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Gary Neville suggests radical new rule change that would 'make football 100% better forever'
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Published 10:39 24 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Gary Neville suggests radical new rule change that would 'make football 100% better forever'

Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane also had their say on potential rule changes.

Jack Kenmare

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Gary Neville has suggested a radical new rule change that would introduce a penalty shoot-out after every draw in the Premier League.

The former Manchester United defender was joined by Jamie Carragher, Roy Keane and Ian Wright on the latest episode of The Overlap, brought to you by Sky Bet.

Here, they discussed a range of topics as they travelled around Rome, including a debate around the best British player to play in Italy, as well as their favourite ever Italian player.

But the biggest talking point was a discussion around how they would fix football, with Neville asking what his fellow pundits would change in football to "make it 100 per cent better forever".

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To kick things off, a passionate Carragher said that players need to stop kicking the ball out when somebody goes down.

"It f***ing pisses me off. It winds me up," he said. "The game is stopping all the time. People bluffing injuries, it stops the game. Just get on with the f***ing game."

Neville then gave his suggestion that would impact the way points are awarded. "At the end of (drawn) league games (I'd introduce) penalties for an extra point," he said.

"So you get two points (if you win the shoot-out). Make it exciting for a fan that comes. If a kid goes to a game for the first time or it might be their only game this season, and sees a 0-0 or 1-1 draw, there would be a winner at least."

Neville added: "Kids love penalties, my girls (would) love penalties at the end."

Roy Keane described it as a "very Americanized" idea, although the EFL Trophy have already introduced the rule, with teams earning an extra point if a game is drawn.

Neville wasn't done there. "I would definitely change distribution right down from the Premier League," he added.

"So the steps are equal all the way down. (I want) the idea that every team can come up and every team can come down so there's not a massive disparity between the Championship and Premier League. It's massive and it's getting bigger."

Featured Image Credit: The Overlap/YouTube - Getty Images

Topics: Gary Neville, Manchester United, Premier League, Roy Keane

Jack Kenmare
Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is the Senior Journalist for SPORTbible, one of the world’s biggest social publishers. He specialises in long-form feature writing and has an encyclopedic knowledge of Football Manager wonderkids from 2005 to the present day. He has a BA (Hons) in Journalism and News Practice.

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