2016-2017 Soccer Thread: The Post Leicester City Apocalypse

[Talint]

You could say Liverpool

blew a 3-1 lead.

[Roranora]

younger Jose gif is great and so was the PS2

[Roranora]

Re: present-day Mou, he's earned another disappointing 1-1 draw and opportunity to sulk.

[Talint]

Jose Mourinho is actually my spirit animal.

[Roranora]

yay for random winning with day off due to weather on a CL matchday

while there could be a lot more to play for, i'll take Madrid-Dortmund, Lyon-Sevilla, Porto-Leicester 3-screened

sorry Spurs. I may tune in briefly later on

[Talint]

Spurs back in Europa.



Legitimately stunned the lineup Poch rolled out. Maybe he'll take Europe seriously finally.

[Zetanio]

I was hoping he wouldn't. I'm a bit annoyed, we're gonna be fucking exhausted compared to the other top teams in the rankings.

[Talint]

Oh look United find form JUST IN TIME FOR SPURS.

Narrative is dumb.

[Roranora]

Champions League last 16 draw

Manchester City v Monaco
Real Madrid v Napoli
Benfica v Dortmund
Bayern Munich v Arsenal
Porto v Juventus
Bayer Leverkusen v Atletico
Paris v Barcelona
Sevilla v Leicester

Looks good. I think most of these ties ought to be close and provide interesting second legs.

[Tyrath]

LOL

Arsenal vs Bayern fucking always.

[Zetanio]

Europa League. Yay.

[Roranora]

So we had a whole round of EPL midweekers no Americans can watch. Only 1 draw in the lot, a 0-0 Stoke-Southampton affair featuring a stunningly toothless Saints failing to capitalise following an early sendoff for the home squad.

Fortunately all other matches had goals and stuff. The table is soon to get tably. Chelsea, Pep City, United, Spurs, and Liverpool pick up all the points, while Arsenal drop to third on GD with LFC after a tough one at Goodison Park. The final minute of full time was an exceptional spectacle.

Spoiler: show

http://www.espnfc.co.uk/video/premie...te-for-arsenal

West Brom, Watford, and Bournemouth are all surely content with their positions, while the Hammers surely aren't. West Ham good enough today hosting Burnley, but are still far from comfort. Leicester similarly uncomfortable.

[Zetanio]

Eriksen did some work today.

I hate this midweek crap and we'll have to deal with it for months.

[Jefe]

America lost to RM 0-2, oh well. Wasn't that bad, tbh.

Also, it's official. Fifa used video replay tech for the first time during the WCC.

[Talint]

A scrappy win versus...Burnley.

Yeah, alright 3 points I'm OK with this.

And Arsenal fans in meltdown again, because apparently losing to Manchester City warrants talk of gloom and doom.

[Tyrath]

Good good. Arsenal in disarray before meeting Bayern in Feb is fine with me.

[Talint]

God if Arsenal can't* advance past Bayern, Arsenal fans might have Wenger's head on a pike.

[Talint]

Chelsea: 3 points
Liverpool: 3 points
Man City: 3 points
Arsenal: 3 points
Tottenham: 3 points
Man United: 3 points

There's going to be some real disappointed teams come end of the season.

[Roranora]

Are you preparing yourself Talint? :l

Spurs finish 6th, United come up just short of top 4, and Chelsea tally 90+ points.

[Zetanio]

Spurs get second, Chelsea gets 100 pts.