in that season > and > the larger parachute payments. Since teams in the Championship are > restricted by the FFP rules, in effect for most teams next season will be > the last chance to get promoted. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] > > On Behalf Of nat...@sky.com > > Sent: 20 January 2016 16:00 > > To: Leeds List > > Subject: [LU] Byram - good article > > > > http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-lufc- > > news/west-ham-offered-byram-a-vision-that-leeds-united-couldn-t-hay-1- > > 7686300 > > I agree with every word that Hay has written. Even worse I cannot see how > > things will improve. Looking at the bottom three in the prem , as it > stands, > > Villa, Sunderland and Newcastle . Assuming these 3 come down does anyone > > really believe that we will finish above 2 of them next season for auto > > promotion ? > > So the absolute best we can hope for may be the play offs and we know how > > well they have ended for us so far in the past Dave > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
