Soccer Thread

[Adam White]

West Ham manage to stay up after a dreadful season.

Ended on a bit of a high (sort of), right? Apparently Moyes only has a 25% chance of staying at the club. Seems a bit unfair.

[ProjectMaximus]

Fulham in a 1-0 hole heading into tomorrow's home leg. Somehow still favored to advance and second best odds to win promotion, but backs are against the wall now.

[ProjectMaximus]

Fulham is through to the final after a thrilling 2-0 victory. They will face Aston Villa or Middlesbrough with promotion on the line. It is soooo close!!

[Adam White]

Fulham is through to the final after a thrilling 2-0 victory. They will face Aston Villa or Middlesbrough with promotion on the line. It is soooo close!!

I personally hope Villa go through.

[Steve]

Remind me - if Middlesbrough wins 1-0, then the aggregate would be 1-1. Is it away goals that the tiebreaker? Meaning Middlesbrough would advance?

[Steve]

Remind me - if Middlesbrough wins 1-0, then the aggregate would be 1-1. Is it away goals that the tiebreaker? Meaning Middlesbrough would advance?

Non-issue now. Looks like Fulham-Aston Villa at Wembley.

[Adam White]

Remind me - if Middlesbrough wins 1-0, then the aggregate would be 1-1. Is it away goals that the tiebreaker? Meaning Middlesbrough would advance?

I think they just do added extra time and then penalty kicks.

[Adam White]

Remind me - if Middlesbrough wins 1-0, then the aggregate would be 1-1. Is it away goals that the tiebreaker? Meaning Middlesbrough would advance?

Non-issue now. Looks like Fulham-Aston Villa at Wembley.

Probably the best option for the final, as they were the third and fourth placed teams at the end of the season.

With the relegation of West Brom and Stoke, it would be nice to see Villa join Wolves in the Premier League.

[ProjectMaximus]

Remind me - if Middlesbrough wins 1-0, then the aggregate would be 1-1. Is it away goals that the tiebreaker? Meaning Middlesbrough would advance?

I think they just do added extra time and then penalty kicks.

I believe this is correct. They were saying if Derby had gotten one back on Fulham it would have gone to extra time.

[TimmyB]

And Fulham it is!  1-0 FT, and playing the last 26 minutes with only 10 men!  Congrats, FFC.

[JaxAvondale]

Congrats to Fulham! Hoping for some PL friendliest in Jax soon.

[Adam White]

Cue all the Shahid Khan worshipers citing this as an example of his skillz

[TimmyB]

That Shad Khan is a genius!!!  If only he would buy my football team!  Trophies every year!!!   

[ProjectMaximus]

Yay Fulham! Go Cottagers!

Cue all the Shahid Khan worshipers citing this as an example of his skillz

Well, one could commend Shad's son, Tony, for the success. He is the Director of Football Operations for Fulham and the Head of Analytics for the Jaguars, and in both cases supposedly has tremendous influence on the scouting and player management. The Jaguars brass appears old-school in approach, but they incorporate analytics, at least to some degree, into much of what they do.

[Adam White]

Yay Fulham! Go Cottagers!

Cue all the Shahid Khan worshipers citing this as an example of his skillz

Well, one could commend Shad's son, Tony, for the success. He is the Director of Football Operations for Fulham and the Head of Analytics for the Jaguars, and in both cases supposedly has tremendous influence on the scouting and player management. The Jaguars brass appears old-school in approach, but they incorporate analytics, at least to some degree, into much of what they do.

Was he "Director of Football Operations" (whatever that means) when Shahid got the club relegated out of the Premier League and almost relegated from the Championship? 

I'd have liked to see Villa promoted, but it's no biggie one way or the other to me. The upside is possibly being able to go see Spurs play at Craven Cottage next season. No atmosphere, but easy to get a ticket.