Marseilles, Roma and Derby had a wonderful early season and looked set to achieve their respective goals. Here I will speculate that CL qualifications and EPL promotion were the goals for OM & Roma and Derby respectively.

However, around the halfway point all three teams experienced a spectacular collapse. Although Roma still has the opportunity to seal CL (group-stage) qualification, I guess their fans and neutrals expected them to wrap it up long ago. The cases of Marseilles and Derby are even more sinister. Having led the table for half-a-season, OM are currently in risk of missing out of even Europa League to ASSE. Derby too occupied the league pinnacle for a considerable time, before ending up outside play-off spots.

So who was the biggest chokers, given their respective resources and objectives?

Madrid

Need to wait and see where Marseille and Roma finish, at the moment it's Derby for me. If Roma don't finish in the CL spots, then it's them.

Newcastle

Derby, not even close. From first after 33 games to 8th and not even the playoffs at the end of the season is huge.
Roma can still finish 2nd which is exactly what they could hope for.. and Marseille were just lucky to be that high, they were always going to drop.

Madrid.

Newcastle if they get relegated.

2013/14 Liverpool

B-Mac wrote:2013/14 Liverpool

No, this was predictable from halfway through last season.

B-Mac wrote:2013/14 Liverpool

Sold the second best player in the world and the best striker of the league played 10 games in total. Capisce?
Nice try though.

Yeah next season when he's fit you can start challenging for the title again

Nishy wrote:

B-Mac wrote:2013/14 Liverpool

Sold the second best player in the world and the best striker of the league played 10 games in total. Capisce?
Nice try though.

Sturridge is better than Aguero?

At one point this season, Newcastle were up to 5th. Let that digest for a while

Lex wrote:At one point this season, Newcastle were up to 5th. Let that digest for a while

At one point this season, Aston Villa were 2nd. Let that digest for a while.

If you eat 2 12 inch pizza's in one sitting, it's best to let that digest for a while.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Lex wrote:At one point this season, Newcastle were up to 5th. Let that digest for a while

At one point this season, Aston Villa were 2nd. Let that digest for a while.

But Villa are in a final

I would add Newcastle, City and Atleti in there

Cruijf wrote:

Nishy wrote:

B-Mac wrote:2013/14 Liverpool

Sold the second best player in the world and the best striker of the league played 10 games in total. Capisce?
Nice try though.

Sturridge is better than Aguero?

Yes imo Sturridge 2013-2014 was better than Aguero. This season obviously Aguero is better and probably is overall as well.

Probably?

If a fit Sturridge could do it once, There is absolutely no reason why he couldn't do it again. Bore off Lex.

Lex wrote:At one point this season, Newcastle were up to 5th. Let that digest for a while

I mean is it really surprising? It was the magic of Pardiola which made a relegation battling team like Newcastle go near CL places. After he left and they got a normal manager they went to their true level.

All hail Pardiola. He is world class, no more proof needed.

Nishy wrote:

B-Mac wrote:2013/14 Liverpool

Sold the second best player in the world and the best striker of the league played 10 games in total. Capisce?
Nice try though.

if you could read, I said last seasons collapse nice try though

City level on point and everything with Chelsea around new years and went in 3 weeks.

B-Mac wrote:

Nishy wrote:

B-Mac wrote:2013/14 Liverpool

Sold the second best player in the world and the best striker of the league played 10 games in total. Capisce?
Nice try though.

if you could read, I said last seasons collapse nice try though

If you could read, You would notice how the OP meant this season from great forms to unexpected demise.
You just couldn't let go an opportunity to troll.

Nishy wrote:

B-Mac wrote:

Nishy wrote:

Sold the second best player in the world and the best striker of the league played 10 games in total. Capisce?
Nice try though.

if you could read, I said last seasons collapse nice try though

If you could read, You would notice how the OP meant this season from great forms to unexpected demise.
You just couldn't let go an opportunity to troll.

you're right i couldn't let it go lol but still no clue why you brought up selling suarez and sturridge playing 10 games when I was talking about last seasons collapse

Madrid and New Castle or me. I can't believe what has happened to the latter. They can actually get relegated