No, I actually don't know you-know-who - who is it ?
The Premiership boring/not boring thread
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No, I actually don't know you-know-who - who is it ?
Orangesanlemons
Inamorati Anonymous
To the original question, yeah - mostly boring.
I had the privilege of watching River Plate vs San Lorenzo in the Copa Libertadores last night thanks to the wonders of the internet. Mentalist crowd, wired players, San Lorenzo 2-0 down and down to 9 men after a punch-up after 65 mins and they STILL somehow came back to draw 2-2 and go through. Maddest game I've ever seen, and totally compelling. The stands were going apeshit and the songs were much better.
Screw the EPL, South America is where it's at for the beautiful game. We can pick and choose now.
I had the privilege of watching River Plate vs San Lorenzo in the Copa Libertadores last night thanks to the wonders of the internet. Mentalist crowd, wired players, San Lorenzo 2-0 down and down to 9 men after a punch-up after 65 mins and they STILL somehow came back to draw 2-2 and go through. Maddest game I've ever seen, and totally compelling. The stands were going apeshit and the songs were much better.
Screw the EPL, South America is where it's at for the beautiful game. We can pick and choose now.
The Premier League followed by the Champions League was the final stage in a long process. You can argue that the abolition of the maximum wage in 1962, whilst being entirely correct, was an earlier step in that process in that it allowed the big city clubs with larger gates to pay more than some of the smaller town clubs. Previously there had been little monetary advantage in moving from Preston to Manchester United say because if you were on the maximum wage that was it.
Freedom of contract also had a part to play. But it was the Premier League which saw the ladder begin to be pulled up by the top 15 or so clubs and then the Champions League saw the (then) top four do the same to the rest.
Lo Siento.
Second As Farce
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Lo Siento.
Second As Farce
good'oh, look forward to it. Don't buy the argument about it devalueing the league, people don't support the Championship any less because the premiership exists.
kained&able
Here for the football.
Can i just point out that man united finished 13th that year equal on points to man city.
http://www.emfootball.co.uk/table1989-90.html
so not only was stanford bridge falling down but man united hadn't turned the corner either.
from 96 as case for the defnece of the prem league.
southampton 6-3 was the same year as well.
league table from that year. http://www.soccerbot.com/fa/tables/ukprem97.htm
dave
TrippyLondoner
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Agreed, i wouldn't mind too much if it does happen, much better than the '39th game' option.
TrippyLondoner
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wasn't that straight after newcastle beat man utd 5-0?
kained&able
Here for the football.
yeah think so if not the other way around. I seem to rememeber phillip albert and matt le tissier scoring almost identical goals within a couple of weeks of each other.
man united won the league that year too.
Premiership boring, i think not!
dave
man united won the league that year too.
Premiership boring, i think not!
dave
TrippyLondoner
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Agreed! Really looking forward to today.(beers helping, haha)
Refused as fuck
"ethnic pakistani tosser"
Once saw an Argentinian match where the ref punched out a few players and the cops ran on to sort him out.
TrippyLondoner
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lol@south america,yeah i guess cos of one entertaining match its WAY better than the EPL *rolls eyes*(for the record, i dont have anything against that league)
i think its totally boring. not the game itself, some of the people who you have to sit and listen to with their racist/sexist/anti-semitic/homophobic jibes, people like my housemate who is training to be a barrister, but his beloved Arsenal turns him into everything I can't stand to listen to. The whole culture of the premiership is just a bit embarrassing, really, including the ticket prices that the fans are held to pay to indulge in their passion, the scandalously poor service they (millionaires) do for the community around them. oh, and watching drogba and co, all 6 foot odd of them, falling around like little kids.
I took my housemate (aforementioned) to a rugby match at harlequins. he couldn't believe you could buy a beer and sit in the stands with it, or pop off for a burger anytime. He asked why that was allowed, 'how could they trust the supporters?'. Answer, simple: 'because they don't act like fucking knob-heads'.
Lawrence Dallaglio, "we call the Premiership the 'Andrex Premiership'...its soft and unnecessarily expensive..."
I took my housemate (aforementioned) to a rugby match at harlequins. he couldn't believe you could buy a beer and sit in the stands with it, or pop off for a burger anytime. He asked why that was allowed, 'how could they trust the supporters?'. Answer, simple: 'because they don't act like fucking knob-heads'.
Lawrence Dallaglio, "we call the Premiership the 'Andrex Premiership'...its soft and unnecessarily expensive..."
TrippyLondoner
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lol 'totally boring' sure...just cause your team isnt involved in anything on the last day, that means its 'totally boring'..yeah..(thats not a shot at you btw, but people in general seem to think its boring just cause their team isn't involved in something on the last day or soemthing)
TrippyLondoner
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if your ead my post properly you would realize it wasn;t actually a shot at you but peoples attitudes in general. Oh and the fact your scottish explains your bitterness towards our league.
