EPL 19/20

sparky

@mariner4life probably need a super rich owner just to break through

RB Leipzig were only founded in 2008 and made the finals of the Champions League. They are 99% owned by the Austrian energy drink company Red Bull.

Bovidae

Let's not pretend that Bayern Munich are paupers. They have the 6th highest average annual player salary, just behind PSG.

sparky

@Bovidae said in EPL 19/20:

Let's not pretend that Bayern Munich are paupers. They have the 6th highest average annual player salary, just behind PSG.

No one said they were paupers or morally pure.

But I prefer their model of finance to clubs with obvious links to authoritarian governments and kleptocracy.

Lots of dirty money gets laundered through football clubs.

mariner4life

https://www.facebook.com/570911201/posts/3190810877661735/?substory_index=5

sparky

European Super Cup Final between Bayern Munich and Sevilla to go ahead on 24th September in Budapest with 30% attendance of new 67,000 seater Puksas Ferenc Arena.

sparky

Manchester United Captain, Harry Maguire has been found guilty of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and repeated attempts at bribery.

Sentences to come.

sparky

Harry Maguire given a 21 month and ten sentence but suspended for three years. Lucky to escape jail, but I suspect his lawyers will be appealing that.

Bovidae

Messi to Man City? It's a possibility now.

mariner4life

@Bovidae said in EPL 19/20:

Messi to Man City? It's a possibility now.

Suarez looks like he is on the market as well.

junior

@Bovidae said in EPL 19/20:

Messi to Man City? It's a possibility now.

Difficult to telly whether he's serious or if it's a "fuck you" for the club's poor treatment of his mate, Suarez

Cyclops

@Hooroo said in EPL 19/20:

@KiwiPie said in EPL 19/20:

Not a bad final this morning (although I had to stop watching just after the goal) - not quite the rollicking game we hoped for as both sides were fairly cautious in their approach. Bayern deserved winners as the best team through the season.

First team to win every game of the CL, they said at the end. That is remarkable.

That's the kind of stat that needs an asterisk though. Not having second legs makes a huge difference. I wonder how many teams were perfect but for a second leg that they 'lost' 1-nil with a three goal buffer from the first leg?

Hooroo

@Cyclops said in EPL 19/20:

@Hooroo said in EPL 19/20:

@KiwiPie said in EPL 19/20:

Not a bad final this morning (although I had to stop watching just after the goal) - not quite the rollicking game we hoped for as both sides were fairly cautious in their approach. Bayern deserved winners as the best team through the season.

First team to win every game of the CL, they said at the end. That is remarkable.

That's the kind of stat that needs an asterisk though. Not having second legs makes a huge difference. I wonder how many teams were perfect but for a second leg that they 'lost' 1-nil with a three goal buffer from the first leg?

That’s a fair point. I forgot about that

Bovidae

The one stat that is impressive from Bayern Munich is the number of goals in a single season, when you consider the number of games they played.

45 Barcelona, 1999/2000 (16 matches)
43 Bayern, 2019/20 (11)
41 Real Madrid, 2013/14 (13)
41 Liverpool, 2017/18 (13)
36 Real Madrid, 2016/17 (13)

MajorPom

@Bovidae said in EPL 19/20:

The one stat that is impressive from Bayern Munich is the number of goals in a single season, when you consider the number of games they played.

45 Barcelona, 1999/2000 (16 matches)
43 Bayern, 2019/20 (11)
41 Real Madrid, 2013/14 (13)
41 Liverpool, 2017/18 (13)
36 Real Madrid, 2016/17 (13)

Easy fella. Showing a star which doesn’t have Liverpool at the top these dats could make all our merseyside natives lose their shit.

KiwiPie

@Bovidae That stat needs an asterisk for getting to play 2 games against Spurs.

The Silver Fern

EPL 19/20