Worried Man Blues
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Have a mini tournament anywhere you like but leave our leagues alone!
That feels a lot like just giving the top 3 teams a bonus 3 points in the table.I'd guess it would be decided on previous season finishes, so 1st v 20th (or team coming up via the play-offs), 2nd v 19th (or Championship runners up) and so on. The games would be neutral venues so all teams would still have equal numbers of home and away games. So based on current league positions would give you:
Arsenal v Leeds?
Man City v Ipswich
Liverpool v Leicester
Villa v Forest
Tottingham v Brentford
Newcastle v Everton
Chelsea v Fulham
Man U v Wolverhampton
West H'aa'm v Palace
Brighton v Bournemouth
Some background:
Note: I do not understand at all how a competitive 39th game is supposed to work and still be fair to everybody.
That feels a lot like just giving the top 3 teams a bonus 3 points in the table.
I would imagine the plastic 6 wouldn't like that as they were hoping to make a fortune flogging tickets to the games between each otherI'd guess it would be decided on previous season finishes, so 1st v 20th (or team coming up via the play-offs), 2nd v 19th (or Championship runners up) and so on. The games would be neutral venues so all teams would still have equal numbers of home and away games. So based on current league positions would give you:
Arsenal v Leeds?
Man City v Ipswich
Liverpool v Leicester
Villa v Forest
Tottingham v Brentford
Newcastle v Everton
Chelsea v Fulham
Man U v Wolverhampton
West H'aa'm v Palace
Brighton v Bournemouth
They will still make a fortune on those sort of fixtures. People, especially the Yanks would be foolish enough to pay premium prices.I would imagine the plastic 6 wouldn't like that as they were hoping to make a fortune flogging tickets to the games between each other
Are you saying these would be an extra '39th' game? If so that would favour the top teams who get to play lower teams whilst Brighton get a mid table team.I'd guess it would be decided on previous season finishes, so 1st v 20th (or team coming up via the play-offs), 2nd v 19th (or Championship runners up) and so on. The games would be neutral venues so all teams would still have equal numbers of home and away games. So based on current league positions would give you:
Arsenal v Leeds?
Man City v Ipswich
Liverpool v Leicester
Villa v Forest
Tottingham v Brentford
Newcastle v Everton
Chelsea v Fulham
Man U v Wolverhampton
West H'aa'm v Palace
Brighton v Bournemouth
working group established…the wheels are turning…
working group established…the wheels are turning…
I suppose the upside of a 'home' game being staged in Orlando is the possibility of getting home sooner....and then you end up with a club in a smaller place, say us, unable to outbid a chennai or orlando to host our own home games
for a start NFL is a franchise based team competition, where the team can up sticks and move elsewhere, there is no relegation, winners are based on a play off system, so having an unbalanced game at a venue overseas has very limited impact....So my NFL team (Green Bay Packers) came to London 18 months ago - and I went to the game (v New York Giants)
How is that so different to BHA playing in the States?
are there 50k fans waiting for BHA vs Wolves in Green Bay? there might be a crowd for Manchester or London clubs derby in a large footballing city, like the NFL setup, but we know they dont want to do one off games. so they'll look for this silly 39th game instead.So my NFL team (Green Bay Packers) came to London 18 months ago - and I went to the game (v New York Giants)
How is that so different to BHA playing in the States?