EPT2013 - 2014 Football Thread - Page 419
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sixfour
England11062 Posts
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Ysellian
Netherlands9029 Posts
 I must admit it is kind of funny for neutrals to see Utd this season as opposed to the Fergie era, so many things have happened for Utd we didn't see for over 20 years XD. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
Average game attendance for the 2013 season was 18,594, a higher total than either the NBA (17,348 for the 2011-12 season) or the NHL (17,721 for 2012-13 season). Total league attendance topped 6 million. Before its 2012 season, the MLS had never exceeded 5.5 million. Seattle especially, but Portland, Kansas City, Houston and Columbus demonstrated that soccer, when properly marketed with a compelling product, can turn a nice profit. Seattle's average game attendance of 44,038 is more than twice the Seattle Mariners baseball team and double the L.A. Galaxy, the league's second-most popular team. Source | ||
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DaMuffinman
Germany1705 Posts
But the higher attendance is partly due to the fact, that the Football stadiums are bigger than your average NBA or NHL stadium, isn't it? | ||
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wingpawn
Poland1342 Posts
Another thing we've learned is that Januzaj is overrated. the only two times when he got the ball were when he went for a dribble and was simply outmuscled by the defenders. And, by the way, if he is such a "new big thing" he should already be able to get a spot in starting 11 regularily, which I'm not seeing yet. Right now, he's nobody compared to Mirallas. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18775 Posts
On December 05 2013 17:29 wingpawn wrote: Fellaini was so awkward yesterday. That foul looked brutal, but more importantly, he really struggled with his tactical responsibilities. I kinda expected him to get a skill boost after joining stronger team, but that's not really happening. Another thing we've learned is that Januzaj is overrated. the only two times when he got the ball were when he went for a dribble and was simply outmuscled by the defenders. And, by the way, if he is such a "new big thing" he should already be able to get a spot in starting 11 regularily, which I'm not seeing yet. Right now, he's nobody compared to Mirallas. Januzaj is very overrated. All he did was to score two goals in a game where he played very egoistically. | ||
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Micro_Jackson
Germany2002 Posts
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Maenander
Germany4927 Posts
On December 05 2013 19:07 USvBleakill wrote: Robben out for 6 weeks, he will not play until next year. What a unlucky guy. That's unfortunate, he was better than ever. Hitz should have seen the red card, too. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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Twisted
Netherlands13554 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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Micro_Jackson
Germany2002 Posts
On December 05 2013 22:00 Pandemona wrote: Man Bayern have 0 luck with injuries? Or is this turning into a problem from training sessions being to intense or something? I don´t think so. Robben was just an accident, Götze was already injured when he was still with Dormund, Martinez and Ribery were injured playing for their national teams, Badstuber with bad luck by his doubly ACL injury. Schweinsteiger has some ancle problems. So the only possible "practice too hard" muscle injury is Lahm and he will most likely return next week. Pretty sure he could play if the CL final is tomorrow, i think they use the opportunity to rest him a bit. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last thing Bayern need when they are in their peak is for all squad to be over worked and be injured every week. Makes Chelsea achievement look even better if Bayern go on to be like Barca and win next 2 out of 3 Champions Leagues or something Beating that team in their backyard in a final, sounds pretty cool | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On December 05 2013 17:26 itsdamuffinman wrote: Nice to see that Football is becoming bigger in the U.S. But the higher attendance is partly due to the fact, that the Football stadiums are bigger than your average NBA or NHL stadium, isn't it? Well, it's hard to say what causes it. NHL/NBA stadiums are almost always smaller than 20,000 seats, but you would have to have a debate as to whether they're that small because they can't fill anything bigger or they can't get a bigger audience because the arena is that small. Part of it is that a hockey/basketball game is played on a much smaller field of play, and thus you can't realistically support as many viewers, but it's pretty complicated. I prefer to just look at attendance percentage. | ||
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mevshero
911 Posts
no matter how big the squad is... when that many players are injured, maybe you can replace them for 1-2 games, but you can't replace them for weeks. so i'm happy that thiago is finally back, ribery got some playtime yesterday and lahm and shaqiri are close to coming back. @Pandemona: can't really compare the bayern squad from that CL final to today's :D but that loss was definitely one of the biggest reasons why they won the treble last year. | ||
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Daswollvieh
5553 Posts
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28929 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/uj4U0M0.gif) Still awesome | ||
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Ayush_SCtoss
India3051 Posts
Sweet, hope this will bring further interest to the young ones in our country. Hope this gets handled better than the Commonwealth Games | ||
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Kleinmuuhg
Vanuatu4091 Posts
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
On December 06 2013 08:16 Kleinmuuhg wrote: So you guys heard Platini wants to get rid of yellow cards and introduce time punishment? So I heard Platini doesn't like Blatter, but wants to be his successor, so he tries to make media headlines whenver possible, trying to look "innovative" and present himself as Blatter's opposite. | ||
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