>title gets decided on a draw
Title was decided over 36 games of football of which Leicester won quite a lot.
>>67295554
>leicester wins the barclays """"""""""""""""""""premier""""""""""""""""""" league
2 draws no less.
i wish american sports had cinderella stories like this
this is like if the browns won the superbowl next year
>winning the title without even playing
wew lad
>>67295660
its not like theres the miracle on ice, or Villanova winning the tourny, or the Giants defeating 18-0, or Boston going worst to first because Boston Strong. Nope. No miracles here.
>>67295660
No, it's closer to some first year FBS team winning the National Championship
>title is decided on a draw
>at some other teams match
This semen slurping sport ain't for me.
>>67295744
Literally none of those are impressive as this, nor will america ever have an equivalent. Their commie garbage sports system doesn't allow for meme magic
>I cant do math
>>67295554
This American butthurt is GLOOOOOORIOUS
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Sage this shitty thread
>>67295554
>title gets decided through a commercial show
>>67295660
This is more like a college team going 19-0 to win the superbowl.
>>67295554
>getting points wins you the league
>>67295763
Not even close. Maybe NDSU, but nobody else
>>67295844
The show is sometime interrupted by a sport though. Who scored in Leicester's championship win today?
> today
>inb4 """"""""""""""sport""""""""""""""
Why don't they do playoffs? Way more exciting
>>67295968
they have a separate cup for that
>>67295968
Because if you care about the integrity of your league then the literal first rule of that is that you don't have an elimination tournament to determine the winner.
>you celebrate your "title" not on the field, after a hard-fought and memorable battle, but sitting in some wanker's couch watching teams drawing a game on the TV
You can't make this shit up.
>>67295967
Eden Hazard
Which commercial won the last Super Bowl?
>>67295554
>four months seasons """"""sports""""""
>>67295660
Browns odds are at 250-1. We all know what Leicester's were
>>67296075
Elaborate
What does elimination have to do with integrity
>>67296126
The memorable battle started last August
>>67296231
You've got to be the best over 38 games, not a handful.
>>67296352
USA completely utterly BTFO by Thailand with dat King Power
>>67296231
Because the actual best team very rarely wins
>no playoffs
>no championship game
I know where this league belongs
>>67296421
but the best time doesn't win in a league either, leicester city winning makes that obvious
>>67296487
best team*
>>67296462
every game is a championship game, no need for playoffs
>>67296487
They won more than anybody else therefore they deserve the league.
>>67296462
>be best team over the course of the season
>denied title because you lose a game afterwards
Sounds like a shite set up
>>67296487
which is the best team in the EPL this season?
It involves some basic math.
You wouldn't understand.
>>67296576
If you were really the "best team" you shouldn't lose in the post season then should you?
Entirely way too much semen must be slurped to enjoy this schoolgirl "sport"
It's clearly not for America. Thank God.
>>67296659
tottenham
>>67297092
nice try
>>67295597
This kind of attitude is exactly why I can't get into any kind of soccer that isn't the World Cup.
It probably makes sense of terms of the gamesmanship to not have a playoffs but holy fuck does it entirely suck the drama out
>>67296352
Based Thai.
Are americans actually proud of having a short attention span?
>>67297201
This. Soccer is the fairest sport in the way that you play every team, once at home and once away. But to have no playoffs? And there's two games left. Its a bit lackluster.
america jealous of all the meme magic europe brings
i'm sure there have been some great adverts and half time shows from the likes of bruno mars to enjoy though
>>67296396
So what's to stop you from selecting the teams with the best 38-game records and then playing elimination game(s)?
>they won the meme season while unironically having a Vardy's party
Pretty fitting tbqh
>>67297172
fucking retard
In the NFL where you only play a certain number of teams in the league, playoffs are viable. In a sport like soccer where every team gets to play every team more than once it really could go with or without playoffs.
>>67295554
Hello non-American friends
I'll assume you're all new here as not one of you has followed the standard procedure for when an American makes a post/thread about football. Allow me to teach you how to deal with this situation in the future.
So you've encountered a confused and angry American posting inane and dangerous opinions on a subject they know nothing about? don't panic and don't try to educate them as you will only encourage them to continue. All you need to do is reply to them with the three short lines of text below and you will improve /sp/ for not only yourself but everybody else as well.
>That flag
>This topic
Opinion discarded.
If its not just an American post within a football related thread but an actual football related thread started by an American, just change the third line of text from "Opinion discarded." to "Opinion discarded, thread closed and hidden.".
If you've accidently read an American post/thread about football and find yourself in agreement with what they have posted, remind yourself of the infinite monkey theorem and follow the standard procedure.
Feel free to save this post to teach other new friends in the future and remember... only YOU can prevent Americans ruining football.
>>67297383
Fucking this
>get drunk and fuck slags
>win the prem
Couldn't get any better than this
>>67295554
It ended on away goals rules ameridumb
>>67297455
>that flag
>talking about Americans
opinion discarded
>>67297330
Why can't Americans realize that we have seperate national Cup competitions that are being played in the playoff format?
We have both.
A league system and a Cup system.
The league is seen as more important to win, I'll let you figure out why that is....
>>67296965
>losing 1 game means you aren't the best team
>ameritard logic
>>67297383
Huth looks fourty years old
>>67297455
Autism
>>67295597
First post best post
>>67296352
THANK YOU FOR YOUR BASED HOOKERS
>>67297330
Hence why the 2012 Man City win at QPR is consider the most dramatic endings to a season of all time
>>67297527
>seperate national Cup competitions that are being played in the playoff format?
>seperate
Well, why not lump them all together?
>>67295744
Betting $1 on Leicester to win the league would've paid you back $5000.
Betting $1 on the Giants defeating the Patriots would've paid you back $4.80.
Damn son, what a Cinderella story. Nobody would've seen it coming.
>>67297745
>US
>Sports betting
bad analogy
>>67297727
Champions League ?
>>67297745
>ever making a sports bet at the beginning of the season regarding the conclusion of a season
That's often a recipe for losing money. Fuck that.
>>67297895
Then dump all this national league and other cup shit. What's the point of them anyways?
>>67297929
>what's the point of national leagues
>soccer
>>67297929
why have just one competition?
>>67297831
>people don't bet on sports in the US
>>67295744
except the only thing that could ever come close to this would be some team like Rice beating Bama for the national title.
>>67297987
>>67297963
leave him alone, americans are slow
>>67297573
>>67297506
newfags
>>67297968
boy it must be lonely in Colombia if you don't like soccer. What else is there? Competitive coke snorting?
>>67297987
Oh right. You don't live in America, where we have all these other sports at different times of the year.
>>67298074
Chaturbate whoring, but that's a women only sport tbqh
>>67296965
This happens like once every 20 seasons. Ive followed NFL since 2007 and only twice has the best team won the superbowl
last year and when the hawks did it in 2013
>>67298158
actually no wait sorry, The Broncos were the head and shoulders best team in 2013 so nevermind. Only once has it happened
>>67297903
Betting $1 on every team to win the premiership would have netted you over $5 grand over the last 25 years
>>67296352
kek
>>67298074
I think he only made fun of the American for calling football "soccer" m8
But maybe I'm wrong and he really is just a faggot
>>67297534
What's wrong with the ALL or NOTHING deal? Winning under these circumstances makes a championship all the more glorious. On the flipside, the losing is all the more painful.
>>67298074
laughing at Venezuela
>>67298241
This happens quite often with the league format. It goes to the final day a lot.
>>67298287
>It goes to the final day a lot.
I call bullshit, especially when a team can and do win well before the final day.
>>67298479
...
>>67298074
>Europeans can't understand when people don't like their one sport
lol
>>67297745
How much would you have won if you bet $1 that today's draw would've happen?
>>67298479
3 times since 2010, so it happens roughly every other year.
>>67298605
>Britfag using La Liga to support an argument
Thanks for providing the shittiest example possible.
>>67298241
>What is wrong with the ALL or NOTHING deal?
It doesn't adequately reward a team who was in consistently good form all season long.
Also, 1 loss in a final game shouldn't decide who is the worse team. It's the other teams' faults that they didn't utilize all 38 games to their potential.
>All the more glorious
Kek. All for that entertainment value I guess. The CL, EL, and World Cup are for that.
>>67298697
I see you've responded without an argument.
Go on, i'll give you another go but only because it's a special day. Bonus points if you can do it without greentext.
>>67296233
*April
>>67295554
It's a league, over the course of the season each team plays 38 games and then the team with the most points at the end wins (there's been 36 but Tottenham numerically can't win now).
We have cups for playoffs and finals. We have the best of both worlds.
>>67298832
You mean, the season isn't even over yet?
>>67298905
of course not, there's still top 4 and the relegation battle to sort
>>67298905
Relegation/Promotion may be hard to grasp concepts for you.
>>67298905
Still two rounds left. Title has been decided but there's still things to play for. The relegation battle is wide open.
>>67298925
>>67298944
>>67298947
Who cares about the loser teams.
>>67298905
It isn't there are 2 more games, and after that the FA Cup Final and more of the Champions League. Then we get the Euros in the summer. Your board will stay cucked,
>>67299009
Americans sports care about the loser teams so much they reward them for being the worst in the league
>>67299009
your sports, because it gives them the best youth players because they're so shit
>>67299046
>>67299046
That's only in the hopes of shitty teams turning things around in the following year. Unfortunately, that doesn't work for everyone.
>>67298905
The winners have been decided but there's still teams trying to avoid relegation as well as teams trying to finish in spots to qualify for the Europa League and Champions League (Tournaments featuring teams from all over Europe)
>>67299046
Oh snap, Mario with the burn.
>>67299009
this is exactly why we will never see eye to eye
>>67299046
>not wanting parity
>wanting some teams to be infinitely better and richer than others
Wait a minute, this sounds like Reagans capitalism...maybe this "soccer" isn't so bad after all
>>67299046
>Be terrible at my job
>Get a pay rise
>Americans
>>67299092
>qualifying for the next Champion's League when the current edition is almost ending
Does an off-season to soccer even exist?
>>67297547
He isn't?
>>67299155
Qualification is separate to the next tournament - basically in England the top 4 finishers in the Premier League get a CL place for next season.
>>67299125
Yes, your sports are much more commie than anything else you ever do.
>>67299155
Lel. Normally during the summer but we have the Euro's this year so a lot of the players from the top teams wont have much of a break.
>"""championship""" game
>literally 23 games left to play in the season
Hello non-American friends
I'll assume you're all new here as not one of you has followed the standard procedure for when an American makes a post/thread about football. Allow me to teach you how to deal with this situation in the future.
So you've encountered a confused and angry American posting inane and dangerous opinions on a subject they know nothing about? don't panic and don't try to educate them as you will only encourage them to continue. All you need to do is reply to them with the three short lines of text below and you will improve /sp/ for not only yourself but everybody else as well.
>That flag
>This topic
Opinion discarded.
If its not just an American post within a football related thread but an actual football related thread started by an American, just change the third line of text from "Opinion discarded." to "Opinion discarded, thread closed and hidden.".
If you've accidently read an American post/thread about football and find yourself in agreement with what they have posted, remind yourself of the infinite monkey theorem and follow the standard procedure.
Feel free to save this post to teach other new friends in the future and remember... only YOU can prevent Americans ruining football.
>>67299155
They all get paid millions of pounds a year. How much off season to they need?
>>67296352
Vietnam was a victory because we killed more people.
>>67299138
>get relegated
>literally receive money (parachute payments) that other teams in the league don't get because you were so shit you failed in a previous league.
>>67299311
3.5/5 star post la
>>67296352
KING POWER
>>67299155
no
three weeks across July and August, that's it, but technically the CL qualification play-offs start in that period (only incredibly little teams are involved that early though)
>championship wasnt decided in a title game
LOLing at your sport
O
L
>>67299542
Is there a soccer player's union?
>>67299366
Rekt
>>67299617
>union
commie detected
>>67297658
Liverpool-Arsenal 1989 will forever be the greatest ending of all time.
>>67299617
Again, they get paid fucking millions for this. If they played less games, tv and matchgoing revenue would go down, and I don't think any of them want that.
>>67299617
yeah, they actually locked out Serie A for three weeks a few years back
they are not a poor exploited category of workers don't worry
>>67299617
>soccer player's union
>Win 18 games
>Lose 1
>Not champions
>Americans will defend this
![PFA%202011%20-%20jpeg%20%28Low%20Quality%29_0[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/J6dXmBV.jpg "PFA%202011%20-%20jpeg%20%28Low%20Quality%29_0[1].jpg")
>>67299617
There's the PFA in the UK.
None of them have the sort of power the American unions do though. I doubt they could get an entire season of sport cancelled, unlike what happened with the NHL and to a lesser extent the MLB in the past 20 years.
>>67299775
Hey, that was THE one game that mattered. And they fucked up that day. The funny thing is, they had a chance against the same team 4 years later, and still fucked up.
WAIT, so you are telling me I can't watch this glorious Liester championship game?
Why not? It doesn't exist!?!
>>67299842
>win first 18 games of season
>overwhelming champions
>team who lost six times wins it
>Americans will literally defend this
>>67297527
Because yuros are completely emasculated cucks that have no competitive drive?
>>67295660
No, Brown's odds were 250-1
Leicester was 5000-1
This isn't like anything in sports.
To put it in perspective, there is more chance of us finding Aliens by 2019 than there was of Leicester winning the Premier League.
>>67300207
>cucks
Sounds like you got lost on the way to The_Donald :^)
>>67300237
>implying there aren't several proofs of aliens including the many aliens at area 51
>>67295554
can't say they weren't exciting draws though
>>67300304
i can't tell if you're being ironic
because they were actually very exciting matches, but you're american
Semen slurping sport
>>67296352
Based rimjobs BTFO amerifats
>>67300159
>lose in the World Cup final doesn't matter if you won the rest of your games and had better results then the other finalist
HAHA
>>67300281
Well here are some other odds that are more likely than Lester winning the league.
Simon Cowell being made Prime Minister
Kim Kardashian being made US President
Elvis being confirmed for being still alive
Loch ness monster confirmed for being real (500-1)
Piers Morgan to be next Arsenal manager (2500-1)
It's literally the most unpredictable sports event ever.
someone please tell me how a team that usually sucks stopped sucking
was it one simple trick?
>>67297527
>"E"PL is more important than UEFA Champions cup
>>67300424
Maybe the World Cup should change to a 32-team league format.
>>67300424
>damage controlling this hard
This occurs in the only major tournament.
IT OCCURS IN ALL FOUR (4) OF YOUR """SPORTS""" AHAHAHAHAHA
>>67300443
Rigged
>>67295597
>his sport is so slow and boring they use aggregate score as a tiebreaker
>>67295677
They played 36 games
>>67300498
>his sport is so dull they award 7 points for a goal to make it seem more exciting
>>67300498
>his sports needs eight games of action to equate to ONE soccer match
>>67295554
>fuck your 7 point lead let's have a 7 game fuckshow that gives the inferior team a second chance
>americans
>All this euroshit on /sp/ PLEASE SAVE US FOOTBALL AH
>>67295810
its actually pretty comparable to NC State or nova winning the national basketball championship
>>67300567
its tradition retard...
>>67300598
I know that even the shittiest NFL practice team can take out the top NCAA team
Does that apply to basketball too?
>>67300591
Yea, can't wait for September
>>67300580
>>67300567
>futballers are ass blasted at a perceived football shitposter
>they don't know hockey is the best sport
maybe you are all just upset that your """""professional""""" grass ballers in the """""premier league""""" lost to the team that was seen as the team most likely to be relegated
shit league
shit sport
shit fans
shit continent
>>67297987
it necessarily dilutes the importance of said competition. for the record, i agree that playoffs are not the best way to determine the best team, but i do think it sacrifices entertainment value to have a pure league format.
>>67300591
>>All this euroshit on /sp/
You looking forward to Euro 2016 senpai?
>>67300664
how mad you can get about sport you dont care about?
>>67300718
>Euro 2016
That shit is actually better than this EPL shit. At least, it has a playoff bracket.
>>67300608
>its tradition retard...
Worst argument ever.
>>67297371
Because the 38 games have already told you who the best team is. They've literally played everybody else, twice. Why do they need to play any more?
>>67300567
This is my favourite thing about NFL fans complaining about low scoring. Forget having 3 (or 4) opportunities at each possession, I wonder what the score in the average Premier League game would be if every goal was worth 7 and every time a player shot directly over the goal it was worth 3.
>>67300608
LMAO G-GOOD ONE
>>67300931
>if every goal was worth 7
7
>every time a player shot directly over the goal it was worth 3
42
>>67300567
I watch both NFL and soccer/football. Please disregard sport bashers.
>>67301011
Decent bants desu
>>67298479
Middlesbrough play Brighton on Saturday, essentially the winner gets automatic promotion to the Premier League.
The loser will have to go to the play offs with the 4th, 5th, and 6th placed teams to gain promotion.
>>67300432
Bookmaker's odds are not statistical facts.
>>67299366
They still get less than the teams who finished above them you muppet. No team would get relegated to claim the parachute payments.
>>67301393
this has been frustrating me as well.
>>67301544
is muppet the lamest insult that you guys overuse? Or is there one that's even cringier?
>>67299842
>that was THE one game that mattered.
So if the giants had lost the previous 18 theyd still have been champs?
>>67301610
>So if the giants had lost the previous 18 theyd still have been champs?
No, they wouldn't even be in the playoffs. Just ask Detroit. Man, you Brits don't even know how a playoff system works.
>>67299366
>he thinks getting considerably less money and not being able to attract the best players to you club is a reward
>>67300664
Now this is mad.
>>67301544
>burnley
>>67301584
Nice argument you melt
>>67301647
Oh so it wasnt the only game that mattered then.
>>67301584
Why are yanks all such mongs?
>>67301808
wasn't an argument, but you did answer my question.
you fags are focusing on the wrong semen-slurping element of all this. Yurocucks are trying to claim this is the most improbable event ever.
Their sport is so imbalanced, gay and run by a handful of big money clubs, that a team in the top 20 of their country was 5000-1 to win their championship... and there were like 4 teams with even shittier odds in the league. They were like the 15th best team according to oddsmakers, and they were still given essentially no chance.
>>67301584
You fucking wet wipe
>>67302128
You're right. This just shows how the relegation system is utter shit, when teams are perpetually doomed to the bottom for all eternity. Once in a blue moon, some team makes it out and actually does something.
>>67302128
Since it started in the early 90s only City (2), United (13), Chelsea (4), Blackburn Rovers (1), Arselel (3) and now Leicester (1) have won it
>>67302346
Relegation keeps up a healthy movement between the leagues, many teams have won the lower leagues before, it's only really a problem with the top 5 or so teams.
>>67302346
>This just shows how the relegation system is utter shit
Should we instead reward teams for failure and set up a system where losing becomes more profitable?
>>67302383
>it's only really a problem with the top 5 or so teams.
Impose a salary cap then.
>>67302457
>losing becomes more profitable
No, it isn't. Just look at Cleveland.
>>67302461
Why? You think Leicester have spent the most on wages this season? Or Tottenham the second?
>>67302461
that'd just be fucking yourself in international club competitions desu. It only works if you have a bullshit closed system like we have in da states and canada
>>67302498
Wait, I thought rewarding failure was to ensure parity so how do you have an example of a team continuously sucking?
>>67302506
you're right, league standing isn't highly correlated with wage bill if you look at the past 10-15 years.
>>67302541
its to encourage parity, not ensure it. You still need to operate shrewdly, even if you are given an advantage in draft position.
>>67302461
Why are you against capitalism? Are you a red commie?
>>67301584
>this spaz
>>67301584
What a wet-end you are.
IDTTSSSI4MG
>>67301584
What a batty crease you are
>>67302594
>>67301808
>>67301909
>>67302327
I know not everyone here appreciates how cool it is to chat shit with you guys and our upside down anglo friends on a daily basis, but I recognize the value you bring to my life. no homo.
>>67302541
>how do you have an example of a team continuously sucking?
A team is given the opportunity to improve by selecting the best players. But of course, not every team management is capable of doing that. Instead, the team botch up their selections.
>>67296136
What number is he on Leicester?
The Denver Broncos. In specific Von Miller, he had a great game and earned the mvp and Lombardi trophy for his team
>>67302746
So, in your opinion, should tournament brackets never be used?
>>67295744
>school sports
>olympic shite
>>67302128
>, and they were still given essentially no chance.
And yet they won it
Come back when the Lions win the superbowl, chicano de mierda.
>>67302653
Get a load of this bender, lads.
>>67302461
do you ever fucking think before you post? yeah how about they impose a salary cap, that'll sure help them compete against the elite spanish teams on an international level!!!! It's sure to help attract players away from those clubs too, everyone knows that playing for less money is what all the players want!!!!!
>>67303065
i can find an example of the 15th most likely team winning the championship here, no problem. if that's what you're asking for
>>67303243
pretty sure he said lions dumbass
lrn2read
>>67303436
>>67298682
Would it have been 5000 to 1 for giants to win the superb owl if you bet at the start of the season?
>>67300159
I'll only defend it because the most scummy fans in the entire country will never be able to live it down.
>>67295554
>Americans have such short attention spans that the title has to be decided in a head to head match at the end of the season (making 90% of regular season games pointless) so they can appreciate the winner instead of following the action over the course of an entire season.
>>67297831
>No one in the U.S. knows a bookie.
>There isn't a massive tax free unregulated sports betting market.
Let's keep it that way damfesupai
>OP BTFO of euroshit sport
>eurotards get upset cause they know he's right
>all of these posts defending this shit
Keep post fags.
Every post just proves that OP is right.
>>67306606
>Euro banter - say a funny thing, people laugh, great banter m8
>Ameri banter - HAHAH! OUR BANTER IS SO GOOD! WE ARE WINNING AT THIS!
>>67295554
Why do Euros like ties anyways?
>>67301011
Underrated post
What a cancerous sport. Why don't they keep playing until someone scores?
Why is it so shocking for an underdog to win? Why is the whole league dominated by 2 fucking teams?
How can you even consider that a sport.
>>67305446
Having a good regular season gives you home field advantage in the playoffs and the benefit of playing lower seeded teams giving you an easier path to the finals.
>>67301011
BLOWN THE FUCK OUT
>>67295554
who cares, fartlord? If you don't like it then move on, we don't want you near our sport so fuck off
>>67297506
underrated post
>>67301584
what a fucking willy rider
>>67298190
lol nope
>Canadians defending football
truly the land of the cuckolds
>>67309625
Yer they played bad in 1 game, so their entire season is forfeit. This is the definitive proof we needed to show Ameridumbs how archaic their """"sports"""" infrastructure is
fucking americans, please leave
>>67312525
But it's too much fun shitting all over your "leagues"
>>67301584
you're a bellend m8
How come the World Cup is not a giant 32-team group stage?
>>67312672
Because it has a month in which it can be played.
>>67312761
Just schedule two games per day
>>67312853
They already do...
>>67306663
Thanks other korea, your support means a lot to us
>>67306663
based worst korea
>2017
>superb owl
>pittsburgh
>seattle
>4 quarters still tied
>first overtime in owl history
>no winner after first overtime
>patriots awarded trophy by default
because
>beat seattle in reg season
>beat pittsburgh in reg season
>tom brady watches from his couch
>It's another episode of "america is superior"
>make shit banter and arguments
>get rekt with multiple arguments
>hurr durr I we were only pretending
>EUROKEKS USA USA USA
god,damn this shit is so emberassing...nobody cares about your sport or system,get over it.
>>67311080
buddy if you can't pull off a win when everything is on the line it doesn't fucking matter how many points you scored or wins you got in the regular season.
and i say this as an 18-1 Pats fan.
>>67302461
Epin, sooo many players would really rather move to depressing England for a10th of the money they would get playing in the beautiful France or sunny Spain
>>67301610
>>67301647
You need a minimum of 3 wins or 6 ties to make the playoffs in the NFL. That can only happen if:
-H2H for any 2 teams in their group of 4 are either all 1 win 1 loss or all 2 ties
-all 4 teams lose all their other games
Then they still need to win the number of playoff games they need to win to reach the Super Bowl.
>>67312911
>playoff games can end in a tie
kys
>>67300839
American sports have
1. Schedule babies
2. Ref babies
I think it's obvious that playoffs are the superior method to determine the champion considering the actual best record team rarely wins. The Panthers memed their way to an owl to only get exposed by the real team.
>title is decided on a draw which the Champions didn't even participate in
Yuro leagues would literally be won by the Canucks or Capitals every year.
Tip top kek how embarrassing
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>this drip
