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Re: How The Olympics Will Affect Premier League

Matthew — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:55:11 -0000

Liverpool gets hit the hardest as they lose two bona fide starters in Babel and Masch... But also lose Lucas who could have replaced Masch in the midfield.

Man City losing Jo is unfortunate as well. He has missed valuable time building partnerships with his squad while being out on Olympic duty.

Re: How The Olympics Will Affect Premier League

boobie — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:39:16 -0000

those losses are hardly significant

Re: How The Olympics Will Affect Premier League

kkfla737 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:12:26 -0000

The US game is on MSNBC at 5am ET on Thursday morning. Italy-Honduras will be on Telemundo at the same time here in the states. MSNBC's broadcast will be in English, Telemundo's in Espanol.

Re: How The Olympics Will Affect Premier League

AtlantaPompey — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:09:54 -0000

I really think this will be an interesting tournament and I plan to watch as much of it as possible. I will be recording most of the matches rather than watching them at 3 AM though.

The impact on the Premier League is much less than the impact from the African Cup of Nations. Pompey, for example, lost 4 players to that tournament, including starters. Losing only one player who rarely dressed won't affect us much.

Re: How The Olympics Will Affect Premier League

Sam Dalton — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:45:41 -0000

Liverpool will also lose a third player in Lucas.