Gary Neville suggests crazy penalty proposal for the Premier League

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·24. September 2024

Gary Neville suggests crazy penalty proposal for the Premier League

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has revealed a surprising penalty proposal that would, let’s say, make a change to the Premier League.

Roy Keane, Ian Wright, Jamie Carragher and Neville were discussing ways to improve the game (fix VAR, ticketing prices and get rid of lunatic leeching owners) when Neville suggested a penalty proposal.

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Football has changed greatly in recent years, from VAR to five substitutions, and the ridiculous stoppage-time they used for the Qatar World Cup which seemed utterly pointless.

Keane joked about “bigger goals”, Carragher wanted rid of extra-time, while Neville thought out the box to help decide games that ended all square.

Speaking on The Overlap, Neville said: “I’ll go that radical. I’ve got the end of [drawn] league games, penalties for an extra point, so you get two points [if you win the shoot-out]. Make it exciting, every game, for a fan that comes. A kid goes to a game for the first time, it might be their only game of the season, sees a nil-nil draw or a 1-1. [If it goes to penalties] there’s a winner. At least there’s penalties. Kids love penalties. My girls love penalties at the end.”

Neville’s idea didn’t go down too well with his fellow pundits who described it as “very American isn’t it?” Neville eventually conceded: “Yeah, not sure it works actually, but it’s an idea that could be tweaked.”

This sort of change would certainly change the outlook of the table come the end of the season if it was ever to be introduced by the authorities.

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