But if you looked at rosters, the EPL teams would not have been that low.

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Feb 25, 2020
1:34:41pm

JmThms Walk-on

After all, they have the money to buy players. So they underperformed. The question is, why did they underperform?

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JmThms

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Liverpool barely pulled it out today. I kind of expect them to crash out of UCL.

Joe Banks

2/24/20 3:01pm

We'll see, but Atletico hasn't exactly blown the doors off offensively either.

RSL

2/24/20 3:02pm

In all honesty, Liverpool was better last year. Seems that players have lost

allaboutthegainz

2/24/20 3:04pm

Seriously? Undefeated in best league in world and still alive in 3 competitions

mango

2/24/20 3:05pm

I didn’t say they weren’t motivated, just less motivated.

allaboutthegainz

2/24/20 3:15pm

I hear what you're saying. I think the grind is wearing on them and that target

mango

2/24/20 3:26pm

I'd actually enjoy this. Not because I dislike Liverpool but because I get sick

Food Snob

2/24/20 3:05pm

They are comparable but the EPL's money is setting them apart.

JmThms

2/25/20 1:15pm

Yet the last decade La Liga has dominated the Champions and Europa Leagues. The

Food Snob

2/25/20 1:28pm

But if you looked at rosters, the EPL teams would not have been that low.

JmThms

2/25/20 1:34pm

I don't know, I'm results oriented so that's a moot point to me anyway. There's

Food Snob

2/25/20 1:38pm

The bottom half of the PL do indeed benefit from the huge media rights contracts

JmThms

2/25/20 1:43pm

It's looking like the EPL will fall to 0-3 so far in the first leg of the UCL.

Food Snob

2/25/20 2:33pm

Yea it can go year by year. CL and Europa belonged to the PL last year.

JmThms

2/25/20 2:43pm

EPL was definitely strong in European competition last year.

Food Snob

2/25/20 2:52pm

There is a wide gap only in overall league revenue from mostly media rights.

JmThms

2/25/20 3:03pm

Here is what I hear from EPL fanboys,

Joe Banks

2/25/20 3:11pm

Yes Ronaldo and Messi set the outlook at the highest level for a while.

JmThms

2/25/20 3:52pm

One can only hope.

raines31

2/24/20 3:17pm

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