Soccer Thread

[pierre]

Khan has been a terrible owner on both sides of the pond. Financially he is making some serious bank with the Jags because the league prints it's own money. But the team has been horrendous since he purchased the team 5 years ago.

[Tacachale]

Khan has been a terrible owner on both sides of the pond. Financially he is making some serious bank with the Jags because the league prints it's own money. But the team has been horrendous since he purchased the team 5 years ago.

The Jags were pretty horrendous before Khan too.

[Adam White]

Khan has been a terrible owner on both sides of the pond. Financially he is making some serious bank with the Jags because the league prints it's own money. But the team has been horrendous since he purchased the team 5 years ago.

The Jags were pretty horrendous before Khan too.

Maybe the ghost of Michael Jackson just hates football.

[pierre]

Khan has been a terrible owner on both sides of the pond. Financially he is making some serious bank with the Jags because the league prints it's own money. But the team has been horrendous since he purchased the team 5 years ago.

The Jags were pretty horrendous before Khan too.

Not really. The year he bought them they were 5-11, which is the best record they have had under Khan. The years before that they won 7 and 8 games. They wish they could win that many now.

They have won 14 games in the four seasons he has owned the team. That is historically bad.

[Tacachale]

Khan has been a terrible owner on both sides of the pond. Financially he is making some serious bank with the Jags because the league prints it's own money. But the team has been horrendous since he purchased the team 5 years ago.

The Jags were pretty horrendous before Khan too.

Not really. The year he bought them they were 5-11, which is the best record they have had under Khan. The years before that they won 7 and 8 games. They wish they could win that many now.

They have won 14 games in the four seasons he has owned the team. That is historically bad.

They were very obviously on a precipitous downward spiral when he bought the team. 2011 was the year the team summarily fired Garrard the week before the season started, and replaced him with Luke McCown and then a thoroughly unprepared Blaine Gabbert, a historic draft bust. Also, they fired Del Rio in the middle of the season. Not shocking that the team was even worse the next year.

[ProjectMaximus]

Khan has been a terrible owner on both sides of the pond. Financially he is making some serious bank with the Jags because the league prints it's own money. But the team has been horrendous since he purchased the team 5 years ago.

The Jags were pretty horrendous before Khan too.

Not really. The year he bought them they were 5-11, which is the best record they have had under Khan. The years before that they won 7 and 8 games. They wish they could win that many now.

They have won 14 games in the four seasons he has owned the team. That is historically bad.

No sense in debating this...we will all find out how the next decade turns out...but there are many fans who feel far more confidence in the current roster than we did three years ago. Despite the not-as-historically-bad previous seasons.

I have no qualms about Khan's leadership and action (or lack of) on the football-side of things thus far. We will see what happens soon...

[ProjectMaximus]

Khan has been a terrible owner on both sides of the pond. Financially he is making some serious bank with the Jags because the league prints it's own money. But the team has been horrendous since he purchased the team 5 years ago.

The article does not really paint him as a bad owner though. Fairly unlucky, yes, but very proactive and engaged in providing the resources to turn the team around.

[JaxJersey-licious]

^^^^^Only in the South would a thread dedicated to "football" gets hijacked by fútbol americano...not a complaint per se, just a curious observation.

I was also curious given soccer in North America doesn't have relegation if there was any consideration of having a modified FA Cup in the US and Canada open to top flight USL, NASL, Canada, and maybe some college programs competing along MLS teams? I know MLS does something like that with Mexico and Central America clubs but I'd be somewhat intrigued how some of these smaller clubs could do. 

[Tacachale]

^^^^^Only in the South would a thread dedicated to "football" gets hijacked by fútbol americano...not a complaint per se, just a curious observation.

I was also curious given soccer in North America doesn't have relegation if there was any consideration of having a modified FA Cup in the US and Canada open to top flight USL, NASL, Canada, and maybe some college programs competing along MLS teams? I know MLS does something like that with Mexico and Central America clubs but I'd be somewhat intrigued how some of these smaller clubs could do.

The closest is probably the US Open Cup, aka the Lamar Hunt Cup. It's open to clubs in the US but I don't think Canada. At any rate, since MLS started MLS teams have almost always won.

[TimmyB]

It's astonishing how fast and how far FFC have fallen.  One day, in the PL; then, possibly in League One, next season?  Yikes.

It's the curse of Michael Jackson. They removed his statue and he's having his revenge.

Sadly, they'd probably still give my United more than they could handle, this year...  <<sigh>>

[fsquid]

It's astonishing how fast and how far FFC have fallen.  One day, in the PL; then, possibly in League One, next season?  Yikes.

Charlton has done it and Bolton may be going down with them.

[Adam White]

It's astonishing how fast and how far FFC have fallen.  One day, in the PL; then, possibly in League One, next season?  Yikes.

Charlton has done it and Bolton may be going down with them.

There are many similar tales, though I think Portsmouth's is even sadder: from winning the FA cup to playing in League 2 within 5 years.

Charlton and Fulham haven't ever won anything, really. Well, I think Charlton did win the FA cup a long time ago. It's actually a surprise Fulham was able to stay up as long as they were. But I certainly didn't expect them to be facing possible relegation so soon.

Leeds are another sad story. And perhaps Villa's inevitable relegation to the Championship is the saddest story of all.

[janesill]

you guys have any particular teams to root for in the upcoming euro 2016? My top 3 are the following:

1. Germany
2. France
3. England

[Adam White]

you guys have any particular teams to root for in the upcoming euro 2016? My top 3 are the following:

1. Germany
2. France
3. England

I'll be supporting Ireland, as I always do. But it's not expected they will make it out of the group stage. I hope England do well, though.

[Ajax]

Since the Netherlands imploded I'll just pull for some underdogs...

1. Wales
2. Iceland
3. Poland

After they're all eliminated...I'll be interested to see if Belgium can play well together, and Germany is always fun to watch.  I think France won't be able to handle the pressure of playing in front of the home fans, so I'll go waaaaaay out on a limb and predict that Germany wins it all.