tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709670.post112490975634238194..comments2023-08-29T07:03:32.042-04:00Comments on Ramblings of a Soccer Junky: Let's get RealEric PZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453533498683848921noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709670.post-1124937074553694402005-08-24T21:31:00.000-05:002005-08-24T21:31:00.000-05:00Ah yes, I forgot you're an Ipswich fan. How on Ea...Ah yes, I forgot you're an Ipswich fan. How on Earth did your boys get beat by Yeovil in the Carling Cup?incendiarymindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11786483672062605814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709670.post-1124917606845513412005-08-24T16:06:00.000-05:002005-08-24T16:06:00.000-05:00Junkie --Totally with you on this one. I also thi...Junkie --<BR/><BR/>Totally with you on this one. I also think that yesterday had nothing to do with how good MLS is right now. Which is why I'm so mad about it. Everything in the deck was stacked in such a way as to make the MLS side underperform as much as possible. If this had been with a week off and like the all-star game, maybe a different result.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04330858626981314653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709670.post-1124913081303559142005-08-24T14:51:00.000-05:002005-08-24T14:51:00.000-05:00An honor,yes...but when it looked most of the play...An honor,yes...but when it looked most of the players looked like they would have rather been anywhere else. ;)Eric PZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453533498683848921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709670.post-1124912567919233822005-08-24T14:42:00.000-05:002005-08-24T14:42:00.000-05:00they cannot compete. but they got to play at the ...they cannot compete. but they got to play at the bernabeu which has to be considered an honour. since the majority of mls teams play in football stadia, they play a season that doesn't coincide with the euopeans so when they play european teams there will always be an inequity of fitness levels and mental approach to the match.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709670.post-1124911803035040942005-08-24T14:30:00.000-05:002005-08-24T14:30:00.000-05:00While I'm not going to disagree with you Daz...ove...While I'm not going to disagree with you Daz...over a single 90 minute game, anything can happen.<BR/><BR/>Ranking leagues based purely on performances in friendly's without taking everything else into consideration is hardly a good way to measure anything.<BR/><BR/>I've always asked, how can you compare teams in leagues who play in different weather conditions (seasons), travel situations (bus vs plane) and player budgets?<BR/><BR/>For me, I'm happy watching an entertaining competitive match between two teams that care. The quality of players isn't always watch makes a match worth watching--well, I am an Ipswich fan. Unfortunatly, half the MLS season isn't important so there are far too many meaningless games in MLS (in addition to all the meaningless friendly's)<BR/><BR/>Real Madrid play in one of the best leagues in the world...with some of the best players in the world and most of the players in white last night make more in a year than entire MLS squads. How can you expect any MLS XI to compete?Eric PZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453533498683848921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709670.post-1124911243199446732005-08-24T14:20:00.000-05:002005-08-24T14:20:00.000-05:00it was a friendly of a team comprised of players w...it was a friendly of a team comprised of players who have played together for years and another of players who play against each other.<BR/><BR/>but there is no denying the difference in class, it was also made evident when real came to LA. one team in the middle of its season and the other using the match as a pre-season warm-up.<BR/><BR/>it does raise an interesting question regarding the "ranking" of the mls. the writer brings up scotland, belgium, and poland. i would expect a group of players from those leagues (not the international teams, since their better players play in england, germany, holland, etc.) to get worked as much as the mls players.<BR/><BR/>my feelings are the mls would probably be in the belgium and poland category. difficult to say with the scots, the old firm would run away with the league but the falkirks and dunfermlines would not do well and would probably struggle against some a-league teams. <BR/>landon is an example of how the bundesliga is quite a bit above and many of the players who go to england usually sign for "championship" teams or premier relegation teams would indicate that the mls lies between the championship and league 1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com