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The Premier League Thread!
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Jaffa Cake
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Mitthrawnuruodo
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Applespider
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Congratulations Liverpool!
I'm not a soccer fan but that was a great game (from 50 minutes onwards!) 😱
I'm not a soccer fan but that was a great game (from 50 minutes onwards!) 😱
Jaffa Cake
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Congratulations Liverpool! Gerrard was outstanding.
So... looks like UEFA and the FA have a problem on their hands... 😉
So... looks like UEFA and the FA have a problem on their hands... 😉
Mitthrawnuruodo
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Jaffa Cake
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And best of all, ITV's commentary team might stop mentioning the Man Utd comeback in '99 every bloody time an English team goes behind in Europe. 😉
WinterMute
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clayj said:
I very nearly gave up on it at half-time, but my wife (a Man Utd supporter...) said, "they only need 3 goals" and I bought it.... 😀
That rates as the greatest comeback in modern football.
What did Rafa Benitez say at half time?
Piarco
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WinterMute said:
Dunno but it must have been good! Bet Stevie G had a thing to say too. Still can't get over it, Sky+ is set up to record it all on the repeat at 1am.
I'll be buying every damn paper available tomorrow morning! Wish I was back home though instead of London - doesn't feel right going to bed! Need to be out in Matthew Street getting tanked up!!!
And we get to keep the Cup now we've won it 5 times! Nice 😀
You know things are going good when you get support from a ManU supporter.... if if they have a vested interest 😉
Mitthrawnuruodo
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Well, another season is over, and it has been good to be an Evertonian. Not only did we secure the 4th place against all odds, but we actually increased the gap to Liverpool on the All time table:
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S G W D L F A P
1. Everton 102 3986 1623 977 1386 6287 - 5634 4223
2. Liverpool 90 3602 1647 898 1057 5905 - 4483 4192
3. Arsenal 88 3602 1590 936 1076 5864 - 4628 4116
4. Aston Villa 94 3652 1520 839 1293 6117 - 5468 3879
5. Manchester United 80 3246 1476 822 948 5508 - 4331 3774
6. Newcastle United 75 3008 1192 731 1085 4669 - 4338 3115
7. Manchester City 76 3088 1151 774 1163 4687 - 4676 3076
8. Sunderland 75 2922 1162 670 1090 4719 - 4483 2994
9. Tottenham Hotspur 70 2862 1141 695 1026 4475 - 4135 2977
10. Chelsea 70 2866 1060 762 1044 4215 - 4288 2882
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evoluzione
macrumors 68020
Mitthrawnuruodo said:
but what does the first column mean??? looks like Liverpool have won more games, lost less games, and has a better goal difference. not quite sure how Evert-n are the better team...still you did manage to get into the qualifying stages of the Champions League, can't take that away from you (or can we?). 5 time champions of Europe.... 🙂
Mitthrawnuruodo
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The first column (S) is number of Seasons in the top league.
Liverpool has won more games, but Everton has enough draws to keep them in the lead, remember Everton has 12 more seasons and has played more games all together... 😉
Edit2: On the above table a win is given 2 pts, as it has been for most of the time, but even if you change to todays system and award 3 pts for a win Everton would still lead, but then only by 7 points.
Liverpool has won more games, but Everton has enough draws to keep them in the lead, remember Everton has 12 more seasons and has played more games all together... 😉
Edit2: On the above table a win is given 2 pts, as it has been for most of the time, but even if you change to todays system and award 3 pts for a win Everton would still lead, but then only by 7 points.
clayj
macrumors 604
Looks like the new sacrificial lambs for the upcoming season will be Sunderland, Wigan (which always reminds me of Monty Python, for some reason... I think Eric Idle said "Wigan" in a sketch once), and West Ham. Too bad Ipswich couldn't make it... when I lived in the UK, near Ipswich, I always enjoyed it when Liverpool beat 'em. 🙂
Jaffa Cake
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Looking at the other end of the table, it's interesting to see the clubs who have only spent a single season in the top flight. Glossop North End, anyone?
Mitthrawnuruodo
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Jaffa Cake
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I'm not in a position to criticise anyone's record, seeing as Hull is the largest city in Europe never to have been home to a top-flight football team... 🙁Mitthrawnuruodo said:
While not Premier League exactly, bit odd and slightly worrying to see Liverpool & Chelsea in same Champions' League group -- something I'm sure neither team would have wanted.
plinden
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Living in sunny California, I'm a bit out of touch with the football at home - last I heard Liverpool weren't going to be in the Champion's League even though they won it, since they didn't end high enough in the Premier League. So how did they swing this? Did UEFA (or whoever runs the CL) change the rules?
Jaffa Cake
macrumors Core
To cut a long story short... Liverpool were given special dispensation (as holders) to enter this years competition without depriving one of the other English sides of the place that they'd earned through their league position. However, their place in the Group Stages wasn't guaranteed. They had to make their way through all the qualification rounds and were told that if they did make it through to the Champions League proper then they wouldn't get 'country protection' ie, they could end up getting drawn against another English side in the Group Stages, an eventuality that is normally against the tournament rules. Hence, they're in this years competition, and hence they've got to play another English team namely Chelsea.plinden said:
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