Comments on: Vlog on the Pitch — Keegan’s right about ‘boring’ Premier League

By: Pedro Pinto

Pedro Pinto — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:01:09 +0000

I think Owen Wyatt is almost better than Don Ridell.

By: chethan

chethan — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:57:31 +0000

even if it’s boring to see the same 4 at the top everyyear,you cant deny the fact that EPL is by far the best league in the world.
Fact that the lesser teams not putting up the Competative performance makes it boring rather than top four putting top notch play every year.Top 4 English Clubs are doing fantastically well in Europe and it’s high time for Kevin keegan and Co.. to Shop wisely ,get the tactics right from begining and make a serious challenge to the Crown.

By: JimD

JimD — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:34:13 +0000

I only hope the inevitable European League comes around sooner rather than later and the so-called Big Four can clear off and leave the rest of us to watch a proper league, rather than a self-perpetuating cartel. In fact, let’s throw them out now!

I agree with Glamour Boy Lambton that watching a team play in a competitive league like the Championship is preferable to seeing them stuffed each week, a la Derby County….Then again he hasn’t recovered since the Tractor Boys missed out on the Premiership three years ago despite finishing ten points clear of the team that went up through the playoffs - West Ham.

By: Adam Hutchinson

Adam Hutchinson — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:27:52 +0000

Great stuff gents. I think Darcy makes a great point about the resurgence of the Championship as a league in its own right. It’s a division that is deliciously unpredictable year in year out. I think John is more Shambles than Brambles this week if he thinks Watford fans are genuinly happier this year. The Premier League is where teams all want to be no doubt about it. Keep up the good work boys you’re the best triumvirate since 3T hit the charts with “Anything” back in the long summer of 1995.

..good to see John Shambles

By: Riley

Riley — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:32:56 +0000

….and just thinking about it, isn’t Sunday going to be the most exciting finish to a Premier League EVER?!!!! Down to the last game after a herculean push from Chelsea, managed by Boss Nass from Star Wars Episode One?!!!

By: Riley

Riley — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:30:23 +0000

Another great Vlog gents, sparking some lively online debate. Premier League boring? Isn’t that coming from a manager who plays seven forwards, one holding midfielder and two at the back..? Yep Kev, you play entertaining footy but you’ll never win anything - that’s why you’ll make outrageous statements like this to deflect from your own tactical failings.

Just read L’Equipe or La Marca to find out if the Premier League is boring - they love ‘EPL’. Watch Serie A on Channel Five if you want boring football. Has ANYONE EVER actually sat through ninety minutes of Italian dross and been entertained?

Back to the studio, Wyatt is turning into the new James Richardson, with the sporting insight of Guilleme Balague. Brambles is the midfield dynamo who keeps the squad ticking over and the exotically named Darcy Lambton is surely the glamour signing of the season. Even if he is a Tractor Boy.

By: Kevin Fylan

Kevin Fylan — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:13:04 +0000

Germany is often said to be a one-team league, but there is a fair bit of movement in terms of who will emerge as Bayern’s main challengers.
Last year Stuttgart won the title, in 2004 it was Werder Bremen and a couple of years before that Dortmund were champions.
Schalke generally look like they’re going to be champions for long periods each season, but then never quite manage it. Hamburg SV pushed Bayern hard two years ago and Bayer Leverkusen have got close a few times as well.
I know that’s not exactly a great number of teams capable of winning the title, but it’s more interesting than just having the same bloody top four year in year out.

By: Kevin Fylan

Kevin Fylan — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:06:48 +0000

Quite: see Julien’s blog here…
http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/05/ 05/are-lyon-going-to-lose-it-after-all/

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:02:18 +0000

Hi Shyam,

I am not sure that you can say that the French League is Lyon centric anymore - Bordeaux are two points of the top sport with two games left.

By: Shyam Tallamraju

Shyam Tallamraju — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:47:32 +0000

in all other leagues it is just 2-3 teams… in fact la liga is only about barca and real madrid… bundesliga is about bayern munich and shalke (i guess), serie a is a little better with AC milan, Juventus, Inter and Roma and lique is ridiculously Lyon centric…

so in other words it is the same if not worst situation in other countries… at least in the premiership you have 4 teams who are not only strong domestically but also powers on the european front… history has noted that there will always be just 2-3 teams per country who will dominate and that is the way it has been for ages….

i think english people have a strong sense of inferiority complex… it is funny becasue when things are actually going good for them they sit down and start cribbing.. newcastle needs a heavy mental check because let us accept it they have always been the club that ‘was supposed to be a heavyweight’ and nothing more… geordies are a laughing stock and the players who come there are there for their retirement benefits… let us just leave it at that