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Generally pretty good at the "marginal" sports like cycling and stuff, but the PL just seems to be about how much wages players can get and who's got the fittest WAG.
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lack of decent modern coaching methods from the grass roots up
we still fall way behind almost everywhere when it comes to first touch, passing, positioning etc.
English players seem to lack the determination to better themselves, sit on the bench for mid table sides rather than play first team football in other countries
the best English players would struggle to get into the top club sides , very few have made a mark abroad compared to players coming into our game from elsewhere
Even the teams below that are good enough that the top teams have to make an effort to beat them. In most of the other European leagues the lesser teams are much worse so the big boys don't have to put in the same level of intensity that the top English clubs do. It means that they can focus on Europe and keep fresh for that.
It's largely to do with the way the TV money is split. In the Premier league the split is more equal so the lower clubs can sign decent foreigners and be competitive. In a lot of other countries the clubs negotiate their own TV rights so the top clubs get all the money and the league as a whole is not competitive.
While the Premier league is a lot more competitive top to bottom than most other leagues it's still not genuinely competitive to the point where anyone could win it. There are still only a handful of clubs with a chance to win it. I've pretty much lost interest. It was much better 30 or 40 years ago when you had clubs like Forest, Derby and Villa winning. Fans of any decent size club could dream of winning the league back then.
Man City came up short against the best team in the world.
Liverpool were in a horrendous patch of form and missing the previous seasons two top goal scorers...
I wouldn't read too much into it. Next season there will probably be 3 teams in the semis and the papers will be asking if the premier league is the best in the world....
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The Prem is the most competitive and exciting league but not the most technical. It has the biggest global TV deal because of this. It's hard to win the Prem just playing tippy-tappy too - we play more games also.
Not just football though, so many sports are just business now, all the soul has gone.
It upsets me that someone can earn millions for playing a game.
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La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga (and certainly Eredevisie) are no different, at all.
Champs League, once past the groups, is a lottery as mostly the sides are not too far apart in quality.
The PL has a lot going for it, and that;s why it is a huge global export sucecss. Its fast, often spectacular, and most games are entertainingly competitive.
The winter break is a red herring. If there actually was one, the Premier League teams would use it to indulge in money-spinning tours of Dubai or China, from which they'd return richer but just as knackered and with jet-lag to make things even worse.
Even if there was a "proper" winter break, would it really make that much difference? During the winter months the Premier League Schedule is constantly disrupted by domestic cup games and internationals (friendlies or qualifiers) which give half the squad members a rest anyway.