Soccer Thread

[bencrix]

But Fulham is in the playoffs for promotion to the EPL! and Adam White correctly predicted it!

[Adam White]

But Fulham is in the playoffs for promotion to the EPL! and Adam White correctly predicted it!

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[TimmyB]

But Fulham is in the playoffs for promotion to the EPL! and Adam White correctly predicted it!

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Hey, Mr. Broken Clock: would you please use your two picks on a couple more United wins in the Europa League?  Just two.  That's all I want.  Pretty please?

[Adam White]

But Fulham is in the playoffs for promotion to the EPL! and Adam White correctly predicted it!

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Hey, Mr. Broken Clock: would you please use your two picks on a couple more United wins in the Europa League?  Just two.  That's all I want.  Pretty please?

United do appear to have the upper hand against Celta - if they go through and face Ajax (which is what it looks like is going to happen), they should be able to beat them, no problem. Of course, if it were Spurs, they'd bottle it.

I'm no Paul the Octopus, but I'd say United are the favorites to win the thing.

[TimmyB]

But Fulham is in the playoffs for promotion to the EPL! and Adam White correctly predicted it!

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Hey, Mr. Broken Clock: would you please use your two picks on a couple more United wins in the Europa League?  Just two.  That's all I want.  Pretty please?

United do appear to have the upper hand against Celta - if they go through and face Ajax (which is what it looks like is going to happen), they should be able to beat them, no problem. Of course, if it were Spurs, they'd bottle it.

I'm no Paul the Octopus, but I'd say United are the favorites to win the thing.

I'll settle for Adam the Iguana, if your predictions are correct!

[Adam White]

Looks like Fulham will be spending another year in the second division:

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/reading-1-fulham-0-2-204524219.html

[janesill]

On a different note, looks like Al Habsi is the star of that match.

Let's talk about premier league. It seems like Manchester City is on top of the bookies' list in claiming next season's title. Do you guys agree?

[Adam White]

On a different note, looks like Al Habsi is the star of that match.

Let's talk about premier league. It seems like Manchester City is on top of the bookies' list in claiming next season's title. Do you guys agree?

A few things:

1) I didn't even realise Al-Habsi was still playing, much less in England (or for Reading, for that matter).
2) I don't pay too much attention to the bookmakers, so I cannot confirm if that is the case. Makes sense, though. City have a lot of money and generally, how much you spend on wages correlates to where you end up in the table at the end of the season. This season was odd (as was last season) - most of the larger clubs under performed, with the exception of Spurs (who are sixth in spending but finished in second place).
3) I assume you are a woman, based on your name - but that doesn't make your avatar any less distasteful.
4) Are you some sort of bot?

[TimmyB]

On a different note, looks like Al Habsi is the star of that match.

Let's talk about premier league. It seems like Manchester City is on top of the bookies' list in claiming next season's title. Do you guys agree?

A few things:

1) I didn't even realise Al-Habsi was still playing, much less in England (or for Reading, for that matter).  Me, neither.
2) I don't pay too much attention to the bookmakers, so I cannot confirm if that is the case. Makes sense, though. City have a lot of money and generally, how much you spend on wages correlates to where you end up in the table at the end of the season. This season was odd (as was last season) - most of the larger clubs under performed, with the exception of Spurs (who are sixth in spending but finished in second place). Nah.  If United win Wednesday, we'll attract a whole new wave of players desiring to play for MUFC in the CL.  Convert those draws into wins.
3) I assume you are a woman, based on your name - but that doesn't make your avatar any less distasteful. See answer 4.
4) Are you some sort of bot? That would be my guess, based on the three random posts.

[Adam White]

On a different note, looks like Al Habsi is the star of that match.

Let's talk about premier league. It seems like Manchester City is on top of the bookies' list in claiming next season's title. Do you guys agree?

A few things:

1) I didn't even realise Al-Habsi was still playing, much less in England (or for Reading, for that matter).  Me, neither.
2) I don't pay too much attention to the bookmakers, so I cannot confirm if that is the case. Makes sense, though. City have a lot of money and generally, how much you spend on wages correlates to where you end up in the table at the end of the season. This season was odd (as was last season) - most of the larger clubs under performed, with the exception of Spurs (who are sixth in spending but finished in second place). Nah.  If United win Wednesday, we'll attract a whole new wave of players desiring to play for MUFC in the CL.  Convert those draws into wins.
3) I assume you are a woman, based on your name - but that doesn't make your avatar any less distasteful. See answer 4.
4) Are you some sort of bot? That would be my guess, based on the three random posts.

We'll see. United will throw a lot of money at players, but whether that translates to success on the pitch is a different matter altogether. United have only finished in the top four once (I think) since Ferguson left. Whether Mourinho will be able to win the league with United remains to be seen.

I think a bunch of expensive players doesn't necessarily equate to winning the league - just look at City. They seem to struggle far more than they should with the money they have (granted, they have won the league twice). Obviously, you have Leicester winning last year with comparitively little spent, but that was admittedly an anomaly. However, United had the second highest wages bill this season and finished sixth. City had the highest and finished in third. Arsenal were the fourth highest (as usual) and finished fifth. Only Spurs (sixth highest, as usual) and Liverpool (fifth highest) managed to overperform.

I'm not so naive to assume Spurs will push on to win the league next season, of course - there are too many things counting against them. Of the top four finishers this season, I think City and Chelsea look most likely to win the league next year.

The Arsenal thing is very funny to me, because they always outspend Spurs. I think last season (or maybe it was the season before), they had the second-highest wages bill in the first part of the year. Yet their Jax fans go on an on about how Chelsea spends its way to the title. Yeah - and Arsenal spends it way to fourth place.

[Adam White]

Looks like Al-Habsi's luck ran out. Huddersfield have been promoted to the PL.

[fsquid]

Looks like Al-Habsi's luck ran out. Huddersfield have been promoted to the PL.

what an absolutely dreadful match that was.

[Adam White]

Looks like Al-Habsi's luck ran out. Huddersfield have been promoted to the PL.

what an absolutely dreadful match that was.

I totally forgot about it until it was shortly before halftime. I looked at the stats and decided to watch the tennis instead.

[Adam White]

I'm a Spurs supporter/member

It's happened again, it's happened again.....

Funny how the 'banter' dies down when fortunes change.

[JaxAvondale]

West Ham manage to stay up after a dreadful season.