Is it time to cut the Premier League down to 18?

[aRdja]

16 hours ago, TK421 said:

Get rid of City and United. 

Bit harsh on Puel and Rafa.

[INTORRESTING]

A very elitist idea!  

[Barrington Womble]

i wouldn't reduce the number of teams. as for huddersfield and fulham being shit, give it 3 or 4 years of 18 clubs, there will be anoother couple of teams at the bottom who are just as cut away. when do you stop, when we get to 8 clubs? 

[INTORRESTING]

8 clubs and barca, madrid, bayern, dortmund , juve and psg - shit they got us.

[Trumo]

2 hours ago, Barry Wom said:

i wouldn't reduce the number of teams. as for huddersfield and fulham being shit, give it 3 or 4 years of 18 clubs, there will be anoother couple of teams at the bottom who are just as cut away. when do you stop, when we get to 8 clubs? 

 

It's not about getting rid of the division's dregs or just keeping them away, because as you say there's always likely to be a couple of really weak teams every year, but rather reducing the competitive (and repetitive) workload. The 2022/23 season is going to have to be truncated in some way due to the World Cup taking place during the season, so that's the ideal point to look at a smaller top flight. They'll have to do something because teams will end up playing 2-3 games a week for pretty much the entire season.

 

I know that clubs are always looking to fill empty dates with lucrative friendlies so obviously they won't just be putting their feet up, but the intensity is a lot less than if they had to prepare for league or cup games, and sometimes just a little change of environment can rejuvenate a squad. That's one reason why squads often go away for warm weather training during the winter if they have a gap in the schedule.

[Megadrive Man]

The crazy thing is Fulham have spent over £100 million this season!

 

Personally I don't think getting rid of teams would help and its a moot point as there would never be enough teams that would vote to cut it down anyway. 

[Curly]

No wonder other clubs’ fans dislike us so much with arrogance and self entitlement like this

[Barrington Womble]

19 hours ago, Trumo said:

  

It's not about getting rid of the division's dregs or just keeping them away, because as you say there's always likely to be a couple of really weak teams every year, but rather reducing the competitive (and repetitive) workload. The 2022/23 season is going to have to be truncated in some way due to the World Cup taking place during the season, so that's the ideal point to look at a smaller top flight. They'll have to do something because teams will end up playing 2-3 games a week for pretty much the entire season.

 

I know that clubs are always looking to fill empty dates with lucrative friendlies so obviously they won't just be putting their feet up, but the intensity is a lot less than if they had to prepare for league or cup games, and sometimes just a little change of environment can rejuvenate a squad. That's one reason why squads often go away for warm weather training during the winter if they have a gap in the schedule.

i am not worried about the intensity. I would prefer to lose 4 cup games, 4 international, 4 something else than league games. for me the league is just fine. as for 22/23, they'll just start the season in Mid july and have a mid season break.