The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[Talal]

Ka-pi96 said:

Talal said:

Liverpool wasn't in the Champions League and their best player just left that's why I didn't put them in A. City suck at the Champions League. Chelsea are a lot more intimidating in European competition and they got a lot stronger now. I expect Chelsea to win the Prem this season. And yeah I said that Manchester United are temporarily out, they'll recover but I guess I shouldn't have listed them since they won't even participate in the next Champions League.

And? Team doesn't have to be in the Champions League to be good. Liverpool will show you how good they really are now. City haven't done great in the Champions League but last year they were knocked out by Barcelona, no great shame in that. Both of them dominate against other premier league teams though and I'm sure no one in the Champions League will want to be drawn against them next year, that shows how good they are.

When you're not in the Champions League you can fully focus on the domestic league. You get more rest than teams that participate in both. We'll see how Liverpool perform next season now that they're in. I don't expect them to place top 3. I hope I'm wrong because I love Liverpool, but that's what I think. Although I expect their performance in the Champions League to be good as they usually do well there.

My ranking wasn't just based on last season by the way. If it were then Atletico would have definitely been A since they won the Liga and reached the final of the Champions League. It's more of a past few years and next year prediction ranking.