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  adrian

  8 months ago

  i'm from asia and would welcome big teams coming over to play in this part of the world. however, we all know that the current schedule for top flight english teams is already extremely packed, which causes fatigue amongst many players. another tournament in pre-seaon will only be either taken lightly or be an avenue for the youth players to shine in.
  
  adrian from howshouse.com
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  eplnfl

  8 months ago

  I'm behind the idea of some real competition to be played overseas. I for one will not pay the huge price to see a meaningless pre-season by a Prem side on summer tour.
  
  I have advocated a event such as the League Cup being moved to an overseas location but really would just like to see the 39th game. So, I'm all for an effort to play a game in the US that means something!
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  Dave's Football Blog

  8 months ago

  Y'know, if the Premier League pulled its teams out of the Carling Cup and the FA killed the League Trophy, this might actually be a compelling way to start the season.
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  American Villan

  8 months ago

  They'll care if they get paid to care. There's no additional prestige from beating teams you already play at least twice a year, so money is the only differentiating factor. Otherwise it'll look and feel like a barnstorming tour.
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  AtlantaPompey

  8 months ago

  Money. It's the only reason that Scudamore wants to play games overseas. It's the only reason the clubs will care about it. The clubs don't care about playing the same teams a third time. Everyone will complain about the groupings. Spreading the Big Four around is absolutely favoritism. Arsenal will play their youngsters. Everyone will be in 'preseason' shape. What if someone gets hurt? The managers will not want anyone hurt before the regular season starts and the games actually mean something. Fewer times for the big teams to play teams from the lower leagues. That will mean less chance for the premiership teams to look at younger players and less opportunities for the lower league teams to make money from a visit to or by a premiership team.
  
  Oh, but it will make money. A lot of money.
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  lala

  8 months ago

  tats jus stupid
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  Danny Pugsley

  8 months ago

  Isn't this just a watered down version of the original game 39 proposals?
  
  They would be nothing more than glorified pre-season or friendly games as there would be no real prestige attached to them.
  
  I also agree with the commens above that many of the stars that fans would want to see would likely be missing as clubs would not want to risk them in these games.
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  footballer

  6 months ago

  Ugh!! Screw the 39th game and screw this stupid idea!!! If non-English people want to see quality football being played, support your local club so they can purchase quality footballers. Or travel to England. But I hate this overseas nonsense.
  
  Turn the Club World Cup into more of a global tournament. That would solve things.
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