General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

Well considering teams in Europe will be playing nearly every 3 days until the World Cup it will help.

I believe you still only have the 3 opportunities to bring on subs plus half time.

Another one that was creeping in last season was lads taking a ball to the head/heading the ball and going down with a 'head injury'. That needs stamping out quickly as it could become a mess with players going down every time the ball touches their head. You claim a head injury and you're down the tunnel to be accessed by an independent doctor, no exceptions.

The point about Klopp is that he frequently didn't use his 3 subs nevermind 5, especially in tight games.

It's for the games where they're 3 up on 60 minutes the 5 subs will actually be used.

Yo can’t punish people for going down with a head injury. The idea of it is that soccer was behind nearly every other sport and if managers have to bring a player off there will be pressure on the player to pick himself up and dust himself down, thus creating a dangerous situation for that player.

Just stop the clock at the 70 minute mark every time the ball goes out of play….

Oh, and goalkeepers…..6 second rule needs to be brought back in. I couldn’t care if they catch it, save it or what, you have 6 seconds to get it back into play. They catch a cross, then go to ground, stay there for 5-10 seconds, then carry it the edge of the area for another 10-15 seconds….needs stamping out.

Yes and he won't be complaining about the 5 subs then!

Lads like Jota, Bobby or Hendo are gonna be in your first 3 coming on. And ultimately, if your best guys weren't able to break down a stoic team, what makes you think the 4th and 5th choice backups will? Nah, consistently the reason the poorer teams fall away at the end of games is pure exhaustion. We see it week in week out. This at least let's them get a couple extra bodies in that are fit and firing.

And sure even beyond that - you keep talking about this as some construct to help the big teams. They're already putting those teams away no bother, routinely breaking the 90 point barrier right now anyway, so to be honest any change (especially one that has been proven right across Europe to not have you effect you seem to think it will), is worth a try. I've a feeling we'll see more sides manage to hang on for a draw against the big guns as a result anyway.

Now that the embarrassing Newcastle third jersey has actually been acknowledged as being a thing, here's hoping that

a) Newcastle have enough backbone to minimise the amount of times they have to wear it and

b) Newcastle fans have enough cop-on not to buy the bloody thing.

Really don't want to see that in the Premier League this coming season.

I never acknowledged anything, I was just merely pointing out that football fans notoriously change their opinions when it involves their own clubs!

Are Liverpool fans the only fans in favour of it and have they been against it in the past and suddenly changed opinion on it? The point I was making that football fans will be against anything until it suits them.

A major benefit of the expansion of the number of match day squad players allowed and this new 5 subs rule is it gives young homegrown players a taste of the big time and an opportunity to get a little game time at the top level. And that can only be a good thing for all clubs. Klopp has given a lot of homegrown players that opportunity in cup and league games over the past 5 years.

To be honest I'm not bothered about it at all... I wanted it for the season before last as a really obvious way of combatting the shrunken season, and I think it makes sense for this coming season for the same reason - 2 seasons that cram the same number of games into far fewer weeks.

But under normal circumstances - the status quo clearly helps Liverpool. Been hitting 90+ points in 3 of the last 4 years, so it's way more likely that any change will disrupt that than help it (as the evidence all across Europe has shown already). In those many, many games 'Pool have pulled a win out of the bag in the last 5 or 10 minutes, I'd much rather not see 2 pairs of fresh opposition legs coming on to shore things up.

Not really, what else would you expect? It’s blatant Sportswashing so no point in being subtle!

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Thanks!

100%, his ship has sailed and he is not the future of the club. Thank you and good night tbh.

200k a week for 6 years…..over £60m in wages.

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