At least it gets the monkey off the back going into the season. A nice start to the season also.Just back friendly, but, a win is a win against Chelsea. Gunners take the Community Shield 1 to 0 over the Blues. Great boost leading into EPL play.
Gunners looked good yesterday (throws up in mouth).
Cannot wait for the season to get going. Spurs first 6 weeks are manageable to get some early points (exception being week 1)
Aug. 8. Man U - Away
Aug. 15. Stoke -Home
Aug. 22. Leicester - Away
Aug. 29. Everton - Home
Sept. 12. Sunderland - Away
Sept. 19. Crystal Palace - Home
Hoping Man U gets off to another slow start this season (doubtful since they have a year under LVG's system), but the next 5 should all be wins. Will be interesting to see how their young talent gels and steps up.
I thought Cech looked slow.Arsenal looked very good today. They got Chec in goal. They looked complete today.
I follow the Bundesliga exclusively; could some of you guys who follow both Bundesliga and EPL give me a bit of a comparison between the two league styles (generally)?
I have the impression that the EPL is more a physical and speed oriented league while the Bundesliga is more tactical and methodical (and maybe disciplined). How far off am I?
Plus, watch out for Shinji Okazaki, who transferred from my Mainz 05 to Leicester City. If he adjusts well he could impress a bit.
Some people think EPL is more kick and rush.
In Serie A, the most coveted individual award is the Golden Dive
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true story... flying bags and/or cups of piss and sh1! are not that unusual at Mexican gamesNo, in Mexico the most coveted award is the Golden Poop Bag given to the fan who hits the most players from the opposing team with flying bags is shi!.
I'm not a "tactical" expert, but your synopsis is pretty close. From my view the EPL is a lot of long balls, bring it down the wings and cross into the box, overlapping outside backs coming into the attack. It is definitely more physical. I've watched some, not a lot, Budesliga and it does appear to be a little more methodical, short to intermediate passing, less physical. I've gotten more and more into it hte past couple seasons as it's been on more.I follow the Bundesliga exclusively; could some of you guys who follow both Bundesliga and EPL give me a bit of a comparison between the two league styles (generally)?
I have the impression that the EPL is more a physical and speed oriented league while the Bundesliga is more tactical and methodical (and maybe disciplined). How far off am I?
Plus, watch out for Shinji Okazaki, who transferred from my Mainz 05 to Leicester City. If he adjusts well he could impress a bit.
The biggest difference is that the Bundesliga has younger talent that is more technical and appears to be a league where goals are expected. EPL is more physical and a little less technical but the players and teams are have more money.
Bayern is in a class of its own, Wolfsburg is entertaining and the rest of the league is less settled. In the EPL, there are 5 teams that have tons of money and due to the TV contracts, teams like Stoke City can now buy players from Barcelona