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From: manutd11XX on 18 May 2010 20:21
On Tue, 18 May 2010 19:30:24 -0400, Manx Gunner <goal(a)4thegunners!com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 18 May 2010 16:05:16 -0400, wrote...
>
>> The matches are played at a completely different tempo in the two
>> leagues, most MLS players would be gasping for breath before half time
>> if they played in the SPL.
>
>Ask Everton's Landon Donovan what he thinks of the above assertion.


Landon Donovan has played in the SPL?

From: manutd11XX on 18 May 2010 20:22
On Tue, 18 May 2010 19:29:34 -0400, Manx Gunner <goal(a)4thegunners!com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 18 May 2010 13:11:09 -0400, wrote...
>
>> On Tue, 18 May 2010 00:49:33 -0400, Manx Gunner <goal(a)4thegunners!com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, 17 May 2010 23:28:04 -0400, wrote...
>> >
>> >> Sad if it's true.
>> >>
>> >> from Barca to pub league
>> >
>> >Don't be ridiculous... 'pub league'. FFS.
>>
>>
>> It's not much better than a really good pub league mate.
>
>People who have actually played and managed the game say you're full of
>it on this one. Redknapp (Jamie) equated it to about the Championship,
>Ruud Icanneverspellhislastname said the same, either mid-level
>Championship or top-level League One. Stop trolling.

I've played the game in the Football League
From: MH on 18 May 2010 20:37
Manx Gunner wrote:
> On Tue, 18 May 2010 16:05:16 -0400, wrote...
>
>> The matches are played at a completely different tempo in the two
>> leagues, most MLS players would be gasping for breath before half time
>> if they played in the SPL.
>
> Ask Everton's Landon Donovan what he thinks of the above assertion.

He has played in the SPL ?

Donovan is MLS's biggest star. And he was a useful squad member at
Everton, but unable to make much of an impact at Bayern. This suggests
there is still a fairly big gap between MLS and the top European leagues
(and especially the top teams in those leagues)

Any other comparisons are harder to make as you can always find examples
and counter examples

Eg. Adrian Cann looks like a solid defender in MLS, but couldn't get
into the squad et Esbjerg, Beasley peripheral at Rangers, etc vs. De
Guzman being a starter at Hannover and Deportivo, but looking a bit
wobbly in MLS.

The style of play and pace can be quite different, and another huge
factor is that MLS is a summer league, played mostly in places where the
temperatures on most game days are such that high tempo play is
impossible for sustained periods. This has a big influence on which
players can thrive.
From: Dwight Beers on 19 May 2010 11:01
On 05/18/2010 01:50 PM, JK wrote:
> manutd11XX(a)bellsouth.net wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 May 2010 11:33:00 -0700 (PDT), Binder Dundat
>> <dundat(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On May 18, 1:11 pm, manutd1...(a)bellsouth.net wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 18 May 2010 00:49:33 -0400, Manx Gunner <goal(a)4thegunners!com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 17 May 2010 23:28:04 -0400, wrote...
>>>>>> Sad if it's true.
>>>>>> from Barca to pub league
>>>>> Don't be ridiculous... 'pub league'. FFS.
>>>> It's not much better than a really good pub league mate.
>>> Is that what the Scottish Premier league is?
>>> I watched two games the past weekend due to limited channels at the
>>> cottage. One game the Scottish cup and the other was an MLS game. I
>>> thought the MLS players were tactically better? Not that either game
>>> was great.
>>>
>> The matches are played at a completely different tempo in the two
>> leagues, most MLS players would be gasping for breath before half time
>> if they played in the SPL. Hard to compare the two leagues but I'd say
>> the top SPL teams are way and far better than the top MLS teams
>
>
> No one would argue that Rangers and Celtic aren't better than the best
> in MLS, but once you get past those two, I think the leagues are pretty
> comparable, though the worst MLS teams are probably worse than the
> bottom SPL team.

I'd be willing to bet that St Mirren would be at the bottom of the
SPL--if it were not for Andy Dorman, who of course had a pretty decent
mini career in MLS. And, I probably shouldn't have to mention here that
ex-MLS'r Maurice Edu did actually win the SPL championship for Rangers
this year with ihs goal against Celtic.

From: Manx Gunner on 19 May 2010 23:12
On Tue, 18 May 2010 20:21:01 -0400, wrote...

> >On Tue, 18 May 2010 16:05:16 -0400, wrote...
> >
> >> The matches are played at a completely different tempo in the two
> >> leagues, most MLS players would be gasping for breath before half time
> >> if they played in the SPL.
> >
> >Ask Everton's Landon Donovan what he thinks of the above assertion.
>
>
> Landon Donovan has played in the SPL?

Are you now going to argue that the SPL is played at a faster pace the
the EPL to avoid admitting that you're up a tree on this one?
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