*** EPL 2014-2015: "Check your lease man, because you're living in Stoke City." #lividpool

Nobody would have seen this coming after the lineups came out and it was revealed to be Chelsea's strongest lineup excluding Loftis-Cheek.

 

playing the regular starters after already clinching the title makes it more likely they would have a lackluster performance. That said, Remy and Costa haven't started together this season that I can recall.

 

Is RLC the only young player that they have that isn't out on loan? It just doesn't make any sense to me why he would have played this lineup. Hell, throw John Obi-Mikel a bone Jose.

 

You wouldn't start Mariano Rivera and you wouldn't bring on Obi Mikel unless you were trying to lock down the game

Ake and Brown are also considered young

 

the studio crew trying to argue that Cesc shouldn't have been sent off. he knew exactly what he was doing, I don't care if he held his hand up.

 

I thought they were saying shouldn't be a 3 match ban because it wasn't dangerous

 

after the match they were both arguing that it should've been a yellow which is preposterous imo.

 

he kicked the ball at the ref lol

 

probably not but I think part of the issue was it was hit right at the ref

 

it wasn't a lazy floater either. not saying he rocketed it, but it was traveling pretty good.

if he rolls it along the ground and it hits someone in the shin, this wouldn't even be a discussion.

 

Drunk Ass Mancs

 

LVG wanting to bang the sax girl lol

 

Put this in the Swansea thread but thought I'd put it here as well.

So I know its kind of lame but today I wore my Swansea shirt out to a local pub. There were about 8 English gentlemen. Half from Essex the other from Bromley.

They picked out my Swansea shirt quickly and we talked about the season and the success. All of them but two were Chelsea supporters the other two didn't care for soccer but Rugby was their choice. Commented on the Ospreys which thankfully I've learned about and seen on TV.

It was a crazy experiences actually talking to people who were at the match when Chelsea won the league and that knew what they we're talking about. They certainly were shocked to see an American Swan.

One of the best chats I have had with strangers and was awesome to hear that they all said they were cheering for the US in the world cup and were disappointed to see us lose but so excited about the game. They all agreed that if the US put effort into Rugby they would be the beat in the world and quickly. However thought soccer was about 12-16 years away depending on how many Americans play in euro leagues. They were pretty down on MLS but agreed Gerrard and Lampard and Keane etc made it easier for Americans to relate to what British and others in Europe related to. Overall just an awesome few hours talking to strangers.

Tldr- H/T hangs out with the British.

 

That about as British as it gets as it's the politest possible way to say it will never happen.

 

Holy hell don't remember posting that at all. Those damn Brits got us shit faced.

Cool old guys though who were great and kicked our ass in pool as well.

 

Great ball by defoe

 

Safe again! Can't wait to watch either Bruce or Newcastle go down on Sunday.

 

Hull City isn't a Premier League worthy club, time for them to GTFO

 

Anyone want to post the TV schedule for this weekend?

 

They splashed cash on the worst investments this year. Not surprised by this at all. Hopefully Newcastle snatches a point this weekend and Hull goes down without question.

 

Think they beat out Liverpool on the terrible-ness of their investments? Woof, it must have been bad.

 

But you can win another trophy next year

 

If Newcastle go down we'll follow the next year because we'll lose out on six points.

 

Anyone have the TV details for the championship playoff? I can't seem to find it anywhere.

 

Bein Sport. Monday at 10 am I believe.

 

:hattip:

 

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/05/22/leicester-city-owners-free-beer-premier-league

 

can't wait to troll all the women in the house Sunday morning with, "let's what some Bravo".

 

please report back with their reactions

 

bet the under on Arsenal.

 

I'd parlay draw and Liverpool under. See that game as 0-0 or 1-1

 

Id take Southampton to win as well. City have locked up 2nd. Getting 5th means everything to Southampton. +565

 

Do we think Yaya gives a shit for his last match with City?

 

when's the last time he did?

 

Goodness I'm not sure. If for a full match I'm really not sure

 

Their win % is still something like 20-25% higher when Yaya starts than not.

Yaya, one of the best mids the EPL has seen.

 

Three seasons since this happened. The best part still is confused Phil Jones.

 

I know he's gotten some hate lately but I love him, I mean he scored a brace without looking like he's gives a shit so not caring he's still really good

 

Him and Vieira are the 2 best EPL mids to me. Gerrard, Cesc, Lampard, Scholes, Giggs, Keane the next tier, I prefer the hebrew overlords. Essien and Makelele were beasts too.

 

I'm just complaining for the sake of complaining but it annoys me how NBC is hyping up "Championship Sunday" when the title has already been decided and the only really important games are the two relegation games. Who cares if people will be able to watch Leicester vs. QPR because all ten games are on the family of networks?

 

I'll never complain about NBC's coverage or promotion because it wasn't so long ago we could only watch like three games a week on FSC. They tried to charge an exorbitant amount for FSC+ too. We have it so good.