Comments on: Is The Premier League Going The Way Of Serie A?

By: Nerazzurri

Nerazzurri — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:29:03 +0000

You’re absolutely right Gil.

By: Nerazzurri

Nerazzurri — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:30:58 +0000

Should have watched Roma’s match Paul!

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:01:15 +0000

I watched 10 mins of AC Milan V Empoli yesterday and then promptly fell asleep! What a boring, slow and very dull league. You can’t beat The Premiership for a fast flowing game with excitement. The Italian league is absolute shite!

By: gil gillespie

gil gillespie — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:35:49 +0000

The big difference between Serie A of a few years ago and the Premier League of today is that none of the clubs in Italy were ever run for profit. As Giancarlo Gallavoti from Gazzetta says ‘in Italy mentioning money when you are talking about football is considered vulgar’. Also the scale of the spending in England, even at Chelsea, is paltry when compared to the sums that were being shelled out every year in Italy. And the new owners of England’s biggest clubs do not have the same footballing backgrounds and love of the game that the owners in Italy do. As Kenny suggests, the foreign owned clubs could be hung out to dry if the likes of Abramovich pull out.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:04:26 +0000

@Cheeseman: Admittedly, my comment on Chelsea was abit of an oversight. I don’t mean to nitpick but remember that SWP only recently squeezed his way into the first XI and Lampard, despite being fit, came on only as a sub in England’s last two games.

In any case, this is all besides the point, this article is on money and the Premier League not foreigners in the Premier League.

By: Nerazzurri

Nerazzurri — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:45:15 +0000

You’re all racist s***s blaming your crappy national sides problems on foreigners. Its not a club managers job to help the national side. Its NOT the foreigner’s fault your s*** (I know we are too but thats beside the point)! You make me sick, unbelievably sick! I thought we Irish were the excuse makers, but you, oh, sickeningly racist and retarded!

By: ttts

ttts — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:12:54 +0000

“It is Arsenal, Man united and Liverpool who are fielding foreigners.”
Are you delusional or something? I mean, you’re right about Liverpool and Francenal, but Man Utd does not only have a more than a decent number of British players, but also produces its own players more than any other “big” club (God, how I hate that phrase): Neville, Brown, Fletcher, O’Shea, Giggs, Scholes, Eagles, Simpson… And who did Chelsea produce? John Terry, and that is all. A single academy player. Not really impressive. And, yes, Chelsea is full of foreigners, but atleast they’re trying to develop kids of their own, with their new academy and all. But nothing for now.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:38:19 +0000

It’s true, the prem is looking more like the Serie A of old. It’s not a tragedy though (as you put in the first paragraph). It’s good to see the world’s talents spread across a few countries now (mainly England, Spain and Italy).

As for what might happen if Abramovich and Glazer pull out, well these are too examples at the opposite ends of the spectrum. Without Abramovich Chelsea would be in deep sh** as they canÂ´t support their costs (they run at something like 100 million loss a year). The best they would be is back to top quarter of the table. Without Glazer, Man Utd would be fine. It’s the money the club raises which pays the bank interest. If only they would sell the club to someone who has a spare billion who doesnÂ´t need to borrow and drain the clubs tranfer funds. Man Utd as a football club doesnÂ´t need financial help. It is the most profitable club in the world.

By the way, we write “cheques” this side of the pond

By: Cheeseman

Cheeseman — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:44:07 +0000

Kenny, you are very bias in your latest post.

Chelsea DO NOT have a team full of foreigners!!!

Chelsea supply 5 of Englands starting 11 players – Terry(Captain), Lampard, J.Cole, A.Cole and SWP!

Please get your facts right.

It is Arsenal, Man united and Liverpool who are fielding foreigners.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:42:02 +0000

@jack: Oops. Guess you can tell I’m not much of a Man Utd fan =)

@Ol Devil: Never did I once mention in my article that Serie A is an unhealthy, debt-ridden league. What I’m saying is that the way EPL clubs are spending their money now closely resembles that of Serie A clubs in the past. That does not necessarily mean that EPL is doomed, rather it is something that we should be wary about.

@Wesley: I’m not entirely sure, but the fact that Arsenal’s and Chelsea’s first XI is made of so many foreigners speaks volume.