Why are relegation fights so dull now?

[OnlyOneUweRosler]

Back in 1993/94 season, something like 6 teams could have gone down on the final day. Made for genuinely exciting end-of-season finishes, and beautifully complemented the top-of-the-table clashes on the final day. But for the last couple of seasons, it seems that by March, all three relegation spots are taken up by teams that are sometimes double-digit points from safety. As a result, nobody fears relegation because all three spots are taken up. Makes the end of the season pretty dull. Am I wrong about this, and if I'm not, what is the solution?

 

[Blue Til Death]

The gap between the PL and Championship is colossal these days, that certainly contributes to the equation, it’s getting bigger each and every season too..

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

The gap between the PL and Championship is colossal these days, that certainly contributes to the equation, it’s getting bigger each and every season too..

Forest spent a lot and got into mither with the bent financial rules but it seems the only way clubs coming up can compete now as the rules are stacked against them.

 

[Kippax77]

Because we're not in any anymore

 

[pirate]

wont be dull this season, the rags will be right in it

 

[Gorbachev]

I think if at least 2 of the promoted sides go down again this summer there will be final calls for reform.

Either the PL becomes 18 teams or a new distribution of cash has to be made.

For nearly the bulk part of this decade the league has become a closed shop with 3 bang average teams invited to get battered every week. Effectively a super league.

 

[OnlyOneUweRosler]

One solution is to allow newly promoted teams some leeway in terms of financial fair play so they can sign better players without breaking the rules. A Burnley or a Derby County frankly need to be able to dramatically spend to survive.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

For nearly the bulk part of this decade the league has become a closed shop with 3 bang average teams invited to get battered every week. Effectively a super league.

That's what the majority of PL clubs want, a closed shop and guaranteed income, however wank they are on the pitch.

The media should be all over this and asking questions but they sold the last drop of integrity they had a long time ago.

 

[Newman Noggs]

It's intentional. It's effectively a backdoor means of achieving no relegation for the established Premier League clubs. The American model. It is why the majority of clubs, with no obvious reason to do so, support, even unlawful, rules to maintain the status quo.

 

[jimharri]

Because we're not in any anymore

Be patient. When we're docked 30 pts, we'll be right in it.

 

[mscenterh750]

Because the championship is wank. Guarantee the sides that have come up will struggle like fuck this season.