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weringo said:
If it's seeded, i.e. 1 vs 11, 2 vs 12, 3 vs 13 etc. Then I can't see how it'd will be unfair.



No doubt the PL will give teams a week either side of the match to prepare/recover.
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I am sure the team that is in 20th place would think it is unfair, when their relegation rivals are playing the 5th place team!

It is just the Premier League pandering to armchair fans who support the big teams. No doubt the Liverpool's and United's will end up with mega money games in the Seoul and Tokyo, and Blackburn v Bolton will end up in Ulan Bator, with 3 goats and blind camel for company.
 
Royal Fleet said:
I am sure the team that is in 20th place would think it is unfair, when their relegation rivals are playing the 5th place team!

It is just the Premier League pandering to armchair fans who support the big teams. No doubt the Liverpool's and United's will end up with mega money games in the Seoul and Tokyo, and Blackburn v Bolton will end up in Ulan Bator, with 3 goats and blind camel for company.
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Ah so you've been to their home games then? ;):D
 
weringo said:
If it's seeded, i.e. 1 vs 11, 2 vs 12, 3 vs 13 etc. Then I can't see how it'd will be unfair.
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It's a league. It's a level playing field, how do you seed it? Why should 1st place play a better team in 11 than 2nd place playing 12?

It's just not cricket!
 
LeaguePosition14 said:
It's a league. It's a level playing field, how do you seed it? Why should 1st place play a better team in 11 than 2nd place playing 12?
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It would make next to no difference.

There are many aspects of a league format which could be argued as "unfair" but in reality don't mean much. For example: when the fixture list is drawn it is possible for Liverpool to draw Derby both at the start of the season and at the end, whereas Man Utd could draw Derby twice during the December/January period.

Would you rather be playing a newly promoted team in their first PL game and at the end when they're in a relagation scrap, or would you rather play them twice during the middle of the season when they are at their weakest?

The fact is that in this case Utd would be at an advantage, but how much difference does it actually make?
 
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None really. But United playing Derby three times, and Arsenal playing Tottenham three times would make a huge difference.
 
In reality the PL is ALL about money. As much as I disagree with the theory, I don't see how money-making schemes like this can be avoided in the long run.
 
Ripper said:
None really. But United playing Derby three times, and Arsenal playing Tottenham three times would make a huge difference.
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With Tottenham's record against Arsenal it probably wouldn't :p

Anyway as I said if it's seeded then those set of fixtures wouldn't happen unless for example: Utd and Arsenal were 1st+2nd and Tottenam and Derby were 12th+11th respectively, in which case it would be fair.
 
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I am dead against this proposal and I signed that petition a few days ago.

So far I've had replies from Birmingham, Man Utd, West Ham, all of them pretty simliar

exhibit A-

Thank you for your email.

Any decisions on the future structure of the Premier League are for the 20 member clubs to decide as a whole. Clubs have given the Premier League the authority to examine the idea further. No decisions have been taken.

Regards
 
If they really must go chasing the foreign money then the best solution is for clubs to play some* of their home games wherever they choose. If Man Utd want to give up their home advantage in exchange for a few million middle eastern dollars then let them. At least the integrity of the league is damaged less than it would be by playing extra games.

*There are several approaches which could be taken ranging from a mandatory "you must play 1 home game of the PL's choice where your told to" to "You may choose to play up to x home games of your choice anywhere you like" to "You can play all your games wherever the hell you like" depending on just how far the PL want to chase the money.
 
Signed. English teams should play Premiership games in England.

Any English team wishing to play another English team outside of England should play them in an exhibition match.
 
kaiowas said:
If they really must go chasing the foreign money then the best solution is for clubs to play some* of their home games wherever they choose. If Man Utd want to give up their home advantage in exchange for a few million middle eastern dollars then let them. At least the integrity of the league is damaged less than it would be by playing extra games.
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Mainly because for the fool like me who turns up to watch their side on a Saturday afternoon, it deprives me of home games.

As mentioned above this is all to benefit the armchair fan and ignores the supposed lifeblood of the game, those who turn up (and not for the prawn sandwiches). It is at times like this that I am not that bothered that I will probably be watching Championship football again next year!
 
Just to those who aren't against it, it'll start as one game away and it'll become more than that.

Unfortunately it'll be too late to care or kick up a fuss about it then.

I'm usually against petitions, they do very little no matter how many signatures they have and to be honest, I problably won't sign this one.

Regardless, if you can't $€€ where this is going to end up, then it'll come as quite the surprise.

As I said, one game will become more, possibly even the biggest league games being played outside of England. It's just the start of money madness.

It'll go on ahead no matter what the fan says unfortunately. Money talks.
 
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