LIVERPOOL, England -- Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has expressed his frustration at his team having to play two Premier League matches inside 48 hours over the holiday period, suggesting such fixture congestion is to blame for Englands poor results at major tournaments.Liverpool is scheduled to play Manchester City at 5.30 p.m. local time on Dec. 31 and then Sunderland away at 3 p.m. on Jan 2.Klopp said he cannot believe the schedule, adding at a news conference: Forty-eight hours between two games -- how does this work? And then you will sit there and say, `You didnt perform too well, how did this happen? or `Injuries. Oh?England is the only big league in Europe not to have a winter break.Klopp says everyone is asking, `Why England is not too successful in big tournaments? Ask what other big countries are doing at this time. They have their legs on the sofa and are watching English football. http://www.redskinsrookiestore.com/Redskins-Montae-Nicholson-Jersey/ . 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Working with the natural talent of the ELeague broadcast analysts themselves, Turner turned the final result into something genuinely funny and entertaining to watch.There were subtler aspects of production that also shined. Reaction shots of players and fans added emotional context to the in-game action. The closely contested Week 1 Finals on TBS were seasoned with timely cuts to the rowdy crowd as Cloud9 appeared to be taking down the favored former Luminosity squad. The energy in the air was nearly palpable, and it was an amazing kickoff to the live television viewing experience.In addition, highlighting the personal stories of some of the players themselves made the games more meaningful without sacrificing the pacing of the broadcast. They allowed a newer audience the opportunity to feel engaged with the players and teams.The BadFormat lacks weightHard for viewers to become invested week-to-weekDrawn-out tournament, not a true leagueUnfortunately, ELeagues choice of format undermined many of the productions efforts to add weight to the games. Essentially, ELeague wasnt a true league; instead, it was a drawn-out tournament with an unusually high number of teams and an unnecessarily inflated game count. As a result, it was difficult to become invested in any single game throughout the group stages, save perhaps the weekly Friday finals played on TBS.The draw of a league is to have the best teams play each other throughout the season in exciting matches to balance out the less-appealing games between worse teams. The advantage of a tournament is that it cuts down on the number of games in favorr of producing only the most competitive matches.dddddddddddd. ELeagues compromise between the league and tournament formats sacrificed the best aspects of the both of them to its detriment. Thankfully, the ELeague team seems to have realized this and is looking at making Season 2 a shorter affair, hopefully with a more exciting format.The UglyThe SK Gaming/Luminosity fiascoDue to a perfect storm of unfortunate events, SK Gamings newly acquired team and its former roster, now playing under Team X, were removed from ELeague and not allowed to compete in the playoffs. This was controversial partly because the new SK Gaming roster had formerly been under Luminosity Gaming and had built a reputation as the best team in the world. The disqualifications occurred because of an ELeague rule that the teams own their spots in the league and not the players, and both SK and LG broke the rules in the way that they changed their rosters.Players and fans alike took to social media to decry the ruling, but ELeague is not in the wrong for standing by its own rules. In traditional sports, the organization is the one that owns the spot to compete in the league, not the players, and Turner modeled its esports league in this fashion. Having a set of players switch banners midseason would be bad form and would also set a bad precedent that team organizations could buy their way into better spots within the league.The situation was still ugly, however, and not just because of social media. A petition from other team owners that asked ELeague to uphold the official rule came to light, which many people interpreted as evidence of shady dealings; ELeague said that the decision was based solely on its rules.In the end, everyone lost. The players of SKs current squad and the previous squad lost their chance to play out the rest of the season, both SK and LG lost exposure by not playing on television, and ELeague lost the draw of the best team in the world, fresh off of a second consecutive Major title, competing in its tournament. Wholesale HoodiesNFL Shirts OutletJerseys NFL WholesaleCheap NFL Jerseys Free ShippingWholesale Jerseys CheapCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaWholesale JerseysWholesale NFL JerseysCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '