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Two very easy ways to address this is an 18 team first division and to get rid of the League cup, or better yet, make it for Football League teams only (not PL). That's a minimum of 5 less games a year and would allow a longer summer break as well as a proper winter break right after the New Year.
Divisions 2-4 should also only have 22 teams each.
The thing with that is right the way into the Championship the teams are fully rotated anyway, only when you get to 1/4 final stage is when you see other bigger players selected, even then the teams still show significant rotation.Two very easy ways to address this is an 18 team first division and to get rid of the League cup, or better yet, make it for Football League teams only (not PL). That's a minimum of 5 less games a year and would allow a longer summer break as well as a proper winter break right after the New Year.
Divisions 2-4 should also only have 22 teams each.
Or why not just exclude clubs in Europe from the League Cup?
Not a bad idea at first but this plays into the hands of the big money teams, who would have 26 internationals v the lesser teams who would have teenagers make up the last few.Why are we (all clubs) having a 24-26 man squad but only using 15/18 most of the season, clubs are paying 6+ players to play 2 or 4 games a season, before we cut down on matches how about every player must play X matches a season unless injuried
just like little kids football you try to give everyone the same amount of pitch time, Then we will see how good the coaching and managers are (having to play the whole squad not just the best players)
There nearly always is anyway, it's the six big sides and then whoever wins a cup or is least bad in the league outside of them. Just double-checked back to 2007 and we've never had the same teams reach Europe two years in a row in that period.This would have the advantage of guaranteeing at least one fresh team into Europe each year.
Its a good idea but you will get clubs feigning injury so certain players can play more than others.Why are we (all clubs) having a 24-26 man squad but only using 15/18 most of the season, clubs are paying 6+ players to play 2 or 4 games a season, before we cut down on matches how about every player must play X matches a season unless injuried
just like little kids football you try to give everyone the same amount of pitch time, Then we will see how good the coaching and managers are (having to play the whole squad not just the best players)
Makes him a pussy
Do you remember when Jose was bemoaning his shitness on injuries to Kane and Son?
Anyway thought I'd drop this in as always an interesting snapshot. Jose forcing Davies to play through injury and biting him up as a man for doing so, what does it make of him for not being able to play as a direct result of doing so.
Jose can't even use the injuries excuse.
Do you remember when Jose was bemoaning his shitness on injuries to Kane and Son?
Anyway thought I'd drop this in as always an interesting snapshot. Jose forcing Davies to play through injury and biting him up as a man for doing so, what does it make of him for not being able to play as a direct result of doing so.