Stan 'The Thinker' Collymore's solution

[Shaggy]

Another great idea from Stan

I suggest a total sum agreed by the Premier League whereby every club has exactly the same amount to spend each summer.

For example, clubs would have up to £70million-a-season to spend, which could include wages and transfer fees.

[Kenneth]

For a start, how do the bottom clubs get this 70 million? Everyone else chips in?

[Exiled_red]

How this guy gets paid for talking about football is beyond me

[Chrono]

Biggest prick on the planet, absolutely hate the man.

[Fivex]

Biggest prick on the planet, absolutely hate the man.

Come on mate - yes he's bad, but Gary Neville he is not.

[-V-]

Every summer is the same with this clown. Last summer he wanted to bring all the 'great historic' clubs back to the premiership and close off relegation and promotion

[fah-q]

He is a genius, you all just don't understand him.

[Broner]

Good man Collymore.

[PTP]

Every summer is the same with this clown. Last summer he wanted to bring all the 'great historic' clubs back to the premiership and close off relegation and promotion

think i remember that. The likes of forest, preston, leeds etc.

He is a ****ing nutter fair play to him, only in this country could a complete **** up be a millionaire

[-V-]

think i remember that. The likes of forest, preston, leeds etc.

He is a ****ing nutter fair play to him, only in this country could a complete **** up be a millionaire

Wish I could laugh too Yeh Forest, Wednesday, Leeds, Southampton etc etc. Apparently all the small clubs do just fine in the lower leagues and have no need to be promoted to the Premiership

[CJ]

isnt his suggestion just an extension of a salary cap.

its not exactly groundbreaking or a huge leap of imagination from a salary cap is it.

its not that crazy but it wont happen well not for a while

[PTP]

Wish I could laugh too Yeh Forest, Wednesday, Leeds, Southampton etc etc. Apparently all the small clubs do just fine in the lower leagues and have no need to be promoted to the Premiership

you have to lauagh otherwise you cry

[ralpal]

Another great idea from Stan

For a start, how do the bottom clubs get this 70 million? Everyone else chips in?

Aghhh! Socialism at its worst.

[dww]

isnt his suggestion just an extension of a salary cap.

its not exactly groundbreaking or a huge leap of imagination from a salary cap is it.

its not that crazy but it wont happen well not for a while

It isn't going to happen but in principle I have long been an advocate of some sort of financial controls on teams.

The thing is that with this system you put a completely arbitrary limit on which is unlikely to protect the small clubs (i.e. Portsmouth can still happen) or aid competition but might well limit the league to not competing with the other top leagues. The package would have to be carefully considered and I suspect that Collymore is not the man to do that.

[Neil Young]

It isn't going to happen but in principle I have long been an advocate of some sort of financial controls on teams.

The thing is that with this system you put a completely arbitrary limit on which is unlikely to protect the small clubs (i.e. Portsmouth can still happen) or aid competition but might well limit the league to not competing with the other top leagues. The package would have to be carefully considered and I suspect that Collymore is not the man to do that.

Masterly use of understatement.