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Jamie O’Hara gets mugged off after suggesting controversial Premier League proposal

Jamie O’Hara gets mugged off after suggesting a controversial Premier League proposal that has seen him trend on social media.

The former footballer labelled Norwich City an ‘embarrassment to the Premier League’ and called for the division to have just 18 teams in the future.

The Canaries have come under fire for their poor start to the new campaign – after bouncing straight back to the top flight.

Daniel Farke’s side has now seen a run of 16 straight Premier League defeats, stretching back to the last time they got relegated.

Norwich have picked up just one point and are one of four teams yet to win a game, seven matches into the 2021/22 season, and are widely tipped to be heading straight back to the Championship.

Former Tottenham midfielder O’Hara has had enough and wants to see ‘pointless’ teams out of the top flight.

He told talkSPORT: “There are 20 teams in the Premier League and it’s almost getting ridiculous with Norwich. They are yet to win a game.

“There are other teams involved in this – Southampton, Newcastle, Burnley and Norwich yet to win a league match this season.

“It starts to raise the question for me, Norwich have come into the Premier league again and are the whipping boys.

“I said it at the start of the season and I took a load of stick from Norwich fans who were saying ‘we’re going to have a go this season, we spent money, we’re going to be there’.

“Again they are showing they are an embarrassment to the Premier League. They’ve got one point and it’s just ridiculous.

“There are other teams involved in this – Southampton, Newcastle, Burnley and Norwich yet to win a league match this season.

“It starts to raise the question for me, Norwich have come into the Premier league again and are the whipping boys.

“I said it at the start of the season and I took a load of stick from Norwich fans who were saying ‘we’re going to have a go this season, we spent money, we’re going to be there’.

“Again they are showing they are an embarrassment to the Premier League. They’ve got one point and it’s just ridiculous.

“It raises the question of all these players being fatigued, too many games, the big teams looking at doing the Super League, which I’m against, but I think they are starting to get the hump with irrelevant football matches.

“I think you could drop it down to 18 teams and you get rid of the dross. Get rid of the teams who are no good, who are killing the Premier League, because it has got to such heights now.

“These games where you’ve got Norwich getting beaten all the time, coming up and just killing the Premier League, it’s just pointless.”

As mentioned, Jamie O’Hara gets mugged off after suggesting a controversial Premier League proposal, see what everyone said below…

@sanjavarrastats: To be fair, JOH is an expert in this subject, having played; Portsmouth 2010, finished 20th R
Wolves 2011, 17th
Wolves 2012, 20th R
Wolves 2013, 23rd (championship) R
Blackpool 2015, 24th (championship) R
Fulham 2016, 20th (championship)
4 relegations in 7 seasons 👍🤣

@matty__jeff: We’re starting to get the hump with irrelevant football pundits, they’re just pointless, drop Jamie O’Hara

@nmclean77: Maybe @talkSPORT should get rid of the dross……….starting with Jamie O’Hara – I mean, in terms of footballers, he was the epitome of dross wasn’t he? Out of all the footballers available to act as a pundit, they choose him…….the punditry equivalent of Norwich!

@branx_g: Irrelevant games? Nah, I love watching newly promoted sides scrape last minute wins against top sides, they always produce the best games when they have something to fight for

@nic0881: Literally never ever heard anyone say this. At all

@JohnCains1: Blimey. O’Hara would have barely got a game in the PL considering the teams he played for.

@OhioToon_in_VA: Make it 14 teams. Kick out the 6 clubs that tries to break away. Problem solved.

@dylanxlufcx: This is just as bad as a Super League, they’re whole argument for it was that nobody wants to watch irrelevant games. This just gives the “big 6” exactly what the want. The best teams playing the best teams, with no “irrelevant” games.

@JonnyWalker_N17: The battle at the bottom is as beautiful as the battle at the top! I don’t know a single fan who is getting the hump with what you call “irrelevant matches”, The only irrelevant matches are in lesser European group competitions, which is driven by pure greed

@irishhammer14: Rubbish. What fans say that. Your just looking after top clubs. Again. Stop killing the game

@youdopoo: same guy that said watford lacked class 2 days ago!!! oh the hypocrisy

@DavidMaynard32: If the big 6 stopped holding the league to ransom and allowed clubs like NUFC to get taken over, then it makes the league more competitive. 20 teams is perfect. What should go is the Europa Conf. league, and the League Cup should be reformatted. The PL is not broken…

@Fonzyy97: If you’re not good at your job you get sacked, how’s Ohara still employed with opinions like that? Why should teams miss out on the premier league because their not an established side? the championship already plays 2/3 games a week how many more is he expecting? No logic at all

@trojan1963: Leicester were dross not very long ago and the season after escaping relegation they won the league. Dross doesn’t always stay dross – look at Chelsea and Man City.

@Ruups23: It just makes me laugh how he thinks 18 teams would solve that problem 🤣 @Mrjamieohara1 you are aware Norwich WON the Championship aren’t you?! That means they’d still be in your 18 team Premier League! Then Brentford who’ve had a class start wouldn’t be! Think before you speak!

@JordBurrowss: If we got rid of so called ‘irrelevant’ teams, O’hara would never have kicked a ball in the Premier League once.

@DickyTaiwan: It’s this sort of nonsense and people like Jamie O’Hara that are putting me right off talkSport.

@PaulSutcliffe80: What an absolutely ridiculous statement…. No match is irrelevant to any football fan!! It makes the game what it is now, the hope a surprise win somewhere… It’s called being competitive!! #HeadsGone

@markgaskin11: Man City got beat by Norwich couple seasons ago, they went down, Wigan beat United to hand city advantage in prem. Blackpool beat Liverpool at Anfield, how are these irrelevant, they had bearings on the teams played?

@domleadbetter1: the most delusioned disrespectful thing i’ve heard on talksport, and that’s saying something

@driver62637172: What an idiot. No match is irrelevant to the supporters of the 2 teams playing. No matter what size the leagues are or what teams are in it, there will always be teams at the bottom. What fans are getting the hump with are TV hype and overkill of football

@gowens1878: Fucks he actually goin on about

@ricklaw88: This idiot is so desperate to keep he’s job that comes out with the most stupid comments to be controversial. I think he forgets the shit sides he’s played for and got relegated with over the years!!!

@CraigTrudgill: Send the greedy fuckers off to the super league as they wanted. That way you will see a much more even playing field which would in turn generate many more competitive matches and higher interest from people who are bored of predictable premier league football.

@Ciaran__SCFC: This man had 4 relegations, in 7 seasons. Says it all really.

@ToonArmyTalk: What the fuck is this idiot talking about? Having teams like Norwich beat the so called big teams is the reason why people say the PL is the best in the world. Think talksport need to start getting rid of their own dross…

@AllEnglandFlags: Listeners are starting to get the hump with irrelevant pundits.

@ntrav99: Same dude will be telling you how the PL is “The Best League In The World” and that there are no easy matches. 🙄

@nufcjackson96: Aye get rid of the corrupt so called “top 6” and make it a fair and competitive league eh. How about that. #nufc #premierleaguecorrupt #corrupt

@George_CGG: This just a diluted version of the Super League idea that everyone was outraged by! Essentially “these clubs aren’t good enough, get rid of dross and only have the bigger and better teams play one another”. Shambolic idea that insults the integrity of the football pyramid.

@BoulcottJoe: Jamie O’Hara finished bottom with Portsmouth, bottom with Wolves in PL, second bottom with Wolves in Championship and bottom of the Championship with Blackpool. Maybe talkSPORT should get rid of the dross and bin him off.

@JJLCullen2008: Is he really that silly? Does he not realise if @NorwichCityFC win the championship then they will still be in the @premierleague regardless. Chats more crap this guy #nufc

@ToonMouthTyne: Absolute garbage.

@peripateticles: Why not reduce Talk Sport to one less pundit?

@SteToffee: Do the same with your presenters because O’Hara is dross

@DesignsHeroic: They’d still get promoted though, so what difference does less teams make? Think about it Don’t have 17 different European competitions so everyone can feel special, limit Intl. games, make champions league for champions only, stuff like that. Better than dropping 4 games a year

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