English Premier League 2023/24

OrangeBlue98 · May 24, 2024

IlliniFaninHoosierLand said:
The biggest problem that Bayern has is the stain of Spursiness sticking with Harry Kane. They finished 3rd in the Bundesliga table this season behind Leverkusen and Stuttgart. They haven't finished that "low" in the table since 2010-11.

I'm normally not one to believe in curses or superstition, but it's eerie how this happens with Harry Kane. Even though he played well this year for Bayern, we know what happened with results. We'll see what happens with England this summer, as I feel like England has as good of a chance as anyone to win the Euros (there is not a clear favorite in the Euros - I'd probably pick France just because of their recent track record, but England is as talented as anyone).

I'm personally in the camp that Kompany could be a home run hire for Bayern. Tuchel was never a good stylistic fit for them - he's closer to Mourinho than he is Pep or Klopp on the spectrum of "negative/defensive" to "front foot/attacking" soccer. If nothing else, Bayern will be entertaining to watch. Most games could be 5-3, but just not sure on which side Bayern will be for those matches.

IlliniFaninHoosierLand · May 24, 2024

OrangeBlue98 said:
I'm normally not one to believe in curses or superstition, but it's eerie how this happens with Harry Kane. Even though he played well this year for Bayern, we know what happened with results. We'll see what happens with England this summer, as I feel like England has as good of a chance as anyone to win the Euros (there is not a clear favorite in the Euros - I'd probably pick France just because of their recent track record, but England is as talented as anyone).

I made the comment recently to someone that the reason that Sunak called for an early general election on July 4 is because he didn't think the Three Lions would flame out that quickly in the Euros.

IlliniFaninHoosierLand · May 25, 2024

Manchester United win the FA Cup 1:2. They qualify for Europa League. Chelsea goes to the Conference League. Newcastle is shut out of European football for next season.

IlliniFaninHoosierLand · May 26, 2024

Southampton ahead of Leeds United at half 0:1 in the Championship play-off final.

IlliniFaninHoosierLand · May 26, 2024

Southampton wins 0:1.

OrangeBlue98 · May 26, 2024

IlliniFaninHoosierLand said:
Southampton wins 0:1.

IlliniFaninHoosierLand · May 26, 2024

OrangeBlue98 said:

OrangeBlue98 · May 26, 2024

IlliniFaninHoosierLand said:

I can't stand Leeds or their fans. Watching them suffer brings me a great deal of happiness. The way they scapegoated the Americans last year was nauseating.

IlliniFaninHoosierLand · May 26, 2024

OrangeBlue98 said:
I can't stand Leeds or their fans. Watching them suffer brings me a great deal of happiness. The way they scapegoated the Americans last year was nauseating.

Gotcha. I thought maybe you were someone who wasn't familiar with how scores are shown in soccer. Hence, my confusion.

IlliniFaninHoosierLand · May 27, 2024

Looks like Chelsea is close to hiring Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca to replace Pochettino.

IlliniFaninHoosierLand · Jun 18, 2024

Premier League fixtures for 2024/25 has been released: https://www.premierleague.com/news/4040106

Season begins on August 16th with Manchester United hosting Fulham.

OrangeBlue98 · Jun 18, 2024

IlliniFaninHoosierLand said:
Premier League fixtures for 2024/25 has been released: https://www.premierleague.com/news/4040106

Season begins on August 16th with Manchester United hosting Fulham.

I get why the Premier League does it, but it would be nice to see the newly promoted teams have an opening game or two where they have a fighting chance to be competitive. Ipswich could be a cool story this year, but facing Liverpool right out of the gate is a tough ask.

Man City vs Chelsea would have been a lot more fun if Chelsea hadn’t run off Pochettino (and I firmly believe that’s what happened).

IlliniFaninHoosierLand · Jun 18, 2024

OrangeBlue98 said:
I get why the Premier League does it, but it would be nice to see the newly promoted teams have an opening game or two where they have a fighting chance to be competitive. Ipswich could be a cool story this year, but facing Liverpool right out of the gate is a tough ask.

Man City vs Chelsea would have been a lot more fun if Chelsea hadn’t run off Pochettino (and I firmly believe that’s what happened).

One thing I dislike (and this is probably more relevant to just me) is that Everton doesn't get a match at home to close Goodison the final week of the season. Their final home match at Goodison is the penultimate weekend vs. Southampton. They travel to Newcastle on the final weekend.

IlliniFaninHoosierLand · Jun 19, 2024

IlliniFaninHoosierLand said:
One thing I dislike (and this is probably more relevant to just me) is that Everton doesn't get a match at home to close Goodison the final week of the season. Their final home match at Goodison is the penultimate weekend vs. Southampton. They travel to Newcastle on the final weekend.

So just to follow up on this, this is actually not as big of an issue for me now. The club specifically requested to have their final home match on the penultimate weekend. They felt that if they hosted the final Goodison Park match on Championship Sunday, it would be overshadowed by the other stuff going on in the Premier League that day.