The Premier League is effectively a collective. The 20 member clubs are shareholders. They vote through the rules, including profit and sustainability rules which have been in place for more than a decade.

So, for all that time the vast majority have spent within their means and obeyed the rules. No-one has complained, they’ve all lived within the rules that they voted for. Basically, you can’t lose more than £105m over three years.

Many people had their say on the original Everton case clearly without reading the written reasons. Why not take an hour to read them before going on radio and TV to talk about them? You could tell who had and who hadn’t.

This time, I’ve got sympathy with Everton as it’s hard to break the cycle in the three years. In fairness, the rules may get tweaked from next season. But the current rules were in place and had been voted through. The clubs didn’t want set tariffs imposed. Each case different.

I found the coverage of Newcastle’s frustrations bizarre. PSR was brought in by clubs to ensure competition and so mega wealthy owners couldn’t come in and buy up a league. Those who didn’t want sportswashing suddenly want them to be able to spend more. Er…

The Guardian calculated Forest spent £250m on 43 players since promotion. And yet they’re unhappy about when one sale - Brennan Johnson - was added to their accounts. Seriously?!

What’s the point in clubs like Wolves or Palace trying to conform if others are allowed to break the rules and potentially finish higher than them? Wolves must have been close. So, guess what? They got their house in order, lost a manager over it and didn’t get charged.

PSR is like a tax return. You have to get your figures in by a certain date. It’s relatively simple. It’s totally different to Man City’s case which is way more complex. That’s why it’s taking longer.

In all of this, it’s the fans who suffer and have my sympathy. The uncertainty is ridiculous and unfair. But surely it’s the clubs to blame. Not the Premier League. Rant over…

@johncrossmirror It’s so competitive that the same team have won the league for the past four years and the top 6 have become a league within a league. The Premier League plan to change the rules at the end of the season in any event. Not a good look.

@johncrossmirror The theory of PSR perhaps. But practically, the £105m losses limit never changing in 10 years is a nonsense. It should rise just as the inflation of players fees and wages has.

@johncrossmirror The premier league is not competitive John.

@johncrossmirror John you cover Arsenal. I’m not sure if you support them but they were instrumental in PSR being created. Why? Because they don’t want new money making it harder for them to stay competitive. Same with Liverpool, Spurs and Man Utd who all put their name to that letter back in…

@johncrossmirror PSR doesn’t do that at all. This cannot be a serious opinion.

@johncrossmirror @_Matty723 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I think Villa and Newcastle would argue strongly against that Both have excellent owners with clear plans to improve team and club but are facing barriers that must make them wonder why they bother…..

@johncrossmirror 'Prem remains competitive' 2017/18 Man City 2018/19 Man City 2019/20 Liverpool 2020/21 Man City 2021/22 Man City 2022/23 Man City #justsaying

@johncrossmirror Aye, keep peddling the line from the company that keeps the money flowing John. It exists to keep clubs in their place. Absolutely nothing more. It's a means to an end. That end being maximum profit for a private company, I.e. the PL.

@johncrossmirror Competitive how? Man City have won 5 of the last 6 league titles and the top 4 league places have been shared out between the top 6 other than when Newcastle finished 4th. That's exactly how PSR was designed to work though.

@johncrossmirror PSR has nothing to do with competitive balance It’s sole aim is to prevent clubs over-spending But because it uses historic data and operates slowly it risks pushing clubs into administration, relegating them when finances are fragile Causing the problem it is meant to prevent

@johncrossmirror How does PSR make the Premier League competitive when the top six have 3/4/5x the revenues as others in the league, purely by virtue of being in the right place at the right time when PSR was introduced? Now it's incredibly difficult for any side to sustainably climb/compete.

@johncrossmirror Competitive 😝 Leicester was an outlier - other than that aberration the same 3 or 4 clubs have won the title for decades. FFP was designed to stifle competition.

@johncrossmirror Competitive 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@johncrossmirror You don’t see an inherent advantage for the big clubs, with big stadiums that already have the ability to get big sponsorships. That’s where on this side it doesn’t promote a level playing field in my view

@johncrossmirror Imagine actually putting into the public space that you think PSR promotes competition. That’s not even the STATED aim of it, much less the end result.

@johncrossmirror Politicians get involved because football continues to prove they can't self regulate John 🤷

@johncrossmirror Competitive for who John? Explain to me how a club makes up the shortfall in finances compared to the embedded “big 6”. If it’s fair and competitive tell me and everyone else how you close the gap?

@johncrossmirror Not sure competitive is a valid description. As it currently stands only one other team has won the league in the last 6 seasons?