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Embarrassing.

The SPL NOW, with Hearts, Rangers and Celtic all in for the title

The premiership is like the scottish league NOW.

Stryke argued that it always has been, there has only been 2 teams in it.

So I replied with a list of 5 (At least) teams who have always been in with a chance to win the premiership.

Tell me what I'm missing then?

Pay attention to what I'm saying or don't reply at all.

Dringo wrote:
> The premiership, one team dominates.

Then

Dringo wrote:
> So Newcastle, Arsenal, Liverpool, Blackburn and Manchester United are
> 2 teams. Great.

So first you say one team dominates and then you list 5. Make up your bloody mind for once.

Ashman wrote:
> RBS = spot on
>
> Apart from maybe the whole corruption thing. I can name far more at
> lower levels than at higher levels.

Indeed, point is teams get promoted out ot a league they dominate and end up being small fish in a big pond the year after.

Parts of the Premiership still are exciting such as who will be relegated. There are so many possibilities. The final day of last season was fantstic with any three out of four teams going down and the fact that West Brom survived from being 20th at the start of the day was amazing. Then there was the match between Boro and Man City for the last European place and the missed penalty in the last seconds.

There's more to the Premiership than just the title.

RBS = spot on

Apart from maybe the whole corruption thing. I can name far more at lower levels than at higher levels.

Dringo wrote:
even your dear Rasta has been saying "leave the
> premiership and support the conference".

Um... Right... Yeah...

I only have a vested interest in the Premiership as my team is in the Conference. It was the same last year, when we were in League 2, and the year before that etc. I've maintained for a long time that football is at its best in the lower leagues as it isn't corrupted (as much) by money and teams, while not being exact equals, are still much more evenly matched than those in the Prem. You very rarely get teams absolutely storming away with the league title and, even when you do, it doesn't (can't) happen year on year.

Right, that's that done, now: I agree, the Premiership has been a bit dull this year but I'm not being an ar$e about things and poncing on about the "death of English football". Perhaps I would if I cared more about it but my footballing interests are elsewhere, therefore I don't. So shut up.

Just the one (this season). And it was the 3-3 brighton game which was fun.

But I've been listening on Leeds radio and watching the highlights.

Still one team dominating the league is boring.

I'll grant you, a European super league is flawed... but if anyone can find a way to make it work... well... we'd have a very very very exciting league indeed.