European Leagues Thread 2012/2013

[Loafer]

In terms of fairness its a vastly superior system than ours
https://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=78643&p=5123336&hilit=serie+b#p5123336

Agree with that, I think a team finishing so far clear of 4th has earned promotion rather than face the possibility of having it all screwed up by going into a lottery with clubs that have failed by comparison. Never happen here though due to the £££££££ from the telly.

Tbf applying the same system in England this season would see the maximum of six sides involved in the playoffs in each division.

Only two instances I can find of a best-placed play-off side being ten points ahead of the next, in the last ten years, is Preston in League One in 2014-15, and prior to that West Ham in the Championship in 2011-12, when we won the league.

Broadly speaking using this system in England would normally actually increase the number of teams involved, and games required.

I think there have been a few cases where teams who have finished 3rd have lost to teams who have finished 6th in the play offs despite being like 15 points clear or 25 points clear. But they have earned the win over 2 games so can't begrudge them.

[NathStPaul]

Salernitana currently winning 2-1 against Venezia.

[Winston Biscuit]

Salernitana currently winning 2-1 against Venezia.

13 points from the last possible 15. This is some escape by them! (so far)

They play Cagliari next who they just bumped down into the relegation zone too. They need to win that one as Cagliari play bottom club Venezia on the final day.

[Winston Biscuit]

This is our Italian hero, in a match earlier this season when Salernitana were losing and he took a shoe off and threatened to hit one of his own players with it

[Loafer]

This is our Italian hero, in a match earlier this season when Salernitana were losing and he took a shoe off and threatened to hit one of his own players with it

What a gurn he has

[Winston Biscuit]

Final matches in Serie B kick off in 20 minutes

In Serie A, Inter have just gone 3-2 up against Empoli having been 2-0 down. 25 minutes to go

[Winston Biscuit]

Berlusconi's Monza blow it on the final day, dropping from automatic to play offs

[NathStPaul]

Our glorious heroes Salernitana currently 0-0 at home to Cagliari. High stakes.

[NathStPaul]

SALERNITANA TAKE THE LEAD

[Winston Biscuit]

Come on you 'tana's!!!

[NathStPaul]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Winston Biscuit]

99th minute equaliser from Cagliari

[NathStPaul]

99th minute equaliser from Cagliari

That was pure tragedy. They'd been shithousing their way to an epic victory. Evening ruined.

[Pepe the Horseman]

99th minute equaliser from Cagliari

That was pure tragedy. They'd been shithousing their way to an epic victory. Evening ruined.

Gutted. Still in our hands though. Ribery got sent off from the bench for over celebrating Not sure if that means he'll miss the last two games.

[Loafer]

99th minute equaliser from Cagliari

That was pure tragedy. They'd been shithousing their way to an epic victory. Evening ruined.

Gutted. Still in our hands though. Ribery got sent off from the bench for over celebrating Not sure if that means he'll miss the last two games.

Are we all massive Saluts now?

[Winston Biscuit]

That was pure tragedy. They'd been shithousing their way to an epic victory. Evening ruined.

Gutted. Still in our hands though. Ribery got sent off from the bench for over celebrating Not sure if that means he'll miss the last two games.

Are we all massive Saluts now?

of course. The shirt is nice

[Winston Biscuit]

The stadium is also sat between some mountains and the seaside, which I am a fan of. There is something about a southern European stadium build without a roof that just looks so appealing.

[NathStPaul]

The stadium is also sat between some mountains and the seaside, which I am a fan of. There is something about a southern European stadium build without a roof that just looks so appealing.

Love stadiums like that. They always look like they could collapse at any moment, there is an element of danger when you watch a game there. In for a HNA trip funded by Pepe and his Yankee dollar money.

[Franchise FC]

The stadium is also sat between some mountains and the seaside, which I am a fan of. There is something about a southern European stadium build without a roof that just looks so appealing.

Love stadiums like that. They always look like they could collapse at any moment, there is an element of danger when you watch a game there. In for a HNA trip funded by Pepe and his Yankee dollar money.

If you want an element of danger when watching football try the Olympic Stadium in Rio.
Been only once, when a goal was scored the whole place rocked (literally), and a few months later the roof started collapsing

[Winston Biscuit]

Various cclaims that Dortmund are willing to sell Youssoufa Moukoko this summer

He's the 17 year old with a crazy goalscoring record in their youth teams. The same stories of him being older than he says he is have also surfaced again.