lumuah Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43879501 Who'd have thought it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 Most people, man because he's been doing that over there, man, for years, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefoggy Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 I'd look amazing in that league and I am ****. Lost all respect for any half decent English players that end up in that American girls league. EFL League 2 is better quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 I'd look amazing in that league and I am ****. Lost all respect for any half decent English players that end up in that American girls league. EFL League 2 is better quality Why? If they're offered more money why wouldn't they take it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 I'd look amazing in that league and I am ****. Lost all respect for any half decent English players that end up in that American girls league. EFL League 2 is better quality No you wouldn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 I'd look amazing in that league and I am ****. Lost all respect for any half decent English players that end up in that American girls league. EFL League 2 is better quality Have you ever seen an MLS match? The atmosphere at most of the grounds is better than in England and the games are more exciting too. Quality has improved over the years, lots of good young players from Central America and South America playing in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefoggy Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 No you wouldn’t. I really really would. Terrible little standard of football. Sorry, soccer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefoggy Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 Have you ever seen an MLS match? The atmosphere at most of the grounds is better than in England and the games are more exciting too. Quality has improved over the years, lots of good young players from Central America and South America playing in there. Yup. Crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 MLS is getting better and better. League below it is fun to watch too. I have taken in a few Ottawa Fury games and enjoyed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 I really really would. Terrible little standard of football. Sorry, soccer I’m sure David Villa and Ibra are quacking in thier boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefoggy Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 I’m sure David Villa and Ibra are quacking in thier boots. :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shance Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 Why? If they're offered more money why wouldn't they take it? BWP isn't on great money over there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washsaint Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 MLS is utterly awful. The quality is terrible and says it all that Wright-Phillips is talked up like this when he didn't play regularly for L1 CHarlton. PLenty of excitement and atmosphere at MLS games....but quality, absolutely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 BWP isn't on great money over there!! He's on about £20,000 a week over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 He's on about £20,000 a week over there. We should send him a good parcel IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 The quality of the attacking players is superior to the quality of the defensive players, which is why the games tend to be quite entertaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangermouth Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 Have you ever seen an MLS match? The atmosphere at most of the grounds is better than in England and the games are more exciting too. Quality has improved over the years, lots of good young players from Central America and South America playing in there. Seen loads. , Vancouver Whitecaps play indoors to a group of fans who passively enjoy not knowing much, the drone of "Come on Seattle" makes you want to pull your teeth out but at least they did call Stevie G a Wenger when he played like the immobile lump he was, and Bradley probably benefitted a great deal from Henri and Cahill playing in the same team and even though their legs had gone mentally they were 20 seconds or more ahead of their team-mates. The US players strike me as as physically adept as any reasonable professional but by and large the actual football 'talent' is still from elsewhere. The US players I've seen (I exclude Clint Dempsey because he actually is good) are functional and nothing more. They could be Burnley in disguise, but with even less talent. I would say that any half decent pro should be able to do ok over there if they work hard and have a bit of skill. It's that element that so many of them seem to lack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 I was in Portland once and they were asking me all sorts of questions about Matt Le Tissier etc. I was pleasantly surprised, but they are definitely the most knowledgeable fans. Other than basketball, soccer is the number one sport there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 Not MLS related, but the soccer fans here that I have spoken to are very clued in about all the EPL teams and players. I'm really quite proud of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 5 May, 2018 Share Posted 5 May, 2018 Anyone who thinks MLS is poor clearly hasn't seen the A League in Australia. Rotten from top to bottom - the quality of the football, attendances, the refereeing, the buffoons on the VAR, the end of season 'Play - Offs' farce that has just seen the team that finished 4th out of 10 being crowned 'Champions'. Football is dying out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 8 May, 2018 Share Posted 8 May, 2018 Like being the best looking woman in Portsmouth - it's not hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint IQ Posted 8 May, 2018 Share Posted 8 May, 2018 The quality of the attacking players is superior to the quality of the defensive players, which is why the games tend to be quite entertaining This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajjuk Posted 8 May, 2018 Share Posted 8 May, 2018 the quality of the MLS is definitely on the up, they are picking up quite of a lot of talented South American players but they need the threat of relegation in there I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 8 May, 2018 Share Posted 8 May, 2018 Anyone who thinks MLS is poor clearly hasn't seen the A League in Australia. Rotten from top to bottom - the quality of the football, attendances, the refereeing, the buffoons on the VAR, the end of season 'Play - Offs' farce that has just seen the team that finished 4th out of 10 being crowned 'Champions'. Football is dying out here. I can second that! Went to a few Sydney FC games and the standard is so bad. Don’t think the locals realise it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfahaji Posted 8 May, 2018 Share Posted 8 May, 2018 They also have a salary cap (I think?), which makes things much more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 8 May, 2018 Share Posted 8 May, 2018 Really? What were the criteria then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajjuk Posted 8 May, 2018 Share Posted 8 May, 2018 They also have a salary cap (I think?), which makes things much more interesting. Yeh they do, they can have 3 or 4 (?) I think 'designated players' where you can basically pay them what you want, but the rest of the squad has to fit within the salary cap. If English football should learn anything from US sports, that is probably it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlanta Saint Posted 8 May, 2018 Share Posted 8 May, 2018 No way you would. I go to Atlanta Utd home games and pack out the stadium with 75,000 and play attractive attacking entertaining football managed by an ex Barca and Argentina manager. We have got rid of the journeymen Premier League players in Kenwynne Jones and Tyrone Mears and replaced them with young South American talent. If only Saints were playing like my MLS team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA SaintsFan Posted 8 May, 2018 Share Posted 8 May, 2018 No way you would. I go to Atlanta Utd home games and pack out the stadium with 75,000 and play attractive attacking entertaining football managed by an ex Barca and Argentina manager. We have got rid of the journeymen Premier League players in Kenwynne Jones and Tyrone Mears and replaced them with young South American talent. If only Saints were playing like my MLS team. That is generally an exception to the rule, however. I go to watch my local Quakes, and we fail to fill an 18000 seat stadium, and are almost always complete ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 8 May, 2018 Share Posted 8 May, 2018 Anyone who thinks MLS is poor clearly hasn't seen the A League in Australia. Rotten from top to bottom - the quality of the football, attendances, the refereeing, the buffoons on the VAR, the end of season 'Play - Offs' farce that has just seen the team that finished 4th out of 10 being crowned 'Champions'. Football is dying out here. G'day, mate. Football was never alive there, mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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