The Premier League has gone mad!

Two more footballing events which do not involve our beloved club, but which I felt inclined to mention were concerning the events surrounding the Premier League at 11 O'clock on January the 31st. Andy Carroll made his switch from Newcastle to Liverpool for the outrageous fee of £35 million as well as future add ons. Carroll has scored 11 goals this year in his first season in the Premiership and has somehow commanded the humongous fee. The money being Splashed around in football is not only ridiculous, but in my view is ruining the game, The likes of Chelsea and Manchester City have made themselves title contenders, all down to a rich foreigner injecting huge sums of cash into the clubs. I can't help be feel a scorn for football clubs that go about their business in this manner. Now Liverpool have splashed over 60 million pounds on two strikers and Chelsea have spend over 70 million pounds in 1 day. These huge fees stop the progress of hard working clubs, looking to build a positive future. Just look what huge cash injections for transfer fees did for our famous club, Sheffield Wednesday. Wednesday have been left in the best part of 30 million pounds debt because of stupid over spending, only for us to be saved by our king, Mr Mandaric. The massive fees being branded around in the current transfer market also stop the growth of academy players and have a massive impact on our national squad, which has left me being disappointed every time an England squad is announced with the same names brought up each time.

 The second issue that came up in the media once more last week, was Blackpool's £25,000 fine for fielding a weakened team against Aston Villa. The same had happened to Wolves in the previous season. This year the F.A have introduced a 25 man squad system, the system allows a manager to pick 25 players to choose from whenever they need be. Surely this system means that a manager may use any member of his squad when it comes to match day, and to suggest that some players were more valuable in this system than others is ridiculous. Blackpool went on to lose to game 3-2 away from home against Aston Villa, clearly showing they certainly did not send out a bunch of useless footballers, but in fact very good footballers, who clearly played very well. The Premier League needs to change its ridiculous rule sooner rather than later, as it noticeably makes very little sense. All I can say is good on Holloway for putting up a fight and sticking to his word. Holloway even handed in his resignation to prove a point, but to the relief of the tangerine army, chairman, Mr Karl Oysten rejected the resignation and live goes on for the Seasiders.