Why Is EPL the best football league in the world?

[Pratters]

I must say first hand that I am not very knowledgeable about football. I watch on and off but I haven't gone deep into the game yet. Please explain and help me understand why it is the best league in the world, if you feel so. If you feel it isn't (which I doubt many will given what I see in the forum), please give the alternate view.

[superkingdave]

Its not bad, but not the best, a fair bit behind League 1 in terms of quality

[Jono]

Who is going to be the first guy to complain about it being called 'EPL'?

[benchmark00]

Never heard of it. Which current AFL players were drafted from there?

[Jono]

None. Those draftees were assessed and couldn't last more than one half of a footy game.

Gold Coast were thinking about recruiting Rooney anyway though

[benchmark00]

Originally Posted by Jono

None. Those draftees were assessed and couldn't last more than one half of a footy game.

Gold Coast were thinking about recruiting Rooney anyway though

Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls to Tottenham??

[Craig]

Originally Posted by benchmark00

Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls to Tottenham??

Would get delisted after a year and then a year later at his new club, Tottenham would have realised their big mistake.

[Lillian Thomson]

Hoof.

[vcs]

Much as I dislike the "Best League in the World" hype coming from the English Premier League, its main competitor for that distinction, La Liga, is turning into a skillful Scottish League. The difference in points between Barcelona/Madrid and the rest last year was disgraceful and the individual TV rights are turning that league into a two-team league. So, yeah, at this point in time, I think it's fair to say that the EPL is the best league, all things considered.

[Jono]

Pretty bad when the EPL is the most unpredictable of the major football leagues.

[GingerFurball]

Originally Posted by vcs

Much as I dislike the "Best League in the World" hype coming from the English Premier League, its main competitor for that distinction, La Liga, is turning into a skillful Scottish League. The difference in points between Barcelona/Madrid and the rest last year was disgraceful and the individual TV rights are turning that league into a two-team league. So, yeah, at this point in time, I think it's fair to say that the EPL is the best league, all things considered.

La Liga is better for 2 reasons IMO:

1. Barca v Real is now the most box office clash in world football. Mourinho vs Guardiola, defence vs attack, top scorers in the World Cup thus far on opposite sides (Higuain vs Villa), 2 most recent Ballon D'Or winners (Ronaldo vs Messi), Spain vs Catalunya, money vs homegrown (albeit that's looking at it simplistically). No other clash in the world has as much going for it.

2. The standard of football IMO is far better in La Liga. Although it's turning into a two horse race, you still get excellent football below the top 2 - I'd far rather tune in to see Sevilla vs Valencia or Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao than say, Villa v Sunderland or Fulham vs Everton.

[Matteh]

I'd rather watch Dunfermline vs Hibs than those lot. Bunch of soft diving ****s.

[marc71178]

Originally Posted by GingerFurball

2. The standard of football IMO is far better in La Liga. Although it's turning into a two horse race, you still get excellent football below the top 2 - I'd far rather tune in to see Sevilla vs Valencia or Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao than say, Villa v Sunderland or Fulham vs Everton.

Nice use of equivalents there

[vcs]

Originally Posted by GingerFurball

La Liga is better for 2 reasons IMO:

1. Barca v Real is now the most box office clash in world football. Mourinho vs Guardiola, defence vs attack, top scorers in the World Cup thus far on opposite sides (Higuain vs Villa), 2 most recent Ballon D'Or winners (Ronaldo vs Messi), Spain vs Catalunya, money vs homegrown (albeit that's looking at it simplistically). No other clash in the world has as much going for it.

2. The standard of football IMO is far better in La Liga. Although it's turning into a two horse race, you still get excellent football below the top 2 - I'd far rather tune in to see Sevilla vs Valencia or Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao than say, Villa v Sunderland or Fulham vs Everton.

Yeah, agree that teams in Spain play a much better style of football and have the big stars, but the money that Madrid/Barcelona throw around makes the title race a farce. You could as well have had a playoff to decide who wins the title out of those two. It's strange because it wasn't that way two or three years back. The individual TV deals make it really hard for Valencia/Atletico/Villarreal to compete with Madrid/Barcelona. There's no such thing as a level playing field as the top clubs operate at a different financial plane in every league, but La Liga takes it to extreme heights.

The fact that Real Madrid nearly flat-track-bullied their way to the title this year made it a very poor season for La Liga. I refuse to believe that they can look that ordinary against Lyon/Barcelona/AC Milan and roll over everybody else in Spain.

[Mr Casson]

Originally Posted by Craig

Would get delisted after a year and then a year later at his new club, Tottenham would have realised their big mistake.

Yes that does sound in line with what happens at Richmond.