(08-05-2018 11:09 AM)DowdyPirate2 Wrote:  

(08-05-2018 10:44 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(08-04-2018 11:56 PM)DowdyPirate2 Wrote:  

(08-04-2018 12:40 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(08-04-2018 12:32 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  So...The Championship. It seems to be quite a step down in quality from the Premier League...no?

I'm going to have to watch this crap all season? How did Wolves fans put up with this for so many years?

The bottom half of the Championship is no better than average MLS quality and much, much, much worse than Liga MX.

Championship is better than MLS by a good bit too. Watching the games I’d say MLS is more similar on average to league one from what I saw when Wolves were there. Just a couple anecdotal examples, Kevin Doyle went to MLS after he got old and couldn’t even get a start in league one for wolves and banged goals in. Now Jack Price who was at best an average championship midfielder is one of Colorado’s leading players.

Think about Josef Martinez if a striker was scoring a goal a game in the championship they’d be selling for £50 million. The defensive quality is where the largest difference between the leagues is I’d say.

I’ve barely ever seen any Liga MX matches no clue there.

Let me say this again. The bottom half of the Championship is no better than the average MLS team.

Sunderland, Burton Albion, and Barnsley were no better than NY Red Bulls last year and would've been boatraced by Toronto, Atlanta or NYCFC.

Would Toronto, Atlanta or NYCFC been promoted? Unlikely, but they wouldn't have been relegated either.

Monterrey, Tigres, and Club America would've been in the promotion battle in the Championship last year.

I’ve watched Atlanta United 4 times this year. Wolves (and Boro, Leeds, etc...) would put them to the sword. Top of the MLS would be lower Mid-Table in the championship.

While you’re talking about NYRB let’s talk about BWP. His best year ever in England he scored 22 in 42 games in League One. His second best year was 13 in 17 in League One. He had no other years with 10 goals in league play. His best year in the championship was 8 goals in 39. The year he left for MLS he had 1 goal in 19 in the championship. His first full year in MLS he had 27 goals in 32. He’s scoring a goal every 1.5 games in the MLS past his prime. He had a goal every 3.5 games in England and a goal every 5.4 games in the championship.

That same Red Bulls team also had 2 players that had UEFA Champions League experience and a Copa Libertadores champion plus a player thats about to complete a multimillion euro transfer to the Bundesliga.

As I said, I don't think that the average MLS team could compete with Wolves last year. I don't understand where you think I am saying that. What I am saying is that they aren't any worse than Burton Albion or Sunderland last year.

Atlanta's roster last year was no worse QPR or Ipswich Towns's roster last year.