take the FA Cup more seriously. I saw something similar in the comments of a football article yesterday.
Scrap replays
With the amount of games players are expected to play per season, having a replay just means more fatigue or missed time off work for non-league, semi-pro players. Extra time and/or penalties to decide the result on the day.
PL team draws against EFL or non-league teams.
Give the EFL/non-league team the choice of playing at home and any benefits that brings or away for the extra revenue that would bring.
Community shield.
Maybe change the format of the community shield to make it mean something. Instead of FA cup winner playing PL winner, have them play 4th place in a European qualifier. Winner plays in CL, loser plays in EL. If FA Cup winner is already qualified for CL (top 3) then 4th place automatically qualifies for CL & Community shield reverts to FA Cup winner V PL winner (as they do currently) and FA Cup runner up gets EL place.
Thoughts.
Possible changes to help teams
posted on 6/2/20
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by ♫♪ Gini Mini Mane Mo, Keita, Milner, Firm... (U19365)
posted 27 minutes ago
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 5 minutes ago
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But as Idont said, the only real thing that is a motivator in football these days is the money. The most prestigious competitions pay out the most money.
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Which is where the Community shield idea comes in. Winning the FA Cup could lead to a CL place and as such, becomes a big money game.
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CL qualifiers start before the Community shield don't they?
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Moot point though, as UEFA dictate that CL places only go to the league places.
posted on 6/2/20
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 39 seconds ago
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by ♫♪ Gini Mini Mane Mo, Keita, Milner, Firm... (U19365)
posted 27 minutes ago
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 5 minutes ago
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But as Idont said, the only real thing that is a motivator in football these days is the money. The most prestigious competitions pay out the most money.
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Which is where the Community shield idea comes in. Winning the FA Cup could lead to a CL place and as such, becomes a big money game.
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CL qualifiers start before the Community shield don't they?
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Moot point though, as UEFA dictate that CL places only go to the league places.
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Correct
posted on 6/2/20
Somebody should do a coefficient table to show England getting the four spots every season.
posted on 6/2/20
Coefficients
posted on 6/2/20
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 47 minutes ago
Two things that the bigger teams care about is Champions league football and money.
UEFA won't let the domestic cups have a CL place, so money is the only solution. With there being less interest in the FA cup from a commercial and viewership point of view, then there's little chance that prize money will increase.
So we have a cup thats lost some luster. It happens. Remember the old cup winners cup.
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So the FA Cup is destined to go the same way, with only a couple of the big clubs bothering to take it seriously until the latter stages.
Just scrap the League Cup then.
posted on 6/2/20
comment by Manfrombelmonty (U1705)
posted 14 minutes ago
Coefficients
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Are you sure you haven't confused Coefficients with coeds
posted on 6/2/20
The best way to make the FA Cup "special" is to have rounds 3-6 all in January. Suspend PL and Championship football for a month. Get rid if this winter break thing.
Teams will still rotate, but gives them more chance of playing strong XIs as they wont want players to lose match fitness.
Fans will also be more inclined to turn up, as to avoid a month without the matchday thrill.
posted on 6/2/20
Ultimately these are all just addressing symptoms rather than the root cause, that being that football is now so unevenly balanced in terms of money that clubs feel they have no option but to ditch the FA Cup as a priority.
Sad to say but there’s no going back.
posted on 6/2/20
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 17 minutes ago
The best way to make the FA Cup "special" is to have rounds 3-6 all in January. Suspend PL and Championship football for a month. Get rid if this winter break thing.
Teams will still rotate, but gives them more chance of playing strong XIs as they wont want players to lose match fitness.
Fans will also be more inclined to turn up, as to avoid a month without the matchday thrill.
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That'd be tough on teams that go out after the first game. No more football for a month. Nothing for the fans, nothing for the players, nopthign for the business around the grounds that thrive on the matchday income.
Could even see premier league teams throwing the kids in and then losing and generating a winter break for themselves.
Might work for the cup, could cause headaches for the leagues.
posted on 6/2/20
We need to give klopp and Liverpool byes throughout winter. They Stop playing around Halloween and they can continue up again around April. That should help the cup.