Paperhouse posted:

my friend I have been watching soccer since I was 4 years old and I have never heard of this Ronaldinho character you keep mentioning. I think you probably mean Ronaldo?

Ewar Woowar posted:

I'm an extremely new soccer fan as I just started watching last week. I kind of picked Liverpool as 'my team' because they were in the first game I watched. I think I want to go with a different team though. I don't want to be a bandwagoner of Chelsea, Man U, Man City, and Arsenal, but I want a decent team. I wouldn't mind a team with a player that has an 'edge' as I'm a hockey fan. Any teams I should start watching? Thanks!

Byolante posted:

Try the Brisbane Roar. They have a player called Besart Berisha who likes to pick fights during games then continue them in the parking lot after the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i_jnDVR3Mc&t=184s

Babby Thatcher posted:

Last season, United was far from leading the Premier League in creating the lion’s share of shots, or shots on target. United ranked eighth of 20 teams in proportion of shots, and seventh in proportion of shots on target, according to Grayson; and seventh and fourth, respectively, according to Benjamin Pugsley, who uses a slightly different set of underlying numbers. (Soccer doesn’t yet have completely standardized stats — or, as, Pugsley puts it, “Football and numbers is really new.”)

How, then, did Manchester United nonetheless lead the league in goal differential? By leading the league in shooting percentage and placing fourth in save percentage. Grayson calls the sum of those two percentages, multiplied by 1,000, PDO (after its hockey name), and he’s shown that it has essentially no value in predicting future results. United led the Premier League in PDO by a big margin last year. It did the same the year before, which at the time prompted Grayson to forecast a United decline — a year too early, as it turned out.

So United’s path to the league title last year was a lucky one; its performance didn’t predict continued success this season. Sure enough, United’s PDO has declined from league-leading to seventh best, and that, combined with less-precipitous declines in share of shots and shots on target, has led to the club outscoring opponents by less than half a goal per game, compared to more than a goal per game last season.

Not only did United convert shots, and prevent shots, at unusually high — and unsustainable — rates last season. The club also won more matches than expected based on its goal differential. United won the league by 11 points over Manchester City last season. It also had 12 more points than expected based on its goals scored and allowed. This year, it’s getting about as many points as expected based on goal differential.

Was Ferguson just lucky last season, or was he able to conjure consistently high levels of shooting accuracy and goalkeeping even after his club’s edge in shots had eroded? On the one hand, his United clubs sustained high levels of PDO during his tenure. On the other hand, there’s some out-of-sample evidence from United’s Champions League performance, this season and last season.

In Ferguson’s last year at the helm, United played eight Champions League games, yielded nine more shots than it took and outscored opponents by two goals. Real Madrid eliminated United in the round of 16. In this season’s Champions League, under Moyes, United allowed 32 more shots than it attempted, yet United still outscored opponents by eight goals, advancing to the quarterfinal stage.

Byolante posted:

Try the Brisbane Roar. They have a player called Besart Berisha who likes to pick fights during games then continue them in the parking lot after the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i_jnDVR3Mc&t=184s

irlZaphod posted:

The Roar sound like my kind of team.

Modus Trollens posted:

- A fan who supports Luis Suarez

quote:

Is Tottenham Hotspur’s nickname an anti-Semitic slur that should get its fans arrested, a misunderstood tradition, or a rousing cry for Jewish pride? Whatever the answer, it has become a flashpoint for discussion of free speech, civility, and the public image of an increasingly lucrative sport.

quote:

literally millions of words on the subject

R. Mute posted:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/djpeisner/the-yid-army-goes-to-war-when-does-chanting-a-soccer-teams-n

Strawman posted:

Guess what side they support

the hotspurts

Strawman posted:

Guess what side they support

the hotspurts

Cart Cam posted:

Genuinely shocked it's not Arsenal.

Strawman posted:

Guess what side they support

the hotspurts

Cart Cam posted:

Genuinely shocked it's not Arsenal.

Dunban posted:

wrong thread?

TinTower posted:

TinTower posted:

not not luvd posted:

shark-bitch5000 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92DT-SYONsw

mynameisjohn posted:

this is so much worse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RebOfSKzYGU

shark-bitch5000 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92DT-SYONsw

Dunban posted:

wrong thread?

not not luvd posted:

Modus Trollens posted:

He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop points, but he keeps on forgettin'
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his legs, but the movement won't come out
He's choking, how? Everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, times up, over, Ba

Modus Trollens posted:

He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop points, but he keeps on forgettin'
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his legs, but the movement won't come out
He's choking, how? Everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, times up, over, Ba

not not luvd posted:

Thirteenth Step posted:

Steven Gerald is not only a Liverpool hero because he's been good for Liverpool, but his British nationality makes him more likeable for the Liverpool British supporters....Their plan is clearly to develop more British national team heroes in the mold of Gerald.