Author Topic: Help cas pick an EPL team... (Read 88465 times)

Spaces · « **Reply #525 on:** May 14, 2012, 01:51:38 PM »

Quote from: broXcore on May 14, 2012, 08:50:50 AM

MIA SAN MIA

LET'S rough ridin' GO BAYERN

Going hard for Bayern now. If it were Arsenal in 4th, it would be different.

broXcore · « **Reply #526 on:** May 14, 2012, 02:09:25 PM »

Quote from: Spaces on May 14, 2012, 01:51:38 PM

Quote from: broXcore on May 14, 2012, 08:50:50 AM
MIA SAN MIA

LET'S rough ridin' GO BAYERN
Going hard for Bayern now. If it were Arsenal in 4th, it would be different.

mcmwcat · « **Reply #527 on:** May 15, 2012, 08:04:19 AM »

Quote from: MakeItRain on May 14, 2012, 02:41:54 AM

I've been a MUFC fan for 13 years, as long as I've watched the Premiership. I live in Kansas, hell even when I lived in Boston and Maine, I have yet to meet a MCFC fan. The best man in my wedding is British, I've worked with dozens of brits, still never met a City fan. I've met a Leicester fan, I've met a Wolverhampton, I've met a Villa fan, hell even a West Brom fan, never a MCFC supporter. After getting over the shock of what happened I am partially stunned but thought the scene at Etihad was pretty cool, I'm sure if I had to be surrounded by limey city fuckers I'd feel differently. I was pissed last week, but Sunday felt much differently.

I still hate Liam Gallagher

been a City fan since Reyna played there about 8 years ago. we've met virtually so ... there you go.

MakeItRain · « **Reply #528 on:** May 15, 2012, 11:17:53 PM »

Actually forget what I said. Born losers handle a little bit of winning like this. Tevez is such a greasy fuckhead, I bet he smells too. I'm sure he's just a couple of years from being a fat, burned out coke head like his buddy Maradona.

mcmwcat · « **Reply #529 on:** May 16, 2012, 10:06:24 AM »

Quote from: MakeItRain on May 15, 2012, 11:17:53 PM

Actually forget what I said. Born losers handle a little bit of winning like this. Tevez is such a greasy fuckhead, I bet he smells too. I'm sure he's just a couple of years from being a fat, burned out coke head like his buddy Maradona.

i bet he'll be snorting coke off his 3 winners medals with his father in law for years to come.

MakeItRain · « **Reply #530 on:** May 16, 2012, 11:11:57 AM »

Quote from: mcmwcat on May 16, 2012, 10:06:24 AM

Quote from: MakeItRain on May 15, 2012, 11:17:53 PM
Actually forget what I said. Born losers handle a little bit of winning like this. Tevez is such a greasy fuckhead, I bet he smells too. I'm sure he's just a couple of years from being a fat, burned out coke head like his buddy Maradona.

i bet he'll be snorting coke off his 3 winners medals with his father in law for years to come.

How many weeks until he starts whining again and once again asks for a transfer? What will his excuse be now that his family lives in Manchester?

broXcore · « **Reply #531 on:** May 16, 2012, 08:44:23 PM »

fun muffin · « **Reply #532 on:** May 18, 2012, 04:24:46 PM »

Blackpool and West Ham tomorrow for promotion

Love these games. By far my favorite thing of English football.

Cheering for Blackpool

MakeItRain · « **Reply #533 on:** May 19, 2012, 12:25:37 PM »

Quote from: fun muffin on May 18, 2012, 04:24:46 PM

Blackpool and West Ham tomorrow for promotion

Love these games. By far my favorite thing of English football.

Cheering for Blackpool

That was the battle of the world's two ugliest kits. BTW, third place getting a trophy, medals, and a winners celebration makes Alec Baldwin furious.

steve dave · « **Reply #534 on:** May 19, 2012, 01:37:26 PM »

I'm trying to get into soccer. Explain to me how the EPL was just decided, like, a day ago but there is a Champions League final game today. Doesn't the EPL top 4 or whatever get to go into the champions league or is this an entirely different set of teams.

MakeItRain · « **Reply #535 on:** May 19, 2012, 10:32:28 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on May 19, 2012, 01:37:26 PM

I'm trying to get into soccer. Explain to me how the EPL was just decided, like, a day ago but there is a Champions League final game today. Doesn't the EPL top 4 or whatever get to go into the champions league or is this an entirely different set of teams.

The top 4, well in this case the top 3 and the 6th place team, in the EPL season that was just completed qualifies for the Champions League that starts in the fall. The Champions League runs the span of the entire European club season. So the final that took place today was for the 2011-12 Champions League.

steve dave · « **Reply #536 on:** May 19, 2012, 11:07:20 PM »

Quote from: MakeItRain on May 19, 2012, 10:32:28 PM

Quote from: steve dave on May 19, 2012, 01:37:26 PM
I'm trying to get into soccer. Explain to me how the EPL was just decided, like, a day ago but there is a Champions League final game today. Doesn't the EPL top 4 or whatever get to go into the champions league or is this an entirely different set of teams.

The top 4, well in this case the top 3 and the 6th place team, in the EPL season that was just completed qualifies for the Champions League that starts in the fall. The Champions League runs the span of the entire European club season. So the final that took place today was for the 2011-12 Champions League.

so it goes on during the EPL? was the chelsea team that won today the same one that didn't win the EPL or different players? why did the 6th place team get in? I'm going to figure this out and pick a team this year I think.

sunny_cat · « **Reply #537 on:** May 19, 2012, 11:13:46 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on May 19, 2012, 11:07:20 PM

Quote from: MakeItRain on May 19, 2012, 10:32:28 PM
Quote from: steve dave on May 19, 2012, 01:37:26 PM
I'm trying to get into soccer. Explain to me how the EPL was just decided, like, a day ago but there is a Champions League final game today. Doesn't the EPL top 4 or whatever get to go into the champions league or is this an entirely different set of teams.

The top 4, well in this case the top 3 and the 6th place team, in the EPL season that was just completed qualifies for the Champions League that starts in the fall. The Champions League runs the span of the entire European club season. So the final that took place today was for the 2011-12 Champions League.

so it goes on during the EPL? was the chelsea team that won today the same one that didn't win the EPL or different players? why did the 6th place team get in? I'm going to figure this out and pick a team this year I think.

Results from the EPL and other European leagues this season determine who qualifies for the Champions League next season. (Last year Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, and Arsenal all qualified for this season's Champions League.)

The top three are automatic qualifiers for the group stage. Fourth qualifies for a sort of play-in game of two legs. However, since Chelsea won the CL this season and got 6th in the EPL, they are taking the place of Tottenham, who got fourth.

steve dave · « **Reply #538 on:** May 19, 2012, 11:41:37 PM »

But they use their current players and not last seasons? And when did the other games happen? During the EPL?

sunny_cat · « **Reply #539 on:** May 19, 2012, 11:47:03 PM »

They use current players. And the two competitions occur during pretty much the same time period. For premier league teams, there is Premier League games, Champions League/Europa League, FA Cup, and the Carling Cup (League Cup.) The games are just scheduled around each other. This is part of what makes European league seasons much more grueling than MLS. Sometimes three games a week. Fifth place in the league qualifies for the next season's Europa League except for this season. It will be fourth place Tottenham.

steve dave · « **Reply #540 on:** May 19, 2012, 11:49:26 PM »

This whole rough ridin' sport is racist

MakeItRain · « **Reply #541 on:** May 19, 2012, 11:50:49 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on May 19, 2012, 11:41:37 PM

But they use their current players and not last seasons? And when did the other games happen? During the EPL?

Same players. The exact same Chelsea team that finished 6th in the EPL this year won this years Champions League. They qualified for the 2011-12 Champions League by finishing 2nd in the EPL in 2010-11. And yes the EPL and all other European leagues are played concurrently with the Champions League. Here's the deal with Chelsea. They finished 6th in the EPL because their season started off horribly. They hired a manager who was like 35 years old, he didn't put up with the crap of old sorry ass players like John Terry, the problem is that those same old players basically rolled over to spite the manager. They were getting buried in the EPL but they were doing fine in the UEFA because they were playing bad clubs in the early stages. They fired the manager mid season and turned their season around, just in time to face the better teams in the Champions League. All that and frankly they were insanely lucky, both teams that played today were. As much as I can't stand them, the class of Europe this year were Madrid and Barcelona, Manchester City close behind. If the Champions League was not a knockout format they wouldn't have sniffed the title.

sunny_cat · « **Reply #542 on:** May 19, 2012, 11:51:28 PM »

Only Liverpool is racist.

MakeItRain · « **Reply #543 on:** May 19, 2012, 11:53:05 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on May 19, 2012, 11:49:26 PM

This whole rough ridin' sport is racist

Just the Spaniards, Italians, and John Terry. But the Italians are super racist.

Trim · « **Reply #544 on:** May 19, 2012, 11:53:22 PM »

Don't do it, sd.

sunny_cat · « **Reply #545 on:** May 19, 2012, 11:53:47 PM »

Oh yeah. I forgot about John Terry. Super racist.

fun muffin · « **Reply #546 on:** May 20, 2012, 01:45:14 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on May 19, 2012, 01:37:26 PM

I'm trying to get into soccer. Explain to me how the EPL was just decided, like, a day ago but there is a Champions League final game today. Doesn't the EPL top 4 or whatever get to go into the champions league or is this an entirely different set of teams.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/tables/_/league/eng.1/english-premier-league?cc=5901

this helped me when i first got into soccer.

EPL plays their games on weekends, and champions league plays their midweek.

steve dave i would recommend looking into arsenal, tottenham, or my personal favorite Fulham. i think you would enjoy arsenal the most though.

0.42 · « **Reply #547 on:** May 20, 2012, 05:36:05 PM »

Quote from: sunny_cat on May 19, 2012, 11:51:28 PM

Only Liverpool is racist.

Spaces · « **Reply #548 on:** May 20, 2012, 08:10:11 PM »

Getting in to soccer will be a great investment of your time and happiness.

Let's help steve dave pick an EPL team... Manch United are very cool. Liverpool are very racist. Chelsea are kind of racist. I know a guy that likes Arsenal and he's a total dweeb, so I don't like Arsenal.

I would recommend picking a Manchester club and then a relegation-threatened squad to root for, too.

steve dave · « **Reply #549 on:** May 20, 2012, 09:06:36 PM »

What are the mascots?