Chelsea is going to defeat Valencia clearly bla bla bla

[pede54]

I'd still rather be fighting in 4 competitions than none at all though.

So there are a lot of games to be played, that we know. There is a plus side to all those games too though, and its this, due to the amount of games to be played and how close to each other those games can be, then this gives a team a fantastic opportunity to gell as a team, to get used to each other. So a tight match schedule has its positive side also.

A team only gets the togetherness and understanding of each other that it needs by playing games together. Then surely, if the squads are handled properly then a lot of games over a season can only be beneficial.

 

[ivanchin99]

I dont know.. i fancy Valencia to go through by one goal difference.. Same goes to Roma. I think one of two english teams are going out at this stage

 

[::shinji::]

haha as if you stole Bobby's avatar!

 

[-William-]

valencia lost 2-0 today against an 8th place team. Hmm It makes me think twice about how they will perform against chelsea

It's because Valencia plays in the best league in the world. The best league is not determined by the upper class teams, but by the middle class teams, e.g. Osasuna, Celta, Espanyol, Atletico,etc. Which some are doing well in the league, others were/are doing well in the UEFA Cup. You don't see the same thing happening in England or Italy for example, although Serie A is a joke now.

 

[Filipower]

yeah because tottenham, bolton, blackburn, everton are so bad..

 

[-William-]

Well...let's see, Tottenham I see them almost at the level of Sevilla, yet they don't seem to be doing extremely well in their league. Blackburn might be doing well, but yet they aren't in UEFA anymore are they? Then, Bolton and Everton are both in good positions, but it'll almost be impossible for them to qualify for Champions League. In the contrary the fight for the last spot for CL in La Liga is being fought by: Valencia, Zaragoza, and Atletico. And note that Valencia are still in the Champions League. That's all without even mentioning the teams fighting for the two spots for the UEFA cup.

 

[Lonestarr022]

In La Liga, the mid table clubs do beat the top clubs from time to time, Man Utd and Chelsea dont drop games to the mid table clubs, that can be looked at as either the mid level clubs in la liga are better or that the tope clubs inm england are better.

 

[Mandieta6]

Well...let's see, Tottenham I see them almost at the level of Sevilla, yet they don't seem to be doing extremely well in their league. Blackburn might be doing well, but yet they aren't in UEFA anymore are they? Then, Bolton and Everton are both in good positions, but it'll almost be impossible for them to qualify for Champions League. In the contrary the fight for the last spot for CL in La Liga is being fought by: Valencia, Zaragoza, and Atletico. And note that Valencia are still in the Champions League. That's all without even mentioning the teams fighting for the two spots for the UEFA cup.

Couldn't you argue that the best teams in England are simply better than those of Spain?

 

[-William-]

But if that was the case then the league is less competitive, and that's exactly my point. The more competitive the league the better, of course the level of play and quality of the players is also taken into account. So taking into account these factors, and comparing them to the other "best" leagues in the world, the Spanish league wins since it's much more competitive.

 

[Mandieta6]

IMO, it goes (in terms of how competitive it is:

Bundesliga
Premiership
La Liga
Calcio

Out of the best ones. Although the best teams in La Liga and Premiership are probably better, the german league is nigh unpredictable, and there are about 10 teams fighting with relegation, and 5 or 6 fighting for the top spots.

 

[-William-]

ok..but why is the Premiership more competitive than La Liga right now?

 

[Help?]

Yeah, i'd say, EPL has the better teams overall out of the 4, but Spanish league is definietly more unpredictable than EPL.

 

[pefan]

Yeh we get that here in England I dont necessarily agree but La Liga is more competitive with more teams in the title race. Even though people have written of MAdrid they are still in with a chance. La Liga is frustrating to watch with the fussy referees and diving and lack of atmosphere. Premiership is better. I even prefer Serie A too.

 

[Num Lock]

valencia will win it.

 

[Socrates]

Yeh we get that here in England I dont necessarily agree but La Liga is more competitive with more teams in the title race. Even though people have written of MAdrid they are still in with a chance. La Liga is frustrating to watch with the fussy referees and diving and lack of atmosphere. Premiership is better. I even prefer Serie A too.

Agree with that very much but lack of atmosphere? Not really, maybe it's your feed your watching it from. I know Gol tv down's the crowd volume which sucks and makes it sound like crap. It's hard to watch some premiership teams, its just like kick the ball and run or who is the better thug. Were as in Spain even small teams like Recre, or Nastic, or Racing, or etc can play some nice football. Serie A is so bad it's not even worth it talking about it, makes me everytime apart from when Roma plays.