GWT: PL FINALE - Matchweek 38

[Jersey Fresh]

Yossi benayoun.

How I got started with West Ham too...

Anyway, tangent aside, ridiculous season from both sides at the top. Neither will touch this level next season, I don't believe. Way too much went their way.

 

[Lepardi]

I mean, NFL fans in Europe; do you think there's a large segment of Bucs/Lions/Browns fans, you know, teams that suck every f*cking year? Obviously not. It's a combination of (naturally) wanting to be happy with success, not having already been tied down by "they're my local team", and also just availability to watching and being able to follow the news.

Good point but North American leagues are also very different from the Premier League because of the salary cap. If you're a European following the NHL for example and want to support a winning team, it's awfully hard to find a team that'll be constantly competitive for years the way City, Pool, ManU and Chelsea are.

 

[Live in the Now]

Just saw that Milner's contract has been misreported and he's signed for next season. Some good news to find out at this moment.

 

[Machinehead]

Good point but North American leagues are also very different from the Premier League because of the salary cap. If you're a European following the NHL for example and want to support a winning team, it's awfully hard to find a team that'll be constantly competitive for years the way City, Pool, ManU and Chelsea are.

Pittsburgh, Boston, San Jose.

I just found 3 in 2 seconds.

 

[Evilo]

As a Pens fan, to say they're constantly competitive is negating a lot of years of my life.

 

[Savant]

As a Pens fan, to say they're constantly competitive is negating a lot of years of my life.

Like Man City!

 

[Machinehead]

As a Pens fan, to say they're constantly competitive is negating a lot of years of my life.

They did tank for like two years, locally known as The Great Famine.

 

[Burner Account]

Why did North American fans pick Liverpool or ManU?

Stevie

 

[Evilo]

They did tank for like two years, locally known as The Great Famine.

Yeah you're young.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Pittsburgh, Boston, San Jose.

I just found 3 in 2 seconds.

Pittsburgh just got swept in the first round and has managed to win only two Stanley Cups with two once-in-a-generation type players. The Bruins have 6 cups in a century, the last of which was almost a decade ago. And San Jose has never won a championship.

 

[Savant]

I understand the temptation to lash out at City and their fans. But, at least for the North American fans, this is why many of them chose City. They picked a winning club to watch them win. To each their own. Let them enjoy what they signed up for.

There are obviously some teams that I like better than others teams, but I won't fault anyone in America who picking the team of their choosing.

It's not like you have someone living in Pennsylvania choosing like the Dallas Stars in example. We don't have local teams, so pick the team you are drawn to. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Live in the Now]

 

[Machinehead]

Pittsburgh just got swept in the first round and has managed to win only two Stanley Cups with two once-in-a-generation type players. The Bruins have 6 cups in a century, the last of which was almost a decade ago. And San Jose has never won a championship.

Yeah and look at all those trophies Liverpool have. It's exactly the same thing.

It's such a stupid argument.

 

[Machinehead]

Yeah you're young.

You're 600 like any other vampire.

 

[Live in the Now]

 

[hatterson]

Lol. He’s such a terrible person, much less sports owner.

 

[Il Mediano]

Pittsburgh just got swept in the first round and has managed to win only two Stanley Cups with two once-in-a-generation type players

You sure about that?

 

[Lepardi]

Pittsburgh, Boston, San Jose.

I just found 3 in 2 seconds.

Pittsburgh's been eliminated in the first round of playoffs four times in the last nine seasons.
The Bruins have missed the playoffs twice and lost their first-round playoff series twice in the last eight seasons.
The Sharks have missed the playoffs once and lost their first-round playoff series three times in the last eight seasons.

Wanna guess how many times Pool, ManU, City and Chelsea have finished outside the top eight in the same timespan?

 

[Burner Account]

I’m actually sorry my comment birthed this. I’m going to walk away now.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

You sure about that?

You caught me!

Three in 15 years is still not championship dominance akin to the top-4/6 stranglehold that has been the feature of the Premier League for nearly 30 years.

 

[Machinehead]

Pittsburgh's been eliminated in the first round of playoffs four times in the last nine seasons.
The Bruins have missed the playoffs twice and lost their first-round playoff series twice in the last eight seasons.
The Sharks have missed the playoffs once and lost their first-round playoff series three times in the last eight seasons.

Wanna guess how many times Pool, ManU, City and Chelsea have finished outside the top eight in the same timespan?

Last three teams to lead the league on Christmas and not win it: Liverpool, Liverpool, and Liverpool.

We could dig up silly little facts all day.

But I'm not gonna do that.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Yeah and look at all those trophies Liverpool have. It's exactly the same thing.

It's such a stupid argument.

The dynamics of the PL and the NHL, as has already been noted not even just here but another thread on this board in the last week, are so far removed from one another that it's an absurd comparison to begin with.

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

You sure about that?

No kidding. If you guys want to give back that 2016 Cup and let the Lightning have it instead, I sure won't complain. I'm still bitter about the Jonathan Drouin offside goal, anyway.

 

[YEM]

Kings of Europe has a better ring to it anyways.
No harm in coming in second place behind a plastic club

if one is, you're both "plastic clubs"
Liverpool spent north of 200 million in transfers this past year

 

[Evilo]

You're 600 like any other vampire.

Haha probably, but I followed Pittsburgh in the previous centurty. Which incluces the late 90s where the team was supposed to be erased.