Quote (zarkadon @ 13 May 2018 17:16)
Remember 6 years ago when people here said La Liga was a joke because Madrid won the league with 100 points? Although the main difference was that back then the teams in that league were consistently challenging for EL and CL...
What about it now? Are we going to see some fanboyism and simpleminded league bashing again, or are we going to have some honest criticism and discuss what's wrong here?
Quote (zarkadon @ 13 May 2018 20:23)
It's wrong in the sense that teams have been exposed as outdated or weak. Some people here were saying crazy stuff like the prem deserving 6 CL spots because the top 6 teams in the league were among the top 10 teams in the world, and simply excusing the bad results in european competitions... now those overhyped teams have been demolished domestically. A good manager with the right resources to build a proper team was all that was needed. It should be obvious now that many teams in the league need to undergo some serious changes if they want to compete with City or the big teams in Europe. It also makes you wonder about the state of the other 14 teams which, aside from a freak performance like Leicester two years ago and some rare run by Southampton or Everton, have no realistic chance of finishing in the top 6.
The problem is that City can constantly print out money, and that will be hard to compete against.
you're making a lot of sense here, there's just one problem: you're expecting a certain degree of objectivity and honesty from people who said that ridiculous stuff in the first place. it wasn't even close to reasonable at ANY point, pep's city is just exposing it further.
only a freak performance by liverpool in the CL covers up the fact that compared to other european leagues, the premier league still is behind (especially tactically, can't emphasise this aspect enough) - despite all the crazy money (and therefore individual class) they have at their disposal...