The Professor’s proposals could revolutionise the beautiful game
No one is disputing the fact that the Premier League is exciting, but there have been fewer goals this term (just 2.45 goals per game so far this season, compared to 2.64 in 2007/08).
Arsene Wenger - whose side have had more goalless draws than Cristiano Ronaldo had has hot prostitutes - believes a rule change should be introduced in order to reward teams who ripple the net more often. Speaking to the official Arsenal magazine, he said:
“I would like to see a scheme brought in where you get more points for scoring more goals.
“In France they experimented with something before. When you scored three goals, you got an extra point. It was not a good system because you didn’t care how many goals you conceded.
“A fairer system would be three points for a victory as now, then extra points for your positive goal difference.
“For example, if you win 6-3, you get three points for the win, plus three more for the goal difference, while the team that loses gets none.”
The proposals could be highly beneficial: fans would almost certainly see a lot more goals, and managers would be discouraged from using cynical defensive tactics on away trips.
However, awarding points for greater winning margins could also help to create a gulf between the bigger teams and the rest of the league. The only sides who tend to win by big margins are the Big Four, who would accelerate away from the rest of the pack if bonus points were dished out.
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2 responses so far
1 Joey // Apr 3, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Two things:
-Goal differential doesn’t mean scoring a lot of goals. A team could completely dominate defensively and score a moderate amount of goals, but get more points for GD.
-Changing the rules of the game just because you want it to be a different sport is why the NFL is straight up dumb. Sure, you can market to more people, but is that the point? Just too sell more tickets? Don’t we all get offended by that usually?
I guess I have a third: You do get credit for GD. It’s the tie-breaker.
2 Rob // Apr 3, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I like Wenger’s thinking… The beautiful game becomes rather less-than-beautiful when teams simply go into a defensive shell all game, (especially playing away) or else start time wasting as soon as they go 1-0 up.
So GD would help with all that by giving teams the incentive to play attacking football for the full 90 minutes.