The state of modern football

Yep, as I said earlier. 38 league games, no League Cup replays and maximum of 1 replay in early rounds of the FA Cup. Oh no hold on, most of them don’t even play in those competitions.

In reality they probably could play 2 games a week, if it was Saturday 3pm and Tuesday 7.45pm.

The issues are also caused by the scheduling of games on every day of the week (TV), shorter seasons, bloated international competitions, pointless European games (Europa conference), summer tours (money), more foreign players (Africa cup, travel to South America for international games).

The margins in football are small, if you have say Liverpool v Man U on a Saturday where one team has 3 days rest and the other only 2 I can see why there may be a sense of injustice which quickly becomes a conspiracy.

Yes, and the proposed new format for the Champions League looks absolutely horrendous. Also it's worth taking into account that the game is much more intense physically now than it was a few decades ago due to the increase in tempo, plus advancements in sports science have meant managers are more aware of how to preserve their players' fitness and reduce the chances of injuries happening

I actually don't think the Europa Conference league is a bad idea though because it gives teams from leagues with lower coefficients a much better opportunity to have decent runs in a European competition when otherwise they would be out of Europa League by July