No it is because the top 2 teams in the league are easily much richer then the rest of the teams and are 2 of the top 3 richest in the world.....
If you hadn't noticed, we didn't lose on away goals.Hey @Kraftwerker , how prophetic were the words of advice from last week? Since you like to point out my predictions more than anyone else. Almost every word oozes with knowing.I know, even a broken clock, blah.
@Cal? You mentioned away goals are overstated. Tonight both teams were adversely affected. Utd coming away goalless was always going keep Sevilla relaxed knowing one goal meant two which would eventually be enough. And it was. And then some.
That point is invalid because even when EPL teams were good in Europe the EPL was still just as competitive. This is not just something that happened it has always been this way.
Hey @Kraftwerker , how prophetic were the words of advice from last week? Since you like to point out my predictions more than anyone else. Almost every word oozes with knowing.
@Cal? You mentioned away goals are overstated. Tonight both teams were adversely affected. Utd coming away goalless was always going keep Sevilla relaxed knowing one goal meant two which would eventually be enough. And it was. And then some.
Tired of this going in circles and cluttering the thread
You confuse competitive with parity.
The notion remains the same. those numbers are close and all but numbers don't always tell the story. The champions in England might have been the "same" but look at who came second or 3rd heck even 4th but lets focus on second. 13/14 Liverpool could have and should have won it if not for a monumental collapse Spurs could have won it vs Leicester and fought all the way through. Even when United were at their peak Arsenal ,Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, Blackburn, Newcastle all were second place teams. That is where the notion of " Any top 6 can win it any given season" statement comes in for example in United peak they were the most likely to win the title BUT their was still very good chance that they could lose it and almost did because any of the top teams can even if they don't. City and United decided a title on goal difference for fecks sake in the 93 min of a game. My point being that even though the number 3 and 4 is close in terms of how many different champions the top 2 as per usual ALWAYS. stay the same in Spain if Barca don't win then Madrid will most likely win and vice versa bar Atletico recently but that will not happen again anytime soon. Do you get my point now?
Leicester and Spurs ? they went the distance United was 5 years ago Liverpool nearly.
So what your saying is Madrid didn't win it bit surprise surprise Barca won it ? wow hell of a shocker.
LMAO mate Spurs went second and how is man city making it a Bundesliga or Serie A if they have never won it back to back. Check yourself mate you are speaking bollocks.
I apologize as I confused Arsenal and Spurs standings by 1 point. Now your statement that it is like Bundesliga or Serie A remains bollocks as I stated their is a different winner even year it is not one sole team dominating. Barcelona as well have been running away with the league for most of the season. My points still stand the top 2 in la liga are predictable and always the same.
Leicester winning the league by 10 point in itself was tension because it was Leicester who did it. As I said it is more unpredictable even if they end up winning by 10 points. Barcelona and Madrid are always fighting for it neck and neck because they are 2 of the best 3 teams in the world. For the most Part the points difference between top 2 in Spain to the 3rd place team is substantial. Maybe City are winning by 16 because gee maybe they truly re that good. If at the start of every la liga season you can already guess who the top 2 will be where as in the EPL you can not then I would say there is a competitive gap there.
Imagine if they got City or Liverpool and got smashed. That'd be quite annoying.
Roma too, I even think Shakhtar was better than Roma during the 180 minutes.
Tbh this is the worst Sevilla from the last 10 or 15 years, Mourinho deserved to be sacked after today imo.
They'll give us trouble, they have a lot of qualities that are kryptonite for us and we'll leave them a lot of space. We are capable of opening them up though.
I see the resident troll is getting a taste of his own medicine today. Ironically though, I understand your frustration too
I see the resident troll is getting a taste of his own medicine today. Ironically though, I understand your frustration too
Coming to footballing matters - people calling for Jose's head are way off the mark. I sometimes feel United and Liverpool fans are at two extremes of a spectrum at least in one sense - Liverpool fans tend to defend their players/managers/performances longer than required and United fans tend to turn on theirs too quickly.
I would agree that there is no excuse for performances like yesterday but the same team/tactics also shut down a supposedly rampant Liverpool less than a week ago. I am no Mourinho lover and pretty much hate his footballing brand, but saying that the guy has 'forgotten' how to win or 'the game has passed him' is just silly. Didn't he won 2 trophies last season and is still in the hunt for another one this year too?
Hope Chelsea join the party soon, so we can battle it out fair and square for the prestigious FA Cup
Hope Chelsea join the party soon, so we can battle it out fair and square for the prestigious FA Cup
