Premier League clubs vote against 5 subs per match in 20/21

[hertsblue]

Is that bad ?

Commentators have already stated this will benefit us. Others have said it gives us an advantage already ( though both teams allowed to make 5 subs) so them typically using an image of us is deliberate by the BBC to further plant that seed for others

 

[blueparrot]

Commentators have already stated this will benefit us. Others have said it gives us an advantage already ( though both teams allowed to make 5 subs) so them typically using an image of us is deliberate by the BBC to further plant that seed for others

I don't think it's a bad story, so using a picture of us doesn't infer anything bad, I know we are all a bit touchy this week but not everything is thought through as a slight on us.
Plus as a few have already pointed out in the thread it does benefit us, Liverpool, and last night noticed united have little outside the first 11,if we get our transfers right a bench of 9 will suit us as will 5 changes.

 

[citytill1die84]

Thought all PL teams had the same sized squad?
Some owners prefer to invest in the team/squad, others in dividends/bonuses to themselves.

Ye but nobody has a squad as good as ours.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I’m not too bothered which clubs will benefit or not and I think it will give more players, especially young players more game time and a chance to shine. However ...

can a club make 5 subs in the last 5 minutes to disrupt the game ?

It’s tedious now with so many breaks during the game, players down injured etc. To see potentially 10 substitutes could be even more tedious

I assume the 3 blocks rule will still apply.

 

[Ric]

We’d benefit from it more than most, but it’s a shit rule. Anything that widens the gap between top and bottom of the league is a bad thing imo.

 

[abu13]

More positives than negatives for us given our strength in depth.

The downside i can see is a team getting a one goal lead and then in an effort to hold it they take off 4 forward players and replace them with 4 defenders and absolutely pack the defence.
Another negative for us is how many times our hard work means the opposition are running on empty for the last 20 minutes, the more fresh legs they bring on the worse it will be for us.

 

[SWP's back]

I’m not too bothered which clubs will benefit or not and I think it will give more players, especially young players more game time and a chance to shine. However ...

can a club make 5 subs in the last 5 minutes to disrupt the game ?

It’s tedious now with so many breaks during the game, players down injured etc. To see potentially 10 substitutes could be even more tedious

No. You can sub 5 players but only across 3 substitution stoppages, same as now.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

I like 5 subs. I think clubs will appreciate this as I can see a lot of fatigue related injuries next season as players haven't really had a rest. It will probably benefit us most and I'd like to see more academy players given a chance when the game is won.

 

[manchester blue]

Should be 3 subs and that’s it, having it 5 you might as well sod it and have rolling subs. Who remembers the good old days of two subs and that was it?

I remember naming one and that was that.
Usually Tony Henry.

 

[manchester blue]

I think the 5 subs rule is good overall. There’s no denying the bigger squads gain an advantage and we stand to gain more than anybody but trying to put that natural bias for it aside for a second there’s some big advantages to this.

The season is going to be much more condensed than usual with hardly any let up in number of games to compensate and a rescheduled Euros at the end of it too. last Christmas every single manager was moaning about not enough rest for the players is resulting in more and more injuries, well this new rule helps in that regard, being able to give rest to more players is going to dramatically reduce the number of injuries, far more injuries occur in the last 30 minutes due to fatigue than the first 60.

Not only that, the number of youngsters we see coming through is going to be significantly higher, the squad limits are going to remain the same size so there’s more scope for academy players making the bench and in turn getting some game time. that’s also going to help combat this trend of foreign clubs looking to poach academy players from this country and offer them game time, far less likely to lose talent when they’re regularly making the bench and getting some playing time.

I’m of course assuming the 9 man bench will remain too, otherwise you lose one of the key positives from this. I’ve always thought it was stupid to limit the number of player on the bench anyway, what’s the point in a 25 man squad if you can only name 18 to potentially play every week? other leagues let you fill your bench with an entire team of players, that rule should be changed regardless of keeping the five subs or not.

The only potential negative is the disruption to the flow of the game but if they keep this 3 opportunities to make changes rule that’s completely negated

Think we could see multiple benefits come from this for the league as a whole if the premier league chooses to implement it.

Excellent points.