EPL 2024/2025
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The new champions league model strikes me as a load of crap. Not at all interested. Will watch once we are down to a small number of teams in knockout stages. Think this will not prove popular but we see.
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@Billy-Tell said in EPL 2024/2025:
The new champions league model strikes me as a load of crap. Not at all interested. Will watch once we are down to a small number of teams in knockout stages. Think this will not prove popular but we see.
I'll give it a chance but it looks like just an excuse to shoehorn more games in. 8 group games instead of 6 and then the climax to the group is at the end of January so weather could be a factor. Then another 2 extra games if you finish in positions 9-24 just to get to a last 16. At least the 8 groups of 4 led to a little drama for qualification.
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@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Federico Chiesa is joining Liverpool from Juventus.
Thought he was gonna be one of the best players in the world when I first saw him play for Fiorentina. Now he's just always injured.
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@Billy-Tell The main arguments for the change seem to be more games between big teams from the start and more teams involved.
The down side is that the new format is confusing and there will be lots of games between teams well down the league.
I suspect we will see a version of the old format restored in a year or two.
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@KiwiPie said in EPL 2024/2025:
Slovan Bratislava have already played 8 games to get into the draw beginning on 9 July which was before the Euros had even finished.
Every team plays against 2 random teams from each of the 4 pots and we get one massive league table at the end of it.
I attended one of those Slovan Bratislava games too.
Not used to Villa being here. Hope we get drawn with Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.
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Classy from Mr Klopp
‘The most inspiring story I’ve ever heard’: Klopp cheers on friend Czyz at Paralympics
Wojtek Czyz was soundly beaten in the SL3 badminton but Jürgen Klopp, his long-time friend, was on hand to offer support
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at the risk of being 'that guy' I am so done with football at the 'top level'. The CL draw is a joke, the League cup fixing it for the big boys, the FA Cup removing replays, the financial situation of the likes of City and Chelsea not being punished, whilst others are pinned to the wall, the constant Sky Sports et al lauding of what is actually pretty dull football with pretty dull outcomes, the prioritisation of overseas TV fans over local match attending fans, the fact that most of the big stadiums are full of tourists and have lost all atmosphere and the sheer dominance of coverage of the biggest teams over every other sport and story has meant i just can't be arsed. I feel like I'm watching a different game to everyone else.
The PL can fuck off, the European elite clubs can fuck off. I'm done. If it wasn't for rugby i'd be cancelling my Sky Sports and TNT contracts.
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Curious how much of Stirling's salary Arsenal will cover, it sounds like that was where most of the negotiation was. Could be yet another savvy move by arsenal, who are really starting to look like a competent organisation again. On the other hand, one of the other new signings (Merino) is injured already so some things stay the same.
Man U loan out Sancho again, this time to Chelsea with a sale clause so that disaster is over.
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@Dodge said in EPL 2024/2025:
at the risk of being 'that guy' I am so done with football at the 'top level'. The CL draw is a joke, the League cup fixing it for the big boys, the FA Cup removing replays, the financial situation of the likes of City and Chelsea not being punished, whilst others are pinned to the wall, the constant Sky Sports et al lauding of what is actually pretty dull football with pretty dull outcomes, the prioritisation of overseas TV fans over local match attending fans, the fact that most of the big stadiums are full of tourists and have lost all atmosphere and the sheer dominance of coverage of the biggest teams over every other sport and story has meant i just can't be arsed. I feel like I'm watching a different game to everyone else.
The PL can fuck off, the European elite clubs can fuck off. I'm done. If it wasn't for rugby i'd be cancelling my Sky Sports and TNT contracts.
Just watch the lower leagues mate or even go abroad fir some games, good fun watching games there.
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Great result for the cherries 🍒, 3 goals in 9 mins, should never have been allowed to get back into this match, but didn’t give up.
After 2 dubious hand ball decisions in 2 matches, the result comes. -
It’s early days but I reckon Everton might risk the drop this season.
Haaland is deadly with a chance. Just lethal. A real striker.
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@Billy-Tell said in EPL 2024/2025:
It’s early days but I reckon Everton might risk the drop this season.
Haaland is deadly with a chance. Just lethal. A real striker.
Everton in real trouble already in my view, last year although they didn’t score many their miserly defence was awesome, leaky already and -8 goal difference is going to hurt.
Haaland nicknamed the robot for a reason, when on is clinical.
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@Billy-Tell said in EPL 2024/2025:
It’s early days but I reckon Everton might risk the drop this season.
Their new waterside stadium right by the Mersey is going to be a beauty, but I fear Everton are going to be a Championship side by the time to play at Bramley Moore dock.
