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leccese tifoso
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ok i know juventus are in serie b, but apart from them its always the same teams going for the championship and indeed winning it.

Perhaps we could introduce a system where the top five at the end of the season play each other to see who wins the title.

This would make it more exciting and give the smaller teams more of a chance.

Whot do you think Roll Eyes
 
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mrsnrub
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It would negate the point of the league. So thats a no.


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leccese tifoso
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It would negate the point of the league. So thats a no.


sorry you lost me there can you explain why
(bit thick today)
 
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it is essentially how the american sports work
 
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mrsnrub
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It would negate the point of the league. So thats a no.


sorry you lost me there can you explain why
(bit thick today)


Because what would be the point in playing for first spot? Its an awful idea.


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No way.
 
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Herbie Flowers
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No.



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Originally posted by leccese tifoso:
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Originally posted by mrsnrub:
It would negate the point of the league. So thats a no.


sorry you lost me there can you explain why
(bit thick today)

Any team can win a cup competition but only the best can win a league-its over the course of around 40 games with all opponents played home and away an equal number of times.It ensures that the cream rises to the top and the also rans remain just that.
In cups or play off systems luck can come into it;in the league its over so many games that the element of luck is negligable as things tend to even themselves out.Come the end of the season the league table does not lie;a play-off final might
 
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I think that a knockout system should be in place for the final CL spot. Teams finishing 4th-7th compete - it will keep the season alive for a lot of teams and respects the top 3 teams' right to qualify.
 
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No WAY!
I don't like NBA
and it is very unfair for a team who did best in a long season and deserve the title.

like Dutch league last season, AZ was the victim under the system like this. They had good effort and did very well in a long season. but it's a joke that they were replaced by Ajax. The important places are just decided by 1 or 2 matches,so what is the meaning of a table league?


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Calcioro
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Also no one will really fight hard for the 1st place of the table too.


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Bracey
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No WAY!
I don't like NBA
and it is very unfair for a team who did best in a long season and deserve the title.

like Dutch league last season, AZ was the victim under the system like this. They had good effort and did very well in a long season. but it's a joke that they were replaced by Ajax. The important places are just decided by 1 or 2 matches,so what is the meaning of a table league?


Neither side won the league anyway. But in Italy, why do fourth place deserve to have their place protected? Fourth is higher than 7th therefore they should be rewarded by playing them in the semi and 5th playing 6th. If fourth don't win the playoff then that's just tough sh*t, the teams will have known the situation at the start of the season.

Including 1st-3rd places in the playoff would be stupid (as Rugby League's Grand Final attests) but it'd be worth trying for a season or two from 4th down to 7th because the elite clubs are becoming more and more detached from the rest of the league and to give a smaller team a whiff of glory will keep the competitive spirit alive.
 
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leccese tifoso
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has any country in europe tried this system out and also are any countries debating using this system?
 
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leccese tifoso
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all your points are valid, however would it not generate extra money for these clubs via ticket sales and television and as a result one must see clubs will eventually go down this road,

whot do you think
 
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Rubbish idea I'm afraid, which would render the actual league season pointless. They do something like this in rugby union I believe and it's completely unfair on the team that wins the division, if they then lose a play-off match for the title.


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leccese tifoso
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Ninja IS THERE ANY ONE OUT THERE THAT THINKS THIS IS A GOOD IDEA AND IF SO WHY?

ANYONE? Eek
 
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all your points are valid, however would it not generate extra money for these clubs via ticket sales and television and as a result one must see clubs will eventually go down this road,

whot do you think


In gaelic football in Ireland they have semi's and final for the top 4 in the league, however this has lead to a drop-off in attendances in the league games as the league became pointless. They will be discussing proposals (and most likely pass the proposal) to have the league without the play-offs to increase the attendances of all the other league games, which kinda negates you argument that it would increase attendances, it would infact do the opposite.
 
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leccese tifoso
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all your points are valid, however would it not generate extra money for these clubs via ticket sales and television and as a result one must see clubs will eventually go down this road,

whot do you think


OK! i am convinced it is a RUBBISH IDEA!
Even the argument of more revenue coming in does not stand up.
Thanks guys for putting some really good arguments up, i will for sure not be voting for that one.

However is there anything we can do to make the serie a league more equal giving a better chance for smaller teams to win games etc.
wage capping maybe so smaller teams could afford top players as well as the big teams.

whot do you think and anything else that can be done, or should we bother and just be happy with the way it is

In gaelic football in Ireland they have semi's and final for the top 4 in the league, however this has lead to a drop-off in attendances in the league games as the league became pointless. They will be discussing proposals (and most likely pass the proposal) to have the league without the play-offs to increase the attendances of all the other league games, which kinda negates you argument that it would increase attendances, it would infact do the opposite.
 
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A straight league is the fairest way, you will always have clubs that win more trophies than others no-matter what you do.

Putting a cap on fees is anti-competitive and it would only end up like USA soccer league.

If you want to improve the league, you don't bring the standard of the top clubs down to the other clubs' level, instead it is up to the other clubs to step up to the mark.
 
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Besides, a different club winning every season doesn't mean Serie A would be any better to watch. The Irish league has different winners every season, but it isn't competitive, it is only because no team is consistant enough to sustain a decent standard for a few years in a row, in fact even with different winners every season still no-one goes to the games.

Basically, attendances depend more on the standard of the league rather than the number of different winners over the years. Thats why changing the format of a league will do nothing for the attendance.

Countries that have knock-out phases and play-offs etc always tend to keep changing their formats and just end up going around in circles. Not to mention the fact that if you change the format it's basically saying that any win under an old format is less merited, and so demeaning previous winners' achievements.

Even the Champions League/European Cup keeps changing format because they have knock-outs.

Straight league is the best, the only solution to getting more interest in a league is upping the standard, like the French did when they reviewed in the early nineties and got more clubs to up their standards.
 
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