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Rory Smith

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Football Correspondent, The Observer. Also: @meninblazers @podcast_libero @bbc5live’s Monday Night Club. Author of Mister and Expected Goals.
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Rory Smith @RorySmith
If anyone's having a conversation about how to end the red cartel without a financial free-for-all, unlikely hero @IanDoyleSport is right: you erase economic advantage with sporting restrictions.

Homegrown players, under-21s, squad limits, fewer subs: they all solve it.
Ian Doyle Verified account @IanDoyleSport Oct 9
@RorySmith @Alex_Berwick @SeanAxion I've told you about this many times Rory.

Limit clubs to three senior players on bench and whole thing changes. Becomes lot more competitive. Because clubs over time won't be able to stockpile players who simply will hardly ever play. They go elsewhere or stay at original club
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Rory Smith @RorySmith
The logic that the Premier League should let the market rip -- owners spending what they want! no cost controls! get rid of red tape! -- is disingenuous in lots of ways.

But it also forgets that the hated red cartel have advantages they don't use, too.

observer.co.uk/news/sport/art…
observer.co.uk City’s ‘lone ranger’ mentality is threat to what made Pre... Once the principle of collectivism is gone, where is the incentive for English football’s more traditional powerhouses to keep up appearances?