Premier League scraps 5 sub law.

Dont understand why it was even up for debate. It was introduced to help finish the final few games off nothing more.

comment by RJC (U17308)
posted 1 minute ago
Dont understand why it was even up for debate. It was introduced to help finish the final few games off nothing more.
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FIFA have extended it to end of next season, so it was up for debate for the individual leagues.

great, it favours certain teams

Didnt mind it myself, it benefitted every club with guarding against injuries and fatigue, it also meant homegrown youth was more likely to get some game time in the prem.

Sure City had a huge advantage over the rest of the top 6 as the top 6 had over the rest of the league but i still think the positives outweighed the negatives.

comment by Kunta Kante (U1641)
posted 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 40 minutes ago
I would like to see a 4th and 5th sub allowed if they are academy players. This might see some better development of a clubs youth giving opportunity at the highest level where very few get a real chance.
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A fair shout, although depending how you define academy could still give some clubs a ?unfair advantage
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You could argue Brighton already have a ?unfair advantage

Awful news

They can cry about unfair advantage bigger squads, but theyre not the ones playing twice a week cos of europe and going deep in cup comps.

3 games in 7 days at times

Hopefully we're binning the drinks break too

comment by Inbefore (U20589)
posted 13 hours, 46 minutes ago
They can cry about unfair advantage bigger squads, but theyre not the ones playing twice a week cos of europe and going deep in cup comps.
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There was actually a pretty interesting take on that in the paper some days ago:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/jul/29/football-five-substitutes-rule-does-not-benefit-the-big-clubs-and-here-is-why

I think there are gaps in the reasoning, because smaller teams might also use more subs due to worse conditioning, if they have to shake things up to come from behind, are desperate for fresh legs to help protect a result, or simply want to run down the clock, but it's still good to look at things from a fresh perspective.