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I've never said the mighty 3 European leagues are worth shit. Read back over what I said I think you will be suprised and probably agree with most of what I said. As for the bottom teams being better. They are. They have far more money and are able to give the top teams decent games. Look at any...

Stoke have placed a bid of 17m Euros. Everton have placed a bid of 16m Euros. Stoke's has been accepted by the club. Neither have been accepted by the player. Speaking as an Everton fan I would love for us to get Shaqiri. He's exactly what we need and we would play him in his best position as a...

If you actually look back at the thread and what I said was the league is competitive because the top teams aren't as good and the bottom teams are better than La Liga. 5-6 teams can't win the EPL because over the course of a season because the cream still rises to the top but the individual...

Rubbish. On the last day of the season there where banners around Stamford Bridge thanking Benitez. My Dad supports Chelsea (has done since the 50s) so I'm very aware of them and their feelings towards Benitez. Remember Liverpool where one of their big rivals during Benitez's time there. He...

I'm not making excuses. We focused on the Europa League but it destroyed our league standing. Every game in the premiership is hard which isn't the same for other European leagues which is simply why some clubs, generally those with UCL ambitions don't focus on it especially early on.

Same with Benitez when he guided Chelsea to victory a few seasons ago.

Not true. It's held in far higher regard. It's just that the games are on a Thursday so unlike the FA Cup there's a huge cost of being in it and it's also incredibly hard to win given the amount of games to play and ultimately the need to beat UCL quality teams. But if an English team wins it -...

You are both partially right and partially wrong. The view that it was a 2nd rate competition was definitely the prevailing view until the winner got a CL place but now no I wouldn't agree with that. Even in the past while they might have played weakened teams in the groups, unlike the UCL some...

Also Almost every other country defends as a team and attacks as a team. A bit like Basketball. We have a history of going long so in the past the attackers never had a chance to get back so the defenders defended and the attackers attacked. Hence there was more space and less need for...

I'm an Everton fan. We where in the Europa League. Most teams take it seriously. It's only really the English teams that have a reputation of not doing so although we did. Came top of our group and looked in with a shout until we had a meltdown away in Kiev. Hammered Wolfsburg home and away...

We where in the Europa League. Most teams take it seriously. It's only really the English teams that have a reputation of not doing so although we did. Came top of our group and looked in with a shout until we had a meltdown away in Kiev.

England (I'm Irish btw) have a lot of very, very, good players under 22. They might not all make it and the U21 tournament wasn't exactly a great advert but most of them didn't play. There's a lot of talent there.

I guess we'll see how well Sevilla will do next year in the UCL although they've lost Vidal and it looks like Bacca is going.

They aren't that good. We beat Utd 3-0 last season and Arsenal 2-0 the season before and should have this season too but for our lack of fitness at the start. City where good but have gone backwards and Arsenal might just be coming good after a long time barely getting 4th. Utd still need...

I was on this forum reassuring a few that he was worth the money at the time. But yea I hated when we (Everton) played against Suarez in the derby. While I would like to see those players I'm not sure I would want us to play against them. :(

Yea I know that's why I said apart from Chelsea the rest would be below Sevilla however once you get to around 8th I think there's a big drop. I'm not sure if it means those teams are necessarily worse. It's more the relative difference between the top and bottom of the leagues. How competitive...

Hull beat and drew with Liverpool, where beat by Chelsea (2-3), drew with Man City and Arsenal. They also beat and drew with us :angry: And where relegated.

I'm not saying they don't happen but they happen often in the EPL and the games themselves are more competitive. The better teams might still end up winning the games but it's closer. It's not just Messi and Ronaldo. Suarez was amazing for Liverpool, he took a team that by right is around...

I suppose you have a point.

You can win points from each other. It might just mean there are less draws. How many genuine upsets are there.