39th Game

I bet the English Man City fans would have been thrilled to be told last season they couldn't be apart of the title presentation because Scudamore wants to improve the PL brand

So what happens if its a title race and city get say everton while chelsea get hull?

comment by (U19680)
posted 11 seconds ago
I bet the English Man City fans would have been thrilled to be told last season they couldn't be apart of the title presentation because Scudamore wants to improve the PL brand
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Scudamore would probably offer them both tickets to go to the match

comment by John Henrys Explosive Offense - #STOPISIS (U18764)
posted 24 seconds ago
So what happens if its a title race and city get say everton while chelsea get hull?
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Exactly, there's no fairness in it. The only way it would work is as an 'exhibition' match after the season.

comment by John Henrys Explosive Offense - #STOPISIS (U18764)
posted 51 seconds ago
So what happens if its a title race and city get say everton while chelsea get hull?

..............

Well done Ilori, you are Macca late on that one.

I can't think any football fan or manager would want this to go ahead. Nor the players either. Too many permutations that could draw fierce (and understandable) criticisms.
Club owners could be swayed by the money I suppose. Depending if they are fighting relegation or not.

The players have what, 2 weeks? off for their holiday, so looking at a few extra days taken off them atleast.

That's what the International Champions Cup has all been about IMO.

Showing how much support (and money) can be drummed up in the USA for Premier League games to played out there one day.

Liverpool playing United and City during pre-season didn't seem right to me, but I think it was show what kind of numbers they could pull in.

comment by Robben van Persie #20 - Rolls Reus (U1145)
posted 56 minutes ago
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 28 seconds ago
I cant see it happening. How do you decide who each team plays?

The fans don't want it and neither do many of the clubs.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Did a bit of digging and found this Elvis:

"Those 10 extra games would be played at five different venues, with cities bidding for the right to stage them.

It is understood the additional fixtures could be determined by a draw but that the top-five teams could be seeded to avoid playing each other. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7232390.stm
------------------------

That just makes the whole league unfair. It isn't right that one of the smaller teams might have to play one of the big boys 3 times, when another team battling relegation could get a much easier game.

What Mr Scudamore is looking to do is to export our product abroad. The poor soul has forgotten that our product is already exported abroad and is well received.

Rather than waste everyone's time with another league game that would directly influence the positions in the league, why not create a new cup competition where the entrants are from the prem alone.

Call it, the Prem cup or something, then you can play additional games all over the globe, from the arctic to the sahara desert.