Fat Spanish Waiter Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Total crapshoot, a lot of the times teams stay up simply because they are better suited. Southampton spent a lot last year, but it was Rickie Lambert scoring 15, backed up by Jay Rodriguez scoring 8 with Player of the Year Morgan Schneiderlin in a midfield with Lallana and Cork that put in the most work. Both those guys came from the lower league or from the youth system. Reading went up as Champions but went down with a similar collection of talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somebloke01 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I'm at the point where I think you don't make any effort to stay up, finance wise. Go up, don't spend much, see how you do then if you go back down you have approx £100 million extra cash (1 season up and parachute payments) which you should then be able to dominate that division and go back up with much more chance of survival. Of course nobody will do this because if that's your plan either the manager gets fired (Billy Davies) or the manager and best players leave at the end of the season(Blackpool). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanspaniard Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 La Liga started over the weekend. Real Madrid 2-1 Real Betis, Marcelo & Isco were great! Without them I don't think Los Blancos win the game. Pepe was crap though. Usually one can tolerate his thuggery because he's a boss in defense but not in yesterday's game. Felt like a goal could be conceded at any time towards the end so it was pretty relieving when the final whistle blew. Three points to the start the season, always good, but defense was not good yesterday. Only saw highlights of Barcelona thrashing Levante 7-0 so not a lot to say about that one. Only saw a few highlights of Valencia vs Malaga from Saturday but it was a game I was interested in because w/out Soldado I wasn't sure where Valencia would be getting their goals but then I remembered.. Roberto Costa! He scored quite a few in the last season so of course he was there to give Valencia the winner. I caught Arsenal vs Aston Vila on Saturday morning and bits of some other games but so far I'm enjoying the NBC Sports coverage of the Premiere League. I don't have a HD TV but picture quality seemed better than from Fox Sports and ESPN the past few seasons, particularly the NBC Sports Network broadcasts. But again, no HDTV so probably not a good judge of such things. Looking forward to Champions League qualifiers this week and curious to see what Fox Sports 1's Fox Football Daily show will be like. I caught a bit of ESPN FC this past week but wasn't bowled over with it. A lot of football news/highlight shows going on though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I didn't watch all of the Madrid game, but saw a good portion of it. Modric's run in the 2nd half on the left side was great. He looked like his hair was on fire. It didn't result in a goal, but you couldn't have asked more of him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanspaniard Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 That was a great run, I forgot about that! Also forgot that Modric & Isco seem to have some good chemistry on the field, they link up really well. Also, forgot to talk about Ancelotti's eye.. YIKES! What happened there? Also the Goalkeeper situation... Personally I'd rather have Casillas in goal but there has to be a good reason, something the managers first Mourinho now Ancelotti, are seeing in training that is putting Lopez at the starting spot instead of San Iker. I hope all of the GK drama can be resolved though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Digging NBC's presentation so far, including the AWESOME Palace tifosi before their match. They've been really good with the little details. It kind of sucked on Dish. They're not carrying the overflow games, even though they were essentially free to air, so no flipping around. One game in the morning, one in the afternoon and no rebroadcasts. Is the crowd at Sellhurst Park always so mental? Their fans were a big reason why I wanted them stay up back in 2005. They really feel more like a Bundesliga crowd between the tifo displays and the tannoy's call-and-response gimmick when someone scores for them ("Glenn!" "MURRAY!" "Glenn! "MURRAY!")... a really fun atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 For whatever reason, a few TV Providers didn't/haven't yet picked up NBC's overflow redzonish channel for the Prem coverage, even though NBC swears it's at no additional cost to the providers. The Sports Xtra app works wonderfully though, although I really would rather watch off games on my TV and not my Nook/Laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yeah, same. I hit up Dish about it and the answer they gave was "Dish does not have the capacity to carry these extra channels." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Pedro, get your entry in for the EPL pool!!!!! Newcastle might lose 7-1 today, but I give zero shits, because I am too busy giggling while singing in my head "He's six foot two, he'll do you".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanspaniard Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I forgot about the Fantasy EPL thing! Let me see if I can get in it on time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 For whatever reason, a few TV Providers didn't/haven't yet picked up NBC's overflow redzonish channel for the Prem coverage, even though NBC swears it's at no additional cost to the providers. The Sports Xtra app works wonderfully though, although I really would rather watch off games on my TV and not my Nook/Laptop.Except for the fact TW doesn't have it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Down 2-0, and someone gets a straight red by halftime. Sounds like a normal Newcastle season opener. "Ollie Ollie Girouuuuu!!!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James F'n X Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Digging NBC's presentation so far, including the AWESOME Palace tifosi before their match. They've been really good with the little details. Sadly, that'll likely be the last positive thing on Palace this year. They desperately need Murray back from injury - the shambling corpse of Kevin Phillips can't get it done himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanspaniard Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I feel stupid now. I thought Fox Football Daily was going to be about football not... American football. Blah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I feel stupid now. I thought Fox Football Daily was going to be about football not... American football. Blah. Should have tuned in two hours earlier for Fox Soccer Daily. Really liked the premiere today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I see that the one guy from The Score's Footy Show is co-hosting SoccerCentral on Sportsnet and the other is doing coverage for TSN. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 They live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Celtic in deep doo-doo as they trail their Champions League Playoff Round by 2-0 after the away leg. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 lol, FSW. This makes for a good return leg, anyway. PSV/Milan gonna be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Griezmann's price just went up big time: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Magnificent 7 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 There are no mugs in Europe these days. Except us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo The Great Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Griezmann's price just went up big time: Second goal was a cracker too http://youtu.be/Mqx2o-T7eY4?t=48s There are no mugs in Europe these days. Except us. "cough"Barcelona0-7Bayern Munich"cough" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Yeah, I prefer the half volley from distance to the overhead. Call me crazy. Fener has a nice squad of players. They should present a banged up Arsenal with a nice test. Kuyt, Raul Meireles, Moussa Sow, Yobo, Emenike (21 goals in 42 appearances for Spartak last year), Bruno Alves, and some Turks on the national team. They lose points for Emre but bringing him up gives me enough reason to post this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 That Zokora punt to the balls was fantastic. Did he get a red for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Yellow, hah. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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