Comments on: Premier League best in the world? Don’t believe the hype

By: asd

asd — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:00:37 +0000

alert(”English league is best”);

By: Hans Moman

Hans Moman — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:03:40 +0000

The best league?

The Champions League…

By: BdaGunner

BdaGunner — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:22:31 +0000

Here it is, the EPL and La Liga run close but the EPL edges it out for the win! If u want to disagree then ask yourself who won the Champions League and who was runner up? Who were the semifinalists? All 4 top teams of the EPL made it to the quarterfinals and if it wasnt for the luck of the draw and Arsenal didnt have to face Liverpool in the quarters and Liverpool face Chelsea in the semis, then for the first time in history it would have been all English teams in the semis of the Champions league.
And altough Barcelona is playing some of their BEST football in recent years, the newly promoted teams in La Liga cant compete the way a team like Hull City can. Who is Hull? How much is their payroll and how well do they play? They beat Arsenal and put 3 in Man Utd to lose 4-3! Where even teams like Barca have to work to get 1 against Man Utd, Hull got 3!!!

By: Red Devil

Red Devil — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:56:23 +0000

Having the privelege to watch all five top leagues (and many more) on tv in Serbia, I would say the Premier League is the best, by a mile. After all isn’t the fact that three of last season’s four CL semi-finalists came from the Premier League irrefutable evidence and the real barometer of quality?
The gulf between the top four and the rest of the Premier League speaks for the ever-rising quality of the top four and not the league’s decline. The Premier League has tempo AND quality, which is why it’s the best in the world. Followed by the Spanish Primera, the Bundesliga and the Italian Serie A, in that order.

By: Oliver Chettle

Oliver Chettle — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:50:57 +0000

So when Real Madrid and Barcelona win easily it is evidence of the quality of the Spanish league, but when the English Big 4 win easily, it is evidence of the weakness of the English league? Something not quite right there surely? Look at the tables at the moment, and you will see that the Spanish league is more unequal than the English league. Ten years ago, the Spanish league was far more equal than the English league, but not now it isn’t.

Ritesh, I don’t see how you can possibly think that the Italian league has the biggest name players. Even Italian journalists have noticed that this is no longer the case. Every list of best player nominees this year has been led by roughly equal cohorts from England and Spain, with the Italian league a LONG way behind.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:28:41 +0000

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By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:03:56 +0000

Which is the best league? It’s a broad question. However, the most popular one can be easily chosen. The EPL. Why? They have an advantage that Seria A and La Liga will never have, English is their language. English will lure the numerous English speaking countries such as Australia and America. On top of that, it has hold of the entire Asian market since English is the ‘universal’ language and is therefore used a lot in those countries too. The cash will continue to roll in for the EPL.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:29:47 +0000

The comments made so far are missing the main point and seem to have been made by armchair fans. I have been to important top flight games in Spain, Holland, Portugal and England and can confidently say that England surpasses them all in terms of atmosphere, excitement and quality. With regards to the same teams dominating every season this has been the norm throughout europe for over fifty years. In Italy you have Milan and Juventus, Spain Real Madrid and Barcelona, England Manchester United and Liverpool, and so on. All these teams have dominated their respective leagues for decades and this is unlikely to change.

By: Gonzalo @ All In White

Gonzalo @ All In White — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:04:10 +0000

Nice comment from Ritesh - I think the one thing that can safely be agreed on is that the Premier League is best at marketing itself as a package outside its own borders.

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