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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 10 Nov 20 8.51am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

The teams in Europe have to play games in quick succession, on the back of a truncated pre-season.
For instance both Liverpool and Man Utd's last 4 games have been over a 11/12 day period and this includes overseas travel.

Perhaps if our beloved team was in such a situation our supporters might deem that the schedule was very challenging!

 

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topcat Flag Holmesdale / Surbiton 10 Nov 20 8.57am Send a Private Message to topcat Add topcat as a friend

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

Or suggest European competitions scrap the league element and go back to being knock out games.

Exactly this. They wanted the extra games, they have to deal with it. In fact, they have done so by buying filling their squad with quality the rest of us can't afford.

Feck 'em.

 


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eaglesdare Flag 10 Nov 20 9.35am Send a Private Message to eaglesdare Add eaglesdare as a friend

Take the "big 6" or whoever finishes in a euro spot out of the league cup!

they dont take it seriously anyway and gives others a chance to win a cup.

 

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Fatherken Flag 10 Nov 20 9.40am Send a Private Message to Fatherken Add Fatherken as a friend

no I have no sympathy at all for then .
when they do get a weekend off they fly out somewhere and get payed a loads of money to play an exhibition match . sod'em

 

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Phil’s Barber Flag Crowborough 10 Nov 20 9.44am Send a Private Message to Phil’s Barber Add Phil’s Barber as a friend

Absolutely no sympathy.

Despite my absolute dislike of the bin dippers I quite like Klopp and admire greatly what he has done however, his rants at the weekend about the 5 substitutes were embarrassing.

As others have said the big clubs have it all in their favour already, without naming a second eleven on the bench and being able to use five substitutes that would be first choice for any team in the bottom half of the league.

They have had TWO votes on it Klopp, suck it up and get on with it and don’t throw a strop and start sulking just because you can’t get your own way that suits your team and these underhand tactics to put pressure on the Premier League to change it are shameful.

 

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becky Flag over the moon 10 Nov 20 10.25am Send a Private Message to becky Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add becky as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

The teams in Europe have to play games in quick succession, on the back of a truncated pre-season.
For instance both Liverpool and Man Utd's last 4 games have been over a 11/12 day period and this includes overseas travel.

Perhaps if our beloved team was in such a situation our supporters might deem that the schedule was very challenging!

Eddie Izzard - 29 marathons in 29 days and he's twice their ages........ poor little young, fit and well cared for darlings.

 


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jeeagles Flag 10 Nov 20 12.30pm

No sympathy for them either. This season has the potential to be much more interesting that previous years and potentially create a much more even playing field.

3 subs limits the tactical changes you can have in a match. 5 subs is a complete game changer with the opportunity to completely change a formation.

The only reason I would like it, is that it would give more youngsters a chance. Id be willing to compromise at 4 subs, but the 4th must be U21.

 

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Dubai Eagle Flag 10 Nov 20 12.59pm Send a Private Message to Dubai Eagle Add Dubai Eagle as a friend

Give the Premier League clubs that are in European competitions the option to opt out of either 1 or both of the domestic cups this will reduce their match load

 

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Wilesy01 Flag Bristol 10 Nov 20 1.08pm Send a Private Message to Wilesy01 Add Wilesy01 as a friend

I am, and shall remain an ardent supporter of the National team and to that respect I want England to field the strongest team that it possibly can. It does annoy me when our top talent who play for the so called bigger clubs pick up injuries through fixture congestion and then can't play in qualifiers/big tournaments etc.

Solution to this would be to scrap a lot of the nothing fixtures in the UCL (sorry APOEL Nicosia) and just get rid of the League Cup full stop. However the bigger clubs may not like this as it'd be a blow to thier revenues.

 

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Spiderman Flag Horsham 10 Nov 20 1.56pm Send a Private Message to Spiderman Add Spiderman as a friend

Originally posted by Wilesy01

I am, and shall remain an ardent supporter of the National team and to that respect I want England to field the strongest team that it possibly can. It does annoy me when our top talent who play for the so called bigger clubs pick up injuries through fixture congestion and then can't play in qualifiers/big tournaments etc.

Solution to this would be to scrap a lot of the nothing fixtures in the UCL (sorry APOEL Nicosia) and just get rid of the League Cup full stop. However the bigger clubs may not like this as it'd be a blow to thier revenues.

We should keep the league cup, too much of our traditions are being eradicated. If big 6 don’t want to enter fine, although may struggle sponsorwise,

 

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The Dolphin Flag 10 Nov 20 4.09pm Send a Private Message to The Dolphin Add The Dolphin as a friend

Good points from Andros today!
In their game at the weekend they didn't even use their quota of three subs but now they want five?
They only want them to use against the lesser teams - like us - when they can't break them down - they then bring on five top class internationals to give it a better go!
It gives an unfair advantage against the likes of us.
Let them do it in their games against their buddies but only three against the rest of us.
As he says - it has worked fine for years so no need to change.
Me thinks they are looking at the league table and not liking what they are seeing.
They want their cosy club back and will do anything to achieve that result!

 

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doombear Flag Too far from Selhurst Park 10 Nov 20 9.12pm Send a Private Message to doombear Add doombear as a friend

I have little sympathy when every team in the PL is allowed 25 players in their squad PLUS any youngsters they choose to add to that squad (those under 21 as at beginning of Jan of the calendar year).

Those English clubs involved in Europe are allowed 5 subs in those two competitions. The only slight sympathy (and it's very slight) is the TV scheduling, but even then, it's up to the clubs to manage their first team squad resources to take account of that.

 

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