Erling Haaland

[Father Paul]

I’m really not comfortable with people on this forum calling the French league a ‘farmer’s league’. I’m no Francophile but we were stuffed by Lyon not long ago, and Monaco knocked us out of the CL. Their national team has been generally pretty good for a couple of decades now. This smacks of pure f@@@in English arrogance against the French.
Btw, the women are lovely

As a league it is rather uninspiring though even if they produce the odd good club side and a decent national team.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I’m really not comfortable with people on this forum calling the French league a ‘farmer’s league’. I’m no Francophile but we were stuffed by Lyon not long ago, and Monaco knocked us out of the CL. Their national team has been generally pretty good for a couple of decades now. This smacks of pure f@@@in English arrogance against the French.
Btw, the women are lovely

How many of the French National Team play in France? How many “home grown” players on the perennial Ligue Un winning team?

If there was a JOINT Premier League - Ligue Un division, how do you think the final standing gs would shake out?

I rest my case.

 

[lonestay]

I’m really not comfortable with people on this forum calling the French league a ‘farmer’s league’. I’m no Francophile but we were stuffed by Lyon not long ago, and Monaco knocked us out of the CL. Their national team has been generally pretty good for a couple of decades now. This smacks of pure f@@@in English arrogance against the French.
Btw, the women are lovely

What would you call it then as "farmers league" doesn't sit comfortably with you ? Because whatever you want to call it, it's not a very competitive league for a top class footballer to be in . Neymar just picks up his huge paycheck and visits his sister , Mbappe has seen the error of his ways and wants out, but at least he is a very rich young man now. Messi didn't want to go there but it's the furrow he has to plough at the age of 34 because it was the only field that had a gate left open to him . So what shall we call the Farmers league in future then ?

 

[Innsbruckblue]

What would you call it then as "farmers league" doesn't sit comfortably with you ? Because whatever you want to call it, it's not a very competitive league for a top class footballer to be in . Neymar just picks up his huge paycheck and visits his sister , Mbappe has seen the error of his ways and wants out, but at least he is a very rich young man now. Messi didn't want to go there but it's the furrow he has to plough at the age of 34 because it was the only field that had a gate left open to him . So what shall we call the Farmers league in future then ?

Does it happen to be less competitive than the German Bundesliga or Serie A? Last time I looked, those leagues were dominated by one team. I don’t hear anyone call those ‘farmer’s leagues’.

 

[lonestay]

Sauerkraut league ?

 

[lonestay]

And thats the thing no euro league is that good once you get past a couple of clubs, and that's why Haaland will come to the Prem. And why City with its world class players is the only choice talking purely football.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

Does it happen to be less competitive than the German Bundesliga or Serie A? Last time I looked, those leagues were dominated by one team. I don’t hear anyone call those ‘farmer’s leagues’.

What is the one team dominating Serie A? Again the outdated view. As for the Bundesliga, there is no doubt Bayern will almost certainly win in the end, but there are always three, four or five competitive teams for all competitions. Ligue 1 it’s usually two at best per season

 

[Innsbruckblue]

How many of the French National Team play in France? How many “home grown” players on the perennial Ligue Un winning team?

If there was a JOINT Premier League - Ligue Un division, how do you think the final standing gs would shake out?

I rest my case.

And how many home-grown players are in our team?

 

[Innsbruckblue]

What is the one team dominating Serie A? Again the outdated view. As for the Bundesliga, there is no doubt Bayern will almost certainly win in the end, but there are always three, four or five competitive teams for all competitions. Ligue 1 it’s usually two at best per season

I'm pretty sure there are not 3, 4 or 5 competitive teams for all competitions in Germany. Try again. Maybe, with Juventus no longer dominating, the Italian league is more competitive, but with your reasoning, perhaps we should call La LIga a 'farmer's league' too?

 

[Deleted member 87819]

I'm pretty sure there are not 3, 4 or 5 competitive teams for all competitions in Germany. Try again.

There are always strong teams such as Dortmund, Leipzig, Wolfsburg, Leverkusen, Mainz etc, every season it changes though Dortmund is consistently up there with Bayern. What I am trying to say is that it’s not like Bayern is the only good team. And the amount of good times in the Bundesliga is season after season outweighing the number in Ligue 1. You can call La Liga Farmer’s League, but in terms of number of contenders to win the competition it’s not very different from the PL