What is the purpose of three points for a win?
I have never understood the reasons given:
Encourage attacking football - how? teams have even more incentive to "shut up shop" than with two points,
Encourage exciting football - not really; I have seen exciting, passionate and quality football in a 0-0 Merseyside derby
and, conversely, a really boring, one-sided game end 6-0.
What is wrong with three point wins?
Just look at the left hand table and justify relegating Team 8 - they have not lost a game and they average 3 goals per game
(of exciting, attacking, open football), while teams 6 and 7 have lost 8 of their 14 games and average only 1 goal per game
(of mainly boring defensive football).
Under a two point win, Team 8 finish third in the table - above the teams that have lost six or eight games more.
3 points 2 points
Team P W D L F A W D L F A Pts Gd Team P W D L F A W D L F A Pts Gd
Team 1 14 6 1 0 10 3 2 1 4 5 7 26 +5 Team 1 14 6 1 0 10 3 2 1 4 5 7 18 +5
Team 2 14 6 1 0 9 3 2 1 4 5 7 26 +4 Team 2 14 6 1 0 9 3 2 1 4 5 7 18 +4
Team 3 14 6 1 0 9 3 0 1 6 3 12 20 -3 Team 8 14 0 7 0 21 21 0 7 0 21 21 14 0
Team 4 14 6 1 0 9 3 0 1 6 3 13 20 -4 Team 3 14 6 1 0 9 3 0 1 6 3 12 14 -3
Team 5 14 6 1 0 9 3 0 1 6 3 14 20 -5 Team 4 14 6 1 0 9 3 0 1 6 3 13 14 -4
Team 6 14 4 1 2 13 5 0 1 6 3 9 14 +2 Team 5 14 6 1 0 9 3 0 1 6 3 14 14 -5
Team 7 14 4 1 2 12 5 0 1 6 3 9 14 +1 Team 6 14 4 1 2 13 5 0 1 6 3 9 10 +2
Team 8 14 0 7 0 21 21 0 7 0 21 21 14 0 Team 7 14 4 1 2 12 5 0 1 6 3 9 10 +1
Last update on 2012-02-27