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twist Miami, Florida 21 Jul 17 2.20pm
There is huge untapped potential interest in European soccer in the USA. Alot of people who dont know alot about football, talk about the Premier league. As soon as they realise i am English, first question is about soccer, am not kidding when i say this happens alot. The first major European league to start playing a few games there will tap into this huge treasure chest. They have a friendly between Real Madrid and Barcelona in Miami next week, the ticket prices were insane, been 10+ million in ticket sales. The Man Utd games are near sold out, as are the Chelsea, and these are just friendlies. I personally know several people who used to be NFL mad, but barely watch games anymore as they have lost interest. NFL viewership is down significantly in the last 2 years. These guys now go to the pub every saturday to watch an EPL game. Never thought i would say it, but the US is ready to explode on English soccer.
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twist

Miami, Florida 21 Jul 17 2.20pm

There is huge untapped potential interest in European soccer in the USA. Alot of people who dont know alot about football, talk about the Premier league.
As soon as they realise i am English, first question is about soccer, am not kidding when i say this happens alot.

The first major European league to start playing a few games there will tap into this huge treasure chest.

They have a friendly between Real Madrid and Barcelona in Miami next week, the ticket prices were insane, been 10+ million in ticket sales. The Man Utd games are near sold out, as are the Chelsea, and these are just friendlies.

I personally know several people who used to be NFL mad, but barely watch games anymore as they have lost interest. NFL viewership is down significantly in the last 2 years. These guys now go to the pub every saturday to watch an EPL game.

Never thought i would say it, but the US is ready to explode on English soccer.

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Ray in Houston Houston 21 Jul 17 2.21pm
The NFL does it a lot. You get a handful of games in London, the Texans played in Mexico City last year and there are games elsewhere too. Where I object to this - and it would be the same in the EPL whether it was a 38th or 39th game (the latter having all the mismatch problems discussed above) - is that half the teams are losing a home game. It's one thing to play the top 6 - or a heated rival - but to do it at home gives you the home fans at your back. Take it to...where? China? Australia? Qatar? And you've lost the benefit of a known field and a majority crowd. And how do you handle the travel differences such that a pair of teams may play in Japan and their opponents for the next game back in Blighty only had to go to Norway. It's a really, really stupid idea. Expect it in the 2018/19 season. We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.
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The NFL does it a lot. You get a handful of games in London, the Texans played in Mexico City last year and there are games elsewhere too.

Where I object to this - and it would be the same in the EPL whether it was a 38th or 39th game (the latter having all the mismatch problems discussed above) - is that half the teams are losing a home game. It's one thing to play the top 6 - or a heated rival - but to do it at home gives you the home fans at your back. Take it to...where? China? Australia? Qatar? And you've lost the benefit of a known field and a majority crowd.

And how do you handle the travel differences such that a pair of teams may play in Japan and their opponents for the next game back in Blighty only had to go to Norway.

It's a really, really stupid idea.

Expect it in the 2018/19 season.

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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MikeCrete Crete 21 Jul 17 2.23pm
I am completely against it. The more clubs become foreign owned then the more likely it is too happen. Is it time to fire a warning shot across the bows of the powers that be that enough is enough? Organise a complete boycott of the premier league for a whole weekend, tv as well as attending a fixture. Without the fans inside the stadiums they would soon see that the product would not get so much ££ from the tv companies etc etc. Go watch a local game that weekend, grass roots gets a benefit & the owners etc get a large wake up call.
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Crete 21 Jul 17 2.23pm

I am completely against it. The more clubs become foreign owned then the more likely it is too happen.
Is it time to fire a warning shot across the bows of the powers that be that enough is enough? Organise a complete boycott of the premier league for a whole weekend, tv as well as attending a fixture. Without the fans inside the stadiums they would soon see that the product would not get so much ££ from the tv companies etc etc.
Go watch a local game that weekend, grass roots gets a benefit & the owners etc get a large wake up call.

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Ray in Houston Houston 21 Jul 17 3.31pm
Originally posted by twist Never thought i would say it, but the US is ready to explode on English soccer. Ew. We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.
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Ray in Houston

Houston 21 Jul 17 3.31pm

Originally posted by twist

Never thought i would say it, but the US is ready to explode on English soccer.

Ew.

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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Goldfiinger Just down the road 21 Jul 17 4.14pm
Originally posted by bexleydave Plus he also said that, should it ever happen, it wouldn't be an extra game, but one of your 38 played abroad. Swansea away?
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Goldfiinger

Just down the road 21 Jul 17 4.14pm

Originally posted by bexleydave

Plus he also said that, should it ever happen, it wouldn't be an extra game, but one of your 38 played abroad.

Swansea away?

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Mr. Talons Southampton 21 Jul 17 7.05pm
39th game? I think it's a great idea, as long as it's against Millwall in the Maracana.
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Mr. Talons

Southampton 21 Jul 17 7.05pm

39th game? I think it's a great idea, as long as it's against Millwall in the Maracana.

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Brentmiester_General Front line in the battle against t... 21 Jul 17 7.54pm
This will happen. Maybe not soon but eventually, as the generation that remembers football how it used to be, how it should be, die off. The seed has been planted. "We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...
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Brentmiester_General

Front line in the battle against t... 21 Jul 17 7.54pm

This will happen. Maybe not soon but eventually, as the generation that remembers football how it used to be, how it should be, die off. The seed has been planted.

"We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...

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