England has the best League in the world. So what?
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The Champions League Quarter Finals have come around and, once again, three out of four games contain an English team. This dominance by English teams has been consistent. In 2008, for instance, three out of the four teams were from the UK.
2007 was the same. However, Italian giants AC Milan claimed the Champions league title.
The Champions League consists of the best clubs from each country, competing in a League to be crowned the best team in Europe. But the question needs to be asked: will the EPL get so strong that other international clubs won’t stand a chance?
The EPL is the highest watched club football in the world, with the Championship coming in at nineteenth.
It’s also becoming the most powerful League, especially in recent years with their dominance in international competitions.
I think the FIFA 6+5 rule can only do good.
The Premier League is being dominated by international talent, which is being taken away from their own local Leagues and clubs.
On a local level, many kids in Australia are seeking out Premier League teams and bypassing the A-League. So where does that leave our Leagues?
I enjoy watching the Premier League as much as the next football fan. But I would hate to see the A-League, or any other League for that matter, suffer because of the strength of it.
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April 8th 2009 @ 8:58pm
dasilva said | April 8th 2009 @ 8:58pm | Report comment
Millster
Agree with super league. The whole creation of it seems anti-sport. It’s like having power clubs playing in the most lucrative league due to status, money and power but without showing it on the field. THe UEFA champions league, the clubs need to finish top 4 of the EPL/La liga/serie A to qualify to that competition therefore the clubs despite all the money and status they have, still have to show it on the field to enter the competition. Having a club having a permanent spot in the super league by default seems anti-competitive and hence anti-sport. It will wreck the game IMO.
April 11th 2009 @ 5:21am
Stephen Smith said | April 11th 2009 @ 5:21am | Report comment
6 plus 5 will never happen – it’s against EU employment legislation and just another one of Uncle Sepp’s pipe-dreams (no prizes as to why a certain tv presenter is for it too either, given he sits on one of Sepps committees – one of his many self-serving agendas). Funny thing is, Blatter was never against the team full of foreign galacticos that made up Real Madrid a few years back – perhaps he feels the EPL presents too much of a threat cash-wise to his money-making schemes at FIFA?
The EPL has no responsibility for the health or otherwise of the English national team – and if young English players are being denied first-team spots, they could do exactly what young players of many different nationalities do – ie pack their bags and go play somewhere else.
The whole thing is a nonsense.
April 11th 2009 @ 7:57am
Sam said | April 11th 2009 @ 7:57am | Report comment
With the creation of a super league we could be watching new global franchises. They can start to name the clubs Mc Donalds Gunners or Starbucks Red Devils. God help us all.
April 15th 2009 @ 11:51pm
SELGA said | April 15th 2009 @ 11:51pm | Report comment
This is a joke Blatter and Platini never whinged when spanish teams were dominating the Champions League which was only a few years ago! Maybe if the Spanish FA dealt with racism accordingly and the Italian Serie A wasn’t suffering from match fixing scandals then they would be as competiitive as English clubs. The English FA should be applauded for stamping out hooliganism and racism not punished.