Define Your Dream Premier League

[thisisgil]

(Hopefully!) a little light relief. If the six traitors were expelled from the Premier League, it would represent a great opportunity to reform the league from the ground up.

What things would you like to see implemented to make the league (in your opinion) more fun. This can be pragmatic or outlandish!

I'll go with

• No VAR
• Strict yellow cards for time wasting / gamesmanship (For example: Opposition players throwing the ball away at a free kick to allow them to get back into shape)
• Straight red cards for clear and obvious simulation and tactical fouls on the break (fouls with no clear intent to win the ball when the attacking team have a man advantage over a defending team)

 

[WolfLing]

Give Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers protected status as the league's founding members, then invite other teams to compete with them each year based on their achievements in the previous season.

 

[Chris H]

A closed shop with 15 founder members guaranteed a spot and 5 members by invite only.

Guaranteed income streams to pay off debts built up via incompetence and poor management.

Complete control for the people involved, as having a vested interest in something will always lead to the best outcome for the competition as a whole.

Oh, and throw a bone the way of the also rans below us too, just to show they’re thought of.

That’s the dream!

 

[RMNottm]

(Hopefully!) a little light relief. If the six traitors were expelled from the Premier League, it would represent a great opportunity to reform the league from the ground up.

What things would you like to see implemented to make the league (in your opinion) more fun. This can be pragmatic or outlandish!

I'll go with

• No VAR
• Strict yellow cards for time wasting / gamesmanship (For example: Opposition players throwing the ball away at a free kick to allow them to get back into shape)
• Straight red cards for clear and obvious simulation and tactical fouls on the break (fouls with no clear intent to win the ball when the attacking team have a man advantage over a defending team)

Pretty much agree but the last point is hard without VAR. Point two is easy, allowed to stand two yards away and if the team wants the ten it is on the whistle.

 

[Golden Arrow]

Give Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers protected status as the league's founding members, then invite other teams to compete with them each year based on their achievements in the previous season.

Completely agree WolfLing and I share your sentiments, but not wishing to sound pedantic should we not give both Stoke and Accrington their full names too.

 

[Boss Hogg]

Referees like Dean, Mason and Coote are sent packing to officiate in the super duper league and they take Riley and his VAR with them. Rennie is brought out of retirement and also sent to the ESL.

 

[Deleted member 11332]

A completely level playing field in terms of wages and transfer spend allowed. Var only used on penalty/red card incidents.

 

[Pagey]

Twenties plenty, home and away.

And no ****ing popcorn/nuts.

 

[Golden Arrow]

Kick Off's at 3.00pm on a Saturday would be particularly pleasing, along with those teams qualifying for the CL not being able to drop into the Europa League when they get knocked out in the group rounds.

 

[nomadwolf]

Time warp travel back to 1949, and replicate the next 11 years.

 

[Very Proud (AKA Still Proud)]

Referees to be held accountable and scrutinised for any bias or poor performance - independent body
Get rid of VAR
Investment allowed geared to creating a level playing field
Return of terraces
Beer allowed in sight of the match
Being allowed to take a pee where you stand
Players only allowed to drive club cars (Ford Cortina's and Volkswagen Beetles) sponsored by Don Everall
If commentators/pundits can't pronounce simple words or use "innit" they should be immediately banned
Martyn Tyler made to drop the "it's Liiiiive" catchphrase

 

[Deleted member 11332]

Referees to be held accountable and scrutinised for any bias or poor performance - independent body
Get rid of VAR
Investment allowed geared to creating a level playing field
Return of terraces
Beer allowed in sight of the match
Being allowed to take a pee where you stand
Players only allowed to drive club cars (Ford Cortina's and Volkswagen Beetles) sponsored by Don Everall
If commentators/pundits can't pronounce simple words or use "innit" they should be immediately banned
Martyn Tyler made to drop the "it's Liiiiive" catchphrase

Poor Clinton Morrison.

 

[Hot Fuss]

terraces at Molinuex, the tannoy announcer shouting “ladies and gentlemen... please welcome... THE WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS BALL BOYS” before the game and Simply The Best playing, and all pre match music to be supplied by Ruby Red Records.

 

[HICKO]

Red card any player who overtly bad mouths/ harasses the referee.
All kick offs 3pm Saturdays and more use of Dubbin
UTW

 

[whitnash wolf ex.dewsbury]

Completely agree WolfLing and I share your sentiments, but not wishing to sound pedantic should we not give both Stoke and Accrington their full names too.

accrington no longer around. stanley a different club which existed at the same time as accrington

 

[VancouverWolf]

Red cards for all deliberate fouls.......no matter how small.
Just think how beautiful and exciting the game would be without fouls......no pulling shirts or arms,...... at corners no hands up and around players faces or obstruction.....no taking one ‘for the team’

 

[Blackpool Wolf]

Level playing field re salaries.
No VAR
Fa cup winners get Champions League spot.
let in Rangers and Celtic and give other Scottish teams a route in to the league if they want it

 

[Golden Arrow]

FA Cup Semi Finals played at neutral grounds so its the real "Road to Wembley"

 

[Golden Arrow]

accrington no longer around. stanley a different club which existed at the same time as accrington

Fair play and good to know as I always assumed there was only one Accrington.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Teams must only change colours when there is a clash of colours.

Return to the days of Divisions 1,2,3 and 4.

Any player diving to be banned for 3 games.

The Hawthorns to be turned into a supermarket. I am sure Tesco would be interested.

 

[Wall heath Wanderer]

sod it lets go nuts and have one league with 92 clubs.

edit- actually make that 86 teams.

 

[wwbug]

sod it lets go nuts and have one league with 92 clubs.

edit- actually make that 86 teams.

With a salary cap of £125,000 per annum per player . Bar WWFC who can spend as much as we like.

 

[BigSteve]

Teams must only change colours when there is a clash of colours.

Return to the days of Divisions 1,2,3 and 4.

Any player diving to be banned for 3 games.

The Hawthorns to be turned into a supermarket. I am sure Tesco would be interested.

- Only low quality, UK and Irish players
- seating banned
- mandatory hooliganism
- proper leather footballs that quadruple in weight when it rains
- no substitutes

Those rich *******s really ruined our game when you think about it.

 

[Keith maniac]

Make it affordable ! £10 per match max.

 

[Alex Rae The Substitute]

I’d like to hand pick a group of clubs, that are handed several hundred million each, with no prospect of relegation, then just play those same teams, year after year, after year, after year.

In doing so making away fixtures prohibitively expensive and hard to get to for those who wouldn’t mind using a couple of weeks of their allotted annual holiday to actually take a holiday to the beach.

It’s what the kids want. You heard it here first.

 

[WW1963]

None.

We need to get away from seeing the Premier League as anything but the Greed League that it is.

Being faced with an even greater Greed League that is completely closed shop has given some the impression that the Premier League isn't that bad.

I would like the structure of the leagues as it was in the 70's:

Division 1
Division 2
Division 3
Division 4

 

[Boss Hogg]

Can we have shirt numbers 1 to 11 with no names on as well please.

 

[Chris H]

sod it lets go nuts and have one league with 92 clubs.

edit- actually make that 86 teams.

We should play it Swiss style, apparently that’s what everyone wants!

 

[northnorfolkwolf]

terraces at Molinuex, the tannoy announcer shouting “ladies and gentlemen... please welcome... THE WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS BALL BOYS” before the game and Simply The Best playing, and all pre match music to be supplied by Ruby Red Records.

And those 2 lovely St Johns Ambulance ladies who walked out of the Waterloo Rd corner exit around the pitch in front of the North Bank about 15 minutes before kick off.

 

[JohnB]

Voting rights for all 14 except big 6.
10% of ground for away fans (no £3k cap) with safe standing/rail seats allowed
60 minute game based on ball in play (so time wasting removed).

 

[John de Wolf's hairdryer]

1. Wolves
2. Nottingham Forest
3. Leicester City
4. Derby County
5. Leeds United
6. Sheffield Wednesday
7. Sheffield United
8. Newcastle United
9. Sunderland
10. Blackpool
11. Preston North End
12. Everton
13. Swansea City
14. Bristol City
15. Southampton
16. Ipswich Town
17. Norwich City
18. Charlton Athletic
19. Queens Park Rangers
20. Fulham

It's not perfect but I think it manages to exclude all the most obnoxious, objectionable clubs without having to go as far as including Leyton Orient and Notts County in order to make up the numbers.

 

[WickedWolfie]

Can we have shirt numbers 1 to 11 with no names on as well please.

No!

 

[Bondi Wolf]

A single continuous league of 90 clubs, where teams can move up and down in position but without the cliffs of league promotion and relegation. Money is spread more evenly across the 90 clubs.

I don't know how it would work though. Somehow teams would only play teams around them in the league position and move up and down based on those results

 

[Macman]

Agree with most of the above..

Scrap VAR as priority
Salary caps for the top players (making lesser teams stronger)
Every Premier League team qualifies for a revamped knockout European Cup
£25 maximum ticket prices
FA Cup semis at Millenium stadium

 

[Minimalist]

I’d like rounds of games all played on the same day. All prem games on sundays and occasionally Wednesdays,
Champ and below played on Saturdays and Tuesdays.

All champions league and Europa games on wednesdays and not spread over 3 days. Therefore everyone gets the same rest period between games.

 

[Bill S Preston Esq.]

Pretty much agree but the last point is hard without VAR. Point two is easy, allowed to stand two yards away and if the team wants the ten it is on the whistle.

Diving could be retrospectively punished.

If a dive results in a booking for an opponent then the diving player is given an automatic one match ban.

If the dive results in a red card, the diving player receives a two match ban.

In addition to these immediate bans, the offending diver is banned from playing the opposing team for the next three fixtures he has versus that same opposition.

If a goal is scored as a direct result of the dive, the goal is chalked off and awarded to the opposition.

 

[citrus_wolf]

Have people genuinely not enjoyed the staggered kick-offs so you can see all the games? I enjoy that, I have actually watched more football as a result.

All the games at 3pm means you miss out on a lot.

 

[WickedWolfie]

Have people genuinely not enjoyed the staggered kick-offs so you can see all the games? I enjoy that, I have actually watched more football as a result.

All the games at 3pm means you miss out on a lot.

Not much. Can't be ***** watching most of it other than Wolves, no atmosphere and l have zero interest.

 

[jrpb-3]

One with Wolves at the top of the table, anything else is secondary

 

[Axle]

One where Wolves can score the first goal?