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Kringelbert Fishtybuns

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  1. I travel to small towns for work all the time. There is no fucking way I am ever moving to or willingly living in a small town unless we are talking about 30 minutes w/o traffic from civilization and the scenery is other wordly.
  2. I saw that Atletico scored in the first minute. I expect the subsequent 179 minutes of the tie will be scoreless.
  3. You want it to be one way, but its the other. I'm just using the Premier League time span, since that has been the beginning of big TV money flooding in and 25 years seems like a long enough time span. Spain has 10 UCL winners (Real 6, Barca 4) and 5 UCL runners up (Atletico 2, Valencia 2, Barca 1). England has 4 winners (Man U 2, Chelsea 1, Liverpool 1) and 5 runners up ( Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1, Liverpool 1, Man U 2). Four teams for each league have played for the UCL. If Griezmann doesn't miss the penalty two years ago, the number of teams to have won probably would be equal. If you assume the Europa League is comparable to a top bowl game not in the playoffs, for the same time frame Spain - Winners Sevilla (5), Atletico (2), Valencia 1 Runners Up (3) Atletic Bilbao, Espanyol and Alaves England Winners (3) Liverpool - 1, Chelsea - 1, Man U - 1 Runners Up (4) Arsenal 1, Middlesborough 1, Liverpool 1, Fulham 1 If we eliminate those from the UCL list to prevent double dipping, Spain has 4 top Europa League level squads and the EPL has 2 (both of which currently no longer play in the top tier).
  4. They may not be afraid, but maybe they should be. Betis and Girona are in a position to play in Europe. You may have never seen them play or recognize the names on the jerseys, but they aren't bad squads. In the 25 years of the Premier League, there have been 6 different clubs that have won (Man U (13), Man C (2), Arsenal (3), Chelsea (5), Leicester (1) and Blackburn (1)). For the same span, there have been 5 different Spanish champions (Deportivo (1), Real (8), Atleti (2), Barca (12), and Valencia (2)). So basically the EPL has had one more fluke than in Spain. The big leagues are top heavy and with as much money that is now pouring in, I don't think that is going to change. I know Liverpool fans will disagree, but without a Luis Garcia clearance and a Schevshenko sitter miss their last quarter century is less successful than Valencia (2 Leagues, 2 Cups, 2 CL finals - one lost on penalties). Man U just lost to Sevilla. Spurs are fun, but still Spurs when anything important comes along. Chelsea have talent, but look to be going into fire sale/phoenix mode. Arsenal are wandering in the wilderness at the moment. Look, I like watching the EPL too. I just don't get the circle jerk that comes from its plaudits. Its almost like the SEC fans, if they had the relative success of the ACC. These things tend to ebb and flow. Just look at the Serie A now compared to 1990-2007.
  5. Fair enough. That card may not be available next year though.
  6. Based on the results from the first leg of the quarters, Barca should be the semifinals of the Champions League while you are there. Games are 4/24 or 25 and 5/1 or 2. Tickets will probably be difficult and they may be away for the first leg, but the atmosphere around the city leading up to the game should be pretty fun.
  7. The English speaking press always says that the EPL is the most competitive league in the world, but the point distributions between them and La Liga for the past couple of years look pretty damn similar. If the seventh spot team in La Liga can make the second place team in the EPL look pedestrian and the juggernaut of Real is currently 13 points off first place sitting in third, I don't know how the argument holds any water. I know they invented the game and they spend money like drunken sailors on shore leave, but right now the results don't seem to match.
  8. The serious eats pan and Detroit style are great. I omit the almost all the sugar from the Detroit recipe sauce.
  9. Sevilla looked the better team the first half, so I could see them maybe getting one up. Searching for the second will get them carved up (more than one) If City had an away goal, I think the tie would be a coin flip.
  10. Well, shit. Looks like the only live tie we have left is Sevilla-Bayern one, which is on life support at best. Oh well. Barca, Liverpool, Real and Bayern in the last four has got to have the ad men drooling.
  11. Pique finally adds a Barca player to the score sheet. 3-0
  12. Manolas with a clinical finish. Roma defense has come to play.
  13. DiRossi with a fantastic finish.
  14. One of you will probably still get sick, but sometimes you have to go strict quarantine method at least until the fevers break. Don't let them play/bathe together. If one parent gets sick, they go sleep in the guest bed. Sick parent also doesn't make any food for a non sick person.
  15. I wonder how this plays in Bug Tussle.
  16. Ha. Cuadrado was looking for anybody to give him an excuse for missing that last one.
  17. They do get a chance this weekend to pull within a point of second place.
  18. La Liga would like to have a word with you.
  19. Ok. I was off by 2 mins.
  20. Really. I don't think he has been too bad. I don't think that handball gets given very often. He didn't fall for Dybala's dive. He has let them play and nothing is getting too chippy yet. I thought the replay was pretty clear and Dybala's face afterward seemed to confirm that.
  21. Jesus Chielini should have buried that.
  22. Well, looks like Sevilla scored.
  23. This game just feels like Juve are going to get another 3 clear chances, but won't score. Real will hit two on the counter and the tie will be over by the 70 min. Hope I'm wrong.
  24. Nice save by the Tico
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