2017-2018 Soccer Thread: Brace Yourselves, World Cup Posters Are Coming

[Roranora]

Champions League group stage fin, 306 goals in 96 games

Winners: Barcelona, Tottenham, Roma, Man United, Besiktas, Man City, Liverpool, and P$G I believe it is

Runners-up: Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Porto, Juventus, Sevilla, Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk

Europa entrants: Dortmund, Celtic, Atletico Madrid, Napoli, RB Leipzig, Sporting CP, Spartak Moskva, CSKA Moscow

[Talint]

Hi just stopping by to say Spurs accumulated the most points in the CL group stages out of all the teams and are going to be thoroughly punished for it when they draw Bayern Munchen.

[Tyrath]

Yup, I'm rooting to either face you guys or Liverpool.

[Roranora]

EPL matchday go

In the early match, Chelsea drop all 3 points in a 1-0 defeat away to West Ham United. Conte says they're tired--wonder how he feels about the XI he used midweek now, he really didn't want that 2nd in group. (44% chance at Barca in the draw, yikes)

Five matches set to start now, with Burnley-Watford featuring teams 7th and 8th in the league, a battle of ineptitude with Swansea-West Brom, chance for promoted sides to tally some points in Huddersfield-Brighton, Crystal Palace-Bournemouth, and a LWLDLD-league-form Spurs hosting Stoke City at Wembley.

also Merseyside and Manchester derbies tomorrow, mhmm

[Talint]

I had a legit, visceral reaction to watching two of the more mediocre men's team players lift the MLS cup today, one of whom was the captain.

Fucking epitomized how awful everything is right now.

[Zetanio]

Spurs were still slow out of the gate yesterday. Great win but we can't afford to be sitting back for the first 12-15 minutes of every match.

[Roranora]

comfortably slept in and only got the Merseyside derby from 70'

a questionable penalty call there, but still clumsy defending

points dropped by Arsenal and Liverpool, ok cool

[Talint]

City are probably going invincible this season, or someone figures out Pep's wild 3-2-4-1 formation.

[Tyrath]

Dreading pulling City in the CL draw tomorrow.

[Talint]

Bayern will do their damn job and knock City out of the CL and love every minute of it.

[Tyrath]

No thanks. Real and City can have each other. Either way, will know the matchups in 5~ hrs

[Zetanio]

[Talint]

Beat Real and Dortmund to win the group

Get draw with Juve

United (H), Liverpool (A), Arsenal (H), Juventus(A) within a span of two weeks.

Swell.

[Zetanio]

Time to fucking step up. We have to be able to win these strings of tough matches to ever get past being a bridesmaid.

[Roranora]

I think Juventus is a decent draw for Spurs, especially with the home second leg as a group winner. Three or four EPL teams ought to make the quarters.

I approve of Real Madrid v PSG in the round of 16. Bayern will put the tie to bed in the first leg and Besiktas fans will act a fool in the second leg.

[Tyrath]

You guy can handle Juve.

PSG tops our group and gets Real.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

And we walk away with Besiktas. Even fucking better.

[Talint]

Time to fucking step up. We have to be able to win these strings of tough matches to ever get past being a bridesmaid.

We absolutely do not have the depth needed to win all four of those matches.

But Poch may run the team into the ground trying.

[Tyrath]

The league is gone so you should definitely focus on the Juve game above all of those.

[Talint]

You just want Bayern to draw Spurs in the QF. -finger wag-

[Roranora]

The league may be gone but the top 4 is gonna be quite the battle, and Spurs should seek a result in those matches. It's about a coinflip for them to make the quarters, and I'm hopeful they'll find the inspiration they did on CL matchday 4.