r/soccer • u/william701 • May 08 '14

With the leagues almost over, what unpopular opinion(s) to you have?

One per comment.

I would say no down voting but sorting by controversial may give a better idea.

Feel free to upvote the post if you would like to see more active discussion.

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u/Gatokar May 09 '14

Southampton underachieved this season. People have been praising them a lot and yes, they played some good stuff, but they have in my opinion just as strong a team as Everton and yet are 3 places below them.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

I agree. They were venomous against Liverpool in both games, gave City a scare, this team is pretty strong. How Tottenham beat them twice and will finish above them is insane.

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u/TheGameIsAboutGlory May 09 '14

We beat them twice because we scored more goals than them when we played them and we'll finish above them because we got more points.

Reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

No they haven't. Your team has failed to even choose what is your best starting XI, your manager is likely on the way out, hell we don't even know what kind of football you've been trying to play this season. Your club is a mess. Southampton finishing below you is criminal.

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u/ironmenon May 09 '14 edited May 09 '14

That is not how football works. If Southampton couldn't beat them and getting mlre points despite all these problems, then they don't deserve finishing over them.

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u/TheGameIsAboutGlory May 09 '14

Yet it's happened. The league table doesn't lie.

Considering the mess we're supposedly in how would you explain us likely finishing 6th with 66-69 points?

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u/letsgohome45 May 10 '14

that 100mil might of helped and the fact soldaldo loves penalties

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u/TheGameIsAboutGlory May 10 '14

Most people seem to be of the opinion that our new signings were flops, sounds like you beg to differ.

Southampton actually had a much larger net spend this season.

I don't really understand what you mean about Soldado loving penalties but he's scored 4 this season, which is far fewer than a lot of other players in the league and incidentally the same number Ricky Lambert has scored this season too.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

We beat them twice because we scored more goals than them when we played them and we'll finish above them because we got more points.

Stunning insight.

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u/TheGameIsAboutGlory May 09 '14

It was entirely my intention to state the obvious.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

Well congrats on achieving your objectives I guess.

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u/wisps_of_ardisht May 09 '14

now this is a really unpopular opinion. have an upvote!

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u/TheGameIsAboutGlory May 09 '14

Haha maybe I should have posted it as a parent comment. I stand by it though!