Help cas pick an EPL team...

[cas4ksu]

For the last 5 or so years cas has became increasingly interested in futbol. But doesn't have an EPL team to root for.

Qualities desired:

Exciting brand of futbol. Hard-pressing, active, ect...

Good looking uniforms.

Love some stars.

Don't want to be super bandwagonn'y. So no Man-U. (unless someone can convince me)

mcmwcat?? Mr. KK??

TIA.

[theswo]

Tottenham and Fulham

[Brock Landers]

Team nicknames, colors and jerseys are extremely important factors to consider.  I've always kind of thought Arsenal is a pretty good team to go with.  They're called The Gunners, and here is their logo:



Very regal and classic-looking with the red and blue, plus it has a fricking cannon on it. 

I do like to watch Man U and Chelsea too, even though it seems kinda cliche to say Man U is your favorite team.  I think there is a team whose nickname is the Black Cats, can't think of the city they're from, but their name gets some partial EMAW mojo going for them as well. 

[AppleJack]

Everton or Fulham. Yanks are on those teams.

[bonercat]

Go with Chelsea. Not only do we have some of the most egomaniacal players on the planet, but the players love banging eachother's wives behind their backs.

Oh and they just won the premier league this year, so they're also the champs.

[mcmwcat]

goals always guaranteed in Manchester City games.  plus they have tons of cash to spend on great players

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Don't do this cas.  Don't.

[Butt Fugly]

Definitely Fulham!!!  They are like the Minnesota Twins,  smaller payroll compared to Manu, Chelsea, Liverpool etc...

and yet they frequently overachieve.  They are also the oldest Football club in London.  They have played in the lowest division of English Football and the highest, were they currently play. Basically this club has experienced it all, except for winning the league.  < < <(Hard to do).

here is the official Fulham site:  http://www.fulhamfc.com/home.aspx - This one also has a messageboard that the Brits post on.  They have a very peculiar sense of humor.

and here is the messageboard for American Fulham fans:  http://www.fulhamusa.com/

[Butt Fugly]

Here are some good Fulham youtubes:



 < < < Love this one.  Shows the Fulham fans going nuts and the video is only 7 seconds long.

  - Fulham tend to struggle on the road.  But when they are winning away the Fulham fans in the away section sing to the opposing fans,"We're Winning away, We're Winning Away, We're Winning Awaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.  How shat must you be?"  They have a very k-state kind of mentality.  Always thinking the worst will happen. 
Traveling to away games is also very common in English football.  They have sections just for away fans. 

[mcmwcat]

Everton or Fulham. Yanks are on those teams.

if you want yanks to root for how about Aston Villa?  they have Friedel and Guzan as keepers.  also this:

TSG was championing Lichaj for at least a look-see this year, but only becuase of the Yanks’ options. The reality is with four years of seasoning, the apple of Martin O’Neill’s eye should be at least be ready to compete. Lichaj is expected to crack the 18 at top-6 EPL club Aston Villa this year.

(Note: Lichaj played both rightback and leftback last year in his first loan of the season to Lincoln City. Aston Villa however see him as both a rightback and a centerback.)

Should Lichaj earn consistent playing time he would arguably–nay, easily be–the most accomplished American defender in the EPL since Carlos Bocanegra. And, in our opinion, he should have a lot more press right now, especially given the new three-year deal he just inked.

http://theshinguardian.com/2010/07/06/world-cup-2014-scribbled-on-the-gym-wall/#more-17567

[cas4ksu]

Dang. Tough decision.

As of now, I'm thinking it's between. Chelsea, Arsenal, and Man City (no order)

[TheMadCatter]

Tottenham

[DQ12]

Liverpool. 

Aside from being the most decorated English club, they have the angriest fans in the world:

The club's supporters have been involved in two major tragic events. The first was the Heysel Stadium disaster, in which 39 Juventus fans were killed. They were penned into a corner by Liverpool fans who charged in their direction, the sheer number of fans cornered caused a wall to collapse. After the final UEFA laid the blame for the incident solely on the fans of Liverpool.

During an FA Cup semi-final in 1989 between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, 96 Liverpool fans died due to overcrowding in what became known as the Hillsborough Disaster. The Sun newspaper published an article entitled "The Truth", in which it claimed that Liverpool fans had robbed and urinated on the dead and had attacked the police.

We have so much to learn...

[mcmwcat]

only root for liverpool if you would like to drown on a sinking ship.

tottenham will be in the champions league group stage this year if they can win a 3rd round qualifier.

man city will be in the europa league and shoiuld have a good run.  man city also has the best uniforms.  i started following them back when they signed claudio reyna and kind of fell away until the new arab billionaire bought the club and has gone on a spending spree matching chelsea before their run in the EPL.

tottenham beat man city late in the schedule to finish 4th in the league and grab the champions league slot for the EPL.

[mcmwcat]

and Tottenham host Manchester City on 'opening day', August 14th 06:45 CST.  you chould choose the winner of that game. 

[cas4ksu]

Liverpool sounds enticing for sure...

[Stevesie60]

Always been EMALP myself. Would highly suggest. Steven Gerrard is one of the most fun players to watch OAT.

[AppleJack]

Dont sellout. Fulham needs you.

[mcmwcat]

who's the new scouser manager?  hodgson?  

[mcmwcat]

Well we told you Eric Lichaj is a prospect on both rear flanks.

Lichaj started for Villa in a friendly Sunday against League One side Petersborough. Villa came away with a 3-2 win.

Beyond heading in the game-winner, Lichaj went 90+ at left back for the Villains.

TSG will say it for the first time now. Lichaj will start over 10 games for Villa this year across multiple competitions.

…and we’ll say it again for the umpteenth time: Lichaj should have gotten more than a cup of coffee from Bob Bradley during the 2010 qualifying cycle.

Oh and one more note on the friendly: Villa went with a starting defense of: Friedel (G) and Lichaj, Richard Dunne, James Collins, Habib Beye…that’s pretty darn close to first string there.

http://theshinguardian.com/2010/07/20/tuesday-2nd-cup-of-joe-hitters/

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[cas4ksu]

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[AbeFroman]

Pick a perennial relegation fighter. Don't pick the big teams cause that's too easy. Don't pick Everton, Fulham, Tottenham, Aston Villa or others cause they always finish comfortably in the middle and that gets boring after a couple months. Don't pick West Ham just because of an "ok" movie. Picking a relegation contender? That takes balls and will provide excitement all season as they fight to stay up. So pick from:

Blackburn (if you ever go to England you can get tickets no problem for this team)
Wigan (their coach did the studio work for ESPN, pretty cool guy)
Wolves (boring but their coach is a drunk irishman)
Bolton (has an American in Stuart Holden)
Sunderland (kinda good, but underachieves)

or be really ballsy and pick one of the newly promoted teams: Blackpool(first time ever in the Premiership) or West Brom(always getting relegated and promoted). Don't pick Newcastle cause their fans are idiots.

[cas4ksu]

^^^

valid point, but I would kinda like to choose someone that has a prayer of winning the league.

[Trim]

Forget the whole thing.  You're not going to need made-up hobbies like this once you're at KSU.