May 2nd 2016..the greatest upset in sports history took place!
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They won the championship without even playing in a championship game? I just saw a bunch of people celebrating when another team tied their opponent. Turns out those people were the Leicester players. I like it when teams have to beat someone to win a championship, not wait for someone else to fall down.
It's a 38 game round robin competition. It's a much truer champion than anything that a playoff format can provide. It's not like playing 162 games and deciding who's better in a best of 5. Yesterday was the day that they won the title. Yesterday was not the greatest upset in the history of sport as the great upset lasted over the last eight months, over 3,000 minutes of play and is what makes it so incredible.
It can be a truer champion, but I don't much give a shit. I like the drama that comes with a playoff system and using the regular season to qualify for it. Sports are entertainment.
I like a regular season to mean something more than just pass/fail
MLS has a playoff system because the first commissioner couldn't imagine a scenario where a team won a cup while sitting at home. We just saw exactly what it looks like. But if you were following, you would have seen some games that looked like the playoffs but Leicester just won all of them.
Glad you're taking the time to experience soccer. :toast:
And if you like knockout tournaments, there's a champions league match tomorrow where nouveau riche Manchester city take an aging side with one last campaign in them after a disappointing domestic campaign into the bernabeu to take on 10-time champions Real Madrid. They bring in an ex-Madrid manager, strong attacking fire power and no defense against a Madrid side that brings back Christiano Ronaldo and fresh off a blackmailing allegation Karim benzama. What a cracker!
Head to the bar at 3. Tell them to put on fox sports and order a beer. Suddenly, your 3 o'clock beer doesn't make you an alcoholic, it turns you into a sophisticated football fan. Try it once. You'll enjoy it.
What you're describing is what it takes to get me interested......backstory. Like MMA and golf, I have zero interest until I understand the story line.
Enjoy the game.
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Takes 1.45 USD to buy one British pound, so a 20 pound bet would be a 29 USD wager.
Oh, and wrong forum.
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