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Purp's Premier League Predictions
PurpleJ
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1. Chelsea - Play an unattractive, defensive brand of football. Foreign owned. Arrogant fans. Perfect team to win the English league.
2. Arsenal - Really good at being fun to watch, but also really good at choking early in the season.
3. Man City - Bought Raheem Sterling for a King's ransom. Still have issues in defense.
4. Liverpool - Led by the tactical genius of Brendan "Sarkisian" Rodgers, they tend to have trust issues at the back and problems with finishing. Probably squandered the 50 million euros they got for Sterling already. Haven't been relevant in years. The Washington Huskies of England.
5. Man Utd - Similar problems as Liverpool. Bought a shit ton of attacking talent, but have a defense that would make OJ cry.
6. Tottenham - Honestly who cares at this point?
7. Southampton - Really good at developing players and selling them like a slave auction later on for millions.
8. Everton - Consistent underachievers.
9. Swansea City - Welsh team that plays good football.
10. Stoke City - Used to play shitty football, but learned how to pass the ball so they are decent now.
11-17. Meh...mid table clubs
18. Burnley - Should have been relegated last season.
19. Leicester City - See above.
20. Bournemouth - Should never have been promoted.
2. Arsenal - Really good at being fun to watch, but also really good at choking early in the season.
3. Man City - Bought Raheem Sterling for a King's ransom. Still have issues in defense.
4. Liverpool - Led by the tactical genius of Brendan "Sarkisian" Rodgers, they tend to have trust issues at the back and problems with finishing. Probably squandered the 50 million euros they got for Sterling already. Haven't been relevant in years. The Washington Huskies of England.
5. Man Utd - Similar problems as Liverpool. Bought a shit ton of attacking talent, but have a defense that would make OJ cry.
6. Tottenham - Honestly who cares at this point?
7. Southampton - Really good at developing players and selling them like a slave auction later on for millions.
8. Everton - Consistent underachievers.
9. Swansea City - Welsh team that plays good football.
10. Stoke City - Used to play shitty football, but learned how to pass the ball so they are decent now.
11-17. Meh...mid table clubs
18. Burnley - Should have been relegated last season.
19. Leicester City - See above.
20. Bournemouth - Should never have been promoted.
Comments
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I know you're being sarcastic but OJ had a terrific defense.
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They have a terrible defense that would make OJ cry. Get it?TierbsHsotBoobs said:I know you're being sarcastic but OJ had a terrific defense.
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Chelsea wins the league because they play the smartest football in the league and ARE led by a tactical genius ...
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Chelsea is overrated, too.Tequilla said:Chelsea wins the league because they play the smartest football in the league and ARE led by a tactical genius ...
The rest of the clubs in England are all overrated.
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Depends by what standard you are applying ...PurpleJ said:
Chelsea is overrated, too.Tequilla said:Chelsea wins the league because they play the smartest football in the league and ARE led by a tactical genius ...
The rest of the clubs in England are all overrated.
In the Premier League, they are the class and the rest are busy playing catchup.
In the Champions League, they are a just a step behind but can step up and win the whole thing if everything breaks right for them.
People get critical of the fact that they are defensively sound and should play more "beautiful" football ... that's BS because a) they know who they are and b) know what they have to play to be successful in Europe.
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I'm not saying they aren't good, I'm just saying I don't enjoy watching them play good teams. They play like the fucking Italians. I hate watching Italy, but they have 4 world cups so it works. But if another club gets SERIOUS about defense, Chelsea is fucked. You saw it with Man City.
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When the Dutch played Spain in the World Cup Finals in 2010 and thugged it up, everybody got pissed because they weren't playing in a "sporting" manner that emphasized the beautiful game or so the narrative read. Nobody thought for a second and realized that the Dutch knew that if they tried to kick the ball around and play a wide open game they'd get killed.
As Race says, winners win. Sometimes, that's through great offense. Others it is through great defense. -
That's the thing that pisses me off about Chelsea. They have all the talent to play more attacking football. The truly elite teams usually play that way and they can outscore anyone. That's the difference between teams like Bayern and Barca, and teams like Chelsea and Juventus.
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Chelsea is not more offensively talented than Bayern, Barca, or Madrid. What they can do though is defend the crap out of them and then kill them on the counter attack.
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Everybody dies of AIDS
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Why not join the discussion sour puss?RaceBannon said:Everybody dies of AIDS
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Stopped reading at 1.
SF, J. -
I skipped right to the endingPurpleJ said: -
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Are we done here or should we keep going?TierbsHsotBoobs said:
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Post-transfer window FINAL OFFICIAL update:
1. Man City
2. Chelsea
3. Arsenal
4. Man U
5. Liverpool - TSIO...Fire Rodgers
6. Everton
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18. Sunderland
19. Norwich
20. Watford
