Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
Interesting because I actually reject conspiracy theories because I’m not an idealist. Conspiracy Theories are the refuge of those who believe that the ideal world they want is being prevented by the contrivance of others.
By idealist I mean I generally think the best of people and that people are honest - I know in real life that often isn't the case, but I'm always slightly surprised when I find people aren't. So I generally like to think the game is honest - I mean what's the bloody point if it isn't? What's the point in watching? I mean, I generally don't watch but that isn't why.

But with the amount of money sloshing around in football it's hard to believe that there isn't some corruption - it's corruption, not conspiracy. There's no big conspiracy in the FA to keep Man City at the top, but are City paying people to pull strings and make decisions (or not) and influence results. Highly plausible.