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Yeah, I agree with him. Ramsey is a CM and Ozil is a CAM. Not only that but Ramsey has been top class for Arsenal this season, it would be mental to drop him for no reason.

If anything Wilshere is the true muppet of the Arsenal midfield.

Ever watch Bilbao, Sociedad and Atletico Madrid? Not in the same class as Real and Barca but they are definitely better than most teams in the Prem. I'd rather watch Sociedad than Stoke to be honest! I'd also rather see an away match at San Sebastian than fucking Stoke, haha.

It's funny La Liga is both underrated and overrated for the exact same reason. People overrate it due to Real and Barca and they underrate it because of the gap Real and Barca make.

But since he was comparing Ozil and Ramsey, I think he was talking about the CAM role which Ramsey has played in the past. And I find it hilarious that Ramsey, even on the form of his life, would ever start there ahead of Ozil.

As for La Liga, all the teams there are capable of playing some great football (though a bit too "light-weight" for my taste), but what teams other than Madrid and Barca lack is big-name players. When was the last time you heard a La Liga team other than the big two and Athletico make a big money signing of some highly rated player. Here in the EPL, you have the top 6-7 always signing largely in-demand players. Even clubs like Sunderland and Southampton made signings like Giacharini and Osvaldo.

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English players are not bad because top teams have foreigners, but top teams dont use english players exactly because they are bad!

Because we don't take the time and develop our own youth. Something this league has been lacking for years and its an utter embarrassment if you ask me in comparison to the other leagues.

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Because we don't take the time and develop our own youth. Something this league has been lacking for years and its an utter embarrassment if you ask me in comparison to the other leagues.

The problem is, bigger PL clubs want a quick fix. The best way to a quick fix is purchasing foreigners rather than sticking with homegrown talent.

For example look at Scott Sinclair, he was doing relatively well at Swansea..then City bought him, never played him and stalled his development. Another example would be James Milner.

The big question is what do you do with players like Ryan Bertrand? He's 24 years old and doesn't look any closer to getting a chance in Chelsea's first team.

Bertrand could be the starting LB for most EPL sides...yet at Chelsea, he's just sitting on the bench, hoping for an opportunity to impress as Cole's backup.

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I'd like to ask something random, lol.

Why are there so many matches on Monday nights nowadays? I don't remember there being this many til just a few years ago. I mean there would be a couple on Mondays, but it definitely wasn't as frequent as it is right now.

What is the reason for this? I can't figure out which 'market' this is aimed at. The matches are at 8pm UK time which means it's the middle of the night in Asia, so no one there would bother to wake up unless it involves a team they support. It would be the middle of the day in North/South America so everyone's at work. Is it for the African market or something? I get that it's a "brand" type thing with Sky's special "Monday Night Football" schedule but wouldn't they be getting more viewers (not just internationally, but in the UK as well) by just having the match on a Sunday afternoon?

Pardon the silly question lol

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I'd like to ask something random, lol.

Why are there so many matches on Monday nights nowadays? I don't remember there being this many til just a few years ago. I mean there would be a couple on Mondays, but it definitely wasn't as frequent as it is right now.

What is the reason for this? I can't figure out which 'market' this is aimed at. The matches are at 8pm UK time which means it's the middle of the night in Asia, so no one there would bother to wake up unless it involves a team they support. It would be the middle of the day in North/South America so everyone's at work. Is it for the African market or something? I get that it's a "brand" type thing with Sky's special "Monday Night Football" schedule but wouldn't they be getting more viewers (not just internationally, but in the UK as well) by just having the match on a Sunday afternoon?

Pardon the silly question lol

I don't think it is aimed at any market in particular, it just means that one more match gets televised. If you move the Monday night match back to the weekend it will most likely coincide with some other match. So having games on Monday night get more overall viewers in the UK and Europe.

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