The other premiership teams

The premiership has 20 teams. I've removed the top 5 teams.

Can someone tell me what chances these teams had of winning the championship before the season had even started? Would any of you bet money on any of these teams winning the championship?


6 Manchester City
7 Liverpool
8 Sunderland
9 Stoke City
10 Burnley
11 Fulham
12 Everton
13 Wigan Athletic
14 Blackburn Rovers
15 Birmingham City
16 Bolton Wanderers
17 Hull City
18 West Ham United
19 Wolverhampton
20 Portsmouth

Not only would I not have bet on any of the listed teams winning the title, I wouldn't have put any money on Villa or Tottenham, either. I would have put a small amount on Arsenal, but only if the odds were favorable (i.e. >15 to 1).

What you fail to see is that this has had little impact on its popularity. To understand why, you would need to understand what type of fans smaller clubs have and why they stick with their clubs through good and bad times.

Originally posted by Palynka
What you fail to see is that this has had little impact on its popularity. To understand why, you would need to understand what type of fans smaller clubs have and why they stick with their clubs through good and bad times.

Originally posted by Fleabitten
Not only the fans, but the fact that there is drama at all ends of the table. Watching Hull back out of relegation on the last day of the season was great theatre.

Originally posted by Palynka
What you fail to see is that this has had little impact on its popularity. To understand why, you would need to understand what type of fans smaller clubs have and why they stick with their clubs through good and bad times.

Originally posted by uzless
Ah i see. Let them eat cake?

Originally posted by uzless
Idiots. You're talking about idiots right?

Originally posted by Palynka
You think fans should follow success? 😵

We call them glory-hunters and laugh at them.

Originally posted by uzless
Would any of you bet money on any of these teams winning the championship?

6 Manchester City
7 Liverpool
8 Sunderland
9 Stoke City
10 Burnley
11 Fulham
12 Everton
13 Wigan Athletic
14 Blackburn Rovers
15 Birmingham City
16 Bolton Wanderers
17 Hull City
18 West Ham United
19 Wolverhampton
20 Portsmouth

Originally posted by Ragnorak
Name the odds! I'll accept any bet you're willing to put on any of those teams, OR the other 5 you removed, winning the Championship!

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Originally posted by Fleabitten
Well, not this year they won't. Portsmouth next year, maybe.

There's a lot more to competing in a league like the Premier other than "winning
the title" (sic! ~Canadian)

Playing in one of the major leagues of Europe (England, Spain, Italy, Germany,
Netherlands, France, etc.) is about the city or regional derby, about playing the big
team once or twice a season and seeing the big stars balling on the turf of your
home stadium, about competing for the league cup, about making it to the
European slots of the table, about playing teams of other countries... about the
game.

Hey, football in general is beautiful... but then again it would be hard to explain it
to a non-believer.

Originally posted by Seitse
There's a lot more to competing in a league like the Premier other than "winning
the title" (sic! ~Canadian)

Playing in one of the major leagues of Europe (England, Spain, Italy, Germany,
Netherlands, France, etc.) is about the city or regional derby, about playing the big
team once or twice a season and seeing the big stars balling on the turf of your ...[text shortened]... in general is beautiful... but then again it would be hard to explain it
to a non-believer.

Originally posted by uzless
Can someone tell me what chances these teams had of winning the championship before the season had even started? Would any of you bet money on any of these teams winning the championship?

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7 Liverpool