In Mexico they think he's going to be beneficial: Dennis te Kloese llega a una silla muy caliente. Es el nuevo director general del Feyenoord.Su antecesor dejó el puesto debido a amenazas de muerte.Para el futbol mexicano es una buena noticia. Puede ser un buen puente entre México y Holanda. https://t.co/2q9arI7JPv— Daniel Reyes Villaseñor (@barracudo) November 27, 2021
Presumably because he still has relationships within the Mexican Federation. Galaxy fans putting two and two together and making five.
Ah, so we're back to the comparison with tournaments that need to decide a champion in a relatively small number of games, not a season's worth. "Could do better". Yeah, but without pro/rel to create an incentive from the bottom up, oversized playoffs are pretty much the only way to retain interest for a critical mass of teams. That's the issue. It's still a bar but, equally, oversized playoffs do reduce the importance of regular season games.
"Already relegated" Norwich City drew this weekend and remain a "massive" three points behind the team in the first non-relegation position. “Playoff contenders” The Detroit Lions had their traditional Thanksgiving Day home defeat and are relentlessly closing in on the Best Draft Choices Championship. This time they pissed away a lead and lost to a last second field goal. It's almost as if they're trying to lose...
Real Salt Lake 2-1 against Sporting Kansas City in another Cupset. Johnny Russell head down in shame. But hey, Scottish Premiership is fun and intense with just Celtic or Rangers winning league titles year after year. Southampton and Hertha Berlin will probably try to make up for a UEFA Conference League spot? or not...
Unfortunately, there isn't an incentive to mid-table teams being, well, in mid-table. So.. playoffs maybe? Could work in Bundesliga, imo than predictable Bayern league title wins. NFL is a poor example, hence your false dilemma. Detroit can get a better team with a roster turnover in the offseason instead of demoting to a ficitious minor league level. American football doesn't really have 'divisions' (and no, 'promoting' a college football team full of 20 year olds to face NFL teams is delusional) At least Detroit has a better chance at winning the Super Bowl, they already won four NFL Championships, than Norwich winning the Premier League, which is never. That's the entire gist of pro/rel - it helps the bigger brand teams like Chelsea at the top division while giving smaller teams like Norwich meaningless participation trophies to play for. Your argument doesn't carry any weight, no matter how many times you repeat it.
Someone remind me of how many Super Bowls Detroit have played in? I mean, let's get real here. The only things Detroit are good for is losing on Thanksgiving Day and winning the Best Draft Choices Championship. Honestly, the level of denial of some of the anti pro/relers is pretty remarkable.
That's only because the supposed "top teams" get to retain their group stage status year over year instead of having to play for it on the field like the clubs that have to go through the 4 qualifying rounds. In truth though, the relegation aspect at the bottom doesn't really retain interest for a critical mass of teams throughout a season. You see the spike when the math and the calendar sync for that make or break juncture ... but the interest for shit teams just isn't there regardless of set up. Even more so, what's the interest level for a Huddersfield or Sheffield that were relegated with 6 matches left? Interest, as in the manner in which you're speaking in regard to what oversized playoffs do. Erm, actually it makes more games more important for more teams ... They have 4 NFL (top flight) Championships and played in a fifth title game ... Norwhich has zero Losing on Thanksgiving sure ... you should actually know the number of times they've finished last in the NFL before popping off though. says the dude that thinks it's a river ...
Major team sports in the British Isles: Football - limited playoffs below EPL Cricket - no playoffs Rugby Union England - playoffs Rugby Union Pro 14 (Wal/Sco/Ire) - playoffs Rugby League - playoffs Gaelic Football - playoffs Hurling - playoffs Field Hockey - playoffs Ice Hockey - playoffs Basketball - playoffs Shinty - no playoffs
The Vitality Blast and the T100 have playoffs. Of course a true cricket fan would say T20 is not cricket. It does, however, fit my American mindset, I rather enjoy T20.
Well exactly. Closed leagues protect perennial failures. Whereas in pro/rel leagues failing isn’t rewarded and you’re replaced. Interesting to see that in the season Ipswich won the UEFA Cup - 80/81 - four of the current Premier League - West Ham United, Watford, Newcastle United and Chelsea - were playing at the second level and two - Burnley and Brentford - at the third. You know, the level Ipswich Town are now. And, of course, Ipswich can regain their top level status based on their performances on the field of play. Oh, and just for Paul, three teams who played at the second level that season - Notts County, Grimsby Town and Wrexham - are now playing at the fifth level. Notts County even got promoted to the top level that season.
The USA and the UK are different countries with different cultures and history. American football and association football would be wildly popular in those countries independent of the format used. As for Notts County we are where we are because of bad owners. The likes of Peter Storrie, Ray Trew and Alan Hardy over-promised and nearly bankrupted us, betting on promotion. The only people that delivered promotion couldn't pay the milkman, never mind Sven Goran-Erikson, Sol Campbell and Kasper Schmeichel's £12k a week salary. That was quite the season.
B/H are being rewarded for failing ... their entire PL tenure has been failure. 9 wins each season, a 40.13 win %, and they haven't sniffed a .500 season, let alone a winning one. BUT, they keep getting PL monies and have three newly minted, lesser equipped clubs to play the next season which gives them a leg up in staying in the PL despite doing nothing but failing since getting there. Hell, even the LIONS have had a winning season in the time frame of B/H's PL existence. Oh, and Southampton hasn't been much better in that time frame. 41.7 win% and they ALMOST hit .500 one year. They've had a 7 win season too though so ....
PPG seems a more valuable stat than winning percentage for a sport that regularly results in draws, imo
Where are the St. Louis Rams? At least Ipswich Town still exists (and are playing in a great league).
St Louis Rams had a bad owner, as far as the people of St Louis are concerned. From an LA perspective, he returned the team to its rightful home.
The USA and England each have deeply rooted sporting traditions, which are generations old, for leagues which generate billions of dollars in revenue each year and are attended by hundreds of thousands of paying spectators each year and millions more viewers on various media platforms. These different traditions are broadly accepted by sports fans in each country, respectively. It will never not be amazing to me that some people are really, REALLY upset by this fact.
And the Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, etc... I'd rather know my teams exists, if in a lower league, than will puff out of existence if a city offers them a better stadium deal.