New to EPL, World-Class Football

hi,i'll try to be brief firstly support man utd i do and we'r global now!!!!!!
second when a team gets relegated the club must decide who to keep/ sell to other clubs OR the players may ask to be put on transfer list so as to move and play at higher level.
all champ league and other comps are played alongside normal league games in the season hence
some clubs will play 70 matches during a season.
LOANS:any club can loan out a player to any club
europe or uk with of course that players permmision.
normal e.g. a reserve prem lge player to a lower club BUT does'nt have to be.the recieving club pays the wage of course.
players dont hate it it gives a chance to get match practice and they dont HAVE to agree!
dont happen a lot but not unusual if you get my drift.
i think sometimes all clubs FLATTER TO DECIEVE even the mighty man utd!!!!!!!!!
hope this helps........

 

Of course they have to play, they are the team. Some may be sold others may be released on a free (the crap ones). Just because a team drops down a division does not mean the players have any right to be released from their contract. Remember, The Premiership is not the be all and end all of English football.

 

comme

HI COMME. no your wrong about utd i'v supported them for 40years its not always been like the last ten years!
we got relegated in 1974 ithink it was (i try to forget that)
our achievements since returning to the top flight straight away i may add... have been slow but magnificent, cullminating in the last 10years.
but during the seventies and early eighties there was no real success BUT in the end CREAM WILL
ALWAYS RISE TO THE TOP.

 

My advice for this question is to not pick a team immediately. Just keep watching games and the team will pick you. However, if you want a club that plays well enough to keep you hoping but never wins the big one, than Chelsea is your team. They're consistently near the top of the table, but haven't won the league since 1955.

 

Yeah, but if you support Chelsea, then the terrorists have won.

 

If you like to read a good book or perhaps the paper while keeping an eye on a game--then Liverpool is the team for you.
Paper and/or book will keep you entertained and you'll have live...er "action"...whenever you need to rest your eyes.

 

Good question.
Now-a-days the Champions league is the height of European club football achievement-an argument could be made for the competition being best on the world scale.
Domestic title is the bread and butter for all teams, however these days there are teams and owners that would rather win the champions league before the title.
Owners and players will almost to a man state that the domestic title is their first aim..but you have to wonder.
After these there is the FA Cup, UEFA and Worthington.

Old school--like me--will always have it this way..
Title
FA Cup
European Cup
Uefa Cup
Worthy
However, in todays market there is little or no room for "old school" thought.Money has become the great motivator, to the point that the absolutely assinine situation of Television companys actually making the FA and Football league schedule games to their liking ie.prime time TV is the norm rather than the exception.

 

If you want to watch a team with world class players playing at a world class level without being branded a glory seeker support Newcastle Utd. However you may be one of these strange people who likes to watch a team with no width and no attacking play and who spends all their money on second rate foreigners who admitt that they arn't good enough to play in the Premiership then Liverpool is your team.

 

This is incorrect, Premiership clubs can't loan players to other Premiership clubs. I don't know why, it's a stupid rule, but it's there. The big clubs in Italy often loan out players to smaller Serie A outfits and it hasn't hurt them. Maybe one for the suits at the FA to look at.

 

I think that you can loan keepers between Premierhip clubs, but other than that it's a no go.

 

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Chelsea? Consistently near the top of the League? Only since Hodd took over, before then they were like a bloody yo-yo.

I have heard Spurs compared to the Red Sox a few times. They're definitely a 'This is the year!' team. Very frustrating.

 

If you're watch FSW, then you're also probably getting a chance to see some great Bundesliga action. Leverkusen is the team for you!!! Last year they finished runners-up for THREE major trophies - Champions League, Bundesliga, and the DFB Pokal (League Cup). Their nickname in Germany is "Never-kusen."

 

Newcastle average attendances.

1991 - 16,879
1992 - 21,519 (bolstered after selling out last few games upon appointement of Keegan)
1993 - 29,048
1994 - 33,794

Newcastle has plenty of glory-hunter supporters who probably couldn't name the three managers prior to Kevin Keegan.

 

True. Man City's fans are the most loyal. They stick through thick and thin. But if you really don't want to be accused of gloryhunting, support Darlington. They're never on TV, and you'll be grateful for it.

 

I can only urge you as a Manchester United fan not to support Man cITY. Anyone but them.

Seriously though, all this "loyal fans" rubbish is a big lie. Manchester Citys last ever F.A game at their current stadium against one of Europe's most succesful clubs, Liverpool. A big game we all agree? 23,000 of their fans went to watch the match (out of 30,00). Truly shocking.

For someone who puts up with city fans day in day out, I assure you that the vast majority dress badly, eat badly (mcdonalds every day) and are quite thick. Not all mind! Theres a few good city fans I know, well, until they start talking football that is.

Even when United were not successful in the 70`s and 80`s they still achieved the highest average attendance in the country for about 13/20 years (coming 2nd in the others)

My american comrade - I dont mind who you support, but dont believe the lies people spout about Man City. Ive said enough, I could go on all night!

 

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Not quite true there mate.
Only did the yo-yo effect after the building of the East stand (the first time) and went into financial ruin because of over-runs, thatcheromics, the steel strike and subsequent construction workers sympathetic selective strikes.
Truly a fuckin cursed adventure.
Mid 70's thru late 80's.

A good American baseball equivalent of the yids would be the Expos or Twins...he he he he he

 

Right! Just a couple of points! The game V Liverpool,bearing in mind that the last few seasons the general attendace has been down both for the Worthy & FA cup ties,this match was shown live on the BBC & was a lunchtime kick-off on a Sunday AND it cost £20 for a ticket...I thought that 23,000 was a bloody decent crowd!!
Secondly,OT is a big ground,I went there for 3 seasons in the 80's,paid on the gate & never failed to get in! They even wrote to me (you had to have membership to get in back then) trying to convince me of the benefits of being a season ticket holder!!
United are an excellent team at the moment,as are Arsenal...if you want to support a winning team,these are the ones to choose from.If you want to belong to a club with great tradition,doing OK in the Prem,check most of the others out...every one has a good selling point! But if I was you I'd go for a team in the 1st or 2nd with a good history (QPR,Sheffield United,Sheffield Wednesday,Stoke City,Burnley) You'll get all the more satisfaction from them doing well!!

 

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This is perfect. One thing is for sure, don't go by what other people say. I'd say you probably want to watch all English soccer for at least a year or so, and that includes FA Cup, so you can get a taste of a wide variety of teams from different divisions. That is of course if you want to follow an English team. You'll be tempted to jump on a team's bandwagon, but don't, because you won't truly like them. It will be false. Just wait it out and eventually you'll be drawn to a team.

 

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And look for the moment of lightning.
On a similar thread a while back, somebody (don't remember who) said that when he saw Michael Owen's goal against Argentina in '98 he knew instantly that he was an England and Liverpool supporter.

That works.
That's why we call it the beautiful game.

Good luck, whichever team you end up with.

 

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This guy fell in love with Owen while watching a WC match??