Comments on: Real Madrid Have Found The Promised Land, And Its Name Is 中国. http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:57:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: adsense income templates http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html/comment-page-1#comment-151760 adsense income templates Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:22:14 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html#comment-151760 Hi, I can’t understand how to add your site in my rss reader. Can you Help me, please :)

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]]> By: Okey Man http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html/comment-page-1#comment-150128 Okey Man Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:25:19 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html#comment-150128 I think it will benefit all of the clubs in La liga, so I dont see what the fuss is about. Besides who wants the memory of their club losing to be the last thing they remember before going to bed at night. I don't and thats what an 8.45pm kick off often does. By the time the game is up, you feel drained not energised. You cant go to a bar to relax away your sorrows or celebrate either. Earlier kick offs for the key games starting at 3 pm, China or no China... I think it will benefit all of the clubs in La liga, so I dont see what the fuss is about. Besides who wants the memory of their club losing to be the last thing they remember before going to bed at night. I don’t and thats what an 8.45pm kick off often does.

By the time the game is up, you feel drained not energised. You cant go to a bar to relax away your sorrows or celebrate either. Earlier kick offs for the key games starting at 3 pm, China or no China…

]]> By: Andres http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html/comment-page-1#comment-149931 Andres Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:50:18 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html#comment-149931 Is it true that we 're pushing for this for our own benefits first and foremost but as others like john pointed out the whole league will benefit from it so ...... Is it true that we ‘re pushing for this for our own benefits first and foremost but as others like john pointed out the whole league will benefit from it so ……

]]> By: phantompong http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html/comment-page-1#comment-149926 phantompong Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:25:48 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html#comment-149926 John: you have a point about other clubs getting exposure. Pull a guy off the street here, and he could name you all 20 Premier League clubs easy. Ask him to name La Liga clubs, and he'd be hard-pressed to name any besides those in European competition. Same for any of the continental European leagues really. John: you have a point about other clubs getting exposure. Pull a guy off the street here, and he could name you all 20 Premier League clubs easy. Ask him to name La Liga clubs, and he’d be hard-pressed to name any besides those in European competition. Same for any of the continental European leagues really.

]]> By: phantompong http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html/comment-page-1#comment-149925 phantompong Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:22:30 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html#comment-149925 I agree with Diana. I'm in the little red dot as well, and yesterday I watched Villarreal vs Real Madrid at 2 AM. Online, because I have no cable TV, and even if I did, I'm not sure they would have showed the match - sometimes they only show the delayed telecast. Some weekends you can take a pub stroll at dinnertime and watch Premier League games that kickoff at noon. On the other hand, I do have to say I don't think it's much of an excuse. La Liga still owes more to its Spanish audience than to people halfway around the world who have no real connection to the country. And considering Champions League matches are something like 2:45 AM in midweek, and people in Singapore stay up for that anyway. If I were in Spain, I'd be pretty pissed about this. I'd just like to add a comment about one objection that's bound to come up - the weather. Segunda games kickoff from noon to 6 PM, so even though the weather isn't going to be conducive to lots of running around, earlier games are already being played in Spain. I agree with Diana. I’m in the little red dot as well, and yesterday I watched Villarreal vs Real Madrid at 2 AM. Online, because I have no cable TV, and even if I did, I’m not sure they would have showed the match – sometimes they only show the delayed telecast. Some weekends you can take a pub stroll at dinnertime and watch Premier League games that kickoff at noon.

On the other hand, I do have to say I don’t think it’s much of an excuse. La Liga still owes more to its Spanish audience than to people halfway around the world who have no real connection to the country. And considering Champions League matches are something like 2:45 AM in midweek, and people in Singapore stay up for that anyway. If I were in Spain, I’d be pretty pissed about this.

I’d just like to add a comment about one objection that’s bound to come up – the weather. Segunda games kickoff from noon to 6 PM, so even though the weather isn’t going to be conducive to lots of running around, earlier games are already being played in Spain.

]]> By: john http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html/comment-page-1#comment-149924 john Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:15:23 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html#comment-149924 So, who exactly suffers if Madrid play an earlier time? On a Sunday in Spain, do you really believe no one will watch the game if it takes place at 5pm, rather than 7pm? They only people I can think of is the players (hearing some of Osasuna's squad commenting on being given a 4pm match time, you'd think they were being asked to play in the inner ring of the seventh circle). So great job band wagoning Madrid's villainy. Like Daryl said, at least Butregueno was being honest. And angles that haven't been pointed out: - how ass-backwards La Liga start times and fixtures have always been. - The fact that if Madrid start playing earlier matches, other clubs will get more primetime national exposure. Yes, it's all about the money. But again, who is actually getting harmed if the move happens? Manchester United? So, who exactly suffers if Madrid play an earlier time? On a Sunday in Spain, do you really believe no one will watch the game if it takes place at 5pm, rather than 7pm? They only people I can think of is the players (hearing some of Osasuna’s squad commenting on being given a 4pm match time, you’d think they were being asked to play in the inner ring of the seventh circle).

So great job band wagoning Madrid’s villainy. Like Daryl said, at least Butregueno was being honest. And angles that haven’t been pointed out:

- how ass-backwards La Liga start times and fixtures have always been.

- The fact that if Madrid start playing earlier matches, other clubs will get more primetime national exposure.

Yes, it’s all about the money. But again, who is actually getting harmed if the move happens? Manchester United?

]]> By: diana http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html/comment-page-1#comment-149921 diana Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:50:05 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html#comment-149921 'Is there an office somewhere in Madrid counting how many Real jerseys are sold in Beijing vs Man Utd jerseys for example?' Now that will be interesting indeed if that's the case, Daryl. How many times I wanted to watch a live La Liga match, but it's due to the timing which puts me off? Many times. I always ended up watching repeat broadcast of the matches I want to watch. I know there's the siesta in Spain but for someone like me living halfway across the world (I'm in Singapore, not China though...but still both countries share the same timezone), at least the kick-off times for Premier League matches is more reasonable at where I live. And coming from a country where the Premier League is widely covered, any shift in the kick-off times to a later one...how many will be watching in the wee hours of the morning, unless it's the team they support? It may not be something everyone may like to embrace but, there's a reason why football is the most popular sport in the world. ‘Is there an office somewhere in Madrid counting how many Real jerseys are sold in Beijing vs Man Utd jerseys for example?’
Now that will be interesting indeed if that’s the case, Daryl.

How many times I wanted to watch a live La Liga match, but it’s due to the timing which puts me off? Many times. I always ended up watching repeat broadcast of the matches I want to watch.

I know there’s the siesta in Spain but for someone like me living halfway across the world (I’m in Singapore, not China though…but still both countries share the same timezone), at least the kick-off times for Premier League matches is more reasonable at where I live. And coming from a country where the Premier League is widely covered, any shift in the kick-off times to a later one…how many will be watching in the wee hours of the morning, unless it’s the team they support?

It may not be something everyone may like to embrace but, there’s a reason why football is the most popular sport in the world.

]]> By: Daryl http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html/comment-page-1#comment-149916 Daryl Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:58:04 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/real-madrid-have-found-the-promised-land-and-its-name-is-%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd.html#comment-149916 I kind of like the honesty of Butragueno's statement. It's not a particularly noble motive, but at least he's not pretending it's about Real's love for their Chinese fans or something. I'm also wondering how much time the various leagues and big teams spend measuring their success in Asia vs their rivals. Is there an office somewhere in Madrid counting how many Real jerseys are sold in Beijing vs Man Utd jerseys for example? I kind of like the honesty of Butragueno’s statement. It’s not a particularly noble motive, but at least he’s not pretending it’s about Real’s love for their Chinese fans or something.

I’m also wondering how much time the various leagues and big teams spend measuring their success in Asia vs their rivals. Is there an office somewhere in Madrid counting how many Real jerseys are sold in Beijing vs Man Utd jerseys for example?

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