Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger feels a bonus
points system would encourage teams to play positive
football.
The French tactician is disappointed when he sees teams surge
into leads only to sit back and defend their advantage.
Wenger feels that if extra points were on offer, then it would
encourage teams to continue to attack and make games more
exciting.
"I can see a system working whereby the difference between goals
scored and conceded earns you extra points," said Wenger.
"That would mean that, if a team was leading 3-0,
they would still be encouraged to go on and try to score more goals
in case their opponent pulled one back, and it would encourage the
losing team to try to close the gap.
"It would stop a team who was leading one or two nil from
sitting on their lead.
"That would be better than just awarding a team a bonus for
scoring a certain number of goals - they tried it in France whereby
teams who scored three goals earned an extra point, but it didn't
work.
"This way the game would become more exciting and I feel the
leading clubs have a responsibility to play positive football."
