Matthew Le God

Which others are being blocked and are at PL ability level? Because I don't think any of them are at a level even worth giving them a go yet. They aren't ready for the Premier League. Amo-Ameyaw is the only one close enough and even then a Championship loan of regular minutes in a competitive team would benefit him more ahead of next season.

Why would he accept less than all his remaining wages?

Why?

You are using another fallacy. Not being effective at Premier League level when we have the worst squad does not mean it wouldn't be effective when next season we'll have one of the strongest squads in the league.

Textbook example of an argumentum ad populum fallacy. Just because they don't, does not mean it wouldn't be effective for another manager/club.

@Paul Chuckle rather than just using a confused emoji on all of my posts, try explaining why you are confused by it.

Do not look at it as five at the back then! Look at it as 3421 or 3412 or 343. Playing 3 centre backs doesn't mean it is negative. Can still be a very proactive, high pressing and attacking team using those systems. Especially when we'll be favourites and with the better players in the majority of games next season.

1) Across all jobs people who are more competent at tasks can often do them quicker than others doing the same task. In the case of match officials, less pondering over decisions. Might not be a huge difference in time, but having a higher % of correct calls benefits the sport. 2) Because hiring the best in the world at a task leads to more accurate decisions vs only the best from one country. People who are better at their job are more accurate at that job. Hardly a controversial statement!

If you hire the best of the best match officials from around the world, why wouldn't more competent people be quicker or more accurate at their job?

That did not answer the question.

This isn't an argument, you want 12 next door.

No, but is that a compelling reason not to do it? It should be on merit, not nationality! The PL wants the best players from around the world, so why not the best officials hired from around the world?

You can separate them... if you hired the best refs from around the world rather than limiting yourself to largely just English ones. Opening up the market for the best refs improves the use of VAR, in the same way the influx of foreign players into the PL significantly increased the quality level of the players in the league.

Juric uses a fast paced style and will have a higher quality of player in his midfield next season in the Championship relative to the majority of opponents compared to our struggles this season. So why wouldn't it work?

Why wouldn't it work in the Championship given we'd have a higher quality of player vs the majority of opponents? Or if we return to the PL and if we finally sort out our recruitment under the potentially soon-to-arrive Johannes Spors overseeing it?

Juric's style is faster, significantly faster than Martin's. We are a lost cause whatever we do with this squad. That doesn't mean three at the back is a bad idea.

5 points for Martin

Slow Martinball was disastrous. Juric's football is a lot quicker. We just lack PL quality in many areas whatever formation or style of play we use.

Why is that relevant?

Why? The issue isn't the formation, the issue is the quality of the players in the formation. Teams are capable of getting a back three formation to work effectively, but sadly not us (yet).

The idea of using VAR isn't the issue, it is the people using it. If the Premier League hired the best officials from around the world then VAR would be significantly better. Instead, they largely stick to English referees.

So that it ends like this?