For a long time I hope.
Could United be punished for fielding a weakened team?
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If/when they punish a club/ manager who is doing that then it becomes live Football manager or Fantasy football basically where FA is a player of the game. You give them a list of your players and every week they send you starting 11.
I would love that they punish us and then Ole before every game sends open letter to FA with request for starting 11. Then he sends request for formation. Then for style. Then during the game, request for subs etc...
I would love that they punish us and then Ole before every game sends open letter to FA with request for starting 11. Then he sends request for formation. Then for style. Then during the game, request for subs etc...
we werent fined for trying to set up a super league and kill football as we know it . Doubt we will be Fined for playing two youngsters and a load of internationals.
Have a drink Trev and chill out
Have a drink Trev and chill out
Wouldn't care, but we have just helped his beloved City win the title, he couldn't give a feck about Leicester or Liverpool.
It's bollocks. If we did this in the first 10 or 20 games no-one would care. They only do now because it's impact is apparent at the end of the season. Shouldn't matter either way. You register a squad and use said squad. End of story.
As long as all the players are registered as your squad, there shouldnt be any argument. The fact we could have been punished for getting a game abandoned would have seemed more likely.
There’s a lot of United fans who don’t realise how much we’re hated. I love it personally. Some of our more gullible fans fall for the agendas rival fans push against the club, players and manager.All logical thought goes out the window from pundits and opposition fans when we are involved. You've got to love how much we live in people's heads despite being potless for years. Imagine the rage when we actually win something
Weakened team? I think on BT Sport they said our lineup cost more than Leicester’s lineup which was full strength 
Surely we can play whoever we want, especially when it’s 3 games in 5 days. Heck it’s 4 games in 8 days and one of those a European away match in another fecking country! The players wouldn’t be able to walk let alone play if we didn’t rotate en masse.
Surely we can play whoever we want, especially when it’s 3 games in 5 days. Heck it’s 4 games in 8 days and one of those a European away match in another fecking country! The players wouldn’t be able to walk let alone play if we didn’t rotate en masse.
"Growing demand". From who?
We’ll rotate when we want
We’ll rotate when we want
Conference league Scouse bastards
We’ll rotate when we want!
We’ll rotate when we want
Conference league Scouse bastards
We’ll rotate when we want!
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Trevor Sinclair.
This question has been asked in previous seasons. The answer is the same now as it was then. Of course not.
This is some bullhitt !
Well he's a tit so doesn't count but op is a bit clickbait if that's all there is.... "growing" demand, I was expecting media, clubs, pundits (plural)
Laughable. Where does it end? Can’t rest one player because it weakens your team?
Who is to even say what a weakened team is anyway? The manager decides who plays and who doesn’t.
Who is to even say what a weakened team is anyway? The manager decides who plays and who doesn’t.
For what it’s worth Klopp said 4 games in a week is impossible and that he didn’t care if we fielded a second team
Ridiculous arguments. Trevor Sinclair is just in it for the clicks.
No. Delete thread. The manager has a total right to pick who he wants in the 30 man squad. Ffs SAF rotaded a lot during december and jaunary
It would be absolute nonsense if we got a punishment for this. With the situation we found ourselves in, there was no other choice. It's not physically possible to play the same full strength team in every game so it was either this one or the Liverpool game. We already had our players play days apart from Thursday to Sunday.
If they’re in your squad then the PL have no business deeming who is and isn’t your best team. It’s not as if we gave the tea lady a run out.
Its 100% not an issue when player welfare comes into it. Also what is the point in having registered squads if you're not allowed play who you want from it. It would also make a mockery of the homegrown quota - you must have them in your squad but play them at your peril!
It is very obvious that Sinclair has an IQ lower than 67 and should be treated as such. You can’t really blame his ramblings given his circumstances.
No way that happens, as it would open up a massive can of worms.
No, I believe this was why the 25 man squad thing was brought in. Who is to say what the strongest team was yesterday?
Maybe our "Strongest" 11 would have had a heavier defeat yesterday due to fatigue.
Maybe our "Strongest" 11 would have had a heavier defeat yesterday due to fatigue.
Are people genuinely suggesting that United should have played "equal strength teams in each" just so other clubs didn't get a bit sad about it?
Why stop there? Maybe we should introduce a rule that if you play an opponent who has had fewer days rest, then you must run 20 laps around the pitch before the match begins to balance it up. Maybe if the other team has injuries, you have to cripple that amount of players in your own team so the other doesn't get an advantage. Or maybe if you buy players worth hundreds of millions, you should also have to give the equal amount to other teams in the league so you don't have an unfair advantage (and maybe Chelsea fans shouldn't talk about disrespecting the integrity of the league, while splashing around their dirty Russian Oligarch cash). What about teams that lose because they've had a player unfairly sent off (with a red card later rescinded) - do we go back and replay the game or retroactively award them points?
There are so many imbalances and injustices already in the league. Man United playing an understrength squad out of necessity barely registers.
As a Leicester fan, I really really really hope you beat Liverpool. Mainly for the obvious reason. But also, seeing all the complaints and outrage would be delicious
Why stop there? Maybe we should introduce a rule that if you play an opponent who has had fewer days rest, then you must run 20 laps around the pitch before the match begins to balance it up. Maybe if the other team has injuries, you have to cripple that amount of players in your own team so the other doesn't get an advantage. Or maybe if you buy players worth hundreds of millions, you should also have to give the equal amount to other teams in the league so you don't have an unfair advantage (and maybe Chelsea fans shouldn't talk about disrespecting the integrity of the league, while splashing around their dirty Russian Oligarch cash). What about teams that lose because they've had a player unfairly sent off (with a red card later rescinded) - do we go back and replay the game or retroactively award them points?
There are so many imbalances and injustices already in the league. Man United playing an understrength squad out of necessity barely registers.
As a Leicester fan, I really really really hope you beat Liverpool. Mainly for the obvious reason. But also, seeing all the complaints and outrage would be delicious
Seen far weaker lineups.
as said earlier - you would need to fine City for their team selection against Chelsea.
what if we actually won with that lineup? The result doesn’t matter - so we would need to be punished in any case.
as said earlier - you would need to fine City for their team selection against Chelsea.
what if we actually won with that lineup? The result doesn’t matter - so we would need to be punished in any case.
Are people genuinely suggesting that United should have played "equal strength teams in each" just so other clubs didn't get a bit sad about it?
Why stop there? Maybe we should introduce a rule that if a team plays an opponent who has had fewer days, then you must run 20 laps around the pitch before the match begins to balance it up. Maybe if the other team has injuries, you have to cripple that amount of players in your own team so the other doesn't get an advantage. Or maybe if you buy players worth hundreds of millions, you should also have to give the equal amount to other teams in the league so you don't have an unfair advantage (and maybe Chelsea fans shouldn't talk about disrespecting the integrity of the league, while splashing around their dirty Russian Oligarch cash). What about teams that lose because they've had a player unfairly sent off (with a red card later rescinded) - do we go back and replay the game or retroactively award them points?
There are so many imbalances and injustices already in the league. Man United playing an understrength squad out of necessity barely registers.
As a Leicester fan, I really really really hope you beat Liverpool. Mainly for the obvious reason. But also, seeing all the complaints and outrage would be delicious
well said and hope we help you qualify for the UCL as we all agree that it’s hilarious to see Liverpool cry.That in a way was why I was hoping we got something out of the games to shoot Richard Keys down in flames. He was on a rant before the game even kicked off. Could you imagine what a t*t he would have looked if we had won.
If the Premier League didn't want this to happen they should've given us a more sensible schedule. No chance anything can come of this.
We actually made a decent stab of that game and probably deserved a draw anyway, it wasn't like we were trying to sabotage anyone.
We actually made a decent stab of that game and probably deserved a draw anyway, it wasn't like we were trying to sabotage anyone.
Morally wrong to use your squad
brilliant
brilliantPeople are so quick to ask for points deductions like they get dished out all the time, it’s total nonsense and we know that if any action is going to be taken it will be a minor fine and that’s it.
Didn't Klopp field a weakened team, in the FA Cup, when they had their Super Cup ?!
Move on.
Move on.
City should have had points docked for the situation which shaped all of these circumstances in the first place. If they hadn’t engineered a mid season rest by cheating their way to a match cancellation, whilst all others around them were knackered and had to keep playing every 3-4 days, things would have been a lot closer. It’s no coincidence their form picked up whilst all others had blips.
Having a mare here. Morally wrong why? Should we have played our full strength again two days after a match and then the same eleven two days later again against Liverpool or would that be morally wrong playing such run into the ground players 3 times in six days?
morally wrong ffs
It has happened in the past, Blackpool were fined £25,000 in 2011 for making 10 changes. Same happened with Wolves.
But then in the summer following that season, the FA changed its rules on weakened teams: 'Top-flight clubs will now be allowed to pick any player in their 25-man matchday squad without fear of sanction from the Premier League.'
But then in the summer following that season, the FA changed its rules on weakened teams: 'Top-flight clubs will now be allowed to pick any player in their 25-man matchday squad without fear of sanction from the Premier League.'
Richard Keys and Trevor Sinclair. So no one that anyone takes seriously.
Can't see how we could be. Apart from Elanga, and Amad, who's new but not intended to be a youth team player, those were all established first team players. They were only "weak" in the sense they were lacking game time and wouldn't be a combination you would play together if you had a choice. Ole has the argument about the schedule and injury risks on his side without question.
Trevor Sinclair talking absolute shite on some crappy radio show that no self-respecting person ever listens to, does not count as "growing calls".
He's entitled to his opinion and everyone else is entitled to dismiss it as bitter drivel.
He's entitled to his opinion and everyone else is entitled to dismiss it as bitter drivel.
No chance.
Not when it's the Premier League that has backed us into a corner of playing 4 games in 8 days.
You reap what you sow.
Not when it's the Premier League that has backed us into a corner of playing 4 games in 8 days.
You reap what you sow.
There are a lot of punishment threads recently. Kinky.