Wenger suggests fixture plan

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has proposed that the final three rounds of Premier League matches kick off simultaneously.

All ten fixtures on the final day of the season will take place at the same time so nobody will have the benefit of knowing other results.

Wenger feels this should be extended, in the interest of fairness, with a number of key issues likely to be decided before the campaign comes to a close on 22nd May.

"I think they should make each team's last three fixtures all kick off at the same time, not just the last one," Wenger told the Official ArsenalMagazine.

"There are advantages and disadvantages to kicking off later than the other teams. If you kick off later than your rivals, and they have lost, then you are in a more comfortable situation.

Pivotal

"Psychologically it can give you a lift, and it's true that it can apply for us or Manchester United or Chelsea, but I think it would be better not to give any team this advantage.

"Weekends where you win and your opponents lose become absolutely pivotal now."

Arsenal are currently five points adrift of leaders Manchester United, but with a game in hand, and will hope to have made up the deficit by the final day of the season.

The Gunners do not yet know whether they will be playing before or after United on the weekends Wenger is discussing, but if the rivals are in action at the same time he will not lose focus by trying to keep track of what is happening at another ground.

"No, I wait until afterwards," he added. "If they play before us, then I like to know the result, but if it's the same time, I don't mind not knowing until the end.

"I tell the players to forget about the other matches as far as possible, and just focus on how they want to play."

Mal wrote:All games should kick off at 3pm on a Saturday.

dena wrote:

Mal wrote:All games should kick off at 3pm on a Saturday.

No.

Cause then I can't watch 2-3 EPL matches per day. F that.

I agree with Rooney. Wenger knows that his team bottles under the pressure when they need to win after one of their rivals drop points (see, like two weeks ago) and wants to avoid that.

dena wrote:Get a helicopter, you're making mad paper. :rangeo:

Scott wrote:ErectionRooney should be banned, he's a serious troll.

blackskar wrote:Here's a question. If I had edited out all mention of Wenger from the article and either left it blank or put in say, SAF, would you say the same thing?

Should look at the point made and not the person making it.

Scott wrote:ErectionRooney should be banned, he's a serious troll.

Dan wrote:All games should be 3pm Saturday like it was anyway.

Zzonked wrote:

Dan wrote:All games should be 3pm Saturday like it was anyway.

Will never happen, too much money to be made from weird kick off times.

I prefer going to 3pm games, but I don't complain too much, I like watching other teams on the weekend.

JMB_94 wrote:

Scott wrote:ErectionRooney should be banned, he's a serious troll.

Tbf, i don't see how that post makes him a troll, he contriutes to the thread and stays on topic.

Fonseca wrote:

JMB_94 wrote:

Scott wrote:ErectionRooney should be banned, he's a serious troll.

Tbf, i don't see how that post makes him a troll, he contriutes to the thread and stays on topic.

He chats so much shit he doesn't have the balls to say out loud, that's why he comes on the internet and expresses it

ResurrectionRooney wrote:I vote 'Shut up voyeur.'

Playing the games at different times generates a lot of cash, and the psychological effects of different kick off times are vastly overstated. There's never been any study which shows a correlation between kicking off later and any advantage or disadvantage, its all just anecdotes and bullshit. The changes in fixtures are just something for managers to use as an excuse or to try and motivate their players.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Fonseca wrote:

JMB_94 wrote:

Scott wrote:ErectionRooney should be banned, he's a serious troll.

Tbf, i don't see how that post makes him a troll, he contriutes to the thread and stays on topic.

He chats so much shit he doesn't have the balls to say out loud, that's why he comes on the internet and expresses it

Everything I say on here I say in Real Life when discussing the same issues.