I Hate This EPL Season…..
While watching Manchester United and Chelsea this weekend a thought occurred to me. I hate all these top teams this year. If either Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal win this season there will be something which bugs me about it. I do have a lot of respect for each team but below will be the reasons why winning the EPL title will bug me.
Chelsea – I picked Chelsea at the start of the season and I would still kinda like them to win just to pat myself on the back but a Chelsea victory would bug me. The John Terry saga has left me with a bitter taste in my mouth and I’d love to see him not pick up another major title the rest of his career. The picture of lifting the EPL trophy over his head just rubs me the wrong way. I do like Carlo Ancelotti who is a class man and class manager but he still is in Mourinho shadow. It makes me smile when I hear Mourinho talking about winning big titles and Chelsea winning some things since he has left. I’m hoping this continues.
Manchester United – Sir Alex Ferguson said he’d love to knock Liverpool off their perch onto of English football way back when. Well, I’d love to see Manchester United fans quiet down a bit and get served some humble pie like Chelsea did to them this weekend. I have all the respect in the world for Sir Alex Ferguson and the way he runs a football club but Manchester United fans who take on this personal sense of superiority over cheering for a club who sees them as little more than cash registers is something I can’t stand.
Arsenal – I generally like Arsenal fans. I’ve yet to met a dumb one. Biased I can understand but I never hear an Arsenal an say something over their club which makes me roll my eyes. That being said I take a sick pleasure in watching Arsenal not win a thing over these last five years. Few coaches take losing worse than Arsene Wenger so I enjoy his finger pointing at everyone but himself routine when Arsenal come up short. It also bugs me if Arsenal would win the league because they have come up short time and time again when facing Manchester United and Chelsea. I know a season is 38 games long and it says something about Arsenal who don’t drop points often against weaker teams but a Championship club should not go 0 for 4 against the next two top teams in the league.
April 5th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
This has actually been my favorite EPL season ever. Although I am an Arsenal fan it’s been nice to see teams like Aston Villa, Tottenham, and Man City hold their own against the so-called top 4 in a way that they haven’t done before. Liverpools performance has been unfortunate this season, but I like knowing that Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal haven’t been able to take champions league qualification for granted this season and probably won’t be able to next season.
April 5th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Good point, I do agree with the battle for 4th place. It is nice to see Tottenham, Manchester City, Aston Villa battle it out with Liverpool for 4th.
Thx for the comment.
April 6th, 2010 at 1:57 am
I’m a Liverpool fan and HATE this season! Everything that can happen seems to have happened. I found you on here as the forum I know you from has been taken over by Man U fans for the reasons you state
I’d like Arsenal to win it because I like their fans and a lot of their players. I’m not crazy about Arsene either but what he’s set up to get young talent is admirable (when it’s legal). To transform a club from “1-0 to the Arsenal” in the George Graham years to what they are now is amazing.
I’ve really enjoyed Fulham this year, funnily enough. Hodgson has done wonders there.
April 6th, 2010 at 8:42 am
Sweet, thank you for dropping by and giving your input. Always liked reading your stuff at rfd.
I have nothing against my thread there but it just got boring after awhile. It started to become the same biased stuff you see on message boards and I felt I’d only be hitting my head up against the wall adding to it. It had ran it’s course and since this is Internet and everyone is feel to add there two cents it just went a direction I wasn’t fond of. No biggie, I still read it from time to time just don’t learn much from it anymore.
April 6th, 2010 at 10:36 am
Thanks man. And thanks for the beginner’s guide, I’m forwarding it on to some ignorant friends! But yeah, the forum even brought out a tribal side of me I didn’t care for, I was getting wound up.
I wish Benfica the best of luck on Thursday, may the best team win. What a fantastic stadium they have, I have some friends who went and were very impressed. Di Maria and (I think his name is) Martens were excellent.
April 9th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Benfica were excellent at home, great team though. All the best for the rest of the season and beyond, mate.
April 9th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Thanks, I’m not a true Benfica fan in the truest sense of the word. Just like Portuguese teams/players do well. Good luck the rest of the way.