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FA chairman Greg Dyke 'wants to reduce the Premier League to 18 teams'

JessieJessie
in Other Football and Sports
Just saw this on Mirror's website: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/fa-chairman-greg-dyke-wants-6915869
Sounds ridiculous really.

The Football Association is reportedly set for talks with the Premier League over reducing the number of teams involved in England's top flight. FA chairman Greg Dyke - who is responsible for finding ways to improve the national team - is behind the plot. The Times report that Dyke plans to speak to Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore about cutting the division down by two teams. That would, however, have a knock-on effect on the tiers below. So, representatives from the Championship, League One and League Two would also need to be consulted. The size of England's top flight last changed in 1995 an extra team was relegated from the Premier League and one fewer was promoted to reduce the number from 22 to 20. Any move to carry out this plan is likely to be met by huge opposition from clubs in the country's top two tiers, while the effect it would have on the hopes of the national team are debatable. The idea is that with fewer games to play England's stars will be less tired by the time competitions come around. But current broadcasting contracts run until 2019 so any deal would be unlikely before then.

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  • soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    Maybe IF they sweetened the pot a bit? Prem 2 maybe? Just hope we are not outside the sweetie shop with our snotty noses pressed up against the widow when/if that happens!
  • BedsaddickBedsaddick
    It will never happen. The Premier league clubs would never vote for it for a few reasons.

    1. Premier league chairman don't care about the national team.
    2. It will leave teams more vulnerable to relegation when they reduce it.
    3. Loss of revenue.



  • PragueAddickPragueAddick
    soapy_jones said:

    Maybe IF they sweetened the pot a bit? Prem 2 maybe? Just hope we are not outside the sweetie shop with our snotty noses pressed up against the widow when/if that happens!

    Prem 2 requires a fair distribution of TV money down through the two leagues, as happens in Germany. That entails really strong people making the case for the abolition of the FAPL as a separate entity. Greg Dyke is not such a person. He helped to create the bloody thing.
  • iaitchiaitch
    If clubs stopped playing pre and post season friendlies then maybe the players could have a decent break and be less tired.

    Or maybe the plan is to have less real games so that can fit in a Middle/Far East, North American tour during the season?
  • Dansk_RedDansk_Red
    Bit like the winter break, all the big clubs would arrange big money friendlies instead of resting players.
  • cafcnick1992cafcnick1992
    This bloke wants to reduce the size of the prem and to trash our unique football league pyramid by putting in B teams.

    Sounds like a real footballing man

    /s
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Read only a few weeks ago that he wasnt going to get voted in for another term as head of FA... Hope thats the case
  • guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    How long before he comes out with the idea to reduce it even further, so the big clubs can played each other four times a season ?
  • FumbluffFumbluff
    And this affects us how?
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  • IdleHansIdleHans
    Greg Dyke is not even fit to be Greg Dyke
  • Chris_from_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    Yes because having a 20 team league really caused Spain a lot of problems. Perhaps he should try and sort out grass roots coaching with a focus on improving kids skills and technique instead of trying to produce 6ft+ powerhouses
  • BoysieBoysie
    Dyke is an absolute plank
  • thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    This is just a stepping stone on the way to reducing the league to 4 teams in 2025.
  • Exiled_AddickExiled_Addick
    Turkeys voting Christmas so won't happen. Would make eff all difference to the national team anyway unless it's coupled with genuine reforms to coaching and youth development, but that won't happen either, again because the Premier League is too powerful.
  • cafc999cafc999
    Dyke has not seen his name in the press recently so he has come up with another gem
  • StigStig
    Fumbluff said:

    And this affects us how?

    Because we love football.
  • FumbluffFumbluff
    Stig said:

    Fumbluff said:

    And this affects us how?

    Because we love football.
    Be nice when we get to see some
  • ChunesChunes
    You gotta laugh at the idea that we don't win world cups because our players are too tired.
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  • PragueAddickPragueAddick
    cafcnick1992 said:

    This bloke wants to reduce the size of the prem and to trash our unique football league pyramid by putting in B teams.

    Sounds like a real footballing man

    /s

    Our what? What is unique about it?

    And in particular, why is it more effective than Germany's pyramid?

  • FumbluffFumbluff
    If it goes to 18-teams there'll only be about 12 players who qualify for England still left playing in it....old Droopy chops will have to pick the rest from the 26-team "EFL Championship", sounds like a sure fire way to win a World Cup
  • ken_shabbyken_shabby
    Spain has a league of 20 teams. It doesn't affect them as they teach control and skills from a young age, and we don't, so their level of football is ahead of ours. Greg Dyke should retire.
    However, it will be more interesting for our fanbase if he decides to regionalise tier 3 and 4, as the current set up seem hell bent on taking us there.
  • PragueAddickPragueAddick
    ken_shabby said:

    Spain has a league of 20 teams. It doesn't affect them as they teach control and skills from a young age, and we don't, so their level of football is ahead of ours. Greg Dyke should retire.
    However, it will be more interesting for our fanbase if he decides to regionalise tier 3 and 4, as the current set up seem hell bent on taking us there.

    There are some decent arguments for doing that, at least at tier 4, and they've been proposed since the time Greg Dyke was mainly known for Roland Rat, to be fair.
  • cafcfancafcfan
    Greg Dyke? He'd be out of his depth on a wet pavement.
  • alicantemanalicanteman
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    Yes because having a 20 team league really caused Spain a lot of problems. Perhaps he should try and sort out grass roots coaching with a focus on improving kids skills and technique instead of trying to produce 6ft+ powerhouses

    I have lived in Spain for years and involved with football here and could not agree more with this... nail on head.
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