David Gwilliam
Well-Known Member
Match Of The Day keeps mentioning Vardy's achievements in terms of Premier League strikers and such is its influence that other media follow suit. It is as though strikers like Lofthouse, Greaves and Lineker had never played.
The Premier League was a commercial move. The big clubs felt they needed more money and that teams like Rochdale and Bury should make do with less. The teams that would have been the First Division in 1992 simply became Premier League. Ideas that Celtic and Rangers should join the Premier League got nowhere.
There was football before 1992. The Premier League has (IMO) never featured a player as talented as Duncan Edwards or a goalkeeper to rival Peter Shilton. The most iconic moment in English football came when First Division players won the World Cup for England.
The Premier League seasons have been good for some teams like Chelsea and (IMO again ) the present Leicester team shows signs of becoming the best I can remember. However, fans of Bolton, Preston, Blackpool, Derby and I would guess Liverpool have reason to be nostalgic for their days in the First Division.
In case anybody should claim this is just an old man complaining I should say that I need the comfy seats. I wish the old time players had performed on today's wonderful pitches. I like the way Mahrez is allowed to show his skill without being brutalised by a Chopper Clamp. Tommy Smith or entire Bolton team. I prefer today's football without pretending the game began 1992.
The Premier League was a commercial move. The big clubs felt they needed more money and that teams like Rochdale and Bury should make do with less. The teams that would have been the First Division in 1992 simply became Premier League. Ideas that Celtic and Rangers should join the Premier League got nowhere.
There was football before 1992. The Premier League has (IMO) never featured a player as talented as Duncan Edwards or a goalkeeper to rival Peter Shilton. The most iconic moment in English football came when First Division players won the World Cup for England.
The Premier League seasons have been good for some teams like Chelsea and (IMO again ) the present Leicester team shows signs of becoming the best I can remember. However, fans of Bolton, Preston, Blackpool, Derby and I would guess Liverpool have reason to be nostalgic for their days in the First Division.
In case anybody should claim this is just an old man complaining I should say that I need the comfy seats. I wish the old time players had performed on today's wonderful pitches. I like the way Mahrez is allowed to show his skill without being brutalised by a Chopper Clamp. Tommy Smith or entire Bolton team. I prefer today's football without pretending the game began 1992.