Cankles-McJeggings So let’s see how gone his legs are in the world cup. You’re not telling me the prem is harder than the world cup are you?
The Prem probably is harder overall than the World Cup - it’s the best quality league in world football and the players are all picked to be specialists in their roles and have lots of time to work with their managers and teammates on tactics etc.
With international teams you often get players shoehorned out of position due to countries having a lack of quality options available (and being unable to sign anyone from elsewhere), combined with limited training sessions with typically inferior managers and coaches.
Aside from tough nations like France and Spain, there’s a lot of dross with countries filled with lots of players unlikely to be good enough to be starters at PL level.
None of the 3 teams in Portugal’s group for instance - Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea - could even make an 11 comprised even solely of starters in Europe’s top 5 leagues; and they don’t even count as dross at WC level.
