Business model? Don't be daft Huw. Spend now worry later, it worked fine for Leeds, and all this investment is long term. From what your saying you seem to think the investors were a bunch of rich so-and-sos who just like playing God for a few minutes until they get bored and find a new toy.
England don't need assistance to be sh1t, they just are, and have been for the majority of history regardless of what (or how well) the domestic game was doing. Now they are just even worse as it's uber-rich twenty-somethings who understandably couldn't care less about anthing other than having a laugh and buying themselves new presents (and fighting/ABH/GBH obviosusly). If fairness would you if you'd been told you were wonderful everyday since you were 9 and earning over £1-3m a year by the time you're anywhere between 18 and 24?
World football is a farce these days. England is no different to Spain or Italy (Real, Barca, Milan etc, etc) and what they've done for years. The main problem is that all the teams tend to think they are on a similar footing so a club like West Ham spends way too much on players. The wage bill is ridiculous - Ljungberg was reportedly on between £65k and £85k a week! I haven't been to a match for years as they have bumped up the prices so much to try and cover this stupidity. The last match I saw was about 5 years ago and the cheapest ticket (the one I bought) was £35!!!!!! For West Ham!!!!! For 90 minutes of something where there is no guarantee of the standard of what you might see.
You still get some good matches but they tend to be fairly few and far apart, certainly any "big" games.
Right I'm off to go and tie the laces on my football and have a cup of bovril
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