Pepe Silvia
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Oh yeah. I never knew people like that existed... then I visited an English pub with my Barca jersey on.
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wisconsincule
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I feel the same exact way. Against anyone else I’d be cheering against Liverpool.
ASordidGod
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I'm English, and absolutely there is a real belief over here (generally speaking) that the Prem is the best league. Most will admit that your Barcas, Reals, Bayern are superior, but consider the rest of the competition weak. Though at the same time a lot of people would argue that while the quality of Prem isn't superior, the entertainment is.
Pepe Silvia
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See I can somewhat subscribe to the entertaining factor. La Liga has better mid level teams, but I've always found mid level EPL matches more entertaining for fanfare for some reason. Bundesliga has that same feel.
Givenchy
Senior Member
I live in England and its weird how the media here big up the PL as the best league to ever exist in the history of the world yet when our National team do its usual fuck up they are the first to slate, berrate and shit on us. most of the world class players here are foreign and would jump at the chance if Barca/Madrid came calling as we've seen countless times. the commentators here are so cringeworthy aswell totally feeding in to the deluded hype, Martin Tyler bangs on and on about viewing figures, excitement, the drama, the competition etc etc and then an oil club like City make a mockery of the entire title race
Madrid will show Liverpool up in the final.. sadly
ASordidGod
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I haven't watched enough of other leagues to really compare to be honest, but my (possibly biased) impression is that the Prem is more unpredictable. I mean obviously City cruised it this year, but that's an exception, and I feel (again possibly incorrectly) that there is more potential for upset, more 'good' teams of a similar standard rather than a couple of great ones, or just one great team in Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1 etc. Certainly there's a lot more money, and spread with greater equality meaning that even relegation candidates can bring in players of a standard beyond that of relegation candidates in other leagues. Obviously having more money doesn't always guarentee quality, but it sure helps!
ASordidGod
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I live in England and its weird how the media here big up the PL as the best league to ever exist in the history of the world yet when our National team do its usual fuck up they are the first to slate, berrate and shit on us. most of the world class players here are foreign and would jump at the chance if Barca/Madrid came calling as we've seen countless times. the commentators here are so cringeworthy aswell totally feeding in to the deluded hype, Martin Tyler bangs on and on about viewing figures, excitement, the drama, the competition etc etc and then an oil club like City make a mockery of the entire title race
Madrid will show Liverpool up in the final.. sadly
Oh there are are loads blinded by their patriotism/delusion, absolutely. And without foreign talent the league would be a joke.
Luftstalag14
Culé de Celestial Empire
John Henry? What does he know about football? He probably thinks when you score you get 6 points.
I haven't watched enough of other leagues to really compare to be honest, but my (possibly biased) impression is that the Prem is more unpredictable. I mean obviously City cruised it this year, but that's an exception, and I feel (again possibly incorrectly) that there is more potential for upset, more 'good' teams of a similar standard rather than a couple of great ones, or just one great team in Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1 etc. Certainly there's a lot more money, and spread with greater equality meaning that even relegation candidates can bring in players of a standard beyond that of relegation candidates in other leagues. Obviously having more money doesn't always guarentee quality, but it sure helps!
The big recent increase in PL money has seemed to help the level of play for the teams not towards the top of the league. However, the much smaller increases in money for La Liga has also helped the teams below the top. I don't think the best teams have improved, they have just gotten more expensive. La Liga remains the best.
Andrew M
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The bottom of the Premier League is completely shit. The league is not stronger than 10 years ago at the bottom
Givenchy
Senior Member
arguable teams like Everton are going backwards aswell
KingMessi
SiempreBlaugrana
He's a very good investor tbf. But his real strength is as a windup merchant.
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