Activate Another Lever and Still Lose to a Madrid Remontada - The Small Teams Thread

The kick wasn't taken in the right spot, but I think the point is this Barca side are very focused on the details, that's how a decent side puts in great performances. Hats off to Xavi for managing the little things that in aggregate make the difference.

 

You are talking as if this crazy spending by the top EPL teams is something new. Been going on for 20 years.

What's new is the bottom 12-14 EPL clubs are able to compete for players with the likes of Juventus, Inter Milan, etc. So, the league has more depth as opposed to the 2000s when there was "the Big 4" plus sixteen teams that a mid-table La Liga team would spank, and often did.

 

Created a strawman and missed my point

 

You talked about how this happens in cycles and suggested that this cycle would end due to the on-going mismanagement in England. So, I just reminded you that the EPL is much healthier now than back when this crazy spending started 20 years ago.

So, I wouldn't hold your breath for its demise. Individual clubs will experience down cycles, if not ruin, but for the league as a whole to tank like Serie A in early-2000s seems highly unlikely. What's far more likely is the EPL essentially becomes a super league in every way except by name.

The trend we are seeing is not a cycle but rather a snowball effect.

 

I keep trying to write this post but I can't find a way of saying it the way I want, so I'm just gonna put it and interpret it however you want...

One thing that the Premier League has as a built-in advantage over the rest of Europe is the English language. Not to say the other leagues don't offer English-language services and broadcasts, but in terms of overall coverage and options, it's something the Premier League naturally has and it's a pretty big leg up to have over everybody else. This point can't be overlooked.

 

5-7 yards further from goal, I might add. In practice, refs aren't picky as long as you don't try to bring the ball closer to goal before taking the FK.

 

Pretty blatant with that view and had that been us the referee would have called that back and these same cules would be preaching to us about how it is the rules

 

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UK has really bad laws regarding these issues. It's scarry really.

 

United are doing fine currently, there’s no reason why this guy should ever play football for them (or any other club) henceforth.

 

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Chelsea 0-0 Fulham. Another 700 M in the summer might make them not mediocre.

 

Proof of what exactly? They probably only charged him in the first place because he's a high profile football player. Anyone else, this would be put down as a domestic dispute and they wouldn't have got involved at all.

What likely happened is it came to light they had a kinky side as a couple or the bruises she showed were just a gross exaggeration of something else. It's just so sad that people, especially seemingly grown men, can't go by the principle of innocent until proven guilty. Nothing was proved in this case.

We've seen the video of Neymar getting framed, Ched Evans spending time in jail for doing nothing wrong etc.

 

Exactly.

These key witnesses have been paid off to be no part of the case. Meaning the CPS have no choice but to drop the charges.

I mean, the CPS had more than enough to charge him and set a trial date in court ffs.

 

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Hazard, please take note.