English Premier League idea

[Dawg61]

Alright so for this upcoming season we should be able to watch every match on NBCSports.com which is the equivalent of ESPN3. Every single EPL match should be offered online free of charge (might be tied to your cable/internet bill, not sure). The biggest matches will also be shown live on NBC and NBCSN which both are ava on ComCast for me.

http://stream.nbcsports.com/liveextra/#live-events

[DudyDawg]

Both are also on directv and metro cast

[mstatefan91]

Both. Most non soccer people will use EPL. But they'll figure it out when someone says BPL.

Statefan. You have brad guzan, the next tim Howard. IMO he's probably the most underrated goalie in the Premiership. Looks a bit like Michael Myers in Austin powers, but he's very good nonetheless

Good to hear. I saw his name in the lineup earlier and thought it looked familiar.

[mstatefan91]

So what's been going on with Christian Benteke? I get the feeling that he didn't have a very good season this past year

[Pioneer Dawg]

Alright so for this upcoming season we should be able to watch every match on NBCSports.com which is the equivalent of ESPN3. Every single EPL match should be offered online free of charge (might be tied to your cable/internet bill, not sure). The biggest matches will also be shown live on NBC and NBCSN which both are ava on ComCast for me.

http://stream.nbcsports.com/liveextra/#live-events

Any knowledge on if AppleTV will have this?

[DudyDawg]

So what's been going on with Christian Benteke? I get the feeling that he didn't have a very good season this past year

He had a decent start to the year, but ruptured his Achilles and missed a lot of time. He would've been Belgium's starter if healthy. Him staying healthy, and not getting transferred, will be pivotal. If he's hurt again or gone, I expect villa to have a poor year and possible have a relegation fight on their hands

[bgdog]

Shit did spots run out? Anyone willing to let me piggyback

[mstatefan91]

He had a decent start to the year, but ruptured his Achilles and missed a lot of time. He would've been Belgium's starter if healthy. Him staying healthy, and not getting transferred, will be pivotal. If he's hurt again or gone, I expect villa to have a poor year and possible have a relegation fight on their hands

Gotcha. I saw him in some highlights/stories but didn't see him on the Belgium team so I figured either injury or really terrible season overall.

[DudyDawg]

Y'all feel free to ask me about players or teams, I'll try to answer. I'm a huge fan so I follow this a ton. I'll also try to update any big transfer news in the EPL so you guys can get your feet wet in the off field stuff. I'll keep that to the EPL tho. Again, feel free to ask anything I'm happy to help new soccer fans become lifelong ones!

[mstatefan91]

Well I'm not a new soccer fan (maybe professional). I played from the time I could walk through high school. Got snubbed at the college level and kinda just fell off keeping up with any of it. Four years removed from high school, and I think I'm ready to get back into it

[Dawg61]

Any knowledge on if AppleTV will have this?

If you're able to watch ESPN3 through AppleTV then you should be able to watch nbcsports.com as well I would assume.

[Dawg61]

Shit did spots run out? Anyone willing to let me piggyback

Welcome aboard bgdog you're spot number 3 in the next draft. We need 17 more spots and I'll draft again. Considering we have added 23 in less than 10 hours I feel confident you won't have to wait very long to find out your team. Keep em coming.

[mstatefan91]

Welcome aboard bgdog you're spot number 3 in the next draft. We need 17 more spots and I'll draft again. Considering we have added 23 in less than 10 hours I feel confident you won't have to wait very long to find out your team. Keep em coming.

If you can, edit the first post to make it clear that we are on the 2nd round so people don't have to work through the whole thread to figure it out.

[Dawg61]

Haha good gawd my team is the Smurfs

[Dawg61]

If you can, edit the first post to make it clear that we are on the 2nd round so people don't have to work through the whole thread to figure it out.

Good idea, done.

[mstatefan91]

Haha good gawd my team is the Smurfs

[Dawg61]

Hopefully the Smurf uniform is just an alternate

[mstatefan91]

[video=youtube_share;ET6p9AcN4L8]http://youtu.be/ET6p9AcN4L8[/video

I knew that was going to show up eventually haha

[CadaverDawg]

DudyDawg and/or others, I just checked out Swansea's roster and recognized absolutely none of them. Can you tell me a little about them?

By the way, after doing a little research I'm leaning towards Arsenal as my rooting interest, and pulling for Everton when they aren't playing Arsenal. And pulling for Real Madrid in the Spanish League. I like that Arsenal is a team that spends money, but they are still not a "guarantee", so you have to hope for some upsets along the way. I like having a team that is capable, but it would still be Huge if they win it all. And for Everton, they are my underdog team to pull for. And then Real Madrid is that team that I can count on to dominate and make sure I have a team still in it at the end, ha. What are your thoughts? Obviously I'm going to watch all of these teams before finalizing my fandom...but that's how I'm leaning.

[Dawg61]

Tim Howard was drug tested immediately following his record setting performance vs Belgium by FIFA. FIFA is a bag full of assholes. Listen to the interview.

http://soccerxtra.com/2014/07/02/tim...-loss-belgium/