HAVE YOUR SAY - Should Malta's premier league start in August?

A Camilleri

Sep 4th 2012, 15:38

uxe jahasra in that heat!! im sure it is against health and safety regulations.............. if we have any hah!

charles tabone

Sep 2nd 2012, 09:48

Of course not! It would be inhuman. It should start in late September with matches played also in mid week. Would anyone imagine Russian teams playing in the thick of winter with very many sub-zero temperatures. What's good for the goose should be good for the gander

stephen mifsud

Aug 31st 2012, 19:15

football should be played in cooler weather so for me mid september till mid may

Ivan Falzon

Aug 31st 2012, 16:19

the Maltese Premier league can start whenever the MFA and the clubs want it to start. As long as points won are still divided it won t matter at all if they start in June or November. This halved points ridiculous system we have is keeping spectators away from the stadium because everyone knows that the league only gets interesting after teams are divided in 2 groups - the championship pool and the relegation pool.Back in the old days every game was vital and i, for one, used to watch every game my team played.
Also many fans are of the opinion that this system opens the way to financially stricken clubs for abuse.

Fans will return to the stadium when this system is abolished, irrespective of the month the league starts.

A Cuschieri

Aug 31st 2012, 15:27

Increase the number of teams (to 16?), play it on two rounds removing the nonesense of dividing points and start late September/beginning October.

Charles Grima

Aug 31st 2012, 13:53

Why not start with schools? Late September or early October...

It's not as if 'our boys' are setting any fields alight with their playing. I have yet to see such bad football....

bunch of petulant twits....

Reginald Borg

Aug 31st 2012, 10:39

A SIMPLE "NO"!

Ian Zammit

Aug 31st 2012, 00:30

It's not like we have a choice ... we have European competition in July and national team games in August and September. One cannot expect to have teams stopping in May then restarting in July with the European Competions, then stop, and restart again in October. Nor can we expect our national team to have a further disadvantage added to our games in August and September by having players coming in without any match fitness.

Antonia Vella

Aug 30th 2012, 23:00

August is for waterpolo not football

Denis Pace

Aug 30th 2012, 22:44

Baseless question

Cut down the number of teams to *....and start in September

cesco di luigi

Aug 30th 2012, 19:25

It shouldn't start AT ALL!!!

Michael borg

Aug 30th 2012, 19:18

No because the climate is still not that clear due to the last controversy, first its better to have calmer weather than an unsteady one internally in the administration of the MFA

Anthony Pace Gouder

Aug 30th 2012, 15:12

Why not ?

J Camilleri

Aug 30th 2012, 14:18

NO

A Cachia

Aug 29th 2012, 23:32

So it is not only me that thinks that it is plain stupid.

DR EMMANUEL BEZZINA,MA,MAG.JUR.[EU Law],LL.D.,

Aug 29th 2012, 19:38

When we develop the mentality of taking whatever seriously, then the professionals have to follow whatever it takes. Otherwise, no point to waste further space: in Malta we do not really have football, or do we ?

Henry S Pace

Aug 29th 2012, 18:50

DEFINETELY NOT

B. Storace

Aug 29th 2012, 18:09

Does it make any difference when we start?........we could play all the year round and it still would not make an iota of difference to our prowess on the field. We are born losers as far as football is concerned and this is reflected in the supporters attendance numbers. Will we ever reach an acceptable level so we can keep our heads high?

Mr Peter Barbara

Aug 29th 2012, 17:12

No it does not make sense to me to start in mid-August, just because other countries do so. Here we are in the middle of the summer heat including humidity levels reaching 90 degrees. It's not as if thousands of spectators flock to see football matches ,anyway, let alone in this heat when everybody else is swimming.