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Originally Posted by moon
I was referring to Chelsea, Man U, Arsenal and Liverpool being able to continually buy players.
You referred to teams in the NHL that dominated by drafting and trading which is a lot easier for fans of other teams to deal than the fans of other teams in the EPL that know even with good player development they might have one year to compete before those same players are going to one of the top clubs.
That is why fans in NA were able to deal with their domination over what occurs in the EPL.
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Aha. You quoted the North American section of my original post so I was confused hehehe. Soccer's been like that for 100 years. People usually cheer for their hometown team + one big team. Plus in soccer there's alot to shoot for not just the premier league title. There's cups, and divisions and relegation and rivalries. Fans of most teams don't care about winning the title, the just want to beat the team down the street!
Alot of it is homegrown talent too. A star can play for his town first, then be sold off to a big club. The town will then spend the money to build more seats and buy a couple of more players essentially to beat the team down the street!
You mentioned Chelsea, they're a new force because of a billionaire owner.
Chelsea sucked for about 50 years! They are actually a smaller team than Spurs or even Fulham!