I don't know about you but the Charity shield is a bit of a farce these days. The managers and players rarely take it seriously any more and it's more of a warmup to the season than anything else, so I propose a change.
Make it into a US Style 'All-Star' game. Have a GB team that has to have a minimum of 2 starting players from Scotland, Wales and include Ireland and maybe even 1 from NI/Ireland and have them face off against a 'best of the rest' team made up of Foreign players. I'd like to see the League champions manager and the FA Cup winners manager being on control of the players and they could alternate it every year. Allow them to pick the squad but also set a minimum of players from their own team, maybe 2 on the pitch or 3 in the squad. IMO it would be a far better spectacle than the current Charity Shield and would probably, if anything, raise more money and be more of a pre-season event than it is currently.
Discuss!
Make it into a US Style 'All-Star' game. Have a GB team that has to have a minimum of 2 starting players from Scotland, Wales and include Ireland and maybe even 1 from NI/Ireland and have them face off against a 'best of the rest' team made up of Foreign players. I'd like to see the League champions manager and the FA Cup winners manager being on control of the players and they could alternate it every year. Allow them to pick the squad but also set a minimum of players from their own team, maybe 2 on the pitch or 3 in the squad. IMO it would be a far better spectacle than the current Charity Shield and would probably, if anything, raise more money and be more of a pre-season event than it is currently.
Discuss!