Kaizero

Would have to be implemented in the entire footballing world if it was to work, otherwise English football would take a dive into obscurity and the best players would flee the league like it was the plague. This isn't an issue for the NHL, NFL and NBA, as they're really the only "proper" leagues in the world. You can see it in the MLS though, with the best Yank players going off to obscure places like Norway and Belgium. Whilst it in theory seems great, it would never work. Communism seemed great, in theory.

I'd bring Djibril Cissé back from Greece. Other than that we need to get a fast paced midfielder with an attacking mindset in, I'd say Skjelbred but it's getting old now. I'd pretty much take anything as long as they're fast, young and can pass the ball around as well as being able to keep it up.

Agreed. thirded Fourthed, or whatever comes after thirded.

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Fuck Birmingham.

Fucking hell Villa.

I decided not to look at the stats due to the matches being so fucking tasty.

Should blatantly extend it and then get him in permanently in the summer, shown that he's more than capable of being a decent back up for Enrique.

Why does Alan Smith need to step forward? He can score ten times before May if he likes, he still won't have a PL goal in the past 4 years

Probably someone two seats away just fucking with him now Kezman's in the press box apparently, keeps updating his Facebook with his BlackBerry.

McLoven

Let's rape them!

Isn't Diouf on the bench for Man Utd? Why the fuck put on someone who won't score if his life depended on it when they're 1 down?

Fucking Everton fucking up two of my bets before the day has even properly started.

Supermac.

What a goal!

lol @ thread

Put £25 on US to win the WC at 75.0 in odds, returning £1875 should it go in, which it won't.

If you're drunk enough to not even attempt to spell properly, you're not on the computer.

Forest, Arsenal and Barcelona. Cheers returns £132 with Unibet, not bad.

I want to put £50 on something. Anyone nice enough to give me a decent suggestion so I can blame them when it blows up in my face and I'm £50 down?

The "25 max number of players in the first team squad" thing can't come quick enough tbh.

In my honest opinion I think there should be a limit of how many changes you should be able to do between two matches (not counting injures/suspensions). 10 changes is just silly, whoever does it and for whatever reason they do it when none from the last match were injured or suspended. Would be a much more definite rule than "you should field your strongest team". How many is acceptable in your opinion then? Just out of interest. For the record, I do think McCarthy took the piss by resting 10 but I'd defend his right to name whatever team he likes for any individual game. And that's my point. It's up to the manager, NOT the FA of PL, to decide who plays. More than 7 is taking the piss. Think the limit should be 6 changes. I don't follow. What if there are injuries/suspensions? So if there are 6 injuries/suspensions that require a change of player, the manager is unable to change anyone else? I said discounting injuries/suspensions earlier in that discussion, you don't follow. It'd be a ridiculous rule though. Managers can do what they like with team selections ultimately, why on earth should they have restrictions? Losing the game was punishment enough and he would have had egg on his face if they'd lost their next game but as it was, he'll see it as a justified decision. Good on him if it keeps them up. I would like few things more than see Wolves go down and never come back up. If it was up to me McCarthy should've been sacked for blatantly throwing a game, just unprofessional and detrimental to the game, even if their three points at Burnley keep them up. Their best players should be able to manage 38 matches, they did 46 in the Championship ffs, resting them is no excuse. I agree the players shouldn't have beem tired but that's the decision he made. I think it would be a total disaster if managers' hands were tied regarding who they could and couldn't pick - injuries and suspensions usually limit them enough. Fair enough my "rule" suggestion might be shit But there should still be some sort of proper rule preventing a team from throwing matches, which is blatantly what Wolves did. That said, I'd be less bothered about it had the players fielded at least tried to do something to win, but they didn't. And it was so obvious they went out there just waiting for the 90 mins to be over.

Exactly. The point of the league is determine who's the best and who's the worst. If managers weaken their teams too often, chances are they'll finish lower. It's their choice to take the risk or not. Its very unlikely teams in the bottom half will beat sides in the top 4. It is quite likely that theyll do better in the following game if they rest their better players for those games. Its not really down to managerial ability, theyd be stupid not to. If one starts and gains an advantage from it, they all start. Shouldnt be allowed to happen. Just out of interest, Who actually decides which combination of players make the strongest team? The PL? The FA? Who? The manager? The fans? The bookies? How do they come to the decision? If they can't decide/agree on who those players are then how can they ascertain if the strongest team possible has been named? What happens if a manager wants to change the system and has to drop one of his better strikers to play an 'inferior' player to beef up the midfield? Is that allowed? There's no debate that the current "rule" is too vague to be properly followed. But it's still obvious that Wolves blatantly decided not to "show up" at one of the 38 league matches as they accepted defeat before the match was even played, and there should be implemented a rule that's not as vague as the current against doing something like that.