Phew, CC4L is back to nornsl.Hopefilly its only due to short preseason and its goes back to nornsl after
Yet more advantages for the richer clubs, farce of a game
Football needs to be football. I'm all for goal line technology as a must (who remembers Frank lampards 'goal' against the Germans?) and 3 subs has been a success, but 5 subs, drinks breaks, var stoppages - it's all spoiling the game. It's not the start stop game of NFL Football.
No the rule is each side can only stop the game 3 times for subs (not including half time) due to time wasting. They have to make multiple subs at once if they want to use all 5Getting ridiculous. That's potentially 10 stoppages for substitutions. Bet all that time doesn't get added on.
They're saying its just for next season as the season could be shorter meaning more games per week but I can't see it being rolled back if it does come in over here for a full season.
It needs to be implemented to reduce time wasting and breaking up play.
So rules like:
3 tactical subs allowed, 2 injury.
Limited to 3 changeover opportunities (+ HT)
Any player as an injury sub is automatically not eligible for next game in that competition.
No subs allowed in injury time and only 1 opportunity allowed in final five minutes
It does increase the possibility of making it that some players are 'designed' to last 60 mins or as a impact sub for 20 mins and their effort and workrate is based on that. So if a player then has to go beyond that but their training isn't designed for it could make the risk of injury or overexertion a bigger problem.
It is supposedly just for the one season but you never know.
Yeah I don't get the negativity here or how it'll benefit the bigger clubs....really?!
Surely it will benefit every club and the players equally? Yes there will be more interruptions for sub breaks but it's hardly going to take 5 minutes off the playing time of every game is it.
If next season is shorter (which it will be), then players are likely to be playing more games in a shorter amount of time with many moaning that there's already not enough rest between some games. As hill83 says, it'll give some younger players a chance of game time but most importantly, hopefully reduce the amount of injuries sustained.
Surely a players wellbeing is more important that an extra 2 mins of injury time added on at the end of a game?
For me main concern is if it increases the breaks in play. Loses all flow and momentum and football doesn't suit a stop/start game. I can see the TV people wanting the drink break more than anything else because it's another chance for ads, hence chance for more revenue and the powers that be will go along with it for that reason alone.
As for the number of subs it would definitely be of benefit to the bigger teams more because they've got more squad depth. Take Man City yesterday. With five subs they could bring on De Bruyne, Sterling, Mahrez, Laporte and Zinchenko. Bournemouth could bring on Callum Wilson, Harry Wilson, Lewis Cook, David Brooks and Andrew Surman. Do you really think both teams get the same benefit out of that?
If you've got limited resources you've now got to either spread it out further to have a stronger squad, resulting in a slightly weaker team, or continue with a strong first team and weaker overall squad but knowing that they'll be suffering later on in games and in the season as they tire and other teams make changes. The big clubs don't have to do that. Their benches would walk into most other clubs first teams and with the FFP ruling they'll be quite happy to continue laying out fortunes on players, esp if with more subs they'll all get more game time.
I'm all for helping protect the players in what is likely to be a very congested season but I can't see it being used by the teams in that manner. They'll just up the intensity with the knowledge more players can be subbed.
I get what you're saying but it's not really in different to the playing budgets of teams, is it? Man City will have a better squad than AFC Bournemouth. Your squad strength is relevant to your budget. Bournemouth don't have the same resources as City...their 12th-16th best players are still their 12th-16th best players, same as City.
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