Yes...
It's not that they're playing too many games per se; it's that they're playing too many games that aren't making them (and the Prem League) a big s**t load of money.
So, the top 5 will be kept apart by seeding? This is a sop to the other 15 who no-one outside of the UK cares about. Don't worry though, Fulham v Bolton in HK next season will not be seen by any more than this season, so they'll quickly abandon that exercise in favour of the big 5 (or possibly 8) doing the exhibition games and raking in the mega-bucks.
Football is dead! Long live football!
Posted By: BerlinCanary on February 7th 2008 at 14:59:39
Message Thread
- So the solution to Premier League clubs 'playing too many games' (Other Football) - camcan, Feb 7, 14:01:11
- Yes... (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Feb 7, 14:59:39
- they could just do the magic of the fa cup out there seeing as no (Other Football) - pants, Feb 7, 14:39:27
- I don't think they're playing more - just playing some abroad (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, Feb 7, 14:10:01
- nope (Other Football) - blindasabat, Feb 7, 14:11:33
- oh, ok. (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, Feb 7, 14:13:12
- But only ONE extra game, and how do they work out the opponents/ (Other Football) - Old Git, Feb 7, 14:15:04
- the snippet I heard (Other Football) - camcan, Feb 7, 14:17:55
- ... (Other Football) - blindasabat, Feb 7, 14:17:25
- You would be well hacked off if you were the ones who had to play Man U three times (Other Football) - Old Git, Feb 7, 14:19:23
- tremendously so (Other Football) - blindasabat, Feb 7, 14:22:01
- but you might be a little club (Other Football) - camcan, Feb 7, 14:21:47
- You would be well hacked off if you were the ones who had to play Man U three times (Other Football) - Old Git, Feb 7, 14:19:23
- with you on that one OG (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Feb 7, 14:16:24
- Put them in a bucket of ice, the last one to melt wins. (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, Feb 7, 14:16:12
- But only ONE extra game, and how do they work out the opponents/ (Other Football) - Old Git, Feb 7, 14:15:04
- oh, ok. (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, Feb 7, 14:13:12
- nope (Other Football) - blindasabat, Feb 7, 14:11:33
- I suppose they'll all drop out of the FA Cup as well (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Feb 7, 14:08:09
- No, the whole idea behind fewer games is so the likes of Man U. can have lucrative tours (n/m) (Other Football) - colincanary, Feb 7, 14:02:31
- I know - ooh we're exhausted let's go to China - (Other Football) - camcan, Feb 7, 14:03:52
- The Americanisation of our game is now gaining more and more momentum (n/m) (Other Football) - colincanary, Feb 7, 14:12:57
- read 'commercialism'. (Other Football) - shoddy, Feb 7, 14:15:25
- yes .. but we could take our games round Norfolk... (Other Football) - colincanary, Feb 7, 14:17:13
- read 'commercialism'. (Other Football) - shoddy, Feb 7, 14:15:25
- one of my best mates....... (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 7, 14:09:20
- It's the journey (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Feb 7, 14:14:03
- Isn't the idea that they don't play extra games, just that they move a few games abroad? (Other Football) - Old Git, Feb 7, 14:07:50
- nope (Other Football) - blindasabat, Feb 7, 14:09:29
- OIC, so one extra game per club, camcan's right then (Other Football) - Old Git, Feb 7, 14:13:40
- You really think there'll be relegation in the future? (n/m) (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Feb 7, 15:03:21
- OIC, so one extra game per club, camcan's right then (Other Football) - Old Git, Feb 7, 14:13:40
- nope (Other Football) - blindasabat, Feb 7, 14:09:29
- The Americanisation of our game is now gaining more and more momentum (n/m) (Other Football) - colincanary, Feb 7, 14:12:57
- I know - ooh we're exhausted let's go to China - (Other Football) - camcan, Feb 7, 14:03:52
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