No, the league is smaller than it used to be and squads are bigger. The FA cup and League cup use squad players, and are the only way youngsters and fringe players get competitive games failing loans, so not a problem. Yes if we are fortunate enough to qualify for Europe there are more games, but there is also money for bigger squads too when you qualify regulary. Hence the better squad this season than last.
Quote from: ASHTONVILLA on September 26, 2024, 10:57:53 AMNo, the league is smaller than it used to be and squads are bigger. The FA cup and League cup use squad players, and are the only way youngsters and fringe players get competitive games failing loans, so not a problem. Yes if we are fortunate enough to qualify for Europe there are more games, but there is also money for bigger squads too when you qualify regulary. Hence the better squad this season than last.Mandated matchday squad places for club-trained players would be a far better way to ensure meaningful game time for academy players than having a near complete flip of the squad for a few cup games every season. When they went up to 20man squads they should've added a caveat that those spots (at the very least) were only for academy/club trained players. Personally I'd take it further and go for 3 or 4. Keeping a squad of 25 full international players happy should be really difficult and should serve as a bit of a leveller between the ultra-rich and smaller clubs who just can't afford to maintain a squad like that.
Quote from: paul_e on September 26, 2024, 12:02:31 PMQuote from: ASHTONVILLA on September 26, 2024, 10:57:53 AMNo, the league is smaller than it used to be and squads are bigger. The FA cup and League cup use squad players, and are the only way youngsters and fringe players get competitive games failing loans, so not a problem. Yes if we are fortunate enough to qualify for Europe there are more games, but there is also money for bigger squads too when you qualify regulary. Hence the better squad this season than last.Mandated matchday squad places for club-trained players would be a far better way to ensure meaningful game time for academy players than having a near complete flip of the squad for a few cup games every season. When they went up to 20man squads they should've added a caveat that those spots (at the very least) were only for academy/club trained players. Personally I'd take it further and go for 3 or 4. Keeping a squad of 25 full international players happy should be really difficult and should serve as a bit of a leveller between the ultra-rich and smaller clubs who just can't afford to maintain a squad like that.This would be very sensible, but would really rub up against the daft PSR rules that we saw in the summer where you have to sell home-grown players to stay financially sound. Tricky for us to both sell Kellyman and Iroegbunam to avoid a points deduction and keep them around for our mandated club-trained squad places.
But despite Ange Postecoglou welcoming European football being part of Tottenham's fixture list again, he does feel the congested schedule needs to be addressed.Spurs play Manchester United just three days after tonight's game, and Postecoglou said: "I've spoken before that I think we're getting to a dangerous level of what our expectations are around players. They don't get a break between seasons anymore."It's going to get to a point where we're not going to have the best players out here playing and even worse probably breaking down for various reasons."Spiurs captain Son Heung-min feels players "are not being looked after" with the number of games they are being asked to play.On if he thinks players may take matters into their own hands, Postecoglou added: "They're the ones most affected so you'd understand if as a collective they are thinking about how much of this are we going to continually not have a say in?"
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou believes it will serve his side well in all competitions to be back playing European football.“I said last year there was a gap in our calendar that didn’t help us at certain times of the year — not having that regular football and the challenge of playing different types of opposition and exposing the squad,” he said.“The worst thing was sitting around watching other teams. It didn’t sit well with me, so I’m a big backer of European competitions.”
QuoteBut despite Ange Postecoglou welcoming European football being part of Tottenham's fixture list again, he does feel the congested schedule needs to be addressed.Spurs play Manchester United just three days after tonight's game, and Postecoglou said: "I've spoken before that I think we're getting to a dangerous level of what our expectations are around players. They don't get a break between seasons anymore."It's going to get to a point where we're not going to have the best players out here playing and even worse probably breaking down for various reasons."Spiurs captain Son Heung-min feels players "are not being looked after" with the number of games they are being asked to play.On if he thinks players may take matters into their own hands, Postecoglou added: "They're the ones most affected so you'd understand if as a collective they are thinking about how much of this are we going to continually not have a say in?"QuoteTottenham boss Ange Postecoglou believes it will serve his side well in all competitions to be back playing European football.“I said last year there was a gap in our calendar that didn’t help us at certain times of the year — not having that regular football and the challenge of playing different types of opposition and exposing the squad,” he said.“The worst thing was sitting around watching other teams. It didn’t sit well with me, so I’m a big backer of European competitions.”
22 May 2024Newcastle beat Tottenham 5-4 on penalties in a post-season friendly in Australia - just three days after the Premier League ended.The timing of the match, which was played in front of 78,419 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and finished 1-1 after normal time, had been called "madness" by former England and Newcastle striker Alan Shearer.It went ahead despite concerns about the increasing workload being faced by players.
Fifa has named the 12 stadiums set to host the new-look Club World Cup in the United States next year.The tournament, which will run from 15 June to 13 July 2025, is the first staging of an expanded 32-team competition.Matches will be played across the US, with the final to take place at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, five miles from New York City.The other venues are:Mercedes-Benz Stadium, AtlantaTQL Stadium, CincinnatiHard Rock Stadium, MiamiGeodis Park, NashvilleBank of America Stadium, CharlotteCamping World Stadium, OrlandoInter&Co Stadium, OrlandoRose Bowl Stadium, Los AngelesLincoln Financial Field, PhiladelphiaLumen Field, SeattleAudi Field, Washington DCChelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid have all automatically qualified from Europe as the most recent winners of the Champions League in the last four-year cycle.Bayern Munich, Paris St-Germain, Inter Milan, Porto and Benfica will also feature, thanks to their co-efficient rankings.Six South American clubs and 12 teams from Asia, Africa and North America will make up the rest of the tournament, while a spot is given to one club from Oceania and another for the US as the host nation.The Club World Cup had previously been an annual mid-season tournament which included six teams from seven worldwide confederations."In 2025 a new era for club football will kick off when Fifa stages the greatest, most inclusive and merit-based global club competition right here in the United States," said Fifa president Gianni Infantino.Fifa's decision to expand the competition has drawn criticism from clubs and players, particularly after Uefa expanded the Champions League and Europa League group stages to include two further matches.Global players' union Fifpro and the European Leagues body, which represents 39 leagues and 1,130 clubs in 33 countries, filed a joint complaint to the European Commission in July to protest Fifa's "abuse of dominance" in the game.Two months earlier, Fifa rejected a claim that Fifpro and the World Leagues Association were not consulted over plans to expand the Club World Cup.Manchester City midfielder Rodri, who will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament, warned earlier this month that players were close to striking because of the congested fixture list.
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