The fact we were the only top European league to revert back to 3 just shows you how much of a backward decision it was and how dated and resistant to change we are. Its become so obvious it's for the best now that even we can't ignore it any longer, it's embarrassing it took this long.
The popukar morons view from last season of it only helping the better sides which was spouted out by nearly every single clueless pundit, carragher, ferdinand etc has been shot down by some managers of those teams suggesting it actually benefits them more if anything. City and Liverpool, the two best teams in the league routinely rely on grinding teams down, they'll spend 45 minutes tiring the opposition out so they can benefit second half, that tactic is seriously negated if the opposition can bring on half a new outfield team.
In a world where we are asking players to play more and more and seeing more and more injuries because of it, it's almost negligent to not have 5 subs at this point. Studies show you're far more likely to get injuries after 70 minutes once fatigue sets in, this helps to drastically reduce that. We should see a noticeable decline in muscle injuries within 2 seasons of this, let's just hope the people in charge don't see it as an opportunity to introduce even more games into the schedule. There's also the opportunity to give more youth players time in the pitch which everybody screams out for, until there's a chance to actually make it happen then most don't want it.
Who will be the first pundit to come out and say this is bad and then flip when they realise how stupid they are? My moneys on Ferdinand, give it 6 months and he will be telling everybody he lead the campaign for it.
