The Soccer Thread (Version 10)

Agreed. They were a thin squad (no Wes Morgan jokes) and they seemed resigned to their fate given the injuries.

 

The NBCSN crew reminded me but how pissed is Bournemouth considering if it wasn't for VAR and the goal line technology shitting the bed, they would not have been relegated? Villa owes the devil something.

 

The thing I appreciate about them is they talk like they know their stuff but they don't flex their muscles doing it. The Fox guys just come off like they are trying to one up each other for how obscure of a reference they can make or act like they've known a celebrity for years after meeting them once. And ESPN is ESPN.

 

If the cards play right, the EPL could have EIGHT teams in Europe next year. If Wolves win Europa League, they will get a CL berth. If Chelsea follow by winning the FA Cup, they're already in via league play so the last Europa spot would go to 8th place Sheffield United.

 

So I'm going to go through soccer withdrawals now that the Germans and English are done. I tried watching MLS but between the announcers and the play drop off, it's too much.

My savior will come from the Champions League in August but I'm not positive who is broadcasting it. My memory says Fox Sports had it but my search suggests CBS has broadcast rights but doesn't give a channel. Anyone know?

 

It’s going to be a combination of CBS, CBS Sports Network and their over the top app CBS All Access. The idea is to make you subscribe for the app but I’m not sure what they are going to do for this year because there has been zero publicity since the announcement that the rights moved.

I also think that NBC is going to try to push some more important games to the pay tier of the Peacock app.

 

Deserved to go down. Utter shite after the restart. Only beat Norwich on a miracle goal and only beat Newcastle thanks to two penalties. Can't dig a 2-0 or 3-0 hole in the first half every fucking game and expect to compete. Obviously will support the hell out of my club but I need someone in the Premier League to follow as well so I'm jumping aboard the Brighton train.

 

Brentford vs. Fulham on ESPN+ now in the promotion playoff final. Let's go Bees!

 

Tim Ream for the Jay DeMerit-like winning goal.