General Sports Water Cooler

So pumped 1000 times more excited for this than NFL football

I'm a pretty big Gunners fan, and I am not really optimistic this season. We are going to have to scrap and claw our way to a CL spot, and these are not typical Wenger traits. There's so much in doubt at this point, but I'm along for the ride.

Top Four: Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, City (by a point pover Arsenal ... and lolol at Spuds)
Golden Boot: Suarez
Golden Glove: Cech
POY: Jack Wilshere
Young POY: Jordan Henderson

POY/Young POY seem to be ham picks for Brits, so in no way do I think these people are the actual POY/Young POY.

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Surprised so many have Liverpool in their top four, but Arsenal and Tottenham are pretty dubious at this juncture. Liverpool were very good after Dalglish took over.

Man City has the squad, but I don't think they have the manager.

Top Four: Chelsea, Man United, Man City, Liverpool

Golden Boot: Rooney

Golden Glove: Cech

POY: Suarez

Young POY: Albrighton (Aston Villa)

On normal cable, I think it's pretty much the English Premier League they show on ESPN which is one game on Saturday and one on Sunday, IIRC. And it will invariably feature Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City or Tottenham. More often than not playing one another. So if it's only the "really big games" you want, that should work. And if you are going to "bandwagon" a team, you pretty much have to pick one of those clubs because they'll be the only ones you'll get to see with any regularity. Do everyone and the world a favor and pick any team OTHER THAN Barcelona to bandwagon. Any team in the world but them. Please. Can't stress this enough.
Fox Soccer Channel shows 2 additional EPL games every Saturday and Sunday followed by an Italian League (usually Inter, Roma, Juventus, or AC Milan) match on delay. Fox Soccer Plus has more English games and French Ligue One stuff. The only place I ever see Spanish league is on GOL TV. Honestly I forget where they show German Bundesliga as I really don't pay much attention to that league.
The Champions League is televised throughout the season on ESPN as well. Though the games are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at around 2:45 East Coast time.

A lot of the best players get probably less than a month off all year. Most of the European leagues go into May. The Champions League doesn't finish until late May. Then in June you get all of the international duty, where they play for country (World Cup, Copa America, Gold Cup, Euro Qualifying, etc.) Then in July, back to training for domestic league starts in August/September. It's pretty much non-stop.
Something else you might enjoy as a casual fan---their WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends). The arm candy these guys pull is ridiculous. Way hotter than what you see American jocks with. I've decided if I am reincarnated I will come back as a Greek shipping magnate or a European football star.

JOLEON!!!!!!!

awful goaltending, yay!

I have a feeling that replacing Van Der Sar will be as hard as it was to replace Schmeichel. De Gea not looking so good.

Dzeko's goal was indescribably bad goalkeeping. I wonder how long it is until SAF is on the phone begging VDS out of retirement.

On my stream the commentator at halftime said De Gea allowed the most goals (11) from outside of the box in La LIga last year.

I recommend watching all the teams and choosing one at the end of the season. If you feel like your leaning towards a club do some research and learn about the club. Then pick one that resonates with you.