By johnszasz - 29 Jun 2010 3:05 AM
Coming from Australia. I've lived in Portsmouth and now live in Hannover. The Bundesliga is better regarding prices,number of goals and general attendance. I have never been to a bigger EPL stadium so I think the atmosphere there would be equal to most of the Bundesliga teams.
The quality of football isn't so bad, it can at times be slow, it is certainly, much slower than the EPL but nevertheless gains ground with the fan culture than exists in Germany.
I'd personally prefer a Hannover 96 game over any mid to lower table EPL match.
What do you think about the FourFourTwo article Bundesliga Foundation for Success?
Germany's Bundesliga is by no means the best in Europe. It does not have the biggest stars - mainly because it does not pay the sky-high wages to attract them - it does not play the most attractive football and it is certainly not the most talked about.
Have your say.
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By Hank - 30 Jun 2010 12:27 PM
Villaboy wrote:stefcep wrote:Villaboy wrote:stefcep wrote:GloryPerth wrote:Nice article FFT - In Australia, we are starting to talk now of what role models there are out there, for our A-League. The J-League was one from the start, the MLS quite logically, gets a mention, but now people are looking at the Bundesliga. Although it's, by and large, a one code football market, your article just touches on some things we can strive to follow, model our domestic league and even wider scene on, in the future.
BTW Mesut Ozil has 14 caps?! A Socceroo who can take a couple years to get 14 caps and by then, he would be mid 20s and considered an 'experienced' NT player! I suppose that is partly a carry over from our lack of fixtures from the Oceania days, we certainly play alot more now, but still, it can take a while down here to get a dozen caps - So Ozil's 14 International caps, since his debut in February 09, is far from anything to sneeze at, it's quite impressive for any player, let alone a 21 year old!
BTW To emphasise my point - See Dario Vidosic who made his debut mid last year and has featured fairly regularly since - 7 caps. Mile Jedinak made his debut in early 08, only has 12 caps. Richard Garcia, late 08 debut, 10 caps (I know he had long term injury BTW). Rhys WIlliams debut June 09, 3 caps. Scott McDonald has only managed 16 caps since his debut in early 06! Thats mainly due to the Australian 2006 squad playing on and not retiring. Its the Grella's, Chippers, Bresciano's, Kewell's, Schwarzer's keeping the younger players out. The next coach has a big decision to make as to whether he persists with the old guard for the Asia Cup or develop these younger players with a view to 2014. Its not the older players fault that they keep getting selected. And its not like they are so old that they have nothing to offer. If you were a professional 30-31 yr old, would you give up your deserved world cup spot so some kids, who may or may not be good enough anyway, can have a few more caps????? :roll: Edited by villaboy: 29/6/2010 11:45:34 AM So where do you get that I blame the older players? Fact is the next generation hasn't been good enough to win the place over the incumbants. Until now. IMO, All of the above players should bow out after the Asia Cup, some sooner. But its also interesting that Germany COULD have gone with an older squad and no-one would have questioned that if they did, they had experience players still in the prime of their careers, but they deliberately chose a young squad. It remains to be seen if they young Germans can perform now that they are in the pointy end of the tournament. Ummmm...... Perhaps it was your opening.
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