tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686422454470128186.post485430229334053378..comments2009-03-06T14:16:34.747-08:00Comments on the back four: Why I don't watch the PremiershipMelinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401720060119943805noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686422454470128186.post-40532157754432079032008-05-18T09:30:00.000-07:002008-05-18T09:30:00.000-07:00Asone, Serie A still has a close finish between In...Asone, Serie A still has a close finish between Inter and Roma. Roma are only 3 points adrift. Any slip up by Inter could cost the title. I don't see how different that is from the EPL's title race between Man U and Chelsea.<BR/><BR/>The EPL is basically the whore of the soccer leagues. Just keeps prettying itself up with broadcasting perks and selling itself to where the money and market it opening up: Asia. Korea, Japan, China, and the UAE all have their own soccer leagues, shouldn't they have at least local fan support? England is poaching potential local fans. Their idea for having games held outside of England is testament to that. If Chelsea is playing Liverpool in the UAE, who's going to watch the local top flight teams?<BR/><BR/>The EPL is Wal-Mart. Sucking out the business from local teams and siphoning it back to England. Boo.<BR/><BR/>Just for the record, I am opposed of any league holding league games in another country. The only thing I do not mind, is having friendly games between European teams and local teams.<BR/><BR/>I.e. Toronto FC vs. Juventus.terzo tempohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08451543284857395646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686422454470128186.post-15026691678336863612008-05-04T06:45:00.000-07:002008-05-04T06:45:00.000-07:00Are you kidding me? Between the two networks you a...Are you kidding me? Between the two networks you are almost always guaranteed to see one of the Premiership's big four teams play on a given weekend and they have the best (non-Italian) players in the world on their sides. Plus, the title chase in the Premiership has had more drama. You're crazy not to follow along.<BR/>Sadly, it's true that specialty channels have taken games away from Canadians. It used to be that Saturday morning featured a Premiership game at 7:30, 10 and a replay at noon. A pox on Setanta Sports for taking that from us. Thumbs up to ShowSports Arabia, though. Here in the UAE, fans of the big four can see their team play just about every weekend, though Italian and Spanish soccer is scarce. And of course we've been seeing a lot more of the Premiership teams this year, with four teams in the Champions League semis to Serie A's zero. I enjoy both leagues, though the Premiership is what I know best, but you're missing out if you're not following the Premiership.AsOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367235550252441157noreply@blogger.com