State of La Liga

[xaviniesta]

in the end it is still manchester or chelsea who will lift the trophy and that has been so like 6-7 years?

1998–99 Manchester United
1999–2000Manchester United
2000–01 Manchester United
2001–02 Arsenal
2002–03 Manchester United
2003–04 Arsenal
2004–05 Chelsea
2005–06 Chelsea
2006–07 Manchester United
2007–08 Manchester United
2008–09 Manchester United
2009–10 Chelsea
2010–11 Manchester United

 

[Guardian]

in the end it is still manchester or chelsea who will lift the trophy and that has been so like 6-7 years?

1998–99 Manchester United
1999–2000Manchester United
2000–01 Manchester United
2001–02 Arsenal
2002–03 Manchester United
2003–04 Arsenal
2004–05 Chelsea
2005–06 Chelsea
2006–07 Manchester United
2007–08 Manchester United
2008–09 Manchester United
2009–10 Chelsea
2010–11 Manchester United

well, Man city have everything to win the league. true, Mancini is a dumb frog, but they have the quality even without a manager.
at least City have better chances than Chelsea imo, or than Villarreal or Valencia for sure

 

[House of Flies]

and Leeds Utd too



well, I know the top 20 teams in each league, should I consider myself as an oracle or something? Would you tell me the exact ranking? Well, I can tell you that the top 7 are known in La Liga before it started (Barca, Real, Valencia, Atletico, Malaga, Sevilla, Bilbao and Villarreal

they made it in 2000 version of EPL. I took my numbers from end of 2000/2001 season so Leeds go out as well

 

[xaviniesta]

1998–99 Barcelona
1999–2000 Deportivo La Coruña
2000–01 Real Madrid
2001–02 Valencia
2002–03 Real Madrid
2003–04 Valencia
2004–05 Barcelona
2005–06 Barcelona
2006–07 Real Madrid
2007–08 Real Madrid
2008–09 Barcelona
2009–10 Barcelona
2010–11 Barcelona

 

[xaviniesta]

1998–99 AC Milan
1999–2000 Lazio
2000–01 Roma
2001–02 Juventus
2002–03 Juventus
2003–04 AC Milan
2004–05 Juventus*
2005–06 Inter
2006–07 Inter
2007–08 Inter
2008–09 Inter
2009–10 Inter
2010–11 AC Milan

 

[Guardian]

they made it in 2000 version of EPL. I took my numbers from end of 2000/2001 season so Leeds go out as well

They reached the semifinals in 2001

 

[Guardian]

1998–99 Barcelona
1999–2000 Deportivo La Coruña
2000–01 Real Madrid
2001–02 Valencia
2002–03 Real Madrid
2003–04 Valencia
2004–05 Barcelona
2005–06 Barcelona
2006–07 Real Madrid
2007–08 Real Madrid
2008–09 Barcelona
2009–10 Barcelona
2010–11 Barcelona

Ah, the romantic times with SuperDepor
:not_i:

 

[JonM]

Even if tv revenues were shared more equally, it wouldn't change much. Let's say we cut Barça's and RM's tv revenues in half and we give the rest to the other teams. They would each receive about 8 millions euros. Sure it would help them stay afloat, but it would do nothing to stop the domination of the top two clubs.

And I don't see how anyone can say the EPL is a model of fairness when the only two teams who can challenge Manchester United are owned by sugar daddies who do more harm than good by screwing up the transfer market.

 

[Guardian]

Even if tv revenues were shared more equally, it wouldn't change much. Let's say we cut Barça's and RM's tv revenues in half and we give the rest to the other teams. They would each receive about 8 millions euros. Sure it would help them stay afloat, but it would do nothing to stop the domination of the top two clubs.

And I don't see how anyone can say the EPL is a model of fairness when the only two teams who can challenge Manchester United are owned by sugar daddies who do more harm than good by screwing up the transfer market.

Well there is a reason why the sugar daddies prefer investing in shitty EPL teams rather than big La Liga ones. And it's the most popular league, because it's well managed don't you think? L'pool also can put a fight

 

[woobie]

Nah, I think it's more popular for investors cos of its marketing (and cos of Sky).

 

[House of Flies]

They reached the semifinals in 2001

i know guard. i was talking about them not being in top 4 in 2000/2001 season hence they were not able to qualify for CL in 2001/2002 season.

 

[Guardian]

Nah, I think it's more popular for investors cos of its marketing (and cos of Sky).

marketing, infrastructure, taxes, boobs, it's all part of the management.

 

[JonM]

Well there is a reason why the sugar daddies prefer investing in shitty EPL teams rather than big La Liga ones. And it's the most popular league, because it's well managed don't you think? L'pool also can put a fight

Euh, Malaga and Getafe have just been bought by sugar daddies. I don't think they care much about the league as long as they have a new shinny toy to play with.

 

[IrvDizzle]

revenue sharing won't do jack unless a hard salary cap is instituted, and that would never be approved (although this is the most effective way to create parity) because it would destroy Catalan/Spanish teams in the Euro competitions. I like how people say that 6 teams in the EPL could conceiveably challenge for the title. Cuz I count three: Manchester City (Middle Eastern oil money, bitches!!), Chelsea (KGB oil money, bitches!!), and Manchester United (capitalist-style revenue generation, bitches!!). Arsenal, Liverpool, and Tottenham have a snowball's chance in hell of unseating United. Honestly, if not for oil money, who is there to challenge United this year? Answer: no one, you have a monopoly.

if fans of the 2nd tier teams in La Liga want to challenge FCB and Real, sell your souls to billionaires around the globe or create a revenue base of fans around the world whereby they buy your jerseys/merchandise like they buy Hello Kitty merchandise.

 

[Guardian]

i know guard. i was talking about them not being in top 4 in 2000/2001 season hence they were not able to qualify for CL in 2001/2002 season.

then you're right