Why dont Serie A and La Liga have all final games at same time?

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shenanigans

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The European soccer method of playing each team once home and once away (therefore everyone has the exact same opponents) is infinitely the best way to decide a champion as opposed to a playoff system where whoever gets hot at the right time wins it all

I’d argue most American pro sports champions are usually not won by the team that was most successful over the course of the entire season (#1 seeds)

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why do leagues use goal difference after 38 grueling games to decide titles, rather than have the top2 who are tied, play a 1 game, winner takes all? main reason, Europe is ghey goal difference is one of the most flawed ways to decide anything. Imagine if America was ghey as Europe, and awarded titles because 1 team scored more runs, baskets,etc.

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Disagree. Football is all about the goals. Scoring them and not getting scored on. I have no issue with goal difference

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Imagine if America was ghey as Europe, and awarded titles because 1 team scored more runs, baskets

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It’s goal difference, not points scored. The champion routinely has the best goal difference, the year Liverpool beat out Man City being a glaring exception. It’s an excellent way of determining who is a better team and evaluates performance over an entire season.

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winning through the first half of the season

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So in this scenario they have beat every team.

Still better than other models.
Where you don’t even play every team. So you don’t actually know who is better unless you use “the eye test”

I mean yes this system can lead to “boring” champions where it’s not decided in the final week or 2 like most fans would hope for


But teams fighting for top 4/european spots and then relegation pretty much always makes the final week or 2 of the season important/entertaining

Even with City’s crazy success they’ve been challenged until the last week or 2 most seasons, right? I know there was atleast 1 or 2 where they cruised to the title but still. It’s not like Bundesliga the last decade before this season (and that even came down to Dortmund choking last year) or PSG with Ligue 1


If Pep leaves City they’ll still be elite but certainly drop off a little just cause Pep is that good. Arteta and Arsenal obviously have built something great. One of if not both of Chelsea/United should be back in the hunt before too long. Liverpool obviously a huge question mark with new manager but of course have the talent. Villa has plenty of money and Emery is committed to being there long term. Spurs prob aren’t going to be competing for titles but they’re not going anywhere in terms of being top 5 quality

I think the next decade of premier league should be very entertaining

And yes I realize this post has kinda gone off the rails and has nothing to do with the OP but now that I’ve typed it all it’s too late

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So in this scenario they have beat every team. Still better than other models. Where you don’t even play every team. So you don’t actually know who is better unless you use “the eye test”

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Or a scenario where team A loses every match to teams B, C, D, E, and F but beats teams G through T twice each… you shouldn’t be able to win the league just by beating also-rans