Soccer Fans: Is the transfer system flawed?

[Solly]

Originally posted by Jamski
There's clubs in England and Germany that have been playing professional football for more than 100 years, through two world wars and have never won anything, not even made it to the first division, and people STILL pay to watch them play every Saturday. The small clubs never have had the best players, or even a chance of it, and they never will. And the fans seem to like it that way.

-Jam

That way there's always room for improvement.

[Plan Austral]

Is it me or lately bristish football has been even better than the spanish one? A lot of people told me that, What british team should I support?

I dont have problems with the transfer system, here we get to see very good football because of the high prizes europeans teams pay, River Plate or Boca Juniors or Corinthians only need to sell one player per year, the money they get is enough to pay for almost all their expenses.

[Solly]

"What british team should I support?"

Support the Wales national side.

[Paul Hanson]

Originally posted by Plan Austral
Is it me or lately bristish football has been even better than the spanish one? A lot of people told me that, What british team should I support?

Sheffield Wednesday, definitely.

[Az]

Is it me or lately bristish football has been even better than the spanish one? A lot of people told me that, What british team should I support?

Personally, I still think that the Spanish league is much better.

The Italians could have given the Spaniards a good fight, but alas, they're locked in a battle of crazy defensive BORING football.

[Imran Siddiqui]

PA: Back Newcastle (Agathon is pleased with Imran yet again ).

[Jamski]

Defensive football is not boring, its a thrilling art, can your team hold that one goal advantage just 20 minutes more, jut 10 minutes, your heart is in your mouth... just 5 minutes, BLOW THE DAMM WHISTLE ALREADY! Just 1 munute, NO! 4 minutes injury time to play...

Its dead exciting, and for the other side too, who get to attack over and over.

-Jam

[Az]

Offensive football can have all that you've just described, just with the goals, great maneuvers and passes, and you know, the fun part.

Did you see the Final this year?

[MRT144]

Originally posted by Jamski
Defensive football is not boring, its a thrilling art, can your team hold that one goal advantage just 20 minutes more, jut 10 minutes, your heart is in your mouth... just 5 minutes, BLOW THE DAMM WHISTLE ALREADY! Just 1 munute, NO! 4 minutes injury time to play...

Its dead exciting, and for the other side too, who get to attack over and over.

-Jam

playing sweeper up until my mid teens i must concur defensive football is much more fun...

[Jamski]

Did you see the Final this year?

Yes, and it was a real connessiour moment - a game for those that really understand how football is played.

-Jam

[reds4ever]

You can't compare the big US sports to Football (nearly typed Soccer!) when assesing (sp) why teams are dominant, we have no changing draft pick to compensate the losing teams, so the successful clubs tend to stay that way.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by MRT144
playing sweeper up until my mid teens i must concur defensive football is much more fun...

Sweeper is a positiion for lazy old gits who have gotten too slow to play in centre midfield! It's like being put out to pasture

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Jamski


Yes, and it was a real connessiour moment - a game for those that really understand how football is played.

-Jam

I totally agree. It wasn't exactly edge-of-your-seat-excitement, but I found it to be very interesting game to watch. Any chance to watch a genius like Paolo Maldini at work is worth it.

Would people have been happier with yet another Real Madrid victory? Who needs that?
(Well, Jay Bee would have liked to see it I suppose )

[Jamski]

FP - as so often these days, we are in total agreement

-Jam

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet


I totally agree. It wasn't exactly edge-of-your-seat-excitement, but I found it to be very interesting game to watch. Any chance to watch a genius like Paolo Maldini at work is worth it.

Would people have been happier with yet another Real Madrid victory? Who needs that?
(Well, Jay Bee would have liked to see it I suppose )

The first half was very entertaining and the first 10 minutes or so of the second half when Juve came back into it, but then to have to watch two teams who had 'given up' for the next hour spoilt it for me.

and yes, i can appreciate good defending, but it doesn't HAVE to be done at the expense of good attacking play, which it was in that last hour IMHO