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Other leagues around the world

Hojlund doing alright back in Italy
Remember when I said we should buy him several years ago before he went to united
Maybe it’s the club and not the player…, time will tell
 
Bedfordspurs said:
Hojlund doing alright back in Italy
Remember when I said we should buy him several years ago before he went to united
Maybe it’s the club and not the player…, time will tell
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Conte instilling a winning mentality into his ManUre castoffs

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Daisuk said:
Nice! Stadium looks good too.

My friend showed me this app the other day, Futbology, where you can track all the games and stadiums you've been to. It's pretty nifty.
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Yep, been using it for a while...it's great. I also have a similar feature on my site, specifically for Spurs matches. You can see a full record of your matches if you create an account and add the matches you've been to: https://thfcdb.com

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Seems the Spainish Football Federation president is a little deluded "best league in the world" he says :)

"It's a reward for those fans who are behind the screen, also in Asia or America, who are paying a fee to watch all the Spanish La Liga matches. It's a gesture to them," Louzan said.

"It's good for football and it promotes the Spanish La Liga around the world. Italy is also going to do it with Serie A in Australia. It's a good move for the best league in the world to do it."

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Barcelona in Miami: La Liga game at Hard Rock Stadium good for football, claims RFEF boss

La Liga's decision to move the game between Villarreal and Barcelona to Miami is "good for football", says Spanish football federation president Rafael Louzan.
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SirPercyHotspur said:
Seems the Spainisf Football Federation president is a little deluded "best league in the world" he says :)

"It's a reward for those fans who are behind the screen, also in Asia or America, who are paying a fee to watch all the Spanish La Liga matches. It's a gesture to them," Louzan said.

"It's good for football and it promotes the Spanish La Liga around the world. Italy is also going to do it with Serie A in Australia. It's a good move for the best league in the world to do it."

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Barcelona in Miami: La Liga game at Hard Rock Stadium good for football, claims RFEF boss

La Liga's decision to move the game between Villarreal and Barcelona to Miami is "good for football", says Spanish football federation president Rafael Louzan.
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What about the Villareal fans? Season ticket holders? Surely a home game against Barcelona would be one of the highlights of their season.

Now they lose out on home advantage, and will have one less home game than all other La Liga teams. How is that fair?

What about travelling? Playing a competitive game in another time zone mid season? How can that affect the Barca and Villareal players, compared to the other La Liga teams?

It's a brick decision, disadvantaging the teams involved and making a mockery of 100 years or so of traditions.

Tough luck for Americans wanting to watch La Liga live, of course, but that's life. It's not cheap or easy for me to attend a La Liga game either, but I have no problem accepting that the integrity of the competition is infinitely more important than pampering overseas fans.

I would be absolutely completely against the idea of the PL doing this, even if it meant tha NLD would be played in my back garden.

(yes I know this is all about money, and La Liga owners don't give a brick about players, fans, history or the integrity of the competition)

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Robbo said:
What about the Villareal fans? Season ticket holders? Surely a home game against Barcelona would be one of the highlights of their season.

Now they lose out on home advantage, and will have one less home game than all other La Liga teams. How is that fair?

What about travelling? Playing a competitive game in another time zone mid season? How can that affect the Barca and Villareal players, compared to the other La Liga teams?

It's a brick decision, disadvantaging the teams involved and making a mockery of 100 years or so of traditions.

Tough luck for Americans wanting to watch La Liga live, of course, but that's life. It's not cheap or easy for me to attend a La Liga game either, but I have no problem accepting that the integrity of the competition is infinitely more important than pampering overseas fans.

I would be absolutely completely against the idea of the PL doing this, even if it meant tha NLD would be played in my back garden.

(yes I know this is all about money, and La Liga owners don't give a brick about players, fans, history or the integrity of the competition)

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There's also the reality that a match featuring Barcelona or Real Madrid, anywhere in the world, will functionally be a home match because 90% of the crowd will show up just to cheer them on.

It's fundamentally an unfair advantage to other teams in a title race. The reason the rest accept it, is because they see it as the only way to earn a bit of extra money to compete against the juggernaut that is the PL.

As the Leverkusen chairman recently remarked, the Premier League is now functionally the superleague in all but name - it makes twice as much as the closest competitor (La Liga), and league champions and serial winners in established leagues like Italy and Germany find themselves being constantly outbid by random Premier League teams, including newly promoted ones.

So, I doubt the PL will revive its 39th game / games overseas proposals any time soon. It doesn't need to. But you'll see more of these fairness-bending overseas games staged by Italian, Spanish, German and French teams before long.
 
Robbo said:
What about the Villareal fans? Season ticket holders? Surely a home game against Barcelona would be one of the highlights of their season.

Now they lose out on home advantage, and will have one less home game than all other La Liga teams. How is that fair?

What about travelling? Playing a competitive game in another time zone mid season? How can that affect the Barca and Villareal players, compared to the other La Liga teams?

It's a brick decision, disadvantaging the teams involved and making a mockery of 100 years or so of traditions.

Tough luck for Americans wanting to watch La Liga live, of course, but that's life. It's not cheap or easy for me to attend a La Liga game either, but I have no problem accepting that the integrity of the competition is infinitely more important than pampering overseas fans.

I would be absolutely completely against the idea of the PL doing this, even if it meant tha NLD would be played in my back garden.

(yes I know this is all about money, and La Liga owners don't give a brick about players, fans, history or the integrity of the competition)

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Agree , awful decision but UEFA legally couldn't do anything about it after the the two FA's of Spain and Italy backed the idea.
PL would be foolish to try anything like it , backlash from fans in England would be tremendous, who wants to lose home advantage.
 
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