English Premier League idea

[LiterallyPolice]

That's what I figured... I just saw teams being assigned immediately earlier in the thread (unless I read it wrong).

[TheRef]

That's what I figured... I just saw teams being assigned immediately earlier in the thread (unless I read it wrong).

well that's only if you decide to fall on the grenade (aka get one of the newcomers to EPL)

[DudyDawg]

Well, when we started a few of us (ref, myself) volunteered to take a shit team so that others trying to get into the game would get a higher chance of a good team. So we had a few right away but he did a live draft once we got 20

[Dawg61]

Hey guys.... Sign me up! I want in on this.

BOOM!!! LiterallyPolice has joined the party!! That makes 14 new owners waiting on just 6 more and we can do a full 2nd draft. I am Literally excited about you joining the league bro.

[Dawg61]

That's what I figured... I just saw teams being assigned immediately earlier in the thread (unless I read it wrong).

It's more fun for you and everyone else if you can just hold out till the full 20 fill up. Glad you joined the party!

[mstatefan91]

Seattle wins 2-0. Good performance by Dempsey

[FatDrunkandStupidDawg]

The best part of this whole thing is that Crumudgeons vocal disdain for this thread will make it more popular than it already was and help us to fill the 2nd draft much faster... Marketing genius!

[DudyDawg]

Seattle wins 2-0. Good performance by Dempsey

Exciting second half. Those Seattle fans are awesome. They just had 64,000 for an MLS game. And people can't see the growth of the game here....

[DudyDawg]

The best part of this whole thing is that Crumudgeons vocal disdain for this thread will make it more popular than it already was and help us to fill the 2nd draft much faster... Marketing genius!

Haha I was just thinking that myself. He unintentionally poured gas on the fire we have burning, thinking he was pouring water

[TheRef]

Exciting second half. Those Seattle fans are awesome. They just had 64,000 for an MLS game. And people can't see the growth of the game here....

Seattle and Portland have some of the most rabid fan bases in the MLS. Good rivalry too.

[mstatefan91]

Exciting second half. Those Seattle fans are awesome. They just had 64,000 for an MLS game. And people can't see the growth of the game here....

People don't want to see the growth even though it's there for whatever reason/insecurity that they have. It will still take some time for the general population of the USA to appreciate and respect soccer as a sport. The World Cup definitely helps and if ESPN would advertise big MLS games then that would help overall too.

[Intramural All-American]

Dudy, I gotta disagree with you here. I think at the top La Liga is better, but the BPL is much deeper. For the past 10 years until this one, it has literally been Real Madrid and Barcelona +18 other teams. In that time only Valencia has finished in the top 2 and that was once in 07-08. Also in that time, 5 different EPL teams have finished in the top 2 (Man U, Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea). There were more players from the EPL than any other league in the World cup by a long shot.

[DudyDawg]

People don't want to see the growth even though it's there for whatever reason/insecurity that they have. It will still take some time for the general population of the USA to appreciate and respect soccer as a sport. The World Cup definitely helps and if ESPN would advertise big MLS games then that would help overall too.

Yup, and with new tv deals w MLS and ESPN/NBC that advertising will start to happen a lot more

[preachermatt83]

sign me up! Lets do this!!

[Dawg61]

sign me up! Lets do this!!

Awesome!!! Welcome to the party preachermatt83!! That makes 15 new owners and we are just waiting on 5 more and we will have a full 2nd draft.

[DudyDawg]

Dudy, I gotta disagree with you here. I think at the top La Liga is better, but the BPL is much deeper. For the past 10 years until this one, it has literally been Real Madrid and Barcelona +18 other teams. In that time only Valencia has finished in the top 2 and that was once in 07-08. Also in that time, 5 different EPL teams have finished in the top 2 (Man U, Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea). There were more players from the EPL than any other league in the World cup by a long shot.

I'm not saying that it's a more competitive league, but it is a better one. In the times the la Liga teams play the EPL ones in Europe, they win. Last year alone, the semi finals of the champions league had 3 teams of four from la Liga. The Europa league also had three la Liga teams in the last four. La Liga has a toooon of young talent that moves from the smaller teams to real Madrid and Barcelona and over seas, but while they are at those smaller teams in La Liga, those teams are good. Look at Valencia. They've recently had David silva, jordi alba, and more that are dominating at big clubs. I kind of look at it like inter conference play. La Liga has dominated it lately

[Dawg61]

The best part of this whole thing is that Crumudgeons vocal disdain for this thread will make it more popular than it already was and help us to fill the 2nd draft much faster... Marketing genius!

Haha so far I have enjoyed at least 3 of your 4 posts very much. Post more often.

[War Machine Dawg]

Preacher, I'm totally stealing that Jon Snow GIF. It's awesome.

[DudyDawg]

Jesus Navas, Alvaro Negredo of Manchester city were at Sevilla, a team that was in the semi finals of Europa league a few years back and this year, with 0 EPL teams in it

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

So far Man U has missed out on two elite players in Angel de Maria and Toni Kroos due to the fact they won't be participating in the Champions League next year. PSG is thought to be in the lead for Angel de Maria now.