Just wanted to make a few comments about your interview with the Gaffer on the EPLTalk podcast.
I also once got a cheap imitation jersey for Christmas, except it was a Montreal Canadians hockey jersey. I got laughed at a few times at school but I think I still have it to this day.
I also agree completely with your idea of a salary cap for teams in the Premiership. It works great for the NFL like you said and it was just instituted in the NHL last season and it seems to be working so far. Although us hockey fans had to lose a whole season to get the players to agree to this. But I think we are just dreaming because it's virtually impossible to get all the leagues in Europe to agree to this because the only teams that would suffer would be the ones with all the power. But like you said, we can dream 'cause it is Christmas.