Anybody gonna watch Man U vs Liverpool this weekend?
I'm excited, hoping for a Liverpool win since I'm an Arsenal fan.
Anybody gonna watch Man U vs Liverpool this weekend?
I think there are pros and cons in both a playoff and a no-playoff format. In a table format the best team always wins, it's not arguable. But, with playoffs all it takes is a team to get hot at the right time to win. That being said, playoffs make for exciting football while having a table format is pretty anti-climatic.
And yes, being a Liverpool fan of course I am sick of Man U winning all the time.
That's why I like playoffs... there is no "Big 4" (even though now it's more like the Big 2) and once the regular season is over there is an even playing field. I mean, seriously... is anybody else sick of seeing Man U win?
If you have a great race, then it's better without playoffs, I think. Anyone remember Braves-Giants 1993, the last great pennant race?
Anyway, I don't know if this is a problem of no playoffs as it is of lack of competitive balance, which is what the NFL does particularly well. It's harder in European soccer because if they tried to create more parity in the EPL, the teams would be crushed in the Champions League. They're competing in different competitions at the same time, something alien to US sports.
Liverpool!
That's how ya do it! Just pick a really tenuous connection!
I root for Barcelona because I oppose fascism. Is that tenuous? Or merely historically obscure?
I made an effort a couple of years ago to get into MLS. I failed in the end because I just couldn't find the time or the right games on the TV schedule.
I decided to root for Chicago Fire because at that time their executive something or other was an ex Southampton Junior player.....Then they fired him, so I lost my very tenuous and fragile link to them before we bonded. But yeah, You always have to find a reason to follow a team, no matter how weak a reason. Just supporting the biggest, richest or best team is just not the same.
But rooting againstthe biggest, richest is always justified.
But rooting againstthe biggest, richest is always justified.
It's a start. How do you feel about Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé? BARCELONAAAAAA!!!
Which is why the New York Red Bull are hated and despised by all right thinking people. Plus, they are named after a beverage. Not merely sponsored by the beverage, named after them.
It's not about sponsors.
Man it was so depressing seeing Barcelona win today. What a joke of red card that was!
I didn't see it - someone told me he got the first yellow for dribbling and shooting after being called for offsides, and then the second for arguing the first. Is that right? If so, it seems like it was both a bad call and a horrible play by Van Persie.
His first yellow came from trying to take a swipe (punching) Danny Alves in the head. Which actually could have been a red card. The second card was for taking a shot on goal after the off side whistle was blown. But honestly it was literally a second after the whistle and theres a 90% chance he didn't even hear it with all the noise going on.
Either way Arsenal was down to 10 men at the 55' or something like that. No shot your beating Barcelona at home with a man down.
Cheers,
Brad
It's at least as much about sponsors as other sports. As much as Americans are criticized for commercializing everything, Soccer shows the rest of the world isn't shy about it either.
soundsandsuds: Nice, was really hoping to draw one of you Canucks in How long have you been a Caps fan? And on a side note, BC Place is going to be sick.
That has to be a professional troupe.
At the very least, I'd say it was pre-planned. It doesn't look like a spontaneous outburst to me.
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