Wenger: Give points for goals
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has proposed a change to the points system in the Premier League in a bid to encourage attacking football.
With the financial price of relegation from the top flight so high, managers have been known to adopt defensive tactics with a view to holding out for a draw, rather than risk being exposed and suffering defeat.
This campaign, in the 30 rounds of games so far, there has been an average of 2.45 goals per game - down from 2.64 last term.
And Wenger has suggested that teams should be rewarded for a forward-thinking ethos by offering extra points for their winning margin in an encounter.
The Frenchman told the club's official magazine: "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."
He added: "I explain the statistics by the fact the league has been so tight this year, and also because the pressure on managers is enormous, so most of them adopt a cautious attitude.
"In the longer term that could be detrimental to the quality of the game here. It will have an effect because, if we have more and more strikers sitting on the bench, and more defensive midfield players being used, the quality will not go up.
"Who is the most dominant team in the last 12 months? You have to say Manchester United, but they have won about 10 games 1-0 this season.
"That means nobody has found the solution to break down these teams that are resilient, well-organised and excellent physically."
Agree?
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with that the first thing i'm anticipating is a huge point difference between the top flight clubs and the lower ones.
if they had implemented that this season, barcelona would have pwn all! haha.
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Originally posted by alwaysdisturbed:
with that the first thing i'm anticipating is a huge point difference between the top flight clubs and the lower ones.
if they had implemented that this season, barcelona would have pwn all! haha.
True, this system is meant to help the bottom clubs, but he forgot to mention that if teams started to opt for less defensive tactics, it might backfire and the margin of defeat might be even greater
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He might just get self-pwned for giving that idea
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Y not 6 Goals 4 Points
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i dont agree. defending is also part of the beautiful game.
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nonsense.
AW getting senile.
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it will fark the system up
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HAHA it will be real funny.
Imagine Liverpool leading the table by 4 points at the final match. And Liverpool won 1-0 will United won 6-0.....United become EPL Champs.
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Originally posted by grandmaster89:
HAHA it will be real funny.
Imagine Liverpool leading the table by 4 points at the final match. And Liverpool won 1-0 will United won 6-0.....United become EPL Champs.
and more ppl will say EPL is kelong de lol.
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He must have been reading the latest F1 news...
F1 also wanted to change their scoring system to giving the tittle to the driver with the most wins. -
Originally posted by reyes:
i dont agree. defending is also part of the beautiful game.
agreed =)
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on the other hand, the defending part is not really neglected.
if arsenal plays with liverpool and they are close on points in the league. both teams wouldn't want to concede anymore goals even when they are losing the game.