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    @sparky

    i'll tell you what a mickey mouse trophy is

    the bundesliga (a one team league)
    the french league (a one team league)
    the spanish league (a two team league)
    the italian league (not much better)
    the epl (a litte bit better than that)

    bournemouth v burnley - who f'n cares!

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    @sparky

    the fracas at the end was probably more of a surprise than the actual result

    couldn't really understand it, the game didn't appear to be that niggly and the result was pretty much decided in the first half

    woulda thought you'd just cop the loss and get the f**k outta there

    the in-your-face tactics of chelsea (which were perfect) was probably a bit annoying tho

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    @mohikamo said in EPL 2024/2025:

    @sparky

    bournemouth v burnley - who f'n cares!

    I would care, cherries supporter all the way lol

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    @mohikamo said in EPL 2024/2025:

    @sparky

    i'll tell you what a mickey mouse trophy is

    the bundesliga (a one team league)
    the french league (a one team league)
    the spanish league (a two team league)
    the italian league (not much better)
    the epl (a litte bit better than that)

    bournemouth v burnley - who f'n cares!

    Although many will agree with you, I'm not sure you've got that right.

    Even the one team leagues, have mini battles in other parts of the table & the opportunity for the rest to knock over the big ones creates huge interest and atmosphere. IT's a diff sport but Drive to Survive has proven unequivocally that the "who cares" teams are equally worthy of the exposure if given it. Wrexham, another.

    Bournemouth vs Burnley maybe a who cares match for many, but it will still sell out & have a cracking atmosphere - especially if both are either vying for Europe or avoiding relegation.

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    @mohikamo said in EPL 2024/2025:

    @sparky

    i'll tell you what a mickey mouse trophy is

    the bundesliga (a one team league)
    the french league (a one team league)
    the spanish league (a two team league)
    the italian league (not much better)
    the epl (a litte bit better than that)

    bournemouth v burnley - who f'n cares!

    The Serie A is probably the most competitive league in the world lol.

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    @African-Monkey said in EPL 2024/2025:

    @mohikamo said in EPL 2024/2025:

    @sparky

    i'll tell you what a mickey mouse trophy is

    the bundesliga (a one team league)
    the french league (a one team league)
    the spanish league (a two team league)
    the italian league (not much better)
    the epl (a litte bit better than that)

    bournemouth v burnley - who f'n cares!

    The Serie A is probably the most competitive league in the world lol.

    Yep Serie A doesn't seem to have any one club much richer than the rest - it is really wide open at the top.

    Palace chucked out of the Europa League for double club ownership rules - Forest into Europa League. Seems a pretty harsh punishment for them basically being surprised that they made it into Europe.

    Haven't watched the Chelsea final highlights yet, looks like they really did a job on PSG - hard to say if it means anything in the long run but better to win than lose, especially financially. Also it seems bizarre that they can sign a player and bring him straight into a tournament. The concept of a club world cup is fine, but it is all Saudi money and there really isn't the space for it in the calendar - Chelsea are going on their summer break while other EPL teams are already playing pre-season games.

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    @MajorRage ring culture manifest.

    If you're not first you're last etc. Absolute bullshit.

    The Premier League was as interesting this past season as any, even without a title race or relegation fight. The flattening out of the middle of the table created huge interest.

    Be interesting to see what happens this coming season with some obscene money being spent at the top. I hope we don't revert to the bad old days.

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    @mariner4life said in EPL 2024/2025:

    The Premier League was as interesting this past season as any, even without a title race or relegation fight. The flattening out of the middle of the table created huge interest.

    Agree, unlike the normal excitement that comes from 10 teams in the race to be relegated, it came to be about 12 teams to be within reach of playing in Europe. Loved it until I didnt lol

    Hard to know what to expect this year, dont really want bottom three to go straight back down, but if the fight is contestable elsewhere, Im probably happy with it

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    Not sure where he will end up this year, we have just bought a keeper in Petrovik and sold Travers (which seems a really bad move), but it has meant that in these warm up games Paulsen has played with the main squad, even if off the bench

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    Read the full match report here!

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    @mariner4life

    if you've got zero chance of ever being first - now that's a bullshit competition

    if spurs and manu didn't get relegated last season they are never getting relegated

    i can remember when manu were in the second division - but that aint ever happening again

    kinda liked Norwich's realistic attitude the last couple of times they got promoted
    didn't change their team much
    gave the players who won the championship the reward of playing the big league PL teams
    gave the fans a nice fixture list for a season
    then fucked off back to the championship with a boat load of money
    nice work

    the way the system (FFP and all that) operates now, that's the responsible approach for the all the promoted teams

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    yeah the italian would be the most competitive of the big five west euro leagues

    the efl championship is also a competitive league, and if they took the parachute money out, it would be even more so

    the brazilian league is more competitive than the the west euro leagues
    yeah i follow the brazilian league as well
    both the finalists in the fifa world club championship were beaten by Rio clubs in that competition

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    @mohikamo said in EPL 2024/2025:

    @African-Monkey

    yeah the italian would be the most competitive of the big five west euro leagues

    the efl championship is also a competitive league, and if they took the parachute money out, it would be even more so

    the brazilian league is more competitive than the the west euro leagues
    yeah i follow the brazilian league as well
    both the finalists in the fifa world club championship were beaten by Rio clubs in that competition

    Good man, I always respect people for following leagues outside of the EPL. Serie A was always a favourite of mine, but it's harder to watch now that they don't show it on sky now.

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    I might have to start watching some Wrexham games.

    All Whites star Liberato Cacace appears to be on the verge of a sensational move to Wrexham AFC, and the deal could be completed in Wellington. According to reports in Italy, Cacace has agreed to join the world-famous Welsh club owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac in a club-record transfer worth approximately $4.8 million.

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    Bit disappointed to be honest, I thought Libby was doing pretty well for Empoli in Serie A and was hoping he'd get picked up by another top flight team post relegation, moving to the championship feels like a backwards step to me.

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    @Cyclops said in EPL 2024/2025:

    Bit disappointed to be honest, I thought Libby was doing pretty well for Empoli in Serie A and was hoping he'd get picked up by another top flight team post relegation, moving to the championship feels like a backwards step to me.

    Agreed. Crap move.

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    The rationale might be Cacace thinks he has a better chance to be seen in the UK if the EPL is his aim. But the Championship is a grind.

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    The cynic in me thinks this is a ratings move for the Wrexham show - it makes good content.

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    Exciting England-Italy game in the women's Euros semis. England equalised six minutes into injury time after 90 minutes to take it to extra time. And they have just taken a lead with one minute of extra time left. Chloe Kelly had her penalty saved but scored on the rebound.

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    England make the women's Euros final. Their third major final in a row. But after two rollercoaster games that went to extra time and getting out of jail twice, will they have enough left in the tank to defeat France or Spain in the final on Sunday?

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    Brilliant entertainment

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