could not agree more with this, put quite simply teh champions league is a cup competition and the best team does not always win a knock-out tournament. put all the top teams into a league is the only way to guage who is truly superior. you find that when juve,inter and milan were in the semi's of the CL then no-one in england proclaimed that serie a was the best in europe, instead all teh talk was of strength,luck,defending,etc....
the premiership is the most hyped league in the world, nothing more! serie a is in the doldrums at the moment but i would still rather watch a good tactical game rather than the kick-and-rush tactics of the premiership. looking at the defense of the champions manure gives you an honest idea of just how poor the level of defending is(chelsea are the exceptions)could a backline of neville-brown-ferdinand-heinze win serie a ?i seriously doubt it