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quote:The best team In England will not win the Premier League. quote:It’s quite easy to make the case that Tottenham are the best team in England this season over Leicester, in spite of the seven-point gap that separates them in the table. (Or, looked at another way, it’s easier to imagine Spurs fighting for one of the league’s top spots next season than it is Leicester, even if the Foxes were to retain all their players.) Tottenham’s Big Three (Kane, Alli, and either Dembélé or Eriksen) at the very least stands right up against Leicester’s; everywhere else, Tottenham are better. Tottenham’s top-level stats are better (they’ve scored more and conceded fewer), their underlying ones are considerably better, they have been observably more dominant, and yet, they almost certainly will not be winning the title.
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The table doesn't lie imo.
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Apr 26, 2016 23:55
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points seems like the most important "top level" stat imo
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Apr 26, 2016 23:57
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That is the logic of the mentally deficient. Probably a Gooner, then.
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Apr 27, 2016 00:02
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The best team always wins the title, that's how competition works.
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Apr 27, 2016 00:17
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Points? Pfft get out of here with your advanced stats
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XBenedict posted:That is the logic of the mentally deficient. Probably a Gooner, then. "hmmm yes Spurs are better"--an Arsenal fan
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Apr 27, 2016 01:16
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Bobby Digital posted:"hmmm yes Spurs are better"--an Arsenal fan --an Arsenal fan trying to add weight to his lovely hypothesis
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Apr 27, 2016 01:32
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quote:Tottenham’s Big Three (Kane, Alli, and either Dembélé or Eriksen)
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Apr 27, 2016 13:52
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Apr 27, 2016 14:03
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This is bad. Also poor Alderweireld
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Apr 27, 2016 22:31
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https://instagram.com/p/BEuRxZUDNAN/
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https://twitter.com/AlexiLalas/status/726505298349813760 https://twitter.com/AlexiLalas/status/726508864011522048
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Apr 30, 2016 22:17
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trem_two posted:https://twitter.com/AlexiLalas/status/726505298349813760
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Whatever the style, you have to be smart and decisive. I personally despise mindless hoofball with a low success rate. I also despise conservative possessive football that refuses to take risky passes or capitalize on space. Nothing draws my ire than a counter attack with a selfish player that tries to beat 3 defenders at once. I'm a believer of Total Football that admired Wengers vision. I'm not English nor do I believe in English style of football (when Scotland dominated football with short passing in the beginning). Ban me from this sub if you want, but the reasons I listed above is why I'm an Arsenal fan.
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May 1, 2016 19:59
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Someone on Reddit has come up with a mathematical formula to determine the "bigness" of English clubs
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trem_two posted:Someone on Reddit has come up with a mathematical formula to determine the "bigness" of English clubs oh my god
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trem_two posted:Someone on Reddit has come up with a mathematical formula to determine the "bigness" of English clubs Do you have a link to the thread?
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blue footed boobie posted:Do you have a link to the thread? Oh, sure https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/4hainm/i_made_an_equation_to_give_a_value_for_the/
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trem_two posted:Someone on Reddit has come up with a mathematical formula to determine the "bigness" of English clubs can't argue w that tbh
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trem_two posted:Someone on Reddit has come up with a mathematical formula to determine the "bigness" of English clubs Hmmm Chelsea's comes out 14.88
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Bobby Digital posted:Hmmm Chelsea's comes out 14.88 They're definitely going to massacre Spurs tomorrow then.
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I like how the attendance is specifically divided by 51,402. EDIT: "The last three terms are each teams value divided by the highest value of any team and multiplied by an arbitrary number"
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May 2, 2016 02:09
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 Sums it up, really.
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May 2, 2016 16:37
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Crazy Ted posted:I like how the attendance is specifically divided by 51,402. where the heck does 51,402 come from?
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May 2, 2016 16:39
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I thought maybe mean stadium capacity, but it's nowhere near that high.
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be nice wicka posted:where the heck does 51,402 come from? Highest attendance out of anyone I think
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Jermaine Dildoe posted:Highest attendance out of anyone I think surely united's average attendance is considerably higher
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May 2, 2016 18:54
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Crazy Ted posted:
advancedstats.txt
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So stupid. It can't be an "upset" this monumental when it has been apparent for weeks they were EPL contenders. There's no significance to this other than winning the season. A great accomplishment, to be sure. But the US hockey victory over the Soviets was a one-off implausibility that occurred during the Cold War years when Americans were hostage in Iran. Leicester winning is evidence of how the EPL -- see Man City -- is changing. That's all.
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I’m a Man U fan but for some reason I’m up at 4.30am in this part of the world called Zimbabwe. And I’m finding it rather impossible not to be happy for Leicester. I feel Leicester’s story proves just how much everyone loves a good fairytale ending. I could compare Leicester’s triumph to that moment when Anna managed to thaw queen Elsa’s frozen heart, by getting her to believe in love again: marvellous! Well done Leicester for being our modern-day fairytale.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/coys/comments/1a08jn/daylight_savings_time_has_me_confused/
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African AIDS cum posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/coys/comments/1a08jn/daylight_savings_time_has_me_confused/ 
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African AIDS cum posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/coys/comments/1a08jn/daylight_savings_time_has_me_confused/
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May 3, 2016 05:58
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*kisses fingers* you couldn't write a better fakepost
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May 3, 2016 06:33
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Most importantly, is it bad for business? The English Premier League is arguably the most televised sporting league on the planet, with fans and fanatics sitting in front of TVs and large screens all over the place – from Manila to Manhattan, from Bangalore to Bangassou - screaming their lungs out for their favourite teams as they battle it out in far-away England. Even those with only a passing knowledge of the EPL, and indeed Football - even the kinds that sneer at the rest of us for addressing our favourite teams as “us” and “we” (What? Are you from Manchester? “We played poorly it seems”! Humph!) - would still have heard about the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and maybe even Manchester City. And all of these fans, fanatics, casual viewers and virulent haters - after taking a cursory glance at the EPL table - have been asking the same question for quite some time now. Who in bloody hell are these guys on the top of the table? That’s not good for business. You don’t sell out stadiums in China and the United States with unknown names - TV networks don’t shell out millions of dollars to obtain Champions League distribution rights so that they can show Genk vs. BATE Borisov (or in this case Leicester vs. anybody). As Charles Stillitano, a US sports executive (Chairman of event promoter Relevent Sports and whose brainchild is the International Champions Cup) said “Let’s call it the money pot created by soccer and the fandom around the world. Who has had more of an integral role, Manchester United or Leicester... Leicester City have no place in the Champions League” The fact remains that Leicester are still a big bunch of unknowns and no one in Dar-es-salaam, Colombo, Suva or Miami is going to shell out big bucks to buy a Leicester City t-shirt, or a Foxes imprinted pair of track-pants.
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Humph!
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