The Barclays Premier League thread 2015/2016

[brenchill]

[METALMAN]

Benji can have a good time now thinking Leicester are all nice and likeable again. Just wait till they make Neil Lennon manager though!

[Bobfoc]

Leicester are just one of several Midlands-ish clubs that I quite like (FM is to blame for most of them). The fact that I can hold soft spots for Aston Villa AND Leicester City AND Nottingham Forest AND (to a lesser extent) Notts County...just goes to show that I must be an outsider for not being partizan enough and sufficiently hating any of them.

Except Birmingham City. Fuck those guys.

Could you change that lesser extent to a greater extent?

[Gazz]

I think everyone can agree on 'Fuck Birmingham City' though.

It's the one true unifying football fan opinion.

[Colly]

For info Meac it's pronounced Ly-chester City.

[Moses Julep]

Back in the old days when coverage was really awful in North America, there were a few pundits that pronounced it Less-esther, I was always really amused. 

[Benji]

Benji can have a good time now thinking Leicester are all nice and likeable again. Just wait till they make Neil Lennon manager though!

Oi, Neil is lovely. He signed my shirt once and was very nice about it too.

[Adam]

Yeah, actually, for an American talking about weird pronunciation of names to choose Leicester as his team to support is pretty funny.

[Meacon Keaton]

I actually pronounced it correctly thanks to my familiarity with the word leiomyosarcoma.

[Dan]

NFL, Tottenham Hotspur ink 10-year stadium partnership

[stokeriño]

Better Spurs than us.

[Lineker]

Excellent announcement. 

[brenchill]

Is the NFL a London thing?  I don't know one person that follows the NFL.  Is it one of those yuppie "I'm a Londoner" things?

[9 to 5]

The NFL is very popular over here and keeps gaining fans. Worked with some utter NFL nuts last year. You don't know anyone who follows it?

[Dan]

Is the NFL a London thing?  I don't know one person that follows the NFL.  Is it one of those yuppie "I'm a Londoner" things?

You know me! I'm no southerner!

 

Unrelated but it's one year ago today since David Luiz put in the worst footballing performance of all time.

Edited July 8, 2015 by Dan

[Kyle]

Is the NFL a London thing?  I don't know one person that follows the NFL.  Is it one of those yuppie "I'm a Londoner" things?

Definitely not a London thing. I've got a bunch of friends who follow the NFL, one of said friends also plays American Football for England Youth though so there's his reasoning I imagine. >_>

Edited July 8, 2015 by Troy Saint

[Benji]

I like the idea of the NFL more than I do the sport. Watching it is so boring.

[Dan]

I'd encourage anyone who hasn't been to a game to go along to one at Wembley/Spurs new stadium at some point, even if you have no interest in the sport. It's a great experience.

[Kyle]

I always pick an NFL team around Superbowl time and say I'm gonna follow them. Never happens. 

[Dan]

/profile/41626-troy-saint/" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="http://www.ewbattleground.com/profile/41626-troy-saint/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="41626">@Troy Saint You're picking them at the wrong time, you have a huge gap after the superbowl where nothing of interest (for a new fan anyway) happens. Pick a team just before pre-season and you'll enjoy it a lot more.