Sam, first of all, what i mean is that we should stop comparing about gerrard and gattuso, not about lack of the play maker in england.
and now to the topic, u should understand that england teams were used to play kick and rush style of football, where players should do more runnings and chasing the long ball in the whole match.
nowdays, even though the kick and rush style not so dominant anymore in the english football, it still the basic of their play. it has reduced the role of playmakers and increased the role of wingers. the midfielders are generally divided into attacking and defensive role, but no role like we've seen kaka or rui in milan.
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If Gattusso went to England he would be the most dominant man on the field, no question
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u are forgetting something sam, gattuso are used to play for glasgow rangers in scotland. and that is the reason why (i think) he is having that kind of grit and determination in play, chasing the ball in the opponents feet, do all the pressing.
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England is a very entertaining league, but not one of quality, definatley not. If Arsenal, a team that cannot progress past the quarter finals of the CL is an undefeated team, how good can the EPL really be? It also only seems that over-the-hill talents from Italy and Spain seem to go there
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i think what arsenal have achieved this season is amazing, undefeated for the whole season. and just because they failed to progress well in CL, it didnt mean that EPL are less quality than italy or spain (remember, arsenal thrashed inter this season, and roma twice last season).
nowdays, all the teams that progress in the CL have to be really good for dividing their consentration between CL and their domestic title. look what happened with milan. last season we managed the consentration to win the CL but not the scudetto, but this season we failed the CL but managed the gain the scudetto.
and for Porto, who is the new CL winner, will u say that portugal league better than italy or spain too, sam????
the competition in portugal were different with england, italy, spain, even france. how many teams from portugal did u well known?? (sorry for all the portugalese)
with the quality in a team like porto, is not difficult to maintained their concentration in the CL (they also trashed deportivo, viva porto!!!) and also maintained their concentration in the domestic league, which we all know that the champions from the portugal's league will only came between porto, benfica and sporting lisbon, just like the dutch (the great three: ajax, psv, and feyenoord)
so my point is that we sould see each competition differently, because they all have different attraction, and that is why i love soccer so much!!!