Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[Dante Lavelli]

I also think they’ll come up with some new interpretations of the rules to make the current lineout tactics less viable, so a normal size keeper should be fine.

[cdbearsfan]

They won't be changing any rules that benefit Scab League teams. If Burnley had scored half the goals Arsenal have scored this season, they'd have fast-tracked a rule change by the end of August.

[Dante Lavelli]

Yeah, I thought that whilst typing it.

Maybe the fact that it’s easy to replicate, and cheaply, will result in it becoming less popular with the minted teams. THEN, the laws will change.

I just feel it’s so anti-football - particularly the type that attracts sponsors etc - that it will disappear.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Yeah, I agree. I think there has to be a swing back the other way coming.

[cdbearsfan]

I hope you're right. Nothing wrong with being good at set pieces but there is no reason whatsoever why teams (especially Arsenal) should be allowed to get away with grabbing and pushing opponents from literally every corner. Just give a free kick against them every time and it will soon stop.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

I hope you're right. Nothing wrong with being good at set pieces but there is no reason whatsoever why teams (especially Arsenal) should be allowed to get away with grabbing and pushing opponents from literally every corner. Just give a free kick against them every time and it will soon stop.

Yep. It's been ridiculous.